Show San Juan and Grand Counties Are Being Filled With Settlers Commissioner CO Haines Reports That Section of Utah Flourishing RS In increased numbers S SETTLORS are taking advantage of or land opening opportunities in San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan and Grand Gran counties accordIng according according accord accord- ing to H. H T. T Haines state stale commissioner commissioner com corn missioner of OC Immigration labor and statistics who returned recently recently re rc re- re from an inspection trip to these counties The country Is building up rapidly rapid he said and there is every Indication it will some day clay be Quo Ono of 01 the tho mo most t t prosperous prosperous pros pros- sections in the thc state stale One thing tiLing however did l not strike me meas meas meas as being leing In furtherance of tho the best hest Interests of oC the state Owing to the proximity of the these counties of or e I 1 fr lr oil II I Import t b business s 's 1 In tho way Y dr of provisions and building materials is bought hought from Crom Grand Junction merchants and and Utah gets ets' ets very er littie little little lit lit- tle tie of the business This Tills is largely larg-el due to the fact that It perhaps Is a a. a little more convenient to get et commodities commodities com corn from Grand Junction A A largo amount of ot parcel post business is done in this section I was surprised on m my arrival at Tho Thompson's Thompsons J sons to see almost the en entire entire en- en tire depot platform crowded with cakes of oC sheep and cattle salt Most all were snipped shipped cd in by parcel post and had revenue stamps at at- at In the past it was possible possible pos pos- sible sibie to get ct these cakes only In carload lots b by freight but now the be In numbers they ma may shipped of one ono or more Most all the consumers consumers con con- sumers get their salt now b by parcel parcel par par- cel eel post |