Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
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BEET SHEDS. SPANISH FORK, UTAH.

hills surrounding are covered with a
mass OF trees and green verdure and
is the place where visitors may enjoy
communion with mother nature. Boating
and fishing are the alluring attractions
OF the lake but from n useful stand
point. 1t can be said that nearly 500
acres of land are irrigated from this
source-the rrigable water being under
control OF a private Incorporation.
The population of salem is incrcas-
ing rapidly, and has nearly reached the
1000 mark The town has among It's
other fine buildings $4,000 town hall.
Il dancing PAVILION, u hotel and slo.-
600 brick and brownstone public school,
with an enrolment of 2S5 pupils There
are three general merchandise cstblish-
incnts, one drug store and n creamery.
The lands in and about Salem under
the Strawberry Valley Irrigation pro-
Iect amounts to 10000 acres. probably
the bulk Of this is in the uplands to the
east and south and VIII compare
equally with nll other mesa soils In the
production of fruits.
Salem has opportunities for all active
people, its citizens say. and the man
of small capital has excellent oppor-
tunity to make money there. 1t has
u daily mail service from the Spanish
Fork postoflice.
BENJAMIN AND LAKE SHORE.
These towns are product of the
soil, lying to the west and northwest
of Spanish Fork and skirt Utah lake.
a few years ago their barren acres lay
waste, today they are garden OF pro-
ductlVehcss 10 Wiitci ~ .sa.'" y, ,.,.,,'.
,r 'n "'' tn,rns win their orchards and
fields grew UP together. Neither could
well spare the other. They afford
home trading place for the fruit grow
or. the dairy man, the poultryman ana
the barley grower. me Two iiioiius
run parallel In close proximity TO th's
fertile district, and the Leiand sugar
beet station Is only TWO TO FOUR fhiies
distant
Stock raising and the dairy business
Is carried on extensively, this Is prom
ably from the fact that natural sum-
mer forage Is always IN evidence ana
farm yards are stacked with richly
cured alfalfa for winter reed. IL IS
no " san noo ,rnr,h ~ hutter comes
from this district annually.
benjamin is n pretty little town OF
800 people. 1t has good buildings ana
substantial commercial Industries. Inc
schools and churches are far above tho
average. representing probably from
100000 to 100000 Investment me
school census is $50.
~ ne lLthe .Nii'I N''''''S'
equipped with all that could be looked
for In II suburban and. scattered popu-
lation The schools and churches are
dotted all the way from Palmyra on
the east to the shores of the lake on
the west
or, ,cu ,,opL- EAST RENCH
"i3N> i"ti
This section is located cast of Spanish
Fork and Is owned by the prosperous
l"l!'i , " 49,, 80 80 Two hest fruit sec
| lions Of tho vest, Hundreds OF young
o,.rhnrds are taking the places of the
| All alfalfa fields. The East bench covers
M nrcn If about Il. 900 acres. Hay and
rroin nrc raised in abundance. These
nrn sold at good prices to the large
.toc,t comnnnics located near the sugar
factory Tho main line Of the Rio
| C;randc Western passes through this
rich territory. thus giving to the far.
n,ors easy access to outside markets.