WHAT A CITIZEN SAYS. Mcnnlnr of the Experiments Being i Conducted hy the Government. j Tint tho real mcanliiff of the drain- j ngo of tho Jim! in linds miy be un- J ilerslnol the" following- from an old 1 resident of b lit Lake City Is given I The' section comprlslnc some 60foo J ncies of Iiml llnir ndjoccnt to and I between Silt Lake elty an 1 the flieut J Silt Like has n peculiar history, clr- I rumstnnces more than conditions i no- j count foi It helnK twenty jears behlnl tho linpiovemcnts In all other sections I uriounline it It Is a nu'ter of sur I prl-o nnd no smill comment by slrin ! Rein win this valuable section, so close- I ly sltuitid nnd nljuent to n metrop- I oils like silt Hike City with Its pop ulation of 70 000 people, fchoull remain I levold nf linpiovuiiint In fact II is I Impnsnllilo to tlnd such a sietlon of iiml ni favoiably located to so .largo n metiopolls with InlRatlontf nnd roll wu fa.lllllessuiom nlcnt. i; hero Im Piovuucnts mo so few mid tho values so low ns this hectlon Its topoRinphy Is tnvoioblo for drainage, while the condition of Its soil is thc same as tl e nrlBlnnl eonllllon of nil other linds in the Hnlt Uike valley mnU of which a o now line nrjrleultunil linds All that Is reVulied to lulnr. tlu-e linds o ii value i .( fiom :oo to HJK Per aete the inaiket P.lco for linds s tu ated the samo illsiniue from thn clt s center either to the enst or south Is he expenditure of a little money for 1T,'of,le"rSo'mreef..llyaP,reclitetl,it tho lmckward con llllon of this sec Im, Is due mute to clrcums lies th an o Xm aYum.lon' o I'- WW ! .i 5nii Ijiko Mllej Tlis vallej ;,,V'U;ts","s ,b s-.sa: tho valley. . . ornrltl HUb1tan0.l..l l.;i roveme n.s '(nn: ?-hnjnerJ-sect oil and ofPty "'.ntion nf iho , ,lver. t'', orlsV" iS ih, same ns soil in hi. se; t be" JB U" , nuvv exls " In hf1 t,1("o mountain loidnn r ' ,,i,r Sue cs have loim streams 1 1 r 1 u 1 1 1 ' B ' ' ' ', '! , ith drain been wnsliuele. nfcethc n uiku nso ennuis an I " volley lanH "'V:;!,S '"Mn-Kly unl state before the Ignorant application applica-tion of Irrigation In and about the ear 1S72 some ndventurnus persons conceived the Idea of converting this section Into farm lind, nnd to securo lrrluitlon facilities constructed several sev-eral Irrlgitlng flitches bringing the vtater from the Jordin rher out nnd over this section the southwest portion por-tion nf hilt Like count). The nrt of irrigation was not understood then nr for sevcrnl vcarH that followed as well ns It Is unlerstool todiy, mil In con-Herpienee con-Herpienee irrigation was lavishly applied ap-plied with the result that the high 1 met was redeemed while the low land Inke, and convejed their nlkillne waters Into a canal known ns "The Surilus" beginning nt the Inlersee Hon of Twelfth South street with the Ionian river nnd running northwest to tho Orent halt Lake About 1RSS the North I'olnt Consolidated Irrlgi-tlnn Irrlgi-tlnn cmnpnn), taking Its venter through the Hurphis canal constructed an Irrigitlng system to supply tho territory ter-ritory I) lug between thc clt and the Orent rait Lake an I In lS31-'92 extensively exten-sively enlnrkeil Its sHtem so th it altogether al-together It had In mnlirnnils, ditches nnd litirnls nbout forty three miles of Irrigating- lines, with a capacity for Implements Used In Trcncli Making Irrliratliig a I ml 1 it a i mil civ i ring in ii l ill of tin in nan air h li twceii the illv and the lake with con lltl.n.j rivoiabh at a "m ill M use f IntiPHsliiir lt ml nlt whimvir ii tiuliotl b enlniglng lis tnnnl finm Its nut-take fi.nn the Hurt lus canal In the Jiinrtlun of its ninth mil west brain lies llv llils enlnigi mint an ullt-take nf alHiut 400 stcond fei t ill IV I mured t tpable of inlgatliiK at least 60 w) lined nf 1 viitl or this entire sietlon sie-tlon tTp to 1VI2 extensive linpiovtineiits weie 1 elng ninth throughout this si i linn farms wen being fenn 1 hitisis and bin lis built and IiiIkuiIih, dltilun constiuttid our lOiH) m us wtu un del cultivation imdurlng alfalfa vthcat itiin rjc oats and vigtialit t nil In nhuiiilnme while nt irlv I KM neies wtrt btlng Irrlgnti 1 for i isttu nge At this time this m 1 1, n III r i r to outrival all other stitlms t-n at llaetlve was the tiiltlouk tint spt il litois paid oxtrnorllniry i rlcis for this liul but Just at this Juiiitiiii th iiius lime water canil was iliuni i I Into the surplus