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Show The Newest Town in Millard i The Past History and Future Prospects of Burtncr or Delta liny, grain, vegetables, dairy productt-aud productt-aud mu-k. Tin' mul In alnci specially uilaitt il fi;r S'lr.ar hoi Is. With this (iiitliink it in! III'' certainty that our harvest will put everybody on their In t tin' n iipli' iif I'urtiHT arc hanging mi without aliv ilnnht w hat ever t hat t In Ir town will In a v ei y tow years he the metropolis nf Millard county NFLSON S I1ISIIOI' j Burtner'a Past, j A number of the leading citizens of; Millard County nu t together in the I ! early part of I'.lmi and organized the i Melville Irrigation Company. Thisi i new company bought Inun the lies ictet lrigation Company a half iuli rest ! in the Sevier Mritlgo reservoir, which: was then only partially constructed The tract to bo watered by this com j patty comprised about 12. nun acn s ot 'choice level land located along the: S. I'.. I.. A. S. I,. Ity , about live ! miles north of Oasis. The lands were I surveyed, a diversion dam was I. mil across the river to raise the water into :lio ditches and a town site was laid: out one mile by a mile and a ipiarterj size. i Work was begun on the ditch Oc : lober US, I'.mti. and water was turned; on to the land in the fall of I'.tns . , livery person pun basing 4n shares of; water of the company was given a; lot In the townsite at rod. The first ; family to move into the neighborhood! was Walter toirdtier, In the spring of; I:iu7. N S. Hishop built the Hist house on the townsite In April. 1 !'7 . and; uioM'd his family into it the Inllnwlng luoiith. I In January, inns, a postofTicc was I established witli II .1. McCullough as postmaster. I The Oasis Land K litigation Company Com-pany purchased a half Interest in tin' Sevier Kiver reservoir and laid out a tract of about I.'.. mm acres of laud under the Carey Act on the west side of the Sevier river, adjoining lliirtner They began work on their ditches In January, I'.tult, ami op; .ictl up the tract tor settlement. A new era dawned for Hiirtner. Laud si lling excursions wi re conducted weekly, the new town was tilled with strangers, while thou sands of dollars wen- Invested in town lots and farming lands. The farmers on both the Melville and Oasis tracts prepared their land for cultivation, and sowed for their first harvest. F.vcry-thing F.vcry-thing was propitious atid it looked as If lliirtner would bo a town of l.tmii population by I'.Mu. Hut In June, I'.Mllt, their hopes wore dashed by the failure of the diversion dam Just above Hurl-ner, Hurl-ner, which raised the water of the river into tin- head canal of the Melville Mel-ville and Oasis Irrigation Companies' ditches. The Ihimi of a harvest that season was destroyed, but the people set to work and rebuilt the dam during the summer. The spring of I'.tIO found them again preparing their land for harvest. Thousands of acres of land had been sold during thi' winter and spring and a larger acreage than ever was under cultivation. Hut disaster overtook t Iti-iii once more. In May, Hi in, the dam again went out ami tint farmers were lelt to fare another year without a harvest. This time Instead of attempting at-tempting to rebuild the dam a canal was extended up the river Heveral miles and the water taken out from a ten-foot dam Instead of a .'hi foot dam, as was tin- old one. It Is also built on a solid clay foundation, with a spillway arid headgatis of concrete cut through a high ridge of solid formation. There is no possibility of the larmers again being left without water. As a result of these misfortunes lliirtner instead of being a town of I, nun or 2,'iimi people, has only about ."hi. Many people have had to go away for the winter to make a living for their families. Hut nobody Is sell ing out or leaving permanently who I can possibly help It. Kveryoue has confidence in the town and adjoining country. Inn, nun acres of the finest land adjoins the town and we know i that these How desert lauds will III a year or two be converted into pros-i pros-i porous farms. Our crops of grain, veg I etables, alfalfa and alfalfa seed are not I surpassed by any locality in Ftah. , I Our domestic water supply Is a pure jlilhia water, a sure cure for kidney troubles and bnghl's disease. Our i lim.it- Is eipial lo any in I'lali. while no sect ion Is mor' favorably located as to markets. , During the year DM" th" farmers , within a radius of six miles of Hurt in r lealized about $H.", from al falla seed, besides bui'e amounts for 1 "(Ciz : : y r -cp Vv; v " - .'- .v.., J I O. T. MEAD. f handise and $l."i In farm Implement Imple-ment and machinery. His store is iMtiiiped with all modern Improve iiietits and enjoys large and grow ing trade. Mr. Mead Is aUn the sl -master of Lynndyle. One of the Ixiosters for Lvrindjle l O. T. Mead, who ocn-d m th f!rt store In (hat place four yetr age He has se n the town grow to an im-portar im-portar t railway f f-iiter and h is al : ai lK--n ready to invest his money : tA l-ooin his town and any enter i prisi- that will advance the interest.-! til bis S'-clion As a proof of his (oiifl-di (oiifl-di nc' he has Just i niiol i'lil leovr! into an $s.neu stone store building, mi" ; ol th finest In the county. Hit Mock : is wurthy of bis new building, as It itomprises $',"0 worth fif general nicr- ( |