The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-23
Line When Completed Will Open Immense Area
to the Markets of the World

stockmen. Practically this sum has al
ready been subscribed Another com
mlttee was appointed to call boost
meeting on Friday. May 26. at Peoa
of the citizens of Peoa, Marion. Oak
ley and Rockport Saturday night a
meeting will be held al Woodland
which viii be attended by the citizens
of Woodland and Francis
GAS planned TO date, The new com
pany will be capitalized for S250,0O0
shares at the par value of 81; l25 900
shares will be preferred stock, per
cent. The road should earn, almost
from the beginning. ~ per cent on the
estimated cost of construction, SI25-
600, which will leave substantial
dividend on the common stock, of
which there will be l25,000 shares
Without some serious hitch in con
struction the road should be ready to
operate within one year from the time
the first spike is driven
Is Fertile Valley
long, with an average width of
trlfle more than two miles. or an area
of thirty five square miles, every foot
of which is under cultivation or tim
Der. The entire valley is ahundantlv
watered. Beaver creek. Provo and
Weber rivers. and numerous tributaries
provide enough water TO irrigate a
tract of land many times the area of
Kamas prairie. Fishing here is said
TO be excelled in no other portion of
the state. Every year many outing
parties from Salt Lake and Ogden take
advantage Of the opportunities offered
for bunting and fishing and excellent
camping grounds.
Three hundred million feet of red
and white pine timber are now wait
ing on transportation facilities for
marketing. One and a half million feet
are now marketed yearly, remarkable
showing in view of the present tre
mendous cost of. transportation. Three
sawmills are now in operation in the
valley, and with the coming of the
railroad the capacities of these will
not only be greatly increased. but also
many other mills are cont emplated.
The soil of the valley is said TO rank
with the most fertile in the west.
Where hay is grown one and onc-balf
tons is yielded TO the acre. One thou
sand cars of sheep are shipped annually
from Kamas prairie. This includes a
great many lambs, which are shipped
direct to the east, where they find d
ready market.
Give Attention to Horses.
Many Of the farmers specialize in
the raising Of Thoroughbred stations,
with the result that some of the finest
draft horses in the country are sired
in the valley. Building stone of fine
quality is found in immense quantities
in the surrounding mountains. Many
Of the business houses in the towns are
built of this stone; as also are many
of the homes and all of the school
structures. which are said to be equal
in number. size and beauty of design
TO the best of those in other rural dis
tricts of the state. On Provo river
some fifteen miles from Woodland, the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company owns
immense deposits Of bessemer iron, to
which spur will undoubtedly be built
as soon az the new roaa is completed.
Not only will the new road be a
profitable venture to It's promoters, the
farmers and business men Of Rhodes
valley, from the point of providing a
way to a market for their products, but
also the land Of the valley, which Is
now worth from $50 to 500 per acre.
should double in value during the first
wear Of the road s operation