The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-18
Commercial Club Governors Are
Home From Excursion Into
Millard County.
VIEW UTAH'S GREATEST
IRRIGATION PROPOSITION
Empire Of $4,000 Acres of Arid
Lands to Be Reclaimed by
Sewer Company.

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county arc 10 be reclaimed by the
Sewer River Land and Water company.
| will receive an unqualified Endorsement
from the board of governors of the
| Commercial club at the next meeting Of
that body, and the men who arc pro.
noting the enterprise have the moral
support Of the biggest business organi-
zatlon and many of the biggest busi-
ness and financial men of the state
| of Utah
The Endorsement of the Commercial
| club will come through the report to
be made by the committee which re-
turned from an inspection of the pro-
Iect Thursday morning and the moral
support for the project comes from the
individual members of the committee,
who are 6nanciers. land and irrigation
experts aud successful business men,
Most of all. however, the project de-
pends on the support Of the settlers who
Will occupy and improve the tract with
in the next few years by taking ad.
vantage of the opportunity 10 get some
of the very best agricultural land in
the entire west.
Granary Of Utah.
The Commercial club commmittee and
n few others who visited the tract
"Wednesday went at the invitation of
Sewer River Land and Water company,
leaving Salt Lake Tuesday evening and
spending all dav Wednesday on the
tract. No casual examination was this.
although the time was limited. for the
party covered sevcnty-three miles III
automobiles in tho day. penetrating al
most every part of the irregular tract,
forty miles long. and varying from one
mile to twenty miles III width. which.
within the next few wears. is TO be
transformed from valley of sagcbrush
into the granarv of Utah, The trip in
cludcd an inspection of the lines for
the biz canals and latcrals TO the rcser-
voir sites and a ride through the broad.
level valley of fertile soil, only await
ing the diversion of the flood waters OF
the Sewer river to transform II into
valuable farm land. The return trip was
made across the higher bench lands.
which are classcd by horticultural cX-
perts as the equal of any fruit lands
in the entire west,
For the party Of seventeen business
men. the trip was one of unalloYcd
pleasure and diversion as well as ono
Of the best possible demonstrations of
Utah s agricultural resources. The Salt
Lake men were Hospitality entertained
bv the officials of the land company
and of the Salt Lake Route and moth
inc was lacking that would tend TO make
the trip ENJOYABLE from every point of
view.
In Special Pullman.
Leaving Salt Lake nj 5 o clock. the
party was provided with n special Put
man car. while Governor Spry and Dr.
y. II. Calder OF Provo were guests of
ii. T.. Van Uousen, division superuten,
dent of the railroad. who accompanied
the party with his private car. The
ears were dropped from the train al
Lvnndyl and "A perfect spring day greet
cd the visitors when they were called
early Wednesday morning. shortly aft
or breakfast the most interesting
"cruisc' through the desert began,
with tho three large automobiles al
ready provided The route lax first
across the townsiie of Lvnndyl and
then along the river 10 Lcamington,
seven miles distant. From bennington
thc route lay along the course of the
canal 10 Oak City, where sight of the
farms-of the carly settlers, some Of
which had been under cultivation for
forty wears. demonstrated what irrlga-
tion and care would do for such soil as
is found over the extent OF the great
valley. Then the route led out across
thp benches until the southern end of
was made along the upper benches.
which will be under wafer from the
high line canal to be built by the com.
panY,
One Of the interesting features of the
trip was a short stop at Oak CITY
where some Of the visitors picked full
blown blossoms from the apricot trees
as they walked through the orchard of
Simon Walker, which produced more
than $1,000 an acre in 1909,
Al various points along the road the
party halted to look at The manv test
pits that had been dug TO test and
dem on ST rate the character of The soil.
On these occasions, DR.. f.. -. Ball. the
experiment farm expert OF the Agrl.
cultural college. talked interestingly Of
the character of the soil which. he
said. is second TO none in the state,
and. presenting a wide range, offers con
ditious for the raising Of any crop
known in The state. In describing the
land. DR.. Ball emphasized the statement
that the entire tract by no means should
be classcd as all fruit land. although
MANY tracts are perfectly adapted for
! fruits. He said that other sections pre-
sent perfect qualifications for the raIs-
| ing of hay. grain. sugar bcets and vege-
! tables and instead Of specializing, the
valley would be self.supDortlng in every
way through its capabilities for the
production of all the products needed
! for a large and thriving community,
Governor Spry's Interest.
Governor William Sprv was especially
interested in the fruit lands on the
benches at the sides of the valley which,
he believes to he the equal in soil
quality, location and protection of any
| fruit lands in the state In expressing
this belief. the governor urged that the
| high line canal be constructed so as
| to bring these bench tracts within the
irrigated area, Alex Mcpherson, agrl,
cultural expert for the company, acted
as guide for one automobile, while FL
mcT Forshay. chief engineer. was
spokesman for another and Lyttleton
Price, president, of the company. ac-
companied the third division.
The descriptions given by these men
who are giving their time. talents and
fortunes to the upbuilding of the state,
could not fail TO arouse the enthusiasm
Of the men who were there to observe
the immense project for themselves and
others. Little BY little the magnitude
| or tbc proicct dawncd upon the mem