The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-13
II |TENTERPR|SE
| PEOPLE PUSH.
heat Work in Opening Up a
Valley to Productive
Civilization.
or5TING In RESERVOIR
AT MODERATE COST.
|hat Would Have Stumped the
State Board and Made
Long Delay.

-a;tor of The Trihune-It is a generalI
-,srlzed fact that The Tribune spends
.r money each year for the eXploita-
I nj the agricultural and mining re-
.rrcs OF Utah than all the other pc
.tcaIs I'm the state combined. For that
<on The people of southwestern Iron
Lee look TO The Tribune TO aid them
|.scing the resources of that locality
6~s the reading public. While on a
IN visit TO Modena and the Mountain
|sdows | had the pleasure OF meeting
|.op George 4. Holt OF Enterprise. w,
|fallon the United States weather ex-
Il Al Modena. and many others. who
|oshed much valuable information OF
xast and unappropriated agricultural
.urccs I'm southwestern Iron county. |
.,lsed Bishop Holt tina, The Tribune
IA do all within lis power 10 aid the
.oIe down there in the development of
IA section of the country. And to-
. IA the first opening TO the fulhllmeni
'lhai promise.
esclnn,ng al Milford. on the san Pedro,
4 Angeies * Salt Lake railroad, and
<rtchlng out southWcSterly loo miles.
ths Escslante valley. popularity known
. a sdtseri. The valley sweIIs from
q n tgen,y miles in width ana uarrows
d ssncnth. low pass, over which the
.,sIA passenger trains roll on their
I'd jonrneys 10 the semi tropical re-
nj on southern California, and also over
<.h the miles of fruit cars from Los
-s<!cs and vicinity pass on their east
"a tourney 10 The states"
|foul The low mountains TO the north
a OF the railroad the land gently de-
.1ds 10 tho southeast. a distance OF two
fDur miles 10 the lowest part of the
||NF. then aScends, IN prairie like form,
.rkcd here and there by volcanic buttes.
|es and hills OF iron ore. toward Paro-
|n and Cedar City. The soil Is alter
he lutermng!ingS OF clay and sandy
M. the depth OF which has not yet been
'frnnec. out Is sufficiently deep. when
1ked with rain. 10 mlrC an dutomo-
n as Judge Greenwood and Stenog-
@her Cook wiz reluctantly concede.
Wherever openings among the dense
La and other desert shrubs will per-
patcGes OF desert grass have taken
1<ssior. while along the sleeper de-
<1t from the foothills TO the northwest
- grass grows IN iuxuriant stretches
L. mike fields OF grain OF meadows.
@rf 70 the unusually dry weather of
h nsl season the grass Is short and
m Hriy sustain 30 per cent OF the
1e<p that have hitherto been ranged
! tre iailey during the winter months.
Flowing Wells.
'n PsDwan valley numerous flowing
US Dz,, DlrH uDlullcu ny driving pipes
|cay Geptn. And owing 10 It's lower
9ce iiir southwcstcriy portion, ii not
lis entire length. Inc EScglante
~ snonid DC favorable locality
he drlvipg vi wells. The watershed
t'iner SIDE IL one Of the largest III
mate And as much of the area
Il
bonncvlIlc there should ne alternate
M OF clay. sand and gravel suitable
>uccesslul well driving. II the state
bo2fJ would cease their nonsense
n.oiItlsm. as cX.mplined in hope
tIf0riS 10 obtain 1rteSiau water in
,nvfaincs and exclusively gravel de-
y like those near Fillmore and else
~ and experiment along the EsCa-
yhicy ioI l!O~lns water they might
-esi work ny reputation for the
2slon u ordinary common sense.
the entire length Of the Escalante
~ susceptible oi profitable farm
water Tor domestic purposes could
Uuincd Is se!I-eNldenL and Will be
ntly proved.
n pas season has been the drIest.
tins 10 the oldest white inhabi-
slnce Utnh was settled IN 1871.
ng 20 Mir. Fallon, at Modena. and
lB the fractions. the annual pre-
lon az Logan Is twenty-five inches,
Aodena eleven inches. This sea-
,Iom january l up TO about Sep
10. the precipitation at Modena
Rpout eight inches. or considerably
normal. Similar conditions pre-
a., Nephi, beyond which town the
.aIy land wheat farms stretch
q the south. And those who visited
5.ate lair and examined the splendid
eius'ic exhibit OF drv-land products
ncsr Nephi Will forever after be
EEai,gq 10 tho wonderful agriculture!
@s" ',''es isu q much of Utah's heretofore
precip,ation at Nephi this sea-
pr0paby no larger than the nor
modena. And what has been
;he way OF dry-land farming at
S season can be done along the
valley during seasons OF nor
rrslpliatlon, But there arc other
\ -Vnpafatiyc evidences.
= Desert Farms.
= sl1 miles northeast Of the Noun
sado~s Is a little valley walled In
1Xuhic and other hills. The little
rSlontains only about fourteen fami-
q ne small stream descends 10 the
or Escalante valley through Il
,Ssdahgun, and is not large enough
rsu water for domestic purposes,
NC low season. for tho Pinto