Show n i iJ i Iw i f- f j. j J I I I 2 At s b v I r- r w 1 t n P 2 j t n I j l. of th this is State and Dud the th precincts and school districts now no existing existing ex ex- is ting in said counties as legal subdivisions thereof and they shall hall so 8 continue until changed by law in pursuance of this article ar ar- Tlc The Legislature may 1 by fi general peral law la provide for the formation formation for for- mation of new counties and locating the county seats scats there there- of f. f E Every ery county Vh which ich shall i be he formed from territory taken I i from any other county or counties counties coun coun- i ties shall be he liable for a n just i proportion of the existing debts i and nud liabilities of the tIC county or I counties from which such territory territory territory ter ter- ter- ter i shall shaH be taken Provided Provid- Provid j ed that no new county shall shull he be formed unless a n majority of the q qualified electors voting voting- in of nf the thc county count ties tics to be dismembered red shall vote separately Section 2 The Secretary of State is directed to submit this thib proposed proposed- amendment amendment tp In to the thc 1 electors of the State at at the next general election in the manner mariner provided by hy law Section 3 S If f adopted by hy the electors of the State this thiB amendment shall shall- take effect January 1st A. 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D 1913 e I lIThe The Apple a N i w arld I I Permanent Condi i I The apple may properly be he listed listel amour among necessities it itis itis I is truly the thc king of fruit fruits But j jI f. f fur r r some years the thc prevailing I I prices I have rc trade made I e it a almost I most a I luxury until only well to families can afford the better grades With the increased population and arid buying power I of the hc American people this I condition of affairs seems like like-j like like I ly Iy to continue indefinitely The alarming decrease in th the t apple production of our country country coun coun- try from barrels in 1888 and in 1896 1806 to t I Iless less than an average of barrels in its each of the pasts past I five Ove years has produced a a. real I apple famine Moreover Moreover single states like Missouri I possess more bearing ti trees ees than exist west vest of the l Rocky mount moun- moun moun- moun j t 1 I talus ns 1 This decrease in production tio has come Conte through the destruction destruction I tion tiun or abandonment of ands of ord orchards ards in former great apple rt regions like Ne New England the Middle Atlantic states s Canada Ca and f for r that matter all of the older ohler state east enst of the thc I Rocky mountains The Thc wearing out of the soil without adequate effort to restore restore restore re re- re- re store it and more vital ital still the introduction of deadly fruit pests like San J Jose use scale codling codling codling cod cod- ling ling- moth and man many fungus I diseases are chiefly responsible for this serious lc loss ss Where there were thousands 18 of profitable profitable profitable profit profit- able orchards a dozen ozen or twenty years yearb ago there n are aie re only a few v that lH have survived sUI A New York Commissioner of A Agriculture reports for the year 1909 1009 that 1388 1 farms upstate upstate upstate up up- state had peen abandoned with with- within within in twenty years that an arable arabIc area aiea capable of of supporting exclusively ely b by agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture had in that period shrunk in value alue Mr lr Frank Hi after r twenty experience in cu cultivating cultivating cul cul- apples declared that he is discouraged and will dispose dispose dispose dis dis- pose of his holdings in the east and try try it again nin in what he hc thinks to be as os good good if not a better fruit country than any any- anything thing thing- else in the thc United States the the Uintah basin babin What judgment ment some borne men nien have hn The Uintah basin is one of the most wonderful valleys of th the world Its products are so I varied it its l natural resources I so great reat its soil so ri rich h its climate climate climate cli cli- mate so ever even and salubrious us and its returns to the farmer so large that at the Uintah basin of I I Utah wil wilt be he a u household word lord wherever is spoken the English Eng Eng- En English lish tongue The Uintah basin has hns acre acres i of land suitable for apple culture Planting only 10 acres oit out t of t. t every ery 80 h what is 5 s the uie result A harvest harvest of i i pies that when sold at l per per I bushel hushel will bring to owr orar f larm- larm ers The low low flat lands in all k leys are re are subject to earl early carty and late frosts to a far greater ex exT tent than are nrc the acres which lie higher In the Grand Giand valley valley valley val val- ley for example there is a awell awell awell well known and distinct frost line In the Uintah basin also I Ithe the edges of the bench beuch with few exceptions mark a fairly clear boundary Air currents are vital in raising rais- rais I ing illg the standard d. d fruits fruits fruits- the bench lands are tIre favored in th this s respect We Ve have in the Uintah basin the finest ben bench h lands in inthe inthe inthe the world since on the stillest nights there is some movement of air down the slopes to the flat river bottoms In apple culture in the Uintah tin Uin tah tab basin babin the thc element clement of drainage drainage drain drain- age of the soil sail is probably more important than either ither of those hose above mentioned Apple trees tree like human beings demand dry feet and trees do not thrive at their best on flat land anywhere in the world Under ender I irrigation here where great grent quantities of water w are aie annually annual annual- ly Iy distributed over oer the laud t the hc advantage of sloping sloping- benches bench es is ib particularly vital The bottom lands of the Diu Uintah talt b basin sin are well adapted to hy the raising rasing of ol grains and grasses of all kinds kinds' as yields of as hi high Ji Jias h has as bushels of oats to the i ia a acre rc anti and of an a average of 5 to j bushels testify It is th the bench land laud with its perfect drainage that produces fruit with but few exceptions Bench lands are aie also more simple to to irrigate than the flat bottom lands In which requires irrigation by hy means menns of furrows this thie matter is parti particularly important On Ou good rolling laud the expense e and trouble amount to very eQ little since a sufficient head of water can nn be secured to supply the long furrows automatically It is in fact a matter of only a I tew cents an nn acre after the first I year for fOI this form of erol croll in insurance insurance in- in and slid fer fertilization The Thc average yield per leer acre of mixed yal varieties ir in iri the Uintah basin in when in full heal bearing ug it has hns been figured by a fruit I grower on th the best information obtainable is boxes of 50 I pounds each cacho At recent lecent pi prices ices I the average cash returns gross gros would be per acre which is in excess of the largest estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate furnished in the following following follow follow- ing table I Estimated annual net profit from itom ten acres t 0 Fifth year y ar 1 O 00 Sixth Seventh year Eighth year y nr Ninth Ninth j OO Tenth Be n 13 pf oi t tb i. wide ide cliffer differ ri I a and nd of the mite f m y orchards are aresti aresti sti th t- t t i difficult to get g-et r r f turns t after the theAt 1 c te t r At Atthe the sti o f Indian lands from rom now Clow until A April luth 1911 1011 I. I thin thio land is lH being sold at nt very low ow values and the ones ones' who are lucky enough h to bi bid successfully will reap a rich re- re ward ivard The Chicago Burlington Quincy railway run to Dragon Utah a home excursion excursion sion Bion on the of f March 1011 1911 From Chicago Ill This no doubt douht will firing bring quite a number num her ber of stran ers tour our wonder wonderful fit fill valley s See t that i they hey ure are I well taken care of Dud and do what you can to th make them i fe fetal feel i at I V. W. W. W H H. I I 1 |