The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-11
Some Travel Thirty-iiye Miles
to Hear Lectures and Wit
ness Demonstrations.
TWO MEETINGS PLANNED
FOR SALT LAKE TODAY
Tour Gives Impetus to Develop
ment of Southwest; Demon
stratiOn Farm Proposed.

"Thc tour OF the Salt Lake Route agri
| cultural train through the central and
southern portions of Utah has been a
most satisfactory surprise to myself and
every other official OF the line" said
Douglas White. industrial agent for the
Salt Lake Route. Friday night on his re-
turn from Iron county.
'As to the work of the train Itself. II
has interested and enthused more than
I3, 600 visitors who have come to the train
and to the meetings. some OF them trav-
| cling ms far rs th!rtyfive miles. ] was
much surprised when. at the meeting AZ
Oasis. upon rollcall OF the towns OF
Mllard county, every town answered
Present Interest shown in the train
was particularly strong In Mllard. Bea-
yer and Iron counties. AT Millard the
day was under the direction of the COM
mercial club and was marked by three
most enthusiastic gatherings.
Demonstration Farm Proposed.
"In one OF the meetings the matter OF
the establishment of demonstration
farm near Milford was discussed and II is
will be established. AS there were 100000
acres Of land recently thrown open 10 set
tiers at or near Milford. the establish :
ment OF this farm means much towards
the successful development OF this great
area.
Development work upon the Escalante
plain is being pushed by hundreds OF set
tiers who have lately taken up land in
that region. These new honesteaders
were well represented In the meetings at
MoGcna and were among the eagerest of
ali our visitors TO obtain definite instruc-
ton on the subject Of dry farming.
IT is safe to say that the tour OF the
train means added impetus TO the de-
vclopment Of southwestern Utah and l
Of this class of Of work. @ Salt Salt Lake Route
officials including First Vice President
j. Ross Clark. General Manager r 2.
Wells and r. a. Wann, general traffic
line OF development.
I'm order 10 establish a means for ac-
curate. information corps OF experts,
the Salt Lake Route to cover every
section OF the state tributary to the
system. This work Will be started in the
Washington. Beaver and MiIlard coun-
ties. II Is proposed to cover every por
ton OF the territory by means of an
that the industrial department Of the
Salt Lake Route will have in its pos
session detailed Information regarding
all lands susceptible to profitable devel-
dry farming.
First Work of Kind.
This. believe, will be the first COM
plete work OF its kind ever attempted In
connection with the entire area embodied
in the great central plateau OF Utah"
Interesting meetings are scheduled for
Salt Lake today. following the arrival of
the Salt Lake Route farmers special in
dustrial and educational train from a
trip through the southern part of the
state. Two meetings will be held In the
day. the first at 9 o'clock. on board the
train In the yards at the station. The
second meeting will be held In Assembly
hall in the evening at o'clock.
Demonstrations In Afternoon.
In the afternoon demonstrat ticns will be
conducted at the train by members OF
the lecturing corps that has been out
with The train. While the demonstrations
are in progress at the station. in the
afternoon Miss Florence Dudley and Miss
Ellen a. Huntington will speak at the
Assembly hall on topics related to domes-
tic science
The evening session will be In the way
OF mass meeting and will be presided
over by Governor Spry. who will deliver
short talk. Five minute talks will be
given by John A Widtsoe, DIR. T. d.
Ball, Prof. Lewis A. Merrill, Prof j T.
Caine, III. ], Edward Taylor. Prof Leon
d. Bachelor, DR.. II. J. Frederick. J. e.
Caine. Prof j. c, Hodgenson. Earl Ben
Mon. o. c. Gregg, Prof. George M Tur-
pin. DR., Robert Stewart and Douglas
White,