The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-20
Desert Made to
Blossom

=, ait In w uSH!iis wa 'N
~ "r VIC Of the west to bios
,.c have made out their
2 ,,.er , valley in Arizona has
.1sdaesd s'rp $1,000 'ooe ", more ;. than han
and that amount is eS-
= .s'l to pay in a .a, single season son
80 ,~oey the government has
' ,se building Of fl the iec,a gTea'Hs. ins
" fesYt Yet II was the water
@m', ',b,s Incomplete dam ,hat
BY u .,1 PRODUCTION possible.
sdac"i lam Is the biggest struc-
Eerelt un ,.nt The government has
'Sen. nSs No private Inierpr'Sa W,sbir .
bhou ss ,Sst OF the great granite
inc isn I tons each. that go 70
Jhlp55 ni swung into place and
WI watershcd permanently
o. u.v invitation is to be eX-
Yhsn n-e az roosevelt, who au-
Insok Inso-k' 10 visit Arizona. ho
ns m,vtmetcd mvt his intention on &c,
nl,l,nabratlon VIII be put on
eSeo os compared with the
~ BE-. y" of the east, what a
trinssm Milking the family COW
u lsl, srce OF it is the thing that I
.n % here in the desert, In .I,,,..,, cne
sfn, f,,ny NJ have dwelt for thirty
ya,iG' ;,ni n. hardy pioneers VINO
erdlu' ~ their own to SAT-
anals " s,,nam of floods and
ss sTssir ineffective dams wess We, c
lnva nv season and the river was
~ ooe Their orchards developed
,trL tbeu died when rererses
sna yoter. TO efficiently
lscka a.nds W and distribute them
rass The possibility OF being EN-
'r 'Sracsl capital. Yet the lrrl,
Ia IoSa IoSnodv existed proved mat
" shsi wsier this would be one
,sn spots OF the "orlo.
h ssn, Money Lender
lament, under the reeIamail1n sn ma oS%
"a 70 advance the ss,Uoo,9ou'
q. storage and Distribution
" Subsequently collect inc
~ ,ns farmers who profited by
y lnr ,s were TO be made easy
Sns Of ten years rst.,,i,.
~ % The dam was su,nciehtts y
sa-s q small per cent OF ITS
Hs uaier This storage made
4 - Warn fsrm an additional 10000
10 Tve-y acre produced $50,
e,sd 10 Sc. 400. 900. or the
=. already being cultivated
FMaont water It is estimated
asrssee yield increased $40, or
e,scflcaily completing the out
,Ss dam fully completed and
.,,tion as II win be for the
I,.sns. II is figured that i. will
Fpslf every year IN increased
r,,n The installmeuts due from
viii have been paid In and
X WilI belong to them outright.
,dmInlster the distribution OF
4 through Water Users asso-
N Ali profits will accrue direct
= Already they have prohted
ID Increase in value of their
H 10 assured water for lrrlgh-
8 Increase amounts to 800 an
IS GA 600 In the aggregate. Al
,lsrs Is no mean profit on the
-rls Sam loaned the people of
fairy wand transformation
4 roIng on In q land that was
|tIer OF romance and mystery
o,her nook In the nation. For
4 Americas Egypt, yet. unlike
n the Phsraohs, whose secrets
sd 10 us In ilieroglyphics which
4 zen can read. the history OF
\ cities of the southwest and
|hat built them Is yet unfa tn
Land Of Enchantment.
orr land OF mystery and en-
where nature has painted the
! silh the ralnbows hue. 1t is
II tic painted desert with its
EeleY and colcrs. it is the
|ts Grand Canyon, natures
|lTsl masterpiece. the Titan OF
~ land of tho meteoric noun
ts petrifled forest With re-
'soll. mineral and forest as
ihc wonderful colors OF the
/ With every graduation of eli
3 north temperate to semi
Ezuse Of the variety OF eteva-
ar area double that Of New
|Ed population less than that
E5;on. Arizona. has been wait
z8nt moment 10 come Into her
yasi eIpanses OF the divinely
n wander the BcdouiDs OF the
'ass. Here and there on the
or bcsidc the deeply croded
dgen the strangest people on
xat, and under their feet is
ins OK another civilization no
".
Y OF mystic dreams. OF lost
gumbllng ruins, Is awakening
"a o. modern civilization, In
Is being superInposed on the
= mat have gone before an
ssts The pace for the men OF
Nla who 1--we most ideally. for
onoltions developing that are
ssale for mans living the life
csYeiops him. But this Is be-
We reservoir, which must be
he Engineer Is Greatest.
nLnely Of the engineering prob
maenltude OF the works and
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