The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20

the rest In the city put together. includ :
Ing all OF the, other parks,
Some OF the biggest items put down
In the untaXed list are: Governors Island
sB.50o.0o0; custom house. $4,000, 900, land
and building. Trinity church and ceme- :
terry, $4,000 900, ST, -Pauls church and
600 900; Cathedral of st. John the Divine.
s. 600. GOO, and ST. Patrick's Cathedral.
1850. 900.
which the valuatlons are made are found
in the cases of City Hall park and Bryant
park: the former being put in at S28 $50, :
goo Including the City hall and County
allowance of S1,36o. 900 far from repre-
sents the actual expenditure on tho two
buildings. The old Tweed courthouse Is
famous chiefly for having cost some ten
times that sum. Bryant park is valued
at S22 100000 with the new public library
and sl7O0o.ooo without IT. The new IL
brary cost about twice the s5,0o0.o0o thus
allowed for e..
Should all of the s971,444.649 worth of
realty on which no taxes are paid be
included for taxation the. city would at
OF new subway system. The borrow
ing capacity OF the municipality Is fixed
at one-tenth of the value OF It's realty
for purposes of taxation. This would
l43. s6e to the debt limit.
olive Culture Large Industry.
Olive culture is one Of the oldest fruit
industries of California" remarked A. ].
Brasian. prominent fruit raiser OF the
GGden Ga,e the ether day The
In San Diego In 1863, and that country
Is now large producer OF olives and olive
oil. There are large orchards in other
counties and eevrN.. year adds to the
number OF trees. There are 3s counties
reporting more than 1000 trees each. rang
Ing from Shasta on the north to the
Mexican line on the south.
The number of trees. reported by
the state board OF equalization. ] under
stand: is moro than 100000. Los An
seles leading with more than 100000 bear-
not compare with Italy In the production
Of olives but the industry is growing,
and while II is not attractive from re-
niuneratiye point OF view ! believe 1t can
of olive oil for this year range form
750 400 to 900. 600 gallons and from ] 900
900 to 1,25OooO gallons of picked olives"
Holland of America.
1.-The Holland Of America-that's what
they call Skacit county. Washington"
saws r. w Mckenzie OF Seattle This
appellation was conferred on SkaSlt coun-
~ because OF its immense crops and It's
wonderfully diked lands. I do not be-
lievc That there Is county in America
that can produce greater variety of
crops and other farm products Besides
It's grain. SkaRit county butter Is becom
INK lu!UOuS III tic northwest tEulI dIn
garden truck are being raised In great
abundance and have n fine market In
Seattle.
There are many opportunities for the
farmer in that part of the country. Few
persons have any idea OF the immense
area of logged off land which at small
cost can be turned into money by the
man with small means. Where five years
ago there were only old timers with their
big farms today there are dozens OF
small farmers with ten or twenty acres
who arc making good living and sup
porting their families In comfort A ten
or twenty-acre lot will supply pasture
for ten OF fifteen COWS, whose milk can
be sold TO the condenaary plants at an
average price of IS cents gallon. and
there Will be plenty Of room left for
fruit or garden patch. which returns
ready cash at tho nearest country store.
Skagit county farmers have not until re-
Gently paid much attention to fruit rails
ing. but the recent experiments have
shown that as fine a quality of fruit can
be raised in the Skaglt valley as that
which has made the Hood river Of Ore
gon famous"
''The remarkable increase in the use