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Show TBI Utah Bureau of Plant Industry Goes to Bat Against Foes of Crop Fighting Plant Diseases, Enforcing Spray Regula- OerUTied tions Inspecting at Skip ping Point, Controlling Rodents. Furnishing Market Reports Some Of Work of t he Bureau. BY F. . STEPHENS, (State Agricultural luspsctor.) The bureau of plant Industry hw to do wlib piant Cissasss, insect mi'0it rodent control, enforce went of the weed law. equina pouk inspection, maraet newe aerv- fee. sort certification,, sntorcemeut of the pure aeed law and the on- - onTwaVntrV'eo!Sol Th1 I,ur,n i.r" ' " lh " T"T J Duch'nc Boxsld'r ', ;roie. Juab... " Lake the en! Davis.. XJm ,hiTiw i. Min t T & Sff heveaerUHy Utah.. June 30 u l.lti (I 141.110 Cache.. vWu Uinta.. JIt.ltO 4.T00 1.11 10.101 4,411 17,100 1,010 11,100 4.IZI 11,400 C.110 11.140 4,111 1.400 4.111 4.110 4.111 1,140 1,100 1.100 l.lio til II 177 117 111 21 ji 10 ill i4 111 II 141 I and Emery. improved ao far aa culla 10 It Sanpete wormy fruit are concerned. modl-cler1.110 111 Sevier.. 17 , to aome lt. however; that 001 11 and stenographer, field In- - flcatlon of thla law ahould be made Beaver. 11,100 4.111 specter, atate aeed analyst, district ao aa to permit the manufacture out of thla off . Total. liMl'l 11,100 411 agricultural tnepecton and deuu of fruit ties, special weed inspectors, ipse trade fruit. Thla would relieve Certified alfalfa field have been undeetrable laj seed certification inspectors and. tnt marketa of much planted with aeed. a recdue to cun fruit and ord of which approved la in the etate office. temporary shipping oolnt ineoec- - competition our eanneriea an op- - Authorised Inspector1 nave examI would tore. give In ined theee fields, inspected with the depart-- 1 SKuXL!j1 and mwt, Us federal .rfieUi 1 char.. maS. sealed the seed at the threehinr Z? of market new work who a too u- - I. . machines and later at tha clean'nt taspsctlon. . plants. Samples of the seed Tndr carefully ing Officials have been analysed by the etate & biological surcondition. regulated aeed analyet and tha bags finally vey rate in rodent control Iloelfwt Control work. f sealed and tagged by the inspector According to the provlalona Inaect Peau and Mant eontroL law, atrycbaln for rodent control according to. the grades determinCertified alfalfa seed baa One of the moat eerioue problema work le provided by the atate. The ed. or agneniiure brought a premium over the same stat department la Utah the confrontingagriculture with the U. 8. i varieties which were not certified. control of insect peeta and plant biological survey and . of about f cents tha state psr pound. The niaesses. it la accessary to keep up rlcultural college extension dlvls- -' crop of certified seed in 1117 was, ,ttort f,ly Vrolct jon , rodent control work. During roughly, 1,000.000 pounds. Certl vut uud, garucn or iruii crops , the oast biennlum 14.711 ounces of flcatlon thus brought an Increased against the Inroads of these pests. strychnine hare been distributed revenue on this aeed to the growA considerable portion of the from the office of the bureau of ers of about 110,000. During the time has been spent in plant Industry to various sections present year, szo applications have visiting orchards, fields and gar of the state wnere it ha neon ussd dens, making Impactions and ten' B.0 acres. 1,011 of tnis an Mii.iv!uos tB 'oriniimni imiwtoM ""'nr new plantings. Practically aT.r. VislU numbering 1.117. largely of af"u- Mr: all of our certified alfalfa seed is Mr. Scott i?n,ral Zimmerman Of Isold this xina, were made oy tha regu- - ,! v,,to" outside the stete In regions tMMSSLmSJSL lar Inspectors during the last rear. ..m, it,.u Weed Coatrol In some counties fruit men have of The extent of infestation ePthatoe have been certified in been organised into spray rings and noxious weeds and ths ssrlousnsss our higher valleys which are wiltarrangements made for tha spray, of the whole weed problem la not ed to seed production. In 1117. ing of all the orchards In the ring sufficiently appreciated by the two hundred fourteen with the same machine crew. ThU The following ta- for certification were application general public Of made. has