The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-01-25


think 1t can be stated beyond con-
tradiction that a man who will give
the proper attention to cultivating
commodities that can be raised on an
acre of our soil, can make more mon.
ey per acre than in any other section
in this or any other country, but It
is like any other business, it must
have close and careful attention.
believe firmly within five years
after the Panama canal is opened the
population of our state will be
doubled and in time we will be one Of
The richest states in the union.
Fast transportation by water and
by rail will open the markets OF the
world to us, and this will mean that
we will have one thousand manufac-
turers to one we have today. lndeel
] believe the territory between Los
Angeles and our port will be occupied
mostly by large and small manufac-
turing plants who will require all
kinds or skilled labor.
need not point out to you at this
time the commodities that we grow
and are now being shipped all over
this country and to foreign lands.
These shipments can easily be more
than double and the enterprising
merchant can without doubt find mar.
kets for same, as the sterling quality
OF the goods" sell them.
When some of our friends arrive
here they will be surprised at the
prices asked for our best lands as
was when came here five years ago,
vet | presume great many of them
will do as | have done, buy acreage
in Southern California; bat | have
done more than this. believing when
the Panama Canal is opened very
large number of farmers will locate
in the States of Nevada and Utah
where cheap and good lands can be
purchased. ! have been buying what
has commonly been called desert
lands in Utah at from $500 to $500
per acre, and believe am safe in
saying those same lands will, within
few years. increase in value tn
same as lands have in Kansas, Ne.
braska and other middle western
states II is not so many years ago
you could have bought one half the
farm acreage In Kansas for less than
800 an acre, and today you cannot
buy the same lands for less than
$4,000 an acre.
know you must realize what II
will mean to the wholesale Californil
merchant when the states of Nevada
and Utah are populated with thrifty
farmers and merchants.
| represent a railroad that runs it'
trains between here and Salt Lake
City, ISL miles, and there are "a
good lands along the line of the roaC
as there are in any eastern or mid
die states The enterprising farme
can procure water and in large guam
titles. Tests for water have beet
made in what is known as dry farm
ing" territory, which proved mos
successful. Indeed know of severa
cases where parties have bored 70
water and found it from nine Il
thirty. six feet from the surface
These socalled desert lands hav'
been neglected from the fact that |
was believed no water could be foun,
yet the country is full of underground
rivers,
In Las Vegas, Nevada, valley, Their
are today over ninety-five artesia
wells and large tracts of land are be
ing developed. The Las Vegas Frui
Lands Company are now developin
10000 acres. The Clark County Lam
Company 5000 acres, and the Winter
wood Ranch company own larG
acreage and are planting 1000 acre
in apple trees. There are now in thi
field II well drilling rigs, and tn
changes in this territory within IN
next few years, from desert scenes
to beautiful farms, will be one {
the wonders of the age
The Moapa Valley is a second In
perial Valley and il will be but
short time until their shipments wi
be thousands of cars each year
melons, asparagus, celery and indee
all kinds of early vegetables
The State of Utah has done gre
deal to develop their lands, the UtS
Agricultural College establishing e
perimental farm sat different poin
in the state, ami the result has be-
that hundreds OF thousands Of acr
which have heretofore been used