The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1915-07-09

Naiutu w hundred thousand dollars.
a new $4,000 bank will be opened AZ
Moab on July 10Th. and " the govern
ment can be induced to build the pro-
posed 2OO-foot dam nc the Junction
Of the Grand and Green rivers Il will
bring under cultivation a million acres
Of the richest lands In the world.
These are some 81 the statements
made by y. w. Hammond OF Moab.
representative 20 the last state legisla-
ture. who was In Salt Lake City re-
Gently on business
Hammond says this vast irrigation
scheme " entirely practicable Al
though u should not cost more than
/ four Co five million dollars the lands
which Il viii bring under intense cui-
tivation az nifty dollars an acre would
bring the valuations up TO nifty mill
lion dollars and with n railroad these
lands Il II estimated. viii be worth
not lees than n hundred dollars an
acre or n hundred million dollars to-
tai valuation under such a project
- understand that the government
engineers have been giving this big
engineering schcme considerable NJ.
tention Of late" said Hammond
'SoundinRr have failed 30 far 60 find
suitable bedrock 20 which as tie the
| foundations OF the dam. although
understand they have drilled a. a.
depth 81 hundred and nifty feet Yet
with our modern engineering nothing
seems impossible In that inviucibls
combination 81 brains and capital I
believe the proposed dam would bc
two hundred feet high aud would
hack the waters almost Co Green River
eighty miller Co the north. II would
mean the abandonment Of Moab. AZ
the waters would probably NubmerRe
every house Ia town. n would only
require the citizens 10 move back up
on 10 the higher mcsaa. however.
Purpose T. Twofold.
BESIDES bringing million acres of
rich lands under the pillow. this scheme
would hold back the flood waters OF
the Colorado. which every spring ac-
compilnh Thousands ~ dollars In dam
are Co the Imperial Valley farmers
Thin dam would XIII two birds with
ono shot and two big birds NJ that
Cattle. sheep and farm crops are
making a fair showing this season al
though the beef cattle right now are
bringing about two dollars a hundred
weight lcrs than last year. and the
dry farmers have not NJ large an
acreage this season AZ last The sheep
men. however. have been In clover
this year Their clips averaged about
eight pounds 60 the head. which at
twenty-one Co twenty-five cents would
be more than $50 wool profits alone.
Probably four hundred thourand
pounds ~ wool valued az approxlm-
ntely hundred thousand dollars. war
shipped from ThompsonS this spring
from about nifty thousand head.
Spring lambs have sold "a high as
twelve cents or near seven dollars for
) a sixty pound lamb. The way things
look, I expect 90 see fall lambs bring
nine cents. or about five dollars each
for top notcherr. Some OF the prices
are the highest ON record for our
! country.
Interests Are Sold.
II have just sold out my interests
In the la Sal Land and Live Stock
company. which In In excellent con-
dition this year Charles Redd II the
nuperintondent. The company owns
about sixteen thousand acres. OF this
acreage nearly ten thousand acres are
1
proximately three thousand head OF
cattle and ten thousand sheep. II viii
cut two thousand tons OF hay. mainly
alfalfa. About three weeks ago came
"A hard frost. AZ result, there vii
be only "a two-thlrds first cutting AL
} falfa crop. However. the frost wal
not severe enough 10 harm the DIR,
farm grain on the higher mesas'
"BeeyeH are now worth about 81
cents "A pound, while last fall the,
brought ilh cents and would be 4
loss 10 our atockmen II they would
sell now az two dollars "A hundred
weight. The three-year-old grass fec
steers are worth about 20 ~ cent
Z a pound live weight Last year 4
\ twelve hundred FOUNDER brought $50
10 $50. Probably our range steers av
Z erage nearer 1860 pounds at 'hre'
! years
settlers Are Permanent.
but more than our cattle and oul
I sheep and our oil and our mines, TN
\ success attending modern dry farming
on the rich mesas between Monticello
and Handing. or Grayson, Is bring
ing In permanent settlers and eventu
ally will be the means OF getting III
a railroad. Thousands OF acres o
these lands are being taken up unde
the homestead acts. Many people ar
, settling on the ground direct. whil'
others are perfecting their titles b!
Improving the lands under the non
! resident provision. In one week u
\ May 81. goo acres, or more than a hun
ldred homesteads. were located
THAT dry farming Is success dow
I'm san Juan, ] may point 10 the ex
perience OF Nelson brothers last year
|. am acquainted with them ana car
= yauch for the truth Of the report