been particularly true tn Salt ble from Inspectors' re- these, 110 field, producing 11,000 Lake county where the county ports,complied gives an idea of condition bushel passed inthe necessary commissioner have given considIn the state. Tha figures are unerable help In ths purchasing if doubtedly under the actual num- spections and tha potatoea war oertifled, scaled and tagged. This necessary spraying equipment and ber of Infestations and acreage has given excellent saUsfac-tlsmaterial. Boxelder and Utah coun- sine soma counties are almost seed Results ties hara also purchased spray ma- everywhere Infested with seme of tions Indicate from the pststo secvary clearly the adchine patches for this work. Spray these weeds and many of planting certified seed. schedules have been prepared and exist without the knowledge of tn vantage 1111 one During hundred eighty suggestions and advice given on Inspectors. Application have been made ask-In- g Acreage) methods of pest control. In some JNoiloas weeds. for on 404 acres. certification ?,orjr counties poisoned bait and variolic S,r,nin 1117, 41 applleatlens During Canada Thistle were made for th certiflcstion of prepared by tha Inspectors for dis- Puncture Vine 110 wheat, oat and barley, II of which tribution among farmers. This has Russian Xnapwsed. inspection bsen handled through the Farm Bu- Whorled Milkweed. 1,011 (appr.) passed certification Our certification regulation' were reau organisations or through a reBurdock or changed so that only registered volving fund set up by the county Cocklebur - Inseed could be used for foundation for this purpose. festation General stock after January 1, As a Weber county Farm Bureau Bull Thlatl result seed planted thla serins- - was 1117 1171.41 distributed, during of ths highest quality. Sources of Totaf Jl.TIt worth of material handled in this nign quality seed ara being bull inis manner. During 1111 thla amount Cocklebur, burdock, and developed under a system which it will be Increased to approximately thistle sre so common that one is hoped will insur a constant suo- 11.000.00 for tha year covering II can go but a short dlatanoa In al ply of good aeed. Fiftyslx appllca-- i meat any part of tha state with Uons for certification different materials distributed. have been out finding tham. made for tha year 1111. If eartlfl . Kew plant diseases and Insect -vo bus j ui mibh pests ara continually being 'introsituation is the fact that of;' BTtm b7t .0B il. duced in tha stete. Where mean our canyons, head water,many net vaiua to tna stats is very great. of control ara known prompt action landa, ranges and irrigationpublic systha 1117 crop aa a basis, such on the part of the inspector ha tems are being Infested with nox- Using increase would amount to 111,' often been the mean of preventing ious weeds. Indian landa are also an ooo bushsls annually. their spread and effecting their becoming Infested and up to data In 1117. 11 applications eradication. Examples are ths thsra la no legislation by which Peach leaf curl which was found clean up of thee land can be made for th certiflcstion of Utah in Boxelder county, and the Colo- enforced. The whorled milkweed, Valanela onion seed. Ten of thess rado potato beetle found in Mor- a very poisonous plant existing in completed certification and p reduc es i.sts pounas or osrtlfled seed. Both of these pests the southern part of the stats,conis This gan county. seed cold for Si a nound. This (so far aa known) hara been com- spreading and tola becoming acattle-rear 10 grower have applied for menace sheep and l pletely eradicated from tha state. stant in tnit section. The depart- ceruncaiion. Tna Utah Valencia In other instances the dlsessesor men ment of agriculture ha endeavoronion haa been produced by years Insects ara of such a nature that ed to with all agendo oi carsrui selection. Ths seed prothere is no known mesne of con- In weed central work. stats duces onions of excellent type and The trol. Examples of this ara curly road commissioner, county com- uniformity far to the Imtap of sugar beet carried by the missioners, railroads, canal com- - ported Spanish auperier seed. ' whit fly or sugar best leaf hopsalt companies and other