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ii i OF or ESCALANTE r 1 t. t p I v- v rat l 2 F lk I i f i 1 i t. t ti tl Ac t 11 I 1 n o v P t f e 0 A 1 1 tJ K 1 t. t Z ill J. J I t P iff r ri t i x h t. fifi J k s j t t. t f. f 1 r i JL t ii K 1 IW t. t lt P 1 l 71 t 1 itt rM K A J t tR Y r i. i d 4 Fl 11 Y lo N r L ot JI tf f v. v i 11 3 L 4 f r fi 1 m- m fI h i b U J l-l- l i f j. tf 01 t. t 1 tt s f 0 1 t f. f J i. i v tZ c HOME H HO of THE THE- c ANT T SA SAGE GE I 1 i d r iX d n 1 V i fy r g V J 2 fe f F f. f it 2 L V V I II I c i 1 l' l f Y tf t 1 t l t t t t k z t M t r rk k a r rt t 7 J Sl r T i. i ANiZE ty wi E FIRST WELL I t j Story of the Redemption of a ax x Desert by Strong Men and andt t Women of Zion 1 THIS fT S is a story of sagebrush 0 and andI I