Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12
Thirty Thousand Acres to be
Opened Under Carey
Act Rules.
FINE AGRICULTURAL SECTION.
Alfalfa, Fruits and All Varieties of
Vegetables Grow LuXuriantIy I'm tho
Fertile Soil of the District.

Thirty thousand acres OF land. most
of 1t lying on the east side of the
SEWER river below bennington, will
De thrown open under the Carey act
on Monday, April II. The rules, ex-
cept as to residence. will be the Same
as under Carey act drawings. For
nearly two years surveyors have been
at work and negotiations have been
going on for the requirement of the
necessary lands and water rights to
make the Irrigation of this solid body
OF land a possibility. After the cx-
penditure of large sums of money the
plans are now complete for the irrlsa-
ton and settlement OF this land. Water
for irrigation Will be delivered In the
spring of 1911.
The drawing will be held at Lynn.
which hereafter is to be known as the
townsitc of Lynndyl In Millard coun-
ty. This station Is lis miles south OF
Salt Lake City, and may be reached
by the numerous trains on the San
Pedro. Los Angeles 6 Salt Lake rail-
road. Tho townsite embraces about
2o0 acres and the land Immediately
surrounding has been laid off In two
and a half acre. five acre and 10
aero plats. The soil OF the tract Is q
sandy loan and the drainage Is said
to be perfect The region Is entirely
free from alkali. The lands in question
are well adapted to the growing Of
alfalfa There Is abundant evidence
that 90 bushels Of wheat, 80 bushels
of barley and 100 bushels of oats may
be grown to the aero under careful
handling. Tho Sever tract Is owned
by the Sevier Rivor Land G. Water
company, composed Of Salt Lake City
and Los Angeles capitalists. The land
at the present time Is covered with
sage brush. Possession of the land
will be given to purchasers Immediate
ly and preparations for irrigation may
be made in advance of the delivery
of water.
Fine tlmbor grows in the nearby for
est reserve. The government range ly-
ing in the uplands and mountain val
leys Is rented TO stock growers on a
basis of 25 cents a head per year for
cattle Trout fishing and deer hunting
are the sports available for vacation
days.
FINE FRUIT LAND.
Fruit growing will of course be the
principal money making employment
OF those who take up these lands It
is worthy of special record that
President Taft gave his unqualified
praise to apples which where presented
to him when In Utah. and which were
grown near Lynn Junction the future
town OF Lynndyl. During the last sea-
son the luscious peaches grown by
Simeon Walker. who resides at Oak
City. were so large that "a peaches filled
a box. and the cover did not ut on
easily at that. Mr.. Walkers orchard
is only six years old, and from three
fourths of an acre he sold more than
$1,000 worth of peaches the last season.
Behind this large undertaking are
mon well known to the business Inter-
ests of Utah. H. P Taylor is vice
president; Lyttleton Price. president
w. S. Mccormick, treasurer: ]. D. Lam
des. Secrc tary, and Frank D Kimball
director. Their Salt Lake City office Is
No. 615 Newhouse building, G. B. Hal
leran of Salt Lake City IS the COM
pany's representative.
Alex. Mcpherson, for number of
years state superintendent on hort:cul-
tural inspection for Idaho, and one of
the best known a-gricuIturists of the
northwest. is in charge of the selling
department of the Salt Lake office as
the representative of Hollister &
Perrinc
A largo amount OF construction work
has been done. and the work is being
pushed with vigor. Two lines of rail-
road from this city meet Mt Lynndyl.
which Is n division point. 1t is on the
main line of the San Pedro, Los An
geles &c Salt Lake railroad and all tho
through trains between Chicago, Salt
Lake and Los Angeles will stop there
regularly when repairs are effected In
the washout in Nevada.