Spray Residue. per and tha psyllld yellows of pota- Knlee. In this moveDuring the past two years th toes which is thsught to be dis- ment. A number of special weeds department haa cooperated with tributed by the tomato psyllld. Inspectors havs been appointed, the U. department of agrlcultur These two pests alone heve cost tha some of which have been partly or in an snort to msst tne federal rs fanners of tha state millions of dol- wholly supported ey county fund. qulremente on spray residus on an. lar In tha last two years. Most of From July 1, 11)7 to July 1. plea and pears. Collins meth ha our pests havs beeem so well es- lift, inspectors mads 1.117 weed oocome so pravaiant in utan that it tablished that there la little) hep visits, issued 1.017 official notices, la Impossisto to predue apples or for eradication. Their successful and enforced 71 cleanups. CuW pear on a commercial scale withcontrol, however, is one of otfr ma- tlvata hag been the meat corn-me- n out using sufficient arsenic) spray method of eradication. This to raise the fruit above the tolerjor agrleultural problem. la a long, difficult and costly procr ance Of arsenic allowed hv 'tha nura Nursery I aspect leas. food and All nurseries In the state have ess but if used with car and1 act. H1 mssns that will succeed In killing after the drug been inspected and stack contain- even fruit is harvested it has most persistent weeds. This is no conditioned ao aa to remove ing dasgsrsus pests destroyed. msana, howovsr, that cultivation During the past year 111 nursery must be done at intervals of from the sprsy residue before being Inspections wars mads and approxi- 4 to I days for at least ona or two shipped. A cheek haa been made and mate 1,700,000 trees, plants and full season. Chemicals for spray residue on apple shrubs inspected. In addition to have growing also bssn used to soma ex- pear entering the market or being proper conditioning this approximately 1,000,000 In- tent. Between two and tha mil- shipped, and ha been - required. In eases of coming trees, plants and shrubs lion pound of salt, per year, have doubt been made to the ha rsport were Inapected, 10,104 of which been distributed in the state. federal offlciala ao that proper sodium arsenlte and war condemned. Much of the outcould be made at destinahave also bsen sampling going nursery stock stock also ha tion. Fruit grower have put forth been fumigated under direct super- used. About 11.000 pounds of aod-luto meet these requireaffort chlorate have been used In vary vision of tha department inspedifferent parts of ths state In an ments. It ! quite evident that m ctor. future, if th tolerance allowed experimental way. While definite the Quarantined results cannot be determined be by the pura food law la reduced aa In order to prevent the introduc- fore another season ths present anticipated, all applea and pear tion of dangerous pest which now outlook for thla chemical is most will have to be washed In a solution of hydrochloric add In order exist in localities outside of tha encouraging. W feel that our to meet the necessary requirements. atate, seven state quarantines are results up to data, togethar with Dus to the inexperience of indibeing enforced. Theee quarantines the results secured during tha last vidual growers and the general year by Idaho, would warrant tha now in force ara as follows: of suitable equipment neces1. Eslwarm and tubsr moth organisation of our weed eradica lck to tion properly wash the fruit, it program so as to provide for sary quarantine against California. very extensive) ua of sodium is urged that so far ss possible, I. Tuber moth quarantine chlorate tXPwers organise and plan to have another year. against Texas... their fulrt washed at a central Fare Geed Law and Bute Seed I. Colorado potato beetle quarcleaning plant. Laboratory. antine against Infested areas. Stripping Point Insiwvtloa. Th pure aeed law require that 4. Cherry fruit fly quarantine There haa bsen a gradual Inall agricultural aeed offered for sale area. infected against crease In shipping point Inspection. I. Oriental fruit fly against in- -, In tha state be properly labelled Shipper and growers are recognisgiving germination, weed content, fasted arose. tha vlua of this service. From 1. Pecal leaf case bearer against purity, etc. Inspection of 117 atorea ing 1. 