| Show S SA A IE E OFFICIALS EE SEE 20 PRICE RIVER I VALLEY ALLEY V ACRES WHICH ARE RECLAIMED RECLAIM JJ I t h 7 1 f v 0 I toi f y s j L M X A 1 r t t t J 0 AO 4 v r 1 I i L La r a a 1 w wa a v x a l c r Typical young In the 1 Price tJ valley alley ney now bearing frail In la alze tse IeDel a Del quantity unequaled on oa onearth onell g earth ell Ja JaT gr T r TWENTY WE TY thousand acres acre of ot fertile land In the Price River valley vaney beckons l ons to the honest hone ho neat t husbandman h and nd bids him come and make It bloom like the tho barren staff I In the great popes sight Wien Governor William Spry and the iho Ute eUte officials and Salt Lake bui bu i in n s men who made tho the trip to Priced Price d yesterday and viewed the tho I of ot the Prig Price Valloy Malloy Irrigation I company returned home hens shortly afU r 2 J this morning they were tired ant I sleepy P but mightily over ocr the project for tor rendering ar acs s sor I or of Utah lab land fertile Standing ng on the Ute brink of ot tho the big bigl I which is M fed by the tM waters wat rs of ot I Price river and which winds wind a tor i i path fr m the Intake Inake three miles south of Price Pile and Is le ready f tor lr r the water rater to be turned Into upon the thirsty BO soil loll many members of ot th thi fumy then and there th made selection election an aT J I announced their tb tr Intention of 0 pur cha h erg rg from ten en to 10 fifty acres aera W lt It t the advantage of ot climate and andr n r r deep delP fertile soil Mil awaiting only moisture and the touch tooth of or the harrow th land seemed to be yawning for tor the th hand of or husbandry It appears uni good 1 and there Is little choice among the tho acres acre as u they III all an come com und tend r the tho water of ot the canal Tie Tle diverting dam about three thre south of or Price to le a masterpiece ma I of ot teas ry The foundation extends extend ten fee tN below bIow the bed of ot the river and Is la of or solid concrete and the base r If i 20 it J J o J r f t c P t JI Jf i 4 x O Ot r jk 11 J t IJ S I kV 4 a S R G r f 53 ra X XI I I II It IF Iy c I t L I Jl t F y p pa a 4 r rL L w 1 ir 7 a Mammoth dam midway between waters of the Price river rier to the canal River Irrigation company tract la is of 0 solid rock twenty feet teet thick It was completed lost last fall tall at a cost of ot During the spring It with withstood withstood stood the heaviest floods of ot the tho Price river riser II George Austin agriculturalist of ot the tho 1 n i t 3 f hr rp r rt rN t N Y a A t I y It p 1 r d w k w y x 0 t I Helper and Price which diverts the I which carries it 21 miles to the Price Sugar company and who ws 8 a member of or the party declared that the tho soil Is even superior to that of ot tho the Big Horn basin and of ot the tho Grand valley Robert S Northrup former agri agriculturalist of ot the State Agricultural i college was even more enthusiastic lover over the tho possibilities mU 8 of ot tho the land under un under under der the Price project and Governor Spry declared the land and the Irrigation irrigation irrigation tion faculties facilities to be one of ot tho the most Inviting projects In all Utah I Thomas W 1 V J Burton Rodney Radney T Badger Herbert S Auer Auerbach Auerbach bach Albert Fisher and others othell were I equally agreed on the prospects Tho The i i f V i t I y v y e 12 u a Y i 4 F a aM M k 1 J w Limited of or serer Keren of farm farming ing ID land la Price River valley to be he thrown open for Cor settlement October 1 under the Carey act party was met at Price by a delegation tion of ot citizens headed by F A Sweet general superintendent of ot tho the South Southern ern orn Utah railroad and Consolidated Fuel Furl company com pan the tho mines of ot which are Hiawatha miles mUes from Price The Tho sleeper in which tho the party traveled trav tra traveled led was switched from the Rio Grande to the coal line and the tho party made the tho run to Hia Hiawatha Hiawatha Hiawatha watha where the mines were wore viewed On the tho way back a two hours stay was made in Price and the party was entertained at luncheon lunch on at the Com Commercial Commercial Commercial mercial club under the direction of E B n Mitchell Mitchell l division superintendent Rio Grande The Tho Immense tract lies southerly south or J from the thriving town of ot Price on the line lino of ot tho the Denver Rio Grande Grando The beautiful stretch of ot land as level as a floor has hns been blen calling the farm farmer farmr er r but as one with ith eyes looks across the wide expanse he fan tan fancies fancies I cies he can hear bear the earth exclaiming Water Water Yater Wa Ya Water Water ter The Ingenuity of ot man and the of ot money has hM responded to the tho Inert call and by November 15 Its thirst will be slacked by Irrigation