The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-08
OFFER FERTILE
LANDS FOR SALE
Three Thousand Acres to Be
Disposed of at Richfield
Courthouse Saturday.
FIRST OF PIUTE PROJECT
TRACTS OPEN TO PUBLIC
District Comes Under Great
State Irrigation Enterprise
OH Sewer River.

Under The direction Of the state land
board 32Sl.IS acres of state lands In
Sewer county viii he offered for sale at
public auction at Kichfcld. beginning at
10 o'clock next Saturday morning. The
land lies between Salna and Rlchileld and
is paralleed by the Snnpete Valley branch
OF the Denver & Rio Grandc railroad.
None of tho land Is more than two miles
from the railroad. The lands are under
the Piutc irrigation project. and not less
than forty acres and not more than eighty
acres viii he sold TO any one purchaser.
A meeting Of the sta te board OF land
commissioners was held Tuesday after
noon. at which the sale was thoroughly
discussed The board Is so confident that
buyers will be entirely satisfied with the
land that IL was decided to allow pur-
chasers fifteen days in which 10 Inspect
satisfied they car have return OF their
money by making application to the
board.
The auction sale will be conducted by
w. p. Candland. president OF the board
Of land commissioners, and Will be held
at the Eichheld courthouse. This Is the
first sale OF state lands ever held In Utah.
and the board Of commissioners has been
preparing for IL for several years. Alto
gether 10000 acres are to be thrown open
for sale; ,hns approximately 1000 1000 more nor,
offered Saturday is disposed of.
Terms of Sale.
The terms OF the sale are one e-tenth OF
the purchase price in cash at the time
OF the sale. the balance to be paid In
ten equal, annual installments, payable
in January OF each year. with interest
al the rate of per cent per annum on
deferred payments. The minimum price
a which lands VIII be offered is the ap-
praised value. No land will be appraised
appraised at more than $25 an acre,
which. with S35 water value for the irriga-
BILE portion. win constitute the minimum
price for which a tract may be sold.
The irrigation works consist OF q stor
age reservoir being constructed on Sewer
river. The Piute state reservoir is being
built TO impound about 1000 acre-feet OF
water to be used on 10000 acres OF pri-
vately owned lands and 10000 of state
land in SEWER and Sanpete counties.
The state has invested in this enterprise
more than $500 900 10 date and will spend
between 100000 and $3.50, 900 to complete
the system.
Description of Land.
The list of lands TO be offered for sale
follows
So nws. section Is, township % south,
Il. township 23 south. range 2 west. 80
acres: ms nei, swa nei. SET nwl, nea swa,
swa. section s, township Is south, range
west 30 acres; lot 2 (nwi nei), lot 3
township % south, range , west, 2400S
acres. SEA mel, section. 26. township %
south, range west, 10 acres: nei nw3.
WI nwi, section 25, township 90 south,
range, west, 12o acres; ns mel, sei nes;
nj sei, mel sw., section 13. township %
south. range 2 west. 40 acres: lots and
(wA nwD, section Is, township 90 south.
range / west so acres; nei nw3 lots /
and (w5 nwD. lots 3 and (wi swa).
se3 sw2. section township % south.
range west 2i0.32 acres; lot (nea nei)
plus section 6. township % south. range
/ west, 1880 acres; sWi nwi, section 5,
township % south. range west, 10 acres
lot (nws nwD plus section 5, township
% south, range ! west, 1925 acres: sci
nel' WI sea, Sd swi. section 6. township
% south. range l west. 200.14 acres; eA
ne3, sw3 nel. sci swi section 30. town
ship y south. range l west, 160 acres;
VIZ nwi. nwa swl. section 81, township 81
south. range l west, 120 acres, nes. nj
sea. sw4 sch, ei swi. section I6. township
u south. range / west, 800 acres. nwi
nwi swi, section IS, township 81 south
range | west. 200 acres. VIZ, section 10
township II south. range 1 west. 320
acres acres: >, sch nea. ed sch; section 9. town
ship u south, range l west 120 acres
lots !. 2, 3 (n5 nei, ne3 nwi). swa ne!,
sea nwi., w sci. e5 swt sw, sw3. section
3. township Il south. range 1 west. 4Oo.64
acres. total number of acres. 32S11g