The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-12

70 saw against Utah. but to tell the
truth I didn 7 come to buy. / am on
nv WAY to take a trip around the Worla'
and ! do not intend to settle down any
where. but il ] ever should make up
nv mind to buy farm. am coming
tn Utah
This is merely an indication of tho
change in sentiment which Is bringing
forty families n week TO Delta'
Fow salt Lakcrs realize the extent
If the movement into Utah which IS
ccnternc at the present time IN MIL
lard county.
Greatest Project in Utah.
The greatest irrigation project eyer
undertaken in the state IL now toacnlnG
fruitiou. The work has been progress
irc quietly. the hackers of the enter
nr;se prcfcrrinr TO go ahead with the
CONSTRUCTION work and bring IL well on
toward completion before attempting TO
rxnloit IT, The formal offering OF the
l.nd for sale is only now taking place,
aud vet as the word has been passed
around from mouth TO mouth. hunoredS
of prospective settlers have been com
ing into Salt Lake and have neeh going
down 10 Delta TO acquire some OF 'h"
land without waiting for the forinal au'
uOuucemcnt Of the opening by the -Na,
;ional Savings and Trust company OF
Salt Lake CITY. which is putting inc
project on the market.
4 trip ia Delta is bound 10 be an
ave opener 10 the average ctllcn o'
salt Lake CITY. The town itself IS q
new community. which is growing DIX
n mushroom. and Vet with the sollulty
which comes from q strong supporting
agricultural region. On every slde are
suringing up houses. while activity ol
all l. &c
More than thrcc.quarters OF NIL
lion dollars has been spent III thi;
region on irrigation work alone, and
this work is the basis of one Of the
greatest colonization movements whlct
/ The state has ever known.
Possibilities of the Sewer.
! The Sewer river and its possibiltie
| have been an attraction ever since
Utah was settled The early pioneer
came through Emigration canyon int
the Salt Lake valley and there formed
i the nucleus Of the great common
wealth but tho early capital was i,
| Fillmore.
The Sewer river. winding its devious
way OF hundreds of miles and washing
down the rich silt from the mountain
to spread it over a broad valley nea
its mouth. created n fertile alluvia
deposit extending for many miles. Tn
favorable climate added its share T.
the development of agriculture, and tn
early settlers reapcd great results.
Brigham Young, keen to see the pos
sibilities of the Salt Lake valley, ais
predicted wonderful future for the val
LEY of the Sewer in Millard, county, an,
the capital Of the territory was estah
lished at Fillmore, with the idea tha
here would he an agricultural empire
But the irrigation of this vast are
presented difficulties The settlers o
the lowlands were able to throw i
rock and brush with spades to dig II
rigation bitches and draw the waite
over to their farms, but the creates
and the richest area lay higher, wher
great expenditures of money were nee
essary TO bring down the water-th
key which wonld unlock the treasur
house.
The early settlers were too poor t
undertake such great enterprise, an
consequently irrigation languishet
Only small portion Of the great en-
pirc could be brought under cultiva
tion.
In the Salt Lake and Weber va
leys irrigation was easier, and thcs
regions went ahead with greater rs
lpidity. Hence the population centere
in the northern portions of tho state