Show N JUAN COUNTY IS ISk k ADVANCING my Oy NeVI v Ne Settlers Take Up r and Old Ones Are Awake i CONSIDERED t tb b Man Says Dry Farming 1 the Big Industry of Southeastern Utah c ILLY LLY new settlers have come como Into nto the San Juan Junn country In south south- Lern ern rn Utah this spring and summer me ne ne nock acres of ot land were vere ted for homesteads in tho the dr dry farm farmon ron Ion on last year car 1600 to 2000 WOO acres led cd to bushels of oC dr dry I wheat the San Juan spring wool ool amounted to pounds tI valued n a new bank will be cd at Moab on Jul July 10 and If It the can be Induced to build the tho sed sed foot tool dam at the Junction he Grand and Green rivers It will g g under cultivation acres ie e richest lands In the world These somo some of ot tho the statements made yes yen iy y by F. F B. B Hammond of ot Moab I rep rep- to the tho last state Legislature In Salt Lake on business I jr i. i Hammond says cays this vast lf chemo Is entirely practicable Al- Al gh gb it should not Tot cost more than to the lands which I Mil jil III bring under Intense cultivation 60 50 an acre would bring the s 5 U up to tl and with a rall- rall L these lands It is estimated will orth not less s than HOO an acre total valuation under undera lva a project f understand that the government go I floors have b been en giving this big ir- ir Uon tion scheme considerable attention I ate said ald Mr Hammond Sound I have ha failed tailed so far tar to find a sulta- sulta to which to tie tic the I i of ot the dam darn although I understand have drilled to a depth of ot feet teet with our cur modern engineering noth- noth lc mH impossible in that Invincible of brains and capital I Iye ive ye e the proposed dam would bo be Thigh high and would back hack the waters at to Green eighty eight miles to north orth It would d mean menn the abandon abandon- It t tor of Moab as tho the waters would e cr every house in town It Id d doni only require the citizens to move p p pon on to the higher mesas how- how Purpose IN Is TIT of old besides eIdes bringing a million acres of ot lands under the plow this scheme schemed Id d hold back the tho flood waters vaters of ot Colorado which every spring ac- ac dish Ush thousands of dollars In darn dam to the Imperial valley farmers i dam darn would kill two birds with shot hot and two big birds at that attic Ule sheep and farm crops are areng pg ng a a. fair showing this season seasonS al- al h tho the beef beet cattle right now are ring Ing about 2 a hundredweight than last year and the farmers dry Inot In as large o an acreage this jn n as last The Tho how- how f havo avo been In clover this year ear p clips averaged about eight ids ds to the head which at 21 to 22 I would be more moro than 1 60 wool Its ts 18 alone Probably pounds fool valued at approximately was shipped from Thompson spring from about head lambs lave have sold a as high as or near 7 for tor a n pound 60 The way ay things look I expect fee c 0 fall tall lambs bring 9 cents or about piece picco for tor top Some ome of ot rices are the highest on record for Country Arc Sold J have have havo Just sold out m my interests In Sal Pal Land nd Live LI Stock company compan I la is in excellent condition this lCharles Charles Redd Hedd I is the superintend superintend- To o company owns about lt Of this acreage c nearl nearly tara rare fenced This ranch Is sup- sup Ing rig ng approximately head of ot cat- cat nd ind sheep It will ill cut 2000 oC of hay mainly alfalfa altaHa About weeks a ago o came a hard frost trost As uH there will be only a a. two thirds cutting alfalfa crop However HOe frost rost was not severe ere enough to harm the dr farm dry farm grain on the higher In mesas e s as Beeves are now worth orth about 95 96 cents rents a pound while last fall tall they brought rought 1 I. I cents cent and would be bo a loss losso to o our stockmen if they would sell now at nt 2 52 a hundredweight ht The year 3 old Id grass fed steers are worth about I 7 to 75 a pound live 11 weight Last year nar car a 1200 lO brought to 00 90 Probably our range steers average nearer 1050 pounds at 3 years S Settlers Settle Are But more than our cattle and our sheep sheep and our oil and our mines tho the success attending attending- modern dry dr farming on n the rich mesas between and nd or Grayson Grason Is bringing In n permanent settlers and eventual eventually will be bc the means of ot getting us a a. rail- rail road oad road Thousands of ot acres of ot these lands ands are being taken taleen up under the homestead acts Man Many people aro are settling set set- ling on the ground direct while othera others oth- oth ers era rs are perfecting their titles by improving im- im proving pro the lands under the nonresident non rest dent ent provision ro In one week eele in May 2000 acres or more than homesteads homesteads home- home were located That dr dry farming farming- Is a success down donn In n San Ban Juan I ma may point to the experience experience ex- ex of oC Neilson Nellson brothers last year ear I am acquainted with them and can canouch vouch ouch for the truth of oC the report They had ad acres of oC Turkey red wheat planted on their farm tarm The yield was 1200 bushels or 42 bushels to the acre This beats beatH most irrigated farms and yet ct tho the mone money tied up in these lands and nd the expense of ot production is Immeasurably immeasurably Im Im- im- im measurably lighter than Irrigating I IN 15 Lighter The dry farm acreage In wheat this season cason la is much lighter than last probably ably bly not more than halt half Last season the he total yield was to bushels The Tho yield averaged 30 to 3 35 bushels to the acre Where here the work worle was vas done right the yields Ields were tee tre- menelous There were about 2000 acres In n lost last year and this year probably much luch more than 1000 The correct s tom tern cm Is to summer tallow fallow as the precipitation is not more than 17 to 20 inches a ye year r. r Last year car for tho the first time the wheat supply in the count county met the consumption needs and tho the grain brings s first class prices This Is ls an answer to those who declare that the San Juan dry farm Is too tar far from market The growth of oC the population looks as it If it will l keep pace naco with the tho wheat production production and and then theres there's a railroad da day coming Then we have the tho biggest cst radium lands ande probably In the world lying Iring round about us down there One of ot our your pur Salt Lal Lake c capitalists Is quietly picking up at low lo prices all the thc good ground he can get his hands hand on He lie Is working large forces an and Intends to patent and perfect his titles As soon as the tile war is over O ho looks for tor a tremendous demand for tor the radium our Utah sandstones hold today In their m mysterious grasp |