The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-18

cnlluren less, according 10 age. tui
this out and save 1T for some friend
on either side Of q river meant moth
ing 10 the members of the party. Out
on the ground however, 1T was another
story. As the eve traced the course
surveyed and cleared for the big canals,
the conception Of the possibilities
broadened To the horizon on either side;
Then. as the eve roved from the small
acreage of land already irrigated and
cultivated, IL required no stretch OF the
imagination to see the picture, set with
green fields and orchards, substituted
for the dull gray Of the sagebrush,
while, looking across the valley TO
where the iownsIte of Lynndvl was
staked out. the eve unconsciousIv would
convey to the mind an image of a
thriving little city as the center of the
country. This little bit of prophecy
was made more real by the enthusiastic
statements of the soil experts. who
spoke with conviction as they described
the qualities Of the soil.
Plenty of Water.
The Sewer Land and Water company
has acquired its vast acreage through
selection Of state lands and purchase,
while the water supply has been ac-
duired bv the appropriation of the
chase of half interest in the Sewer
bridge dam. and the purchase Of numer-
Gus individual water rights. The com
panv is now preparing 10 raise and re-
build the Sewer bridge dam 10 a
height sufficient to impound 1000
acre-feet Lower down, the dlvcrung
dam in the river is beng constructed
at the point where the main canal viii
carry thc water out on the tract. From
81 I;,nreinn lnn -, bn month n flr
caDvon there is n channel Of rock work
and 210-foot tunnel before the ditch
proper receives the water. Then the
main ditch leads 10 the beds of a
chain of small lakes which have been
dry for mauv wears. This chain OF
eight lakes will be used for additional
storage for 10000 acre.feet. There ls
some difference Of opinion as 10 the
number Of acres that the company ultI-
maielv will be able to water, There
is no doubt. however. that there will
be more than enough to water the A.
00o acres already selected and future
Developments alone will demonstrate
the limits of this enterprise.
After the automobile ride. thc citi-
zcns of Lynndyl gathered in the wait
ing room of the station 10 meet Gov
ernor Sprv and the other visitors. This
meeting was planned as a sort Of an
lbIlldl lff'pllOHs ~ dhDl' du 'PIol
tunty for meeting tho governor but IL
Immediately developed into one of the
NEST enthusiastic little 'boostcrs
meetings that Utah has ever seen.
Gigantic Project.
Governor Sprv spoke of his pleasure
i'm being able to look over tbc project,
saying that. although time had been
insufficient 10 90 INTO details. he was
satisfied from what he had seen that ii
was one of the greatest projects ever
conceived, and il was the most import
ant affair of its kind that had come to
Utah. The opening of the Uintah res
eryation. he said. was not 10 be com
pared with the opening Of the Lynn
dvl tract, for the reason that the res
ervation was peoplcd by settlers who
must later solve their problems of IT
rigation and agriculture while, in Mil
lard county, others had provided the
water and would also exercise an in.
tcrCst in the success of the farmers TO
the extent Of doing their experimenting
for them and affording counsel, exam
pie and advice 70 the farmers through
the demonstration farms to he main.
taincd.
Governor Sprv said that this land
onght to increase from lis present price
of 500 To anywhere from 500 to $1,000
an acre In value i'm the next few wears.
Ia building their first irrigation bitches,
the governor said. the pioneers could
simply run their burrows from creek to
field, and because of their cIrcum-
stances thev were unable 10 develop
the best lands on the high benches.
This, he said. could be done by the
men Of TODAY. aud every effort should
be made TO get the water as high as
possible.
81 want TO say that I am heartily
in favor of your movement for. first
last and all the time, ] am for Utah
and for any legitimate enterprise that
Will develop our great resources. SAID
the governor. 81 am with you in your
project to reclaim this fertile valley
and | want TO see YOU make success
Of it.. and If there * anything ] can
do ! want to get in and push for Il
greater Utah.
What Others Say,
II. i. A. Culmer told of a trip To
Shoshouc Falls, Ida. few wears ago
where. on tho site Of what is now q
thriving city. there was only a single
tent This change. be said. had come
through movement such as was being
carried on al Bvnndvl and he predicted
like results.
Words Of commendatiou and encOur.
gpcment were given by W. W. Arm
strong. and Joseph T.. Game expressed
his conviction Of the merit OF the en-
tcrprise and his confidence in its pro
motcrs. which had come through long
personal acquaintance.
DR. T.. D. Ball said he had visited
in his capacity as an agricultural eX-
pert, practically every fruit growing
district in the west, and in none were
there greater possibilities than in Utah.
He said that while no one should get
the idea that the Lvnudyl tract was
all frui, land. il should be known that
some of the tracts were rs good as
could he found in the state for horti.
cultural purposes.
John Y Smith spoke of the value Of
the tract and the excellence Of the soil
and Mr.. Price acknowledged the good
wishes of the speakers.