1111, to July 1, 1117, 117 was made in tha enfrocement of this July Infected areas. ears of fruit and 771 csrs of a, 7. nematode law and many samples taken. AnAlfalfa stem or a total of 1.141 cars were were taksn of the alysis areas. Infested samples against shipping point Inspection, the state seed analyst. given From In esse of violation of those mad bytha to July 1, 1121. biennlum 1.114 a totalJuly 1. During past seise the of oar inspected quarantines, inspectors were In Ithe lab- waa 1.001number samples analysed or and Increase an it In material destroy question a decided ever the previoua year. of III cars or have it shipped out of the statu. oratory. There has been tha Improvement during past year Th of th department has Violation of the oriental fruit In the obeervanc tha pure seed bean topolicy havs ss much as posslbl of moth quarantine and tha potato tu- law. Farmer ara of from th exempt thla work dona by regular district ber moth quarantine have been de- labelling requirements where they agricultural Inspectors and to have tected and handled in tha abtva ara exchanging seed among themthe remainder dona by manner. selves, considerable danrer from Inspectors appointed for temporary thla purIn addition to tness seven th spread of noxious weed exist pose. In 1017, II extra Inspscter federal quarantine and under thla were practice. employed while In 1011. It hss quarantinss ara being enbeen necessary to Increase tnu Seel Certirtcailem. forced. These intra stats quarannumber to II extra men. Th following crop have been tinss sra aa follows: certified by tha seed certification 1. Mexican bean beetle quaranPOCATELLO VOTES. ssrvles; Alfalfa aeed, wheat, outs, tine. POCATELLO, Idaho Pocatello barley, Valencia onien aeed and eltlssns I. Noxious wssd quarantine. ' voted Saturday on ths potatoes. Tha varieties of alfalfa t. Alfalfa weevil quarantine. school bond lau for $4S0,-00- 0 are Grimm, Hardlgan and to be Much of tha time of the depart- csrttnsd used In a new ranking in Importance tn high school building erecting ment to taken up In giving inspec- Cassack to rsllsva th th order most namedi tha far by crowded In tha tion! end asslstlnsr growers and of th seed conditions present being Grimm. Th fol- schools. Counting of votes hsd net rf thinners to meet condition table th location, lowing give been other aaaantlne against Utsh by romplsted lsts Saturday night states. During ths year III car- acreage, amount of seed produced The vote waa tha hesvisst rait In loads of fruits and vegetables and and th elevation of tha alfalfa any school bond election in 1,111 package war glvaa quaran- - seed Mctiona; onnel of the department consist of the atate agricultural Inapector, , Ill fc .Jy, tr' 'y?,', ill 'hta'Sro !SJS7 co-o- pe so n,nt ""!"u u?lll lKt. oil and other mlnsral leasee, and where buildings had to bs erected th rsvsnuss from powsr plants- - la and more equipment bought all, about ll,lua,uoa waa approdifficulties of fsdsral reclamation project fsrmsrs led to aa priated for construeUoB tn iwoiMsnenMi ana sousi asucgu. Investigation la and to a t Ut. requires Conqusring th mora than canals and rssarvolra. Before satisfactory results from Irrigation can be secured, soil bsk-s- d fur centuries must bo subdued. Th surface haa to be leveled aa that water will flow over it easily. Thousands of farm houaea and other farm buildings have to bo built: equipment and livestock havs to be provided. hTe amount of money required for thaaa thing I far greater than haa been realised and tha obstacles which confront settlers are so serious that organisation and dlrsc-tlo- a ara seeded In overcoming them. Th amount of money reaulred tlement and farm development has only begun to bo realised. The greatest progress In reclamation in recent years hss corns through ths attention paid to its social and dssia-- 30 1928 1926-Jun- c 5S ft bounty. 11, Report aed fop for 1MT. H FEBRUARY Highlights of Fish and Game Alfalfa C tin Impaction and proparly taa ed. 1h 1117 legislature ..amanded tha Infected fruit law ao aa to pro hibit the aale of all Infected iruit. UTAH STATESMAN, .J n. "iSt?. .... .... Ill Ill nil. ... brought 1114,411. FMilng and bunting Moan Fine totalled. 