Show OFFICIAL REPORTS UTAH RIPE FOR development taken from los angels sunday times issue ot of b OF WEEKS burven by D DB E TU dujat ES the significance to los angeles of die cue purchase nase of the halt bait lake laie rall rail j aau uy the union 1 acino system and me A e active of tilis city oud ad as the acpal ter to nai of that great transco abc artery are beginning beem ning to be evi fenced in more ways than in the guilding ot of railway shops extension 0 01 L tr tracks actis port development aud the orange county extension on all ot of which local attention has been cent e died I 1 ed lor several beveral months and on which aa A a has been stated on the authority af f alarms je de J e brito ant assistant traffic Aaa ger ager of the union pacific bystura aenone appropriations totaling 15 16 are beng expended at the present time air le de brabant has just returned fiona 11 om a three weeks tour ol of incesti bation rid lion in company with engineer twi ogist and agricultural experts ampi oyed by the during which it was the purpose to secure iii ti orough knowledge ot of the tour four utah counties nearest to los angeles washington ashington tV iron beaver and millard counties constituting the southwest corner ot of the state ot of utah and cue relation of this territory to los angeles ies agriculturally commercial y financially as well as its olli ties tor for the development ot of trie gat tonnage for the railway and as a field tor for pron profit taUg aAe development investments lly est ments tor for the realization of its iia tural resources A SENSATION it created something of a sensation in fit a meeting of the trade eA tension committee ot of the tha cham chain oer ot of commerce when mr air do de bra ant on the day ot of his return from inia his tour during which he be visited all the cities and towns on hla his line and made excursions into the contiguous territory sometimes tor for a distance tor for fifty miles made t the he itale went that in not one of 0 these towns did he meet a single batesman lesman bal ba esmau for aos os angeles interests nor did he find iny any evidence of 0 financial or commercial relations between this city and lie jle counties named mr air de brabant has prepared a vol aminous report ot of the findings and inclusions ot of himself and his bis party vering covering twenty pages ot of single spaced paced manuscript for the consideration of the executive staff of the allread all ail road and tor for coordinative co consideration Id on the part ot of the chamber jt if commerce and the financial inter at t ot of los angeles with the purpose jt if developing ways and means tor for souring securing operation cooperation co 0 of bill these odies in the development ot of what he je Le clares to be a virgin field ot at brillant promise tor for local enterprise the report goes into minute de ails farm by farm district by district on soils water irrigation cult acrea acreage geib fc agricultural prod jets stock raising mineral es banking and loaning relations existing and proposed and what each offers in the way of 0 development possibilities these cannot be printed in full but the su summaries mmarie 3 ye ire lull full ot of meat tor for those who think 1 urther than dollar into which iley hey ran can bite their teeth TO BUILD TONNAGE a naturally the survey Is I 1 built on he idea ot of creating tonnage tor for the union pacific railroad but it is pointed out that this tonnage must ind a market at los angeles a geles that t must be created by agricultural j I 1 aid and mineral production in the terri I 1 ory and that tor for this s development here will be necessary thousands ot of families on thousands ot of acres tor for there must be water and power dower and that such development must be financed through the banking systems ot of either cither los angeles or salt lake city or the two cities acting o operatively i for thorough and agricultural development in washington I 1 iron and beaver counties the union pacific Is definitely committed to the operation ot of experimental farms under the supervision ot of its ita own expert agricultural staff and during this trip offers of 0 land for or suc such purposes were received in each of the three counties named millard county not being included because it Is the homo home ot of the celebrated valley where development has advanced beyond the need ot of such stimulus z OLD MORMON N LAND the escalante valley the general name for the agricultural lands in hi the lower counties Is traversed by tile the railroads main line and a branch thirty five miles long and is now being surveyed from lund to cedar city behind the mineralized hills it Is estimated according to the report 1000 square miles in this valley ian an and should be turned nto successful farms st george the county seat 0 of county is ninety ono one miles south of lund and has no rail 41 connection oune ebion it was original mormon capital and is as full of historic interest and structures of the early mormon days as Is southern ballf onia of the mission period it has an old mormon temple tho the state normal school copper mines alnea flour mills and now has an irrigation project under consideration from the virgin river to water about acres tor for whose financing it la Is looking for assistance at hurricane a town of 1100 population ula tion tiou off the main highway from st george other irrigation projects based on the virgin river are being agitated involving the reclamation of acres of good agricultural lands in summarizing the washington county findings the de brabant report states with the climatic conditions dit ions low elevation wonderful soil proper use of available water and by dividing the acreage into small tracts the county should be able to ship a heavy tonnage of agricultural products of which certain rarities les can be placed on the california market a month earlier than same local products the sentiment of the mor mon natives is favorable to colonization without regard to religious beliefs and a welcome Is assured law abiding and thrifty settlers LARGE RESOURCES the iron county summary states that acres in the cedar vall vail ey jean an be put albider cultivation or production that much ot of it Is espee lally suited to live stock block that it la is already a source of wool that the lund cedar city branch will facial tate late the movement of live stock and that the opportunity exists tor for large extension of 0 this industry it if financing can be arranged beaver county next north ot of iron is declared to be a scenic wonder land with numerous lakes and streams alive with varieties ot of trout deer plentiful tu in the mountains and certain to become a tourist retreat with the opening of the roads the report recommends this region to tb the e railroads publicity department declaring that that it if the resorts were made known it would become popular throughout the southwest it Is good dairying country has large sulphur has possibilities as a feeding ground for live stock in transit has two power plants on the beaver river and offers welcome to settlers providing they are ot of the caucasian race the report goes on to describe meetings held in all the towns visited and the enthusiasm with which to te residents welcomed the advent of 0 the railroad and looked forward to active steps being instituted tor for the development of the long i dormant regions the lack of banks interested in the small producers and financing of their crops and stock rals rais ing opportunities was the subject of many of these meetings where it was declared that it if funds could be secured innumerable farms and stock projects could within a few years be turned into large producers in these lines salt lake city tho the report further intimates is waung up to tho the los angeles activity and at 9 a meeting with the chamber of commerce W W armstrong president of the national copper bank suggested the im formation of 0 a bankers loan w company stating that his bis bank ay would take 20 per ceni cent of a 00 capital and that such a company would under the rules be in position to loan 25 00 00 00 los angeles banks will be booked to tor for support of this project that los angeles could be looked to for 80 per cent ot of the financing requirements tor for thoroughly proven live stock agricultural and development projects and that this city would naturally become the commercial beneficiary through reciprocal shipments of commodities was the theme at these meetings on the the part of the officials fal while it was the unanimous declaration on the part ot of tho the local interests teresta In that tho the sentiment for isolation among the mormons cormons has been entirely aradi eradicated thit that they are glad to welcome all development and settling enterprises and that the territory offers opportunities greater than any other region in the united states for the creation of a new commercial agricultural and mineral empire of which los angeles because of its port and its favorable location with its water and transcontinental rals must mast inevitably become the capital |