The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-06
UTAH IS GETTING
NOTICE IN EAST
New York Tribune and Other
Newspapers Pay Fine Trib-
uteS to State.
GOOD CROPS ARE THE RULE
LACK OF FAILURES ONE OF
BEST ATTRACTIONS.
GOOD CROPS ARE THE RULE

That the great state Of Utah Is I'M
der the "spot-light' Of the eastern
press and is attracting the attention of
men Of means as well as honeseelS-
ers. is evinced on every hSnd. Many
OF the eastern magazines ars sending
their representatives into the state to
investigate its wonderful and DIVERSE
tled resources. The New York Trs-
bune printed a column we'll written
front page story the other day on
Jtahs great prize crops and other in
dustrics Referring 20 Utah as
Srcst inland empire, the New York
lrihune says IL part:
From the first great trek to this
state, then a wilderness so Ear as men
knew, 10 the present. there has been
a development little short OF marvel
Gus. Utah. bisected BIZ the great Wa
satch mountain range. seems on tho
maps TO be 4 state OF great elevations
with little land that could b. Guilt
waited That is far from the truth. for
the mountainous condition enhances
the prOductiveness of this vast area
which is as large as :he New Eng
ware.
With all its great area. Utah is only
small portion of what people used
70 look upon as the Great American
desert. To the west are Nevada ard
California, to the north Idaho and
wyoming. to the east Colorado and to
the south Arizona each almost an en-
richest country in the world in agri-
cultural. stock and mineral products
Americans marvel that there should be
emigration TO British America and
well they may when they remember
that there is enough fertile land. ira
vcrsed by finely equipped railroads. to
enrich many millions Of people in this
vast country once looked upon as semi
arid.
Utah last year produced from fts
mines, farms and manufactures mar
ketable materials valued at over S132,
OOe'0O0. The mines furnished Of this
S29,S91,000, the farms in produce s25.-
$4,000, in cattle S33, 10000 and in
bi-products $3.50, 600. and the factories
S4O.0OO.OOO. That does not look very
much as IL the state was "A wilder
ness. The reports from the national
agricultural department give the farms
productiveness an acre as great in
some crops and greater in others than
any state in the Union.
Prize Crop Yields.
The story Of this once-upon-a-time
Mormon state. so FAR as its soil is con-
cerned and its natural Inducements TO
the settlers. Is the same as that OF the
other great commemorative from the
Missouri river westward 10 the Pacific.
Growth. growth. and still more growth.
with government aid in the establish
ment Of irrigation plants to help out
in the semi-rainless regions. over
twenty years ago a farmer near this
city won an agricultural prize for the
1t might has been supposed that
one Of the middle western states would
have eNcelled easily in wheat produce
ton. But none could beat the yield
OF eighty-fOur bushels and ten pounds
to the acre. Another farmer recently
raised an average OF ninety-siN bushels
Of oats to an acre on a twenty-acre
tract The yield in corn was as re-
markable on another farm, being sixty
bushels. The vegetables right along
show as prolific in production as do
the cereals.
I'm the midst Of the mountains are
towns and cities that have every ad-
vantage OF the far eastern community.
Along the railroads in the plains sec
the stations that have sprung up as
shipping centers. The community
spirit IS Of the best. and Is strikingly
seen in the cooperation OF the farms
ers in all the pursuits incident to their
business operations. The telephone,
telegraph and railroad communications
roads tapping every agricultural dis
trict-are as well conducted as in any
state. And there is plenty OF fine, fer
tile land 10 be had in the most desir-
able sections.
From Utah to Idaho. further west to
oregon and Washington. the fruits are
running close to the cereals ana vege-
tables IN value and exceed them In
many instances so far as profits are
concerned. In the Pacific coast cOun-
try the conditions for fruit culture are
ideal The national government is Civ
ing liberal aid in irrigation works,
and the state governments are help
ing. The railroads are reaching out
wherever there is a call for transporta-
tiOn facilities. and in addition they have
taken the position Of helper and guar
dian to the settler.
Increasing Railroad Facilities
In the east IL may be looked upon as
rather odd that the railroads should