Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-26

A. J. LEWIS.
President Of Salinas Largest Bank. Mr..
Lewis Came to Utah from Hardin County,
Iowa. lie Has Been Successful in His
Adopted State.
mountain west Of the United states. The
fact that Iowa has lost population within
the last few years; that growth Is slow
there and that the opportunities there have
been selzed and that, the young man with
the romance Of the west In his head. must
come somewhere. make for the tremendous
impetus toward progress that this section
IL experiencing now and has experienced
within the last decade.
we have the opportunities here to offer
him We have farm lands which are the
equal OF any on the face Of this earth.
we have apple land. seemingly designed BY
an all-wiso Creator for the production Of
that fruit lilly slopes, warmed by the
sun ali day long; mild climate. cold
nights. and water for irrigation 90 that the
horticulturallst need not depend on the
uncertainty OF the weather, make for this
valley IN particular, one Of the best fruit
sections in this country. Our dry land
farming IL most successful. one instance
being known where one man raised as
much as 100 bushels OF wheat on a single
acre. Forty and nifty bushels Of wheat
70 the acre lie an average crop
Our land goes as high as 100 bushels
Of oats to the acre. Sugar bsots grow
here In the widest fooundity; 30 much so
that ct a nearby town the sugar trust IL
erecting what viii be the largest beet sugar
factory In the world. Our salt deposits are
the greatest on this continent, and We have
near heEe the greatest coal beds unde-
veioped in the United states water falls
In the hills furnish US with power and
everything that a city needs 10 make II
great il found within ten miles Of this
place,
where saIiRa Gets Name.
Saline takes lie name from the snor-
nous salt deposits here; older than we can
guess. but known throughout centuries Of
time 10 the Indians and the prehistoric
people who inhabited these valleys even
before the coming Of the red man. A
broad valley mines nearby Tor immediate
use, cash markets, ample transportation
north and south with the cross-state route
surveyed out OF here to Green River. max
Ing a short line from California to Omaha
and the east, make the future OF this clty
30 very rosy that there Is not man OF
" but believes we are 90 have here a
ereat section OF the SEWER valley; a sec
ton 30 great that the state OF Utah has
reclaimed through irrigation tract OF
more than 0.Oo0 acres Of the finest fruit
land In the west As the center OF south
ern Utah sailna bids fair to make city
the sise OF Lincoln. Neb.. or Il might grow
10 be- half the size Of Omaha.
And this Is no distant dream impossible
OF fuiflment The sole thing we lack in
this cgty and valley is money. our bank
could handle $4,000 most easily and guar
antoe a return Of per cent net on the in
vostments. Ii could provide tho most cor-
tain. safe aud secure security ON earth.
safer than the soundost national bank that
was every chartered. And while there are
Si2,O0OO0 In savings deposits in tho Omaha
banks at 3 per cent interest," there are Ina
the west opportunities 10 place every cent
OF Il. securely and safely. az per cent and
I per cent and yield that revenue net.
would Make FOR .Busincss.
"And the midwest banks could wen at
ford 60 have their depositors know OF Il.
700. II would make FOR more business for
them. The manufacturers In the midwest
would sell more shoes, clothing. hats caps
and boots. There would be more stoves.
incubators and packed meats cold here
than ever before. Savings accounts would
become LIQUID fiducial resources OF thc
banks there would be more reserve ac-
countB from greater number OF banks.
The railroads would sell more tickets;
there would be more freight and express
manay paid out and taken IN. The lack OF