17,111 Bala of beaver furs cams to II 1,710, half sf which tha department kept. SaK Lake county paid 101.18 for licenses. Utah county waa second with 1 10.000: Weber third with 111,000: Caoho fourth wKh 111.000. and Man pets fifth with 11,411. Haa Juan paid only 1111 for licenses. Daggstt paid 1471. Feeding fish and gasaa cost tha department lOS.OOO. By law, and In faot, the department is sslf supporting. Ona hundred and thirteen thousand dollar waa paid in two years for wage and salaries. . Thla InReceipts during the biennlum amounted to cluded 111,141 left over from tha previous Msimlum and 110,000 bor-balance The expenditures amounted, to 1171,111.40. Thla leave on hand of 10.111. r twnty-fouhundred and thro pheasants war Eight thousand slanted durlnt- - ths biennlum: Utah county got 1.070: Salt Lak 400: Carbon, 711: Cache. 110; Weber. 110: Boxelder, 100; MUlard, 170. Ths Bpringvllla hatchery produced S.17I.II0 rainbow f Insersilver salmon; 111.100 natives, ting: 70.000 eastern brook; grayling 111,000 Usrman Brown: 110,000 eyed rainbow eggs: fry. This makes a total of 4,010,110 flngerllngs: These were planted in II counties oi th state. The Murray hatobery produced 4.710.000 eyed eggs; l.lll.ooo fry; 141,170 flngerllngs. The Logan hatehsry produce a eii-isnngerungs. Qlenwood oroducsd 110.000 eyed eggs; 10.000 fry; 010,111 finger- 1171-000- sconomlo problems. Not all thess problems have Better credit In farm development la nssdsd, broader and more comprehensive plana for de termining what crops can be grown and for efficient marketing of products are required. Closer mm Deration Ifecoed. In addition to tha above there is nssdsd closer cooperation between tha federal and state governments. State interest in tha projects located within It border should be manifested by lessening taxsa during tha development period, giving aid and sdvlcs in nuking farm im provements, and helping thssa nsw communities to orgsnls for busi ness ana social affairs. ' Thsn thsra srs lacal nroblsmsOn many streams th irrigated farms Unas the banks for hundreds oi miles. Ths rights of water and th protection of those rlshts whan rivers ar low and water 1 scares are essential to prosperity of farmers and the stability and value of irrigation properties. These rights, thus far. ara established and prelected under stats isws and by slate authorities which la sufficient where Urea ma rise and ara ussd within tha state boundaries. But large rivers cross stete boundaries. Ths watsrshsd of ths Colorado Includes parte of seven states. Ths Columbia includes five and th Missouri six. Fiduu rmlm mat Inn wnt-V- ara being operated In IS of these I states. Contracts with settlers,! have to conform to these laws aad to numerous amandmente of the original act by Congress. The legal and accounting branches of the reclamation bureau confront many difficult been solved. 171-00- lings. whitsreoks, 171.710 nngerungs. Beaver. 1,104,100 flngerllngs. PanguKch. I0I.ITI flngsrilnga, Midway, 1,011.400 nngsnmgs. Of ibis, l!,sa Grand total nlaat darte- - Me) nil Boa sen flnaerllnM! IJUJHw war frr 'Yswiiltot There were 17,000 fish tern tack long or longer, planted. man. There sra 10 fish and game associations Weber county had tha only association In 1011. Ths licenses and flnea totalled 101.000 in tha biennlum end- suiiy pais tor ana one asicnsry Twslvs million eow can now b taken from tha Utah rainbow brood, the largeat in th country. Fish trucks hav supplanted the old milk can method. Many million salmon eggs brought into Utah. Tbsss fish thrive wall in Utah waters. 11,000 catfish introduced. 