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Show 123 tZOYO V (FA COUNTY Utah as a state offers untold and unparalelled opportunities to the energetic homeseeker from" near and far. Her wealth in resources fs the wealth of an empire, and within her boundaries may be found more of God's blessings than has ever been estimated by the most optimistic of the human race. Here in Utah- the clear skies overspread a land with as many, marvels of nature as there are in many times its area in many parts of the- globe. Today, however, the people are not only seeking for the marvelous in nature, but they are seeking for the lands where the proverbial milk and honey flow to the Jouch of man. They are seeking forihat place where they nan settle down and build homes that are not only places in which STREET SCENE IN SPANISH FORE to work a lifetime of toil. -- Homes surrounded by the blessings of nature are now in demand, and Utah is offering the opportunities for just' such homes. Of all this rich' area, Utah County is - the real Land of Promise; here we have the land, here we have the water so necessary: to the production of crops in the land where almost perpetual sunshine reigns, and heye we have a great commonwealth established upon the proper basis to expand and fill the needs of the people as the population marches forward-- No people on earth have been more blessed than the J ever-increasi- THE-LANBO- tCZT PROMISE F- people of Utah County and in no part of the country have the promises untold wealth to the property owners, but as the opportunities which have presented themselves been better years roll by, and not many years either,, the Eldorado, Santa-quin- , utilized than right here in the beautiful Utah Valley, surround-- , ed by the majestic peaks of the Wasatch ever pointing upward and standing as the great symbols of optimism for all who dwell beneath their shadbws, with the great irngation projects ever sending their streams of life bearing wafers to the thirsty soil. There is no room for pessimism here. Why the very atmosphere is a sure cure for all the ills of the discouraged and the blue." Within the next twelve months .UtalT County will be boasting of over two hundred thousand acres (irrigated land,. with a population of only forty thousand peopleX- At the present time the soil has been-littlmoreXthan scratched and still the people are gaining health, jvealthnnd happiness." When' intense agrieulturcTshall have founcTlts place among the farmers and fruit growers of this county, the garden, field and orchard will supply thousands and thousands, of people with the employment so needed to continue the onward march of the American people. One',timeWhenthe"Ihterior 'Department-o- f - the United States had occasion to investigate conditions in this connty, it found that Utah could boast of the greatest sucker pond1 in the world, and from that time to this there has been a gradual trend toward robbing Utah Lake of that name and in its place making our great lakejone of the - finest sporting ponds in America Already the lake is teeming with trout, bass," and a small variety of catfish, but now the state plans to do what Uncle Sam Ahas f ailed to accomplish and plant the various' varieties of large catfish and by so doing turn the lake into a most profitable body of water. However, at the present time many men make a livelihood seining for carp and suckers and supplying the markets both far and near. Only last year many carloads of common fish were shipped to the New York markets and there supplied food to the poorer classes that could not be supplied from the fisheries along the Atlantic. The time is rapidly approaching when the fish industry of this county 'will supply employment " For many years the mines in the surrounding hills have been pouring wealth from their hidden treasures into the coffers of the people of this' section. The great Tintic District Provo, and American Fork mining districts will begin to cause the mining' interests to turn their attention closer to these sections. At the present time a few gopher 'holes" have been dug.nd the results have been "good, but capital has been lacking and the men whose interests caused them to dig e or-hundreds r?w" f-people. COUNTRY LANE NEAR PROVO have not as yet been able to produce the results necessary to make those districts go forward- - Yet here is a field forthe investment of capital that gives great premise to the man who is willing to look into the future and tke a chance with nature. Other resources and opportunities are presenting, themselves t6 men with means and to men wdth ambition. Utah County is capable of supporting five times its present population with ease and comfort, and the peopleware holding out these opportunities- to those who reside boTE far and near. -- - sisl Isa" 23 ZS2233 f. i T t PROVO, UTAH LIABILITIES RESOURCES Loans and Discounts Banking Honse Furniture and Fixtures Real Estate V . . I. x-- '. i . 12,235.10 . --I' --- --- .. i. . .- . 1 ! 4,636.57 356.351 -"- Cash and Sight Exchange,! . Current Expenses and Taxes Raid Total Capital Stock paid in Surplus Fund .1 Undivided Profits Individual Deposits Savings Deposits Certified Checks Cashiers Checks A Demand Certificates of Deposit Time Certificates of Deposit Reserve for Taxes $215,111.56 170,552.38 1,283.38 $404,875.14 l 1 X $ 50,000.00 3,000.00 12,211.74 u 266, 723.60 !!!!!!!! 106,678.69 368.15 723.46 3,105.35 1,741,58 322.57 Total -.- .$404,875.14 SHORT LINE. TO SUCCESS r is a bank account, but some folks who start right jump the track, and others lose ground by frequent stopping and starting. It takes less power to keep a traln'runnlng than it does toItart it, and it s easier to keep a bank account growing than it is to get" a fresh" start after stopping." Hard work, steady going, and.few stops is the secret of a fast increasing bank account.' Every deposit in this hank is1 ' - a step nearer prosperity. , -- - - TT - OFFICERS .. THOMAS N. TAYLOR, President JOHN F. BENNETT, Vice President ARNOLD DIXON, JOHN D. DIXON, Assistant Cashier DIRECTORS JOHN F. BENNETT T T V - ? THOMAS N. TAYLOR JOHN DeGREY DIXON JAMES A. LOVELESS "ANDREW KNUDSEN ROBERT BEE JOHN J. CRANER SIMON P. EGGERTSEN JOSEPH Si BERRY Cashier j |