Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-06-23
THE TINE is RIPE.

THE time is ripe for big forward
stride on the part of Iron county
and particularly the fertile and richly
endowed Cedar Valley. Opportunity
is even now knocking loudly at our
door Shall he be denied admission?
That is the question that is confront
ing the heavy land owners of this To-
caliy at the present hour. For years
and years the people of this place
have been Flooding along, waiting,
watching and hoping for something
to occur to improve industrial condi-
tions and develop the country up to
that point of which it is capable Of
being developed. They have wished
and looked in vain for many, many
years for a railroad through this sec
ton Of country, which we have felt
sure would be instrumental In bring
ing the country into its own.
Yes, we have all been waiting, and
some have been industrally working.
and yet others, in the thought that
they were exercising unwonted wis
dom, have been gradually but surely
accommodating vast tracts Of land with
the thought that some day it would
be of great value, in which they are
probably quite right; but in the mean
time, they are not only keeping them
selves burdened with a lot Of dead
property on which they have to pay
taxes and assessments, but they are
barring the way to progress on thu
part of the rest Of the community ant
the country generally, for there ar
not enough people here to develop ant
cultivate the land and make 1t pro
duce. What we want Ia mare people
more energy, in this section, and in OF
der to get them here they must b
shown an opportunity of making TO
themselves homes and acquiring farm
of their own. The better class of eli
izens-the men who do things--ai
not content to spend their entire live
working for others. They want a
opportunity Of getting foothold IL
themselves.
More people, of the right kind, wi
mean greater productivity, create
prosperity, in all lines Of endeavo
1t means greater strength and moti'
power to execute whatever we con
mence. It means bigger opportur
ties for our young people and our oil
err people; it means more patrona,
for our schools, more help in carryii
the burdens that are the price of II
provement and advancement. II mea
the cultivation of our waste lane
the building Of better roads, the CT
culation of more money and the !
creasing of business in all lines.
means that every person in the col
munity will be benefited. II will
sure the early building of railro
into this valley, If the project set
foot by j. w. Paxman and associa'
for the colonization of our spare Ian
succeeds.
Then ought not you, Mr.. Land U"
err. in your own interests as well
that of the community at large,
loosen up and list reasonable portl
of your surplus land in this proJe
even at the risk of realizing 4
dollars less for it than you might
by holding it for an uncertain term
wears, or than your estate or ne
might thus obtain after you are dc
and gone?
There Is no use of US standing
round and grumbling at the fates
not taking us into their keeping a
providing us with the luxuries OF {
life. II is up TO us TO work out
own salvation, both temporal q
spiritual; and if we are not stro
enough to push the work along
fast as IL ought TO go, let us take
common sense view of matters q
give persons who are willing to n
us a reasonable chance.
II is conservatively estimated q
there is land and water to support
least two hundred more families
this valley. We need these people
help us in working out the destin
of this section; let's open the d
and admit them.