171,000 yellow perch put In Bear and Jordan river and Utah lake. Estimated .IP0 pheasant kUled In the stete In 1111. Can now produce annually about T.lo'o ring asck pheasants. Hungarian partridge experiment not euccessfuL Sage hsns coming back under protection. Great influx of predatory hawk taking all th Increass frsm quail and grouse. Public shooting ground established. This la practically tha only free shooting ground In th state. Bear River rsfugs work about ready to start, f 110,000 author ixed by Congress, Utah shows greatest increase in deer of any atate In tha west 0.000 deer killed during the sesson of 1011. Elk Inereeaing rapidly. Sportsmen are big hslp In law enforcement Department law enforcement crew second to none. Thanks to governor for not making political football out of Expresses appreciation to Forest service and members of the legislators. Advise against teaislsUva Changs hi sdmlnlsurlng game: irtaaam bead bo allowed more too way w opening la certsisi place. Declares there la not too saach gasac la the state but there a New Development vrged. Tha prassur by localltiss and ststss for nsw worka and to com pute old ones wss never greater than at present Soma now being built havs a else and cost not regardsd as possible whsn fsdsral snt asertt aystem for taiihcia reclamation began. The owynee dam. now building, will bo 401 feet high and will impound water for 111,000 acres of land In Oregon and Idaho. The dam and ca nals will cost 111.000,000. Tha Boulder dam In tha ColoraCondo, recently approved by gress, will bs 700 feet high and f tha DR. MEAD DECLARES FEDERAL will ImnMa.nS watM ..MHTh A Mff. sr ths state of Maine to a depth I of 1 foot It will hold tha entire flow of tha river for a year and a ; ' ih "!.', -,.. ' a Con-sidera- bl carbon-b- isulphide m vags-table- lllf. quar-antin- POLICY STANDS RECLAMATION es -- pro-pos- ed it'' half. Both dams ars hlghsr than any now existing. Both, when completed, will bs mounmontal ongln-ssrin- g achlsvsmsnta. Tha agricultural depression following the great war caused extreme hardship and loss to settlers on reclamation projects where farms were not fully improved and earning powsr had not bssn In sections of th country whers farms were Improved and marketa nearby farmers lost money air many were unabl to msst TEST AND IS SUCCESSFUL Head of Bureau Reviews Briefly the Work of the Service. Citinf Many Instances Where U. S. Plan Has Been Fully Justified. Dr. Elwood Mead, head of the reclamation service, recently issued a statement telling of the results of the government policy regarding rslmatlon projects. Dr. MsaJ declares that tha wisdom of th government has bean proven by th rssults: Th full text of the statement fallows: cli-m- Date can only bo grown In th srld Irrigated southwest. Sugsr cotton, bssta, rlcs aad grown on thess projects, lessen ths amount of money wa bsvs to sand abroad. Federal irrigated areas furnish an Immense and staple market for th product of eastern factories. fsrm Automobiles, machlnsry, clothing and other articles, In ths east, fill lb warelong-sup- ls manu-factur- house of western towns. Providing thee thing five am ploymant to thousands of workers TQJQvhom News Utah Telephone Users Place Daily Average of 4911 Long Distance Calls in 1928 Telephone "Traveling" Increases Daily Ona of the most Important factors that made poarlbla th recent reduction la Long Distance rates, effective February 1, wa tha Increased use of th service from day to day. In 1111. for example, an average of 1410 long dints nee calls were placed each day from various parts of the state In HIS th dally avaraga la Utsh wss 4111. In 1121 aa average of 24,110 calls to distant points originated each day la tha entire Mountain' States territory. In 1128 tha number had Increased to 11,811. If, under tha latest scheduls of rate reductions, tha us f Long Distance continues to Increase, It not only tells m story of the telephone's Increasing value la your bnslaeaa aad sodal life, but unmistakably indicates a growiac Utah. A STATEMENT OF POLICY! Today, practically any one anywhere can talk by telephone with aay one else, anywhere la the country. Moreover, any one hi the United States can bow converse by telephone with any one m Great Britain, Canada, Cuba aad tha pria-dp- al cities of Mexico." Frem am mUna by Walter S. Gilford, FteetofeBX, Amttkmt TdtfkofU and TiUfnfk CemJuay. "Shut thb Mrttt, ielnmd by tetefkont ttrvk Europe." Ssf btt extended Wm ris itr. Gilford ewtr a year age, to twelve additionel csssirist B. Re4d, Jrrexda'eac, and TtUptpk Ca. JfraarfeiB SMee TeUykemt end creates Isrgsr local demands for the product ox eastern farms. obligations. Because so many of th product Doing this waa