project which has been pushed through by the Price River Irrigation company The Tho reclamation of ot so large targe a tract means me ns much to Utah and as Governor Gov Governor Governor William Spry stood with the tho party and gazed fixedly over the slightly rolling expanse ho he with satisfaction and seemed to be dreaming of ot the future greatness of ot othis his native commonwealth in which he has always had abiding abl faith Every member of ot the to be bo seeing In to his minds eye a few tew years hence orchards and waving grain fields In place of or the and ard sagebrush They looked and were seized with the lackadaisical AUght that one day da It would not be amiss for Cor them to divorce city eUy life Ufe and ami nd rust comfort and happiness on onT one onTe T Te e big farm Iann In the valley which only awaits the plowshare and moisture to i nuke make it glow and blossom like Ilka the tho therose I Irose rose Fed by Price lUver Through the medium of the great Brest Price project canal la Is fed red by the abundant waters of ot the Price river di dl diverted by means of or a n mammoth dam midway between Helper and Price The water Is carried miles to the land which Is to be reclaimed Under tho system which Is la about tobe to ta tobe tabe be applied the land which Is to be thrown open under the Carey act Oc October October October tober 1 will yield as prolifically as any of at the now highly fertile lands under cultivation along the beautiful Price river In opening tho the Immense tract of ot land the purchasers convenience will willbe willbe willbe be conserved The prices will range from 85 upward The terms will be cash tho the balance In annual installments from one to five years All AU deferred installments will bear in interest Interest interest terest at 8 per cent per annum and will be represented by the notes of ot the purchaser secured by liens upon the land and water right purchased Share for tor Each Koch Acre The Tho water rights are represented by byone byone one ono share sharo of ot stock in the Price River Irrigation company for tor each aero acre of ot land The water rights are adjudicated ed by decree of ot court and allowed by awards of ot tho the state engineer of ot Utah Abstracts will bo be furnished showing all titles Utica to be good The Tho landowners will own and con control control control tho the water system after atter one ono year ear earThey They will always fix their own annual maintenance and operating charges The Tho system will be completed operated ed od and tested for tor one year ear without cost to the Price River Irrigation com company company pany Water will be available for tor all crops on any of ot the lands under this project after aller November 15 1903 1908 Soil Soli that lies in those climates where the application of ot water Is necessary to mature crops Is the richest in the tho world because Its fertility Is not washed into the sea by excessive pre precipitation precipitation as ns is the case cose In humid re regions regions gions glons Plant food rood In such a climate Is tho the undisturbed accumulation of at ages A good irrigation system such as has been Installed by the tho PrIce project proJect oct permits the farmer fanner to apply or withhold the moisture in connection with such lands according to the needs qt of his several crops Continuous sun sunshine sunshine sunshine shine fertile soil soU and moisture ap applied applied applied plied in proper quantities and the right time all nU combine to tho the production production production tion of ot crops which In quality and quantity were never equalled In climates where irrigation is impracticable Impracticable Impracticable Scientific agriculture is producing results on Irrigated lands that were unheard of at before Irrigation became an established practice in the west Where moisture is applied to the crops without obscuring the sunshine there you ou find color cotor flavor Juice tex texture texture texture ture size and quantity such as ns Impel judges at the fair rail to award the prize Tho The water rushing from rom the moun mountains mountains mountains to Irrigate the thirsty soil also carries In Its bosom more fertility to deposit on the land It waters wa WIl waters than tho the farmer of land in humid regions can hope to get in all his arti artificial artificial artificial fertilizers Population of 1000 Price Is situated on the Denver Rio Grande railway Y miles east vast of ot Salt Lake City In the Price River RIer val valley valley valley ley renowned many resources It has a population of at about 1000 and andIs andIs andis Is tho county seat of ot Carbon county so named because of ot the limitless do de deposits posits of or hydrocarbons has received most I of ot its revenues from the adjacent coal Industries and from rom the tho immense amount of