Show WELLS FOR what Is being done at present in alig ham city and vicinity continued from last issue As stated in last aft week weeks s 11 news nj aws I 1 have a solution in mind for the ques tion lion of 0 pumping water for irrigation or at least one of them and would like to continue my subject what ought to be done to foster the malting of wells for irrigating purposes and reclaiming our most valuable orchard lands and encourage the owner to make his holidays fruitful and profitable every resident is interested in this subject and the taxpayers lax payers could af forato ford to say to A the land owners ow nels L if you will continue this work as fast as possible and reclaim this arid land we tax payers will furnish you power tree free of charge for the first three years until your orchards become old enough to return you something tor for your efforts our power is now going to waste and we want you to take it and use it for no other industry means so much to our city as do our commercial orchards and gardens application for power being made before june 1907 11 1 now we ask you tax payers do you think our residents will avail themselves of the opportune opportunity OPP ity of securing power under such conditions try them and you will see how bow soon your power will tie he harnessed and T made useful it means so much tor for brigham C city ity that you can hardly afford to be arbitrary with the man contemplating the pumping of water rather try to arouse him to the opportunities you offer have you thought what it would mean to you tax payers you business merl men laborers in tact fact every resident of our city Thin kyou what hat the result might be some tour four years in the future I 1 will just submit the following a as an illustration suppose acres were thus reclaimed averaging peach trees to tire acre that would mean one carload of peaches per acre each car means tor for brigham city 4 00 cars in addition to our present output at means the phenomenal sun sum of annually about two train loads a day train loads mean much better transportation rates and much taster faster time in reaching mark market et and quicker time means your fruit reaches market in better condition it also means extensive pa packing eking facilities cili ties and we will be able to reach the best markets as the buyers will come to us it if we have the quality and the quantity we must not sit down and be reconciled conci led to the idea that brigham city has reached her limit ot prodie alon tl but we must anticipate the future if we wish our cl city ty to grow and her residents to pros prosper per 1 I could go on thus indefinitely y and hold up to your view the benefits that are sure to accrue if we unite in pushing our city of homes to f he front and make room for hund reds of residents who would he be self sek supporting and it is certain that many other districts will follow these I 1 should like to lift t he veil of time and let you peer into futo the future five or six years and an d let you see what wham could be accomplished if we avail ourselves of our opportunities large shipping institutions an and packing houses more cann canneries erles numerous commercial evaporators would be found here and hundreds more mor e people employed let us solve this problem of water and thereby make room for hundreds of additional homes and prevent the present present moving away of so many of our homeselle where I 1 would say further on this question of pumping water that where two or three or more mor e can pump from the same well you will get the largest amount of water at the smallest cost concentrate our power at one well as much as possible it is economy both to the grower and the city it if occurs to me that the commercial club as a body oy ot representative growers and business men of the community could best solve this problem gather as much information as possible I 1 and try to find what the grower will do ask him to meet with you and give you such information and views jews is as he may have and it if his requests are reasonable then let the tax payers meet him half way and I 1 believe y you will find that our orchard ground will soon be made productive thanking you in alvance for the space given my views I 1 remain as ever interested in the future of brigham city A FRUIT GROWER y f |