still mora diffiYour Telephone Connects With 27JD00J000 Other of westera reclamation do not com- cult on reclamation farms, where; pete with thoss of humid Mellon, land still needed to be leveled. and tha support given to sastern industries, thess projerts bsvs not ua injured eastern agriculture, th contrary, they have helped It Federal reclsmaliaa has suppls-msntaad aldad private Irrigation enterprises. It haa dona this Its reserve of resources aad continued operation enable It to undertake works too large and to eostiy isr privet sapiui. Wrk to control and dm large rivers ara being bult mainly by tha Ths Ths leaersj government, ana wm bo increasingly built by this agency In WESTERN tha future. In nearly every largs UTAH STATESMAN, river vsllsy of th arid region, the MINERAL SURVEY, reclamation policy haa acted aa a for eommunltiee begun complete record of by private enterprise. complete record of The settlers in Salt River valley, Arlsona, living under a half a dosen public affairs without mining;, oil, financial privately built canals, found themselves unable to obtain means to de?elopments in the complete their works, or build the regard to party lines. reservoir needed to regulate tha river's discharge. west. By taking over and rebuilding these works, and building th Roosevelt reservoir, it made of this valley ona of the richest agricultural districts in ths west, aad ona of Arisona'a great-seconomic asset. In a valley THE UTAH STATESMAN is the only paper in Utah which makes a specialty where no agricultural crop can be of governmental affairs. It does not carry partisan political news. grown without Irrigation, the crops tsksn from its Irrigated fields in THE WESTERN MINERAL SURVEY is the best mining paper printed in the 1111. wers worth 110.100.000. west It prints facts and is not subsidized directly or indirectly by any mining or fiSimilar aid In sxtendlng and private development by nancial concern. We do not attempt to ad rise readers on the purchase of stocks. building groat storage works and THE 1929 WORLD ALMANAC contains 1000 pages of facts and figures. Up larger and more substantial canals hsa exerted its beneficent Influence to to December SI, 1928 lodges, political parties, stock and mining records, prodate on th Irrigated communities of ths records of all kinds, sport records, income tax records, table of the tides, forduction MisRio Grande, Yakima. Snake, souri and North Platte livers. No law of contracts and hundreds upon hundreds of other facts. consulates, eign other Investment of tha govern ment has brought grsstsr sodal or scon om la return and bseauss of FREE SERVICE OUR RADIO tha local need for thla development none other ha been of greater naTune in on KSL Sunday nights at seven If you are puzzled on the affairs of govtional advantage. o'clock for our political review. Tune in Costa Jwt by Projects, ernment, taxation etc., make use of the There la a widespread belief that week day evenings, for our broadcast on Utsh Statesman's free information butha money spent on reclamation the activities of the state legislature. romes from taxes and that ths reau. For mining questions get in touch farmers of the humid section pay Tune in Sunday noon on KSL for our theee taxe. Nothing of th kind with the Western Mineral Survey. weekly mining review. occurs. The original act provided that do vslopment would bo limited ta th and the 1929 World Almanac money mad available from th sal Utah Statesman for one of public lands and from th inof come obtained from th sal $1.25. these work t water ussra, when one year and the 1929 World built This Income from th payWestern Mineral Survey ment of construction cost wa to d a revolving fund and be available Almanac for for building other worka. Mineral Survey, each for one Two water users' construction Utah Statesman, the paymsnts arc naw tha chief source Paid. for $1.75. with the 1929 World of money for building bow worka The revolving fund I revolving. Last year settlers' carmen! hp Sample copies free amounted to mors than 11,000,000 Ths nsrmsnts from a single vrojsrt WESTERN MINERAL SURVEY Utsh STATESMAN reached the huge total of I1.TII.000- Atlas Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. 