The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
COLONIZATION WORK.

For manv wears considerable activity
has been manifested by many of the
western states in the work OF securing
home seekers. AS result these states
have increased in population and
wealth TO a surprising extent. Utah,
however, has done very little systemat-
ic advertising and until very recently
few colonists have come IN. The state,
however, is in splendid position now
10 attract home seekers. With the
completion of tho Strawberry project
thousands OF acres Of splendid land in
ltah county viii be ready for develop
ment. This land, lying adjacent 10
some of Utah's most prosperous and
progressive towns and in close prox
unity to the railroads, is susceptible OF
intensive cultivation and capable Of
supporting thousands of families. Since
already planted to fruit, it is TO be
hoped that forage crops will be planted,
silos constructed and dairying and hog
production extensively engaged in.
The Delta project is the first Carey
act project III this state to be carried
to satisfactory basis. There we have
400 new families, mostly from south
cru California The Lynudyl project,
embracing more than 10000 acres of
choice, fertile land, is now being placed
nron the market. This soil has been
pronounced by experts as free from cx-
cessive alkali salts and rich in the Gle
meuts necessary for plant life.
The Beaver project, near Milford. is
also approaching completion The stor-
age reservoir has been constructed
along the most approved lines, is sub
stautial and will provide storage for
water sufficient to irrigate from $4,000
10 $4,000 acres Of land near Milford
At Newcastle. some fifteen miles
from Modena, colonization work is now
in progress. So desirable is this land
that many farmers from Cache and Da
Wis counties have made investments
and are now improving their holdings,
The great Escalapte valley, consisting
of more than 10000 acres of land. is
also undergoing Il transformation. Sub
terranean water has been secured and
carefully conducted experiments now
IN progress at Malone and NADIA will
shortly determine the Feasibility Of the
reclamation Of that wonderful desert
land
The last year has witnessed much de-
relopmeut and colonization work in
Boxelder county Dry farming and ir-
rigation have both been employed to
subduc thousands of acres of virgin
soil in that section, In Sewer county
Jewish colony has been successfully
established on some Of the state lands
under tbe hatchtown reservoir.
The Nosida project, across the lake
from Provo, has been colonizcd aud the
lands there have mostly come under
the plow.
In northern Utah county and south
western Salt Lake county water from
The Provo river and pumped water from
Utah lake reached the parcbed acres
and transformed the ssgebrush wastes
into fruitful fields, and tho promise
Tor this year, is that much more land
fin tbe vicinity of Draper and Sandy
viii bc reclaimed.
> At PRICE thousands OF acres are now
growing alfalfa and cereal CROPS who're
.orly a few years ago crcasewood and
& ahad scale predominated The Buck
+, born flats project in that. vicinity is
QUO OF the most promising and safest
within the confines Of the state.
With these great irrigation projects
nov ready for colonists. and with the
promising fields for dry farming in San
1,luan, Kane, Juab and Tooee counties,
srtpe outlook for very rapid increase
1l'n our population is most promising.
81 The Tribune extends congratulations
ITO the men who have invested their
-iDoncy IN these great enterprises and
shopes that thousands Of desirable citi-
: ,zcns and home builders NAV come and
carry forward this glorious work Of
building An empire