or traffic occasioned because of its being the main distributing point for lor Carbon Emery and Uintah counties It has done the tho second largest freight business of ot any railway point In Utah There Thero are many beautiful homes In Price It has a public school building erected at a cost of ot whore both grammar and high school work is being done The Tho Methodist mission school teaches the advanced courses The finest county court house in tho the state is now being erected at Price at ata ata ata a cost of ot Other public build buildIngs buildIngs buildings Ings do credit to the enterprise of ot its citizens I IThe The First National bank of c Price Is Isa Isa i ia a well established Institution having havinga a no capital of ot resources of ot and deposits of ot Two newspapers several good hotels and numerous modern general stores are among the thriving business concerns of or the tho town Price is surrounded by vast fields of oC coal upon which are arc located tho the thriving thriving ing camps of ot Sunnyside Castle Gu Gute e Scofield Winter Quarters Clear Creek Cr ek Kenilworth and Miller Creek These fields furnish turn Ish 95 per cent of ot the coal and coke used in Utah and also nl o fur tur furnish furnish nish largo targe quantities which are arf shipped to the Pacific coast The coal and coke and incident Industries of ot Carbon county afford unexcelled mar markets marketa keta for tor all aU agricultural products and the lands of ot Price River valley grow peaches penches pears apples potatoes corn tomatoes and all fruits vegetables and other agricultural products in quality and quantity unsurpassed anywhere Price River valley and its wonder wonderful r ful CuI future futuro long ago attracted the at attention lt of ot such farseeing men as the tho late tate H O 0 Havemeyer and others They predicted ten years ago that tho the time was WM not far distant when the Im I i moose menso m OSO tracts of ot semiarid lands would ue oe reclaimed The Tho following toll owing Is la one the tho many letters from farmers an sn fruit Grow Growers ers era In the Price River lilt Price Utah Septer e Irrigation In e tn i c c Salt Lake City Utah Gentle 1 have hae lived In Price eight yea ing leg which I have them II enga i irn rn merchandising and muting mining ling 1 1 mate Is the best beat In the wor wore r healthfulness Crops grow vet VE idly especially all kind kinds of 1 f I 1 lived In a l reg years and 1 I believe that U at the t M h here bere equals anything I have eve n nI nI I dont believe behove belle Price can be t ea x c d 11 for tho the production of 01 shipping frusta fruit especially apples pears plums prunes and apricots Peaches will wUl do wen well ell on onell Neil ell ElI drained land such BUch ao as you ou havo under your new canal anal We Ve cannot bo be surpassed In the pro production production of ot ceren cereals cereal sugar boots bots or any vegetables Our land tand yield iol an aver ago ngo of oC fifty fity bushels of 0 wheat eighty bushels of ot oats and five live tone tons of Jr alfalfa al U falfa I have hae seen our land yield sev bushels of ot wheat one ono hun bun hundred dred of or oats and coven oon tons of ot i iWo Wo We raise about ai to bushels tit r per acre Bera The 80 H HIs e 1 Is very profitable Wo We lieU dell our alfalfa aHai i ifor for or 8 3 to 10 per ton loose Out Our wheat will sell on an average for lj 1 cents per pound oats sell gell II en ate an av a aage avage age at lit per hundred pounds You cant possibly exaggerate x the great groat greatness ness neN of or markets which are found a ti athe tithe the coal camps camp surrounding Ir our ley which have payrolls of per month We are Importing it great expense expanse e moet moat of or our agricultural products ts Boo Boa culture Is a great source of nt f wealth for tor the people of this vail vall w This valley took too the th Lb prize at ti tl t 11 1 Worlds fair at ChIem for tor r rIts Chicago o quality i Its honey hone We Ve have also aJao taken Ariz for the tho quality and saes of or out our poaches peaches Yours truly LEVI N HARMON H IlIO When completed and aDd ready for tl tle a farmer to t turn on the facet favret whirls will lot let the water onto the thirsty il 11 ilof of or the tract the c st r of fr frt f tho tye t o Price Irrigation project v wit will ih h ha so 1 exceeded half hair a million dollars The Tho scheme was wu first conceded co and taken up by the old Sanpete corn c nIlY spent In starting rtin t tl ttA n work Its Ita up ups u and down downs hop hopes a d t furs were many The Utah Irrig lion Power company then took h hid n l lof of or the project and aft alter after r let go SO The Irrigated Ind company pushed the project to lit the tune tuno of bat It re so remained ro for tor tho the Price River company co coto to complete the work at a 8 oat cost of OC |