111 Utah. Lake from to Income Atlas the Salt In addition City, Building, land sale and water users" pay- meat, some revenue comes from tlr sd The RscUmatlea Bureau waa created to build Irrigation works aad maks homes on the unpeopled deserts of th arid region. In Urging this policy. President Itsesevelt ssld that the reclsmstlsn and settlement of thess lands would enrich every portion of th country; that homemeking wss but another name for nation building. Tha operation of the sat has amply sustained the president's forecast. More than 100,000 people live on the federal reclamation projects thst dot th thousand-mil- e sons of scsnty and uncertain rainfall that once separated tha humid vast from ths cities and farm of tha Pacific coast, On thssa projects ara III schools and Oil church, Th grown In 1111 war worth till.- 000.000, which amount la almost sufficient to pay oft In a single year tha entire Indebtedness of ths projects to the government amount to 1110,000,000. ing ' Th cheap local food product which the projects supply bsvs neipea to open mining aistnct and keep mines In operation. Tha policy ha strengthened the rsng stock Industry by providing wlntsr feed for stock, which without thl wouia nav starvea. it has cneap-ene- d freight rste by giving an Immsnss amount of local business to transcontlnsntal roads. Ona or two Illustrations will show this. In ona federal Irriga tion district where. II years sgo, th only livestock waa Jsck rabbits ana coyotes, a aingi town paia ths Burlington railroad last year 1100.000 In freight charges. More freight waa carried over the Union Pariflo to snd frsm two government projects on Snako river In Idshs thsn cams from the entire ciato before these projects were built. Thess reclaimed areas srs sup plying this country with numerous valuable products wmcit cannot o grown slsewhere and they supply our markets with fresh vegstables at ssssons of th year when suspends production in other section. rn a - Utah has seven aatcnene lsssed. la tat some localities. Urges civil aarvica and mads and on only thro ara th paymsnts less than 00 psr coat Each year farma become better Improved Each year cultivation becomes mora sklllfu land aeteatltia lift writing-of- f of 114.000,000 of the Si average crop-retupar acre construction indebtedness to th la now mora than two and ons-ha- lf time that of the country as a government This is about T per cent of the whole total expenditure en reclamation-ThReclamation has Justirisd Itself payment of 111,000,000 was by ths wealth it has produced aad, deferred Many believed that the by tha Influence ft hag exerted to deferred payments would also bs build up a aound and and prosper lost but some Is being paid and ous life on what without It, wouM recent svente give reason to ex- b unpeopled deserts pect that a reasonable part will be. LAND OFFICE AXVOCKCE8 Operation Payments Met vsu or omtLUi radio Tha generous action of tha government had a valuabla moral efRadio facilities of the war defect It Improved the financial out- partment will bs used the local look of settlers and restored hops government land office byIn cornea snd confidence As a result ths paywith department bead ments In 1017 wers 11,000,000 quarters at D, C Ell more than those In 1010, snd those V. Taylor, Washington. registrar, stated Tttaa-da- y. of 1021 were $l,000,0uu more than Heretofore ths office has used those in 1017 commercial telegraph lines. On 11 of the projects 17 to 100 nsr cent of the construction payments due hsve been made. On five MORO.VT FARM BCREATJ iXECTS NEW OFFICERS others the percantsgs ranges from 71 to 14, and there are only two MOROXI. Offlcsrs of the loprojerts where less thsn half ths cal fsrm bureau were elected Monpayment due are still owing as follows: President,' day On 17 projerts between 01 and I B.evening Morley; vice president Mrs. 100 per cent of all the operation Rulon Johnson: board members. payment hsve been met. and on Mussel Bailey aad Blaine Draper, none of them has less than half County Agent C O. was Btott of the operation payments been present KEEP THE BIG THREE POSTED-G- ET se life-sav- er et safs-guardi- The for The The year year for $1.25. Western Almanac Ill All Post |