The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-05
Party of Salt Lakers Visits
Tract of Price River lrriga-
tiOn Company.
FOUR THOUSAND ACRES
ALREADY DISPOSED OF
Fruit Growers Propose to Make
Second Grand Valley of
New District.
BY A. F. PHILIPS.
iaI Ia Tho Trihnnn.

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Special to Tho Tribune.
PRICE, June "A party of Salt
Lakers, twenty seven In number, were
guests of John Y. Smith, general man
ager Of the Price River Irrigation COM
pany, and of the Consolidated Fuel
company. They arrived here in spe-
cial Pullman car this morning and were
taken over the Southern Utah railroad
to point six miles from here, where
carriages, furnished by the Yelling
ton Commercial club, were In waiting,
and the party was driven over por-
tion of the 26,000acre tract. A stop
was made at the diversion dam in the
Price river, three miles from Price and
the structure which holds the water
for the project was inspected. Break
fast was had at Helper
The day was ideal for the trip and
the drive over the tract was delight
full one. The various points at which
stops were made showed that there was
water in plenty 10 care for the lands,
which was secured from the divertlng
dam without drawing upon the storage
reservoir IN Gooseberry valley, which
reservoir conserves $4,000 acre feet of
water and was constructed purely as
an emergency reservoir to be drawn
upon only when there is an excessively
| dry season.
Governor Spry and Messrs. Thayne
and Giauque and Secretary Farnsworth
Of the party and they examined the
property with great deal of interest,
in view that the land board had made
a loan TO the original company to aid
in the construction of the project.
1t will be remembered that the pro
| jcct was opened year ago last winter
when the first company had only partly
completed the work and at that time
there was considerable adverse criti'
cism over the action of the board, the
old company having passed out Of ex-
istence and the project passing into the
hands of company composed of such
well-known men as George 5. Auer-
bach, Thomas r. Cutler, j. Y. Smith,
Ira D. Wines, and the Morgan Okel-
berry Land company, who have eS-
pended large sum in the development
and extension of the project. The pres
ent visit was for the purpose of show
ing what the state had In the lrriga-
ton scheme.
Will Grow Fruit.
| After the return to the train after a
| thorough inspection of the project, the
dams, canals and laterals, those most
selves as well satisfied.
| Four thousand acres in the project
have thus far been sold to horticulture
lists from the Grand Valley in Colora-
| do, who propose to make a second
Fruita, second Grand Valley, but this
one to be in Utah. Apples will be the
principal orchards which these fruit
growers will plant.
When the train was reached after
| {1a N-f, fn1y DO bo
colliery of the Consolidated Fuel com
pany at the head of Miller's canyon
and twenty one miles from Price. A
splendid dinner was spread for the
party at the boarding house of the
company. after which the mine was
visited and an inspection made of
this, Then the trip to the tipple, more
than one mile away, was taken over
the tramway and after an inspection of
this property, the party returned to the
special and the return Journey was be-
| gun
Entertained at Price.
At Price the Commercial club, as.
sisted by the good people Of the city,
served a delicious luncheon at the club
rooms. The party, which is in charge
of Superintendent h, b. Mitchell of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, is be.
ing splendidly cared for. 1t left here
at s 'clock tonight for Salt Lake City,
Those who comprise the party are: w,
j. Burton, r. p. Morris, Governor Will
liam Spry, George Austin, f. A. Sweet,
Ira d. Wines, John Y. Smith, Robert
S, Nortbrope, III. l. Myers, +. j, Raw
| Inns. II. $. Young, A, p. Smith, Albert
Fisher, Herbert S. Auerbach, George
H. Auerbaeh. Rodney Badger, w, n
Farnsworth, A. G.. Giauque, J. c, Stay
A. f. Philips of The Tribune, E. A
Charlton of the Herald Republican, l.
H. Curtis, L. B. Mitchell, w. L. Nc.
| Allistcr and David Morgan of Sail
Lake; B. 8. Mcdonald, H. G. Smith
J. A. Crockett Of Price; w. II. Thayne
of Logan: James II. Stark of Ameri
can Fork, and Charles G, Frichl Of
Lehi,
The party should reach home at
O'Clock Sunday morning,