Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-27
TO Be A GREATER GATEWAY
Oscar L. Cox Declares West Will
Make Omaha Big.
IN CONTROL OF VAST COUNTRY
Land show, Western Man Holds
Marks the Beginning OF New
Era for This city and the
Fertile west.

Era for This city and the
Fertile west.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Jan. 2e.-(Spe-
ciaI Correspondence to The omaha Bee)-
II believe the Western Land Products ex-
hibit Is the beginning Of a new era in
western development. The fact that Omaha
is the gateway OF the intermountain west
and therefore to a vast stretch OF un-
developed country. territory which has
greater potentialities than any similar area
in this country gives to that city peculiar
and extraordinary advantages which VIII
enable It to control the development Of all
this great section"
This is the opinion Of oscar L. Cox,
general manager Of the Spalding Livings-
ton Investments company Of this city. Mr.
Cox not yet 80 years Of age, Is an Indiana
boy. born at Bakers Corners, and raised
on a Texas ranch, 800 miles west Of Fort
Worth. During his boyhood and young
manhood Mr.. Cox has seen and noted the
tremendous development of the west a
development which has made men wealthy;
in many instances in spite of themselves.
The western millionaire Is not always a
man Of great acumen. sagacity, shrewd-
ness and foresight. The men who make
the winning in the west are men of average
intelligence. fellows who are industrious.
careful frugal and who know enough to
hold onto what they get.
Cox an Exception.
Mr. Cox is an exception. Born Of Quaker
parents and raised among the hardshps
Of the frontier he finds himself at "a
years Of age the general manager Of one
of the largest and wealthiest land COM
pantes of the west.
Utah has made great many men very
wealthy Its extraordinary wealth of un-
developed resources, the unusual fertility
of its soil, and the constant proximity Of
close cash markets, makes the life OF the
farmer not merely pleasant. but one Of
assured and certain income. This has al
ways been true of Utah. Mining camps
are scattered in the hills, and these camps
prove a constant cash market for almost
every pound Of produce that is raised on
the farm lands of the valleys. 1t is not
unusual to find growers of alfalfa seed
reaping crops valued at $50 to $125 per acre.
Wheat growers reap crops valued at S25
to S45 per acre; oats will do as well. Hay
will bring from s24 to SIS per acre, and
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will yield from 500 to $500 per acre. Garden
truck, potatoes and tomatoes, will yield
| all the way from $3.50 to $500 per acre"
Opportunity IL Great.
! It IL not difficult to see that with soil
yielding crops such as these the oppoI tunity
confronting the farmer in Utah is one
very much unlike that to be found in any
other section OF the United States.
Herein too, may be found the reasons
for the prices of land which rule through.
out the intermouutain west. Farmers who
have such assured incomes with close CAST
markets Immediately at hand find nc
trouble dlsposing OF their farms at almos
any reasonable price they wish to ask fol
them
THE midwest farmer of industrious
thrifty habits, farmer who knows hi
business can purchase a quarter section o.
raw land in Utah, bring it to that higl
state OF cultivation which is characteristic
OF Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri
and sell 1t easily and quickly for $3.50 pc
acre. Orchard lands will bring a higl
price in the first instance, but one plRnte,
to trees carefully cultivated and brough
to high degree Of production-it is no
at all unusual to have such land in such
state of production sell for $1,000 to $3.50
per acre.
Place for Young Men.
1T is for these reasons that Utah toda
offers the most splendid opportunity for tn
young man OF the middle west, the investo
or the capitalist of the oldest settled states
, and not only these men do very much bet
ter here, but great many Of them ar
doing better.
THE most tremendous proof of this
the fact that never does the Iowa ma
! who has settled in the inter-mountain ives
return to his native state.
Utah has 100000 acres Of availabl
land, that is to say, available for hig
r state OF cultivation and OF this fewe
n than 100000 acres are under cultivation
Utah has been almost forgotten by tina
stream of immigration which has flowe
g over this state on through Idaho and IN
! states of the Pacific coast. We note no
j. land values have increased I'm Idaho an
/ we have recently taken census figures fC
l. the increase in land values in Washing
/ ton or Oregon, these increases in some II
J. stances being so stupendous as the raj
r ing in value Of $25 and $50 per acre lands
r. 5000 per acre This is especially true
?, the orchard lands of Wenatchee. Hoo
If River and the White Salmon valley an
Is Rogue River valley.
:, These instances will be duplicated mar
h and many times over in the developmel
r Of Utah. The soil Of the Gunnison vail,
OF Utah, one of the most beautiful vale!
Of the west is as rich and prolific al
compares most favorably when subjects
to chemical analysis, with that of al
5 other soil OF the west,
owns Many Acres.
"Our company owns 5000 acres of Lar
in the Gunnison Valley, and Of this we a
"a now farming 1900 acres. Some of this '
- have planted TO orchard and some of
we have in 2-year-old trees. All OF this Lar
!, has been selling most rapidly as we III
p our best buysr5 those OF salt Lake CT
=, and other counties OF Utah, who know I
D.. value Of Utah land and the possible facl
4 ties of yield and production. In time
A. viii participate In the same immigrati
R movement that has caused the wondert
r increase I'm population in the states OF I
west. Our lands viii increase more rapid
ID in value and those purchasers Of lands W
n buy now are certain TO reap not only I
unusual yield Of crops, but the extraor,
mr. nary profit In initiation OF value which "
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