Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-08-05 | Page 4 | Utah Facts Surpass Fiction of Her Envious Sister States

Utah Facts Surpass Fiction Of Her Heir Envious Sister States I I HE beu belief r often expressed by T THE Easterners Easterners' that there is only a desert between Denver and California is quickly disproved to those travelers on transcontinental trains which traverse Utah When they get within the boundaries boundaries boundaries bounda bounda- ries of this state and begin to learn learna a few of the real facts about it what a change of sentiment is heard How they wonder as they learn atthe of at I the richness of the Bingham winos mines that Utah's soils aro arc the deepest and richest in the United States that I I Utah has twenty-three twenty thousand farms averaging about acres each that I this was the very first state in the Union to adopt irrigation under state protection and that more than 20 has been invested in the construction construction construction con con- of large irrigation canals Travelers can see from the car windows win dows doves that Utah possesses miles of main irrigation c canals nals and more 1 than 2000 miles of laterals and that it produces more sugar beets to the acre than any other state in the Union the average here being tons as compared with In Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado In Idaho and 93 In California Cali Cali- California I fornia while the average for the United States as a whole is I UTAH'S FRUIT CROP As a er Utah has no superior Lasts Last spring ring w when en fruit tree replanting was in full swing even the tho people of California famous for its fruit products paid Utah the handsomest hand hand- hand t tribute that one sta state stac c can give another they ordered many carloads of Utah fruit trees to plant their ac acreage ge th the I For Utah climates produce healthiest trees and shrubs and if they get their start start under the skies of this state they are certain to thrive I and prosper In other places Therefore Therefore Therefore There There- fore Utah fruit trees are sought inmany in inmany inmany many states in preference to U their J I native trees For many years the Alps have claimed the attention of the world asa as asa asa a land of scenic beauty but now nov tourists in all lands are talking of oI Natures Nature's Playground Utah the modern modern modern mod mod- ern Garden of Eden where Nature smiles her fairest and where crystal streams send forth the purest of waters waters wa wa- filled with fish and where the mountains and valleys abound with tho the finest game same of at all kinds This very year tho the government a awoke woke to the natural beauties of one of Utah's wonderlands and created a national park parle within the borders of the Beehive state Little Zion park which is already attracting the notices notice of the tho tourist world It is in Utah that the Grand canyon attains Its most perfect beauty and here tourists ma mav forget their troubles while they marvel marvel marvol mar mar- vel vol at the wonders with which Mother Mothel Nature has favored this state Not only does Utah produce the most sugar sug-ar beets to the acre but the same is true of barley although some of the older states disputed this until government experts gave their Indisputable indisputable indisputable indis indis- figures while federal publications l Hans show that Utah stood second last year in the production of wheat WORKERS HAPPY HERE Utah is a workingman's paradise Here women and girls are not allowed allowed allowed al al- al- al lowed to labor more than nine hours houn a day and there Is a minimum wage I scale for women the first passed by any state In the Union Figures l showing the production of Utah not only in the line litre of mine and soil productions but also alfO In the manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- industries are staggering The wealth of Croesus Is compared to the assessed valuation o OJ Utah in 1916 for in that year her i citizenship owned worth of or property I Only 08 people die to the thousand in Utah each year while in the United s States as a whole the rate is Sunstroke is unknown in the limits of at Utah and users of automobiles are often able during average winters to torun torun torun run their machines days a year Utah contains tons of coal enough of the black diamonds to heat the whole world for a little less than nineteen centuries according to geological experts ALFALFA ALFALFA PRODUCTION Utah is known as a veritable lifesaver lifesaver life lite saver for the alfalfa production of I the world as her yield in alfalfa seed last year ran six bushels to the acre compared to 55 bushels in Montana I 5 in California and 48 in Idaho Idah Utah Utan produced sixth one-sixth of all the alfalfa hay in the United States last year and 7 per cent of all the sugar beets Utah produces as much hay as Texas a ai I i state which is thrice her size An old time bee raiser in Vernal I Utah tells a story which illustrates the difference In the richness of the foliage of Utah and California Utah bees are kept In Utah during tho the warm weather er Gr and forced to deposit as as' much of their Utah made honey as possible When the weather i becomes too cold for them to work here they are taken to California whose climate is is slightly warmer in winter than Utah But while in California the Utah beekeepers ers who prize the honor of getting the top market prices and of ot drawing the prizes at bee shows import Utah sugar to feed the bees as it carries a much sweeter better flavor than even the nectar of California flowers Seven million acres of irrigable land still await the coming of outside o farmers There is an attractive farm farmin in Utah awaiting any who is indusI industrious industrious indus indus- enough to reclaim it Here I fortune beckons any man who I Is hon hon- Continued on wage pa-e 8 I UTAH FACTS Continued from page from page I 1 L Est st and a worker To Utah any man can come and win a home for himself OPPORTUNITIES VAST Fortune has smile smiled smiled her d her brightest upon the Beehive state Far greater opportunities than were here when the pioneers came are here now There Ismore is ismore ismore more treasure still In the ground than the millions that have already been mined There is r room room m upon Utah's fertile plains for san of ot bands of ot cattle This is a Veritable sheep sheep- growers' growers paradise Laborers L b are surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded with protection The state Insures its laborers laborers a and an industrial commission looks after their Interests Men with trades often come to Utah to work for others but such are the opportunities that they soon start Into business for themselves and In a few rew years they are Independent for life