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Show FACTS ABOUT BEAR RIVER VALLEY. V Walic up yc denizens of the east, I and hear nature's call for good settlers n in the elevated sheltered and fertile M valley on the shores of the great ln- I land salt sea. Listen. Don't you hear the sweet limpid voice of Bear River M saying: "Come to my valley, and I will n pour myself over its productive fields, so that in the time of harvest the H barns and graneries will be full to I overflowing!" H Listen to the song of the Wasatch H mountains, as it floats so gently in the zephyrs, over the fertile and productive M farms in the Bear River valley. I Wake up, for you can see in their H rough and rugged forms beauty, gran- H deur, poetry, music, divinity and peaco. You can see a beauty that no artist n can paint; a grandeur that no orator I can describe; poetry that can only bo 0 written on the heart; music that 1 echoes the anthems of eternity, a dl-1 dl-1 vinity, for they are emblems of im-A im-A mortality and seem to reach from na-I na-I turo up to nature's God, and are "a I peaco that passeth all understanding." One morning a few years ago, on the public square in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Mr. Samuel Newhouse suddenly awoke to the fact that the great west was the best place for a wide-awake hustler. So he packed his grip and went to Denver. Denver, he said, is all right, but there is something better farther west, so he came on to Salt Lako, and when ho arrived there he said, "here is the spot, I will go no farther," and ho went to work and his success was far beyond all his fondest dreams or expectations. ex-pectations. Today ho owns mining stock, mines, smelting, houses and lands. He is a part of Salt Lake City, and a multi-millionaire, and he couia go back to Wilkesbarre and buy and 1 sell any three of the richest men in Luzerno county. It was only a few years ago that Professor Geo. Montanyo Marshall of Salt Lake City was a great, over-grown school boy in Towanda. Pa., but ho woke up, graduated from the schools of Towanda and then finished a four years' course at Harvard college. Ho then "hit the trail" for Salt Lake City, secured a position as a professor In the University of Utah, and in addition ho was appointed assistant superintendent superintend-ent of public Instruction In the state of Utah, and with his combined salaries salar-ies he could go back to Towanda and hire five common school teachers and have a little money left. About thirty years t. ;o, in a snug, well-furnished, well-kept farm house in Herrickville, Pa., a young man was ushered into this world. Only a few years after ho out-grew the Herrick- I ville schools and went to the Wyoming Hjp seminary, Kingston, Pa.; in three years ho walked out of that Institution 1 with a sheepskin (diploma) under his arm, and on one corner of it was marked In largo figures 100. Ho went from there to the Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y., and remained one year. From there ho started westward, west-ward, stopped at the University of Chi-cago Chi-cago for three years and loft that Institution In-stitution with another sheepskin under his arm marked "A. B." He liked the hustling west, and wandered on to Denver, where ho saw a dsn over I a door "Denver Medical College." He wont in that door and remained three years. When ho came out he had another an-other sheepskin under one arm a marked "M. D.," and under the other arm a caso of surgical instruments instru-ments ho had won for standing at tho head of his class. He practiced in Denver, and in the hospitals there for three years, and then hung out his sign in Salt Lako, where his success has been in every way more than he had ever hoped for. If any young doctor In Towanda or any of tho cities along the Susquehanna Susque-hanna river should achieve one-half the success that Dr. Charles W. Stewart Stew-art has in Salt Lake City, ho would hold his head so high he would lean backward. On tho banks of Huntington Creek in tho beautiful Huntington valley, about twenty miles over tho mountains from Wilkesbarre, Pa., stands a little white Methodist church, and In that church tho Rev. Samuel Blair preached to a small congregation and for a still smaller salary. But he know about tho great west, and