The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-03

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the business world ON the question y.
disturbing legislation. Before 'ha'
ooorvenes in December the ar
dor of various legislators on the sun
iect of undertaking may have become
somewhat cooled, and the country
NAV be spared further sensations III
,ba announcement of congressional
investigations into corporate affairs
II is fair to presume that the orders
dissolying two giant trust combina'
tions will point the way to other large
corporate interests, and that further
findings of the supreme court or fur
ther Investigations may be unneces-
ssry. The Sherman Antitrust law
has been clearly construed and de-
fined by the court rulings, and the af-
fairs of the business world should
soon become normal, providing no
further eruptions are threatened.
Business in general is increasing in
volume, as is shown by the bank clear
inys i'm many reserve Cities Less ac'
thivity is displayed in some CONNER
cial lines than is usual at this time
of year, but when actual crop condi"
tions have become more generally
known business will enliven. We are
compelled to discount bit the first
government reports of bumper
Weld. Although it may be lighter than
was first reported, there is every rea-
son to believe that the total produc-
ton throughout the country Will show
an increase over last year.
Irrigation.
But for irrigation there would be no
west. as the west is today. The ex-
tracing of minerals from their noun
tain stores has employed many thou
sands of hands and has resulted in
the production of great wealth, but
the lure of comfort and prosperity on
the irrigated farm has peopled these
valleys.
Utah is the mother of new world
irrigation. 1t was his knowledge oil
the successful irrigation OF desert
lands, one thousand years ago, that
gave Brigham Young the faith to as
sumo the tremendous responsibility
OF leading his people into the region
sos the Great American Desert ant
settling with them beside dead sea
1t is said that he started the first ir
rlgation ditch before the close OF thu
day when he descended into Salt Lake
Valley, the twenty-fourth of July, 1874
The first bitches later gave way t
streets, and more pretentious canal
we're projected and built along tn
uplands, carrying water from Utal
Lake, which lies thirty miles to tn
south, and spreading it out over tn
lands throughout Salt Lake Valley
This example has been followed al
over the west, until Utah has becom
the center of the irrigated district o
the United States.
Although filling the soil by dry
farm methods must play large par
in the future development OF this r'
gion, a real problem, and one worth
of most serious consideration, is pre-
sented in the matter OF conservin
the annual water supply of our moul
tains and distributing it when an
where needed to coax vegetation troi
the hill sides and valleys. The soil
the Great Basin and of these int
mountain valleys Is of great dept
and fertility. Climatic conditions al
favorable, so that the addition of wi
ter at the right time often produce
marvellous results. To make this di
tribution possible throughout IN
state, more millions of money WI
have to be expended in the constru
ton OF reservoirs, tunnels and canal
Although initiated sixty-four yea
and two months ago, the work of I
claiming the lands of Utah hi
scarcely begun. There are more tina
ffty.two million acres of land arr
in the state, with twenty-five mllll'
acres susceptible of cultivation. II
major portion of it has not yet be-
taken from the public domain and a
propriated for private use. Less thi
one million acres are now under IL
cation.
TO encourage irrigated farming, t
United States government has "
under way the construction of pl
iect to redeem 10000 acres of FRI
and grain land in Utah alley,
means of a dam across Strawber
River, from which tunnel 3-4 mi
long Will carry the water through I
mountains. This project viii CO