Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-27


walton. crops 50 per cent larger than the
average crops Of Iowa Nebraska, Kansas
and Illinois Not until It had sent its
lusty children into Mexico, Canada. Idaho
and Colorado In search OF homes; not until
for a quarter Of a century few OF its
progressive and wise hands had grown
rich upon farms which could not be
reached by the irrigation ditch; not until
its northern neighbor, Idaho, had demon
strated a hundred times what profit and
what inspiration could be drawn from the
cultivation OF vast areas with the gas and
steam tractor; not until, within our own
state. a score Of progressive men had
placed magnificent tracts Of sage-brush
land under cultivation with horse and ma
chine power. drawing down enormous prof
It's; not until a panic came to rouse us
out Of our lethargy, did the business men
Of our state begin fully to appreciate that
our agricultural wealth should represent
TO us an income Of a half billion dollars a
year. outweighing by twenty fold all the
aggregated wealth Of all our other in
dustrles
Attractions of the state.
This brings us to the mention of some
other counties besides Cache, Weber and
salt Lake. There are twenty-seven coun-
OF opportunities. Boxelder and Morgan are
unexcelled as fruit and farming districts.
Toole county, with a precipitation second
TO no other county, has a future beyond
our present calculation. not only as a farm
ing and fruit raising section, but for the
splendid smelling and mining developments
which are coming, and shall come, to Il.
Utah county, with a population OF 5,942,
with an area of 2,342 square miles, the pres
ent seat Of one Of our greatest national
! Irrigation projects, the Strawberry Valley
| irrigation canal which will cover $4,000
acres Of land unsurpassed in the world is
district especially adapted for fruit cul-
ture, sugar beets, alfalfa and gardening
projects.
| Davis county has a population Of 10. 1871
and Is the garden spot Of the state and
the fruit, gardening and canning center
Willard county, with population Of 6,11S
and an area OF 6774 square miles. whose
principal town is Fillmore. the first CAPT.
tai OF Utah, holds out unrivalled opportu.
mites for farming, hog, sheep and cattl,
raising. Eastern Willard county alone, hay
ing 10000 acres OF sage-brush land, which a
one time was a waving field Of blue grass
| wild flax and thistles, with soil deep, ricf
and prolific as any in the world can sup
of this magnificent area within a yea
or two will be provided with water from
the greatest river OF the Great Basin. tn,
Sewer. To the east OF the irrigation cana
are 10000 and more acres which will pro
duoe, without irrigation, an average o
seventy bushels to the acre of wheat
twenty bushels of rye, forty bushels o
corn. 200 bushels OF potatoes, from two 4
three crops Of alfalfa. and is especial,
adapted for the raising of alfalfa seed, tn
climate, soil and moisture conditions be
ing peculiarly adapted to this industry. Il
fact, for the last six or seven years
has been common for farmers about Fin
more to produce from $50 to Sl25 worth O
alfalfa seed per acre. Along the bas
OF the mountains upon streams which carr
enough water for 10000 acres in a distric
unsurpassed anywhere in Utah, Colorado O
Washington for the production OF apple.
, peaches, pears, cherries. strawberries an
any other fruits common to the mountai
states, while the opportunities for dlvers
fled farming and hog raising, especial,
are unsurpassed anywhere.
Nepht in Juab county, is a thriyin,
prosperous young city, surrounded by ter
OF thousands Of acres of dry farm land
O which are making her people not only pro-
? porous, but in many instances wealthy
; Each County n Kingdom.
9 Every county in Utah has its own adval
y tages. Iron and Garfield counties. viii
( offering many opportunities for farmln
q investments at prices entirely incommei
surate with their values will no doubt
= the not distant future become the create
q iron manufacturing centers of the wester
y United States, while in Garfield and Kan
e counties there are millions of feet of ga
= timber OF the very easiest access
j. Washington county is a sem-t tropical dl
i trict Of 200 square miles. which is on
i waiting the advent of railroad, when
Y Will supply the state OF Utah and ship
J. the eastern markets fruits and vegetable
"a OF all descriptions three weeks earlier this
Il California or any other state west of Il
n Missouri river
a In fact, so manifold are the resources
IL Utah In the mining. manufactures hort
a cultural and stockraising way that we c,
N only touch lightly upon them at best. La
. Of all. Utah is the hand OF opportunitit
She has twenty million acres of land wa
Ing TO do its work for the good OF huma
lily. We invite the worthy citizen. o
l. American brother wherever he may be-
come and build a home within our empil
u We are home-loving people. We love
telnSence PATRIOTISM, art and learning.
3 have splendid schools in every town a
le village in our state. We are an indl
N trious, friendly people. Our mountain V,
he leys are the most beautiful in the wor
u From the pine-olad SUBMITS. covered
r most with perpetual snow. come the CO
n ing breezes in summer time. while q
I'd broad lakes temper and molsten the a
10 Our skies are clear as the skies OF tia
I'd and when the sun goes down below G
en- western horizon, like a drop curtain
is painted In gorgeous coiors OF red, purr
80 blue and gold scene OF beauty viii
ed makes an evening in Utah forever mem
he able to the stranger.
is WILLIAM sPRY Governor
is Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nv MEN OF GOLDEN STATE ARE HOS
banquet Given at Home to Land Sh,
-. management.