when his time was up In tho little white church, ho was transferred to Nebraska, and from there to Ogden, Utah. Now ho Is preaching there in a beautiful church that cost over $G0,000, and ho lias prospered pros-pered so in a few investments in Utah that ho returned a great portion of his salary to his church last year. On Juno 20, 1900, Mrs. S. N. Colo, John Ferry, James Ferry and Geo. Hickock of Waukegan, 111., started westward, looking for farms. Mr. Colo and Mr. Ferry, just previous to this time, had been through Iowa, Missouri, Mis-souri, Kansas, Indian Territory nnd Texas, looklng.for farms. On tho 24th of June, they arrived in Bear River valley, and after spending a few days there, Mr. Colo and Mr. John Forry each selected 1C0 acres and Mr. Hickock Hic-kock 80 acres. On their return they looked at irrigated land in Colorado and Nebraska. A little later Colo and Ferry took a trip through Idaho, Oregon, Ore-gon, Washington and British Columbia, and after all their search and careful investigation, they decided that Bear River valley presented more and bolter opportunities than any place they had seen. They moved there with their families. Mr. Colo bought 80 acres more land; ho also bought the Hammond Ham-mond Banking Co. of Corinne, and changed tho namo to tho Colo Banking Co. Mr. Colo's personnl responsibility responsibil-ity in his bank is over $75,000. In the fall of 1904 ho was elected treasurer of Box Elder county, Utah, and every investment and act of his since ho camo to Utah has been profitable ana progressive. Mr. John Ferry has groat faith in tho future of Bear River vnl-ley. vnl-ley. After purchasing tho first 100 acres, Mr. Ferry added 10 acres more, then 70, then 80, then 100, then 80, thon 80 acres. Ho was elected mayor of Corinne, and has been very prosperous in Utah. Mr. Geo. Hickock ndded 40 more acres to his 80, and Is now director of tho Bear River Telephone Co., a new and thriving company. Mr. James Ferry, tho fourth one of tho party, is still sleeping. A little over two years ago Mr. Gen. Cropley, a sawed-off, cautious English Yankee from Illinois, wandered into the Bear River valley. He took plenty of time studying tho exact conditions there and then bought 135 acro3 tf sagebrush land. He took off his coat and went to work. Tho first year ho succeeded in clearing, plowing, leveling level-ing and sowing 100 acres of oats, wheat and barley, and obtalnol fair crops. This year ho has his land in purreci condition, and an excellent stand of crops; he has his fences built, and hU farm is one of tho bo3t-kopt In tho valley, val-ley, and Mr. Cropley Is happy. Mr. Cropley is 20 years old, owns' a good Bear River valley farm and is single. Mr. Fred Nihart of Newnort. Penn-sylvanla, Penn-sylvanla, camo west to Orangovllle. 111., from there to Nebraska, and In 1899 ho landed in Bear River valley with his family. Ho had but very littlo money, however, ho bought 20 acres of land, but could not pay one dollar down on It. It took what money ho had to live on. and build a binaii, cnenn house. At tho end of tho first year i ho made his first payment, nnd Improved Im-proved his house, nnd set out n small orchard. He was so well pleased wit'.i his land that ho persuaded his oldest son to buy 40 ncrcs, and another son In his teens to buy 10 ncres. Ills sister and brother came on from Illinois nnd each bought 20 acres, nnd nil prospered. pros-pered. When tho Mnlad Valley railroad rail-road was built, two years ago, It estib-llshed estib-llshed Trcmonton station by the sldo of Mr. Nlhart's land. Mr. Nlhnrt sold building lots, built' storo buildings, started tho Tromont Times, a wide-awako wide-awako weekly pnper, and today ho has a nice income from his Bear River valley Interests. Mr. John Shumnn from Newport, Pennsylvania, enmo with Mr. Nihnrt, bought land ndjumlng his, and has prospered equally as well. Timid peoplo should read tho following: follow-ing: Mr. Edward Kent did not succeed as well as ho wished in Nebraska, so ho with his wlfo nnd three small children chil-dren sehooncrod to Utah. Five years ago ho bought 20 acres In Bear River valley, but having no money ho could not make his first payment till ho sold his first crop. Ho routed a small shanty thnt cost $45. nnd lived In that tho first year. At the end of