iiinul mil tliroukh It Into the North I'olnt consolidated sstim to tlle extent, as was estnl lithe 1 Hi iui of 100 tons of nlkall drv wiUhl In every twent four limns If It hid lit en n molten streim nf lend nnd ul lowed tn linn I tills section tilt ik struetlon woull not have litn mure comilile Wllhmit line wnttr for Ii rlgitlou, fin tin r Iini iovi mints vine useless Afltr it peated t flui e I i si t le the North I'olnt Cnnsnll Inled cnmpiny cuiiuiDiieeil Its action to nl ite this milsauti In the lntter i ut of 1MI nut allir a litigation extending over a IK rind of live vrms snurel a i crm tntnt Injunction entliel slopping litis mils nnce and tn litter lis svntcin It inn strucled n ennal thiuiikh White liki, an enlirgement cf the suiilus ciiuil lain which the tlriliitke dltth almve mcntlonel was dlscharkid, so as tu st cure nbsolutelj pure river water 'In tliv this ran il sj sit m Is one of the I ist In the Klnti with a ptrmiucnt mil as surel supplv of pine river watir Iiur Ing the three jears nf nulsniire, nr until IS if attempts to use this alkali waltr not only luirnel up the trots to which It wns nppllel, hut ruined the I unl Then fnr three tnrs water was not allowed to run so Unit fiom Ik'U tn 1900 there was iiutkally no Irrigation, and what Irrlgitlnn wis u pill 1 was ruinous Dining these venrs of adver slty Iho owners of lluse Ian Is not be Ing nblo to Imptovn tin ui abinlonid their homes tn the inoitgagers lln In turn lit the hulldliiks ftnees mil Improvements go tn destruction, until the mutitr now puinits th at pi il an e of i w ii nr 1 1 ikii lln shut n i n t ikltin n 1 mi ik of the nl iiiilnu ment tin lit d In th. in mil of sluep w hit h nte up mil stumpe i mil all vige tatlon that itmnlutl whlh tin mni Kugns thtirloiiil mtutsiind banki rs nirseil and still tursr this seillon in iiiiitmlirnutt of immi tin un til I si llllltc We Invi ailothir t Ir hum ii mid nut a coiilltlun nhl h Ins Hind ed thi liaturil m will or this st tl m fnr hid this mil li lint In ntululillt til In iv vim ml I lun sin th s sietlin III ii hlv.li i ile of iiilllv ill n riiat till sittlili will I ( n H in i nus mil 111 tlnu iiioti v ilu il le Is as certain as tho sun rises ard sets Tor Ihicu iciisons llr,t 4 ill Lil i c liy will I eeomc a inllwny tt liter mid n iiiaiiu ficturlng point mil In tin yiais will hue iiipulatliiii nf 00 000 P. t mid -riit) tlts griwlh la llmltid so fin ns ekti ndlni: noith or enst Is rnne'rili 1 Hit iimiinlulns nn I n si rvntl in pn vi iilltig, while vacant inicil) 111 thise dim Unas Is iilnady In Id at i-xtuunly hlkh lirlies lint the glnwtli of tho t It. Is llmltid at the south lo rwtlfth rtnith stlett Is certain owing to the tstali llshmtiil nf stvntil smelltrH In Iho i klnlts of and at Man is, the mils m o finm which is the vuhj. ct of almust weekly tnmplnltit befuit! tlm r'nuuty ( utuliilssiun is. lit li t the iiatillal kiiiHth of tin city must mil will hu westward tnwmd the liki, wlittti fl W'i ill n tr but i .pi ills as gool sites for ' "J,! It H M him s n y In st lire 1 to say nothlnr irip jH H ur in h It in. ur anl a m ignltleene Jj jH 1 vl w i r tin mniiiitalns and city til I )t H 1 I 111 i I As ii i uiily business prnposl pit j, v )V M Hon the ills and county or Halt I-ukrl , i,i ' 9K H must leiogulse the fait that this sec i. iih IrBI 1 tlou must In led. t im-1 si in to be nt .rjiMliJYiH 1 valuilli as other sections fnr taxablo ff jililij H H l"'l" f-.J'i'lP iftlH H roiirth That the experiments tnado i'MAi irMl H h I tnge Uiwe and others In this F(M JfM H st linn eslnbllshis hiun 1 nutstlun tho hj i 1 i'lilM 1 rithnesn mil ftrtlllty nf the soil Mr. , i4 1 tUi H I nwi s Impruiitmnls this mr will ex- i"fv,lisZi 1 mil J.0TH) nliini Hi will crup nvn 400 'i,'3ffl H li ns of alfaira alnne this venr lie has ! ""I itB H i in with I sh than live cars start, 'i rf, MM H ti if tin Ilia n rarms In thi valley. . ,1 'I'jlH H Ihls Is all mwl) driliied land Mr. , ''JfjjH H lion I h ) live "Ilu il. 1 nine miles west k MflH IH I of tht illy Is in iMimih nf what I 111 f' t Jl jH H s i Hun will do under Intelligent farm "U fllwi H Ink mil drain nn Inn inllt bus lllj J ) IIM H I tin I I ii I ss than IM lei an.- , ,f i j' H I Iflh Tin howl i r the Innkirs loan ' J l H I at ins mil mil estate men must bo ) (j ,!)HiH H I t m 1 1 I fi i tht an like asses They trfpl LUIS H dim t knuw what Hit y are bra) Ing at. ''JliiJjlMl H