The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-06-16
UTAH PEOPLE MAY
LOCATE A COLONY
j. J. Richardson, Mayor of Smith
field, Well Pleased With Pros
poets of This Project.

j. j. Richardson and Joseph Neil
son, of Smitbield, Utah. of which
city the former gentleman is the
mayor, we're visitors to Fallon last
week coming here with the idea of
looking over the project with view
to locating a colony of people from
their section in this valley II they
considered the outlook favorable.
Both gentlemen are members Of
the Mormon faith and are influential
in both church and civil affairs in
section from which they hail. As
they are both practical farmers, fa-
miliar with the work of reclaiming
lands by irrigation, having been
born and raised in Cache valley
where the natural conditions forty
years ago we're very similar to those
existing here. their judgment and
recommendations will be taken as
final. Mr.. Richardson states that he
can remember very distinctly when
practically all of what is nov the
richest agricultural and cultivated
lands of northern Utah was nothing
but an alkali plain, supporting a
meagre growth of stunted grease
wood and sagebrush, containing wide
reaches of alkali flats as white as the
driven snow. Under the Bear river
canal this land has all been re-
claimed by expert handling and now
contains some of the finest farms
to be found in the state of Utah
He expressed the conviction that this
valley presents far better natural
conditions than that which confront
ed his forebears when they first un-
dertook to create homes in Cache
valley.
Mr. Richardson and Mr.. Nelson
were attracted to this project by
Mr. Kelsey during the recent visit
by the latter TO their community in
search of dairy cattle and we're his
guests during their stay here. They
had brought a shipment of dairy
cattle to Lovelock valley and sold
them to the farmers there to supply
the market created by the erection
of the new creamery. Incidentally
It may be mentioned that of the
bunch the Churchill Creamery pur-
chased eighty-one head. which were
landed here last week.
Messrs. Richardson and Nelson
will bring another shipment OF
dairy cattle to Loyelock shortly and
will again visit Fallon and investi
gate more fully their colonization
scheme. Mr.. Richardson states that
IL he concludes to go through with
the proposition he will take pains to
see that only those are selected who
are familiar with irrigation and re-
lamation work, thus insuring the
success of the scheme from the start
Dsring their brief visit here they
were conducted over as much of the
w .ey as their limited time would
pc. NIT by Mr.. Kelsey, and what
they saw has only served to confirm
them in the opinion that their ideas
of colony here are feasible and
practicable and that 1t only remained
to select the lands for their people
10 settle Whilst IL is probable that
a majority OF the eolonists will be
members of the Church of Jesus
Christ OF Latter Day Saints. Mr..
Richardson stated he was very lib
eral In his religious views and was
more interested in the practical than
the religious character of the pro-
posed colony and as a consequence
would make his selections from
purely utilitarian rather than a sec
tartan standpoint.