tho first year ho made his first payment and built himself a neat little cottage 22x 28, two years later ho bought 40 acres more land. Last yoar his barley averaged aver-aged 85 bushels to tho ncro on 8 nero3 and his oats 116 bushels on 17 ncro3. Mr. Kent has kept up the payments on his land, nnd todny ho lias 30 head of live stock, which include 4 good horses; ho has good wagons anil farm implements, has kept his children In school during tho timo nnd should he want credit It would bo givon him nt tho bank or any storo In Benr mvor vnlloy. This year, 1905, Mr. Kent has built a lnrgc, commodious hotel In Trcmonton, Trcmon-ton, nnd his business is good. In the year 1900 Mr. Janioo Carter from Owatonnn, Minn, bought P.nO acres of Benr River valley land nt $40 per acre. This land hns paid for every Improvement that has boon mndo oil It, and today Mr. Carter could get $15 ) per acre for his land. Not only liai Mr. arter mado $30 000 on his Investment, Invest-ment, but he hns regained his health, as he came to Hoar River an Invalid, .it Mr. John Holmgren planted in 1H)4 00 ncres of migar beets In Bear River valley. Ho dug. nnd sold ovor 1,500 tons from this 00 acres, an nvoiage of over 25 to:cs to tho aero. Threo acres of It yielded 38 tons to tho aero, and 25 acres 30 tons to thovacro. This Is tho largest yield of sugar beets, for one. three, twenty-five or -sixty acres evor recorded. Those suear boets netted Mr. Holm gron over $05 por ncre, after evory ex nenso was paid. In tho yoar 1903, Mr Holmgren ralecd 570 tons from ?4 ncrcs, nnd In 1902, 50 tons from 2 acres. Bear River valley excells any other spot on the globe for size, yield and quality of sugar beets v Mr. Moroni Mortonsen, In Bear RIvor valloy, has a 7-acro npplo orchard (trees 0 to 10 years old.) Ho sold from this orchard 700 boxes first-class apples, ap-ples, and COO boxes second-class, Tho3p apples netted him on tho ground, after paying for tho boxes, tho 1st class 90r per box; tho second, 50c por box. or $930 not from a young 7-acro orchard His poaches, pears, prunes, plums and cherries did equally as well. Mr. it Hanson, who owns a 15-acro orchard received as much per acre for his orchard orch-ard as Mr. Mortonsen. Mr. Tom Lynch, who camo to Bear River valley from Peoria, III., harvested har-vested in 1904, 1,000 bushels of brewing brew-ing barley and 1235 bushels of oats from 20 ar s. This same land yielded in 1903, 11C bushels of oats to tho aero on tho entire 2C acres. S. N. Cole nnd John Ferry bought , ItiO ncrcs of lnnd three years ago for $48 per acre. They ion ted on Septem-bcr Septem-bcr 10, 1903, 100 acres of It without buildings, for $7 per ncro net cash rent ,. jH nnnunlly, for three years. ft 1 Mr. W. C. Cnirlor bought. 40 notes 1 1 five years ago at $40 per ncro nnd two j years later the 40 acres .adjoining It 1 for $50 per ncro. He rented the whol? II jH 80 ncres for three yenrs nt a net cash Jfl nnnunl rental of $10 per acre, nnd the B buildings on It did not cost over $300. n When we know that farms valued nt ft $100 per acre in Iown and Illinois, with ffl jH good buildings can bo rented for $3 jH per ncre or less, it shows the ad van- jjj tnge of Investing In Hear River va.ley. 3 In HBBl None of the above and, none of the raj hundreds of families from tho eastern jjj jH nnd middle western stnto3 who aru now living in the Bear River Valley or anywhere; in Utah have been in- terfcred with or hindered In any way JH by tho Mormons. Everything thnt goes to mtike happi-uess happi-uess nnd wealth Is tho product of the jH lnnd nnd labor, nnd where me land is easily cultivated nnd very productive the quicker will happiness and wealth he obtained. See what Bear Illver Vn'-ley Vn'-ley hns done and govern yourself nc-cordlngly. nc-cordlngly. Ninety per cent of the wenlthy poo-pie poo-pie of the United States became so H through tho advance of real oatate, net Wm one person in one thousand ever be- jH came rich working on a snlnry, a unn owning nnd living In his own I10U83 in the city hns to support that house, a person working for wnges In the city is liable to get out of employment. A person owning a farm In Bear River valley has something thnt will support him. Ho will have more lelsuro than tho city man, yet at tho same time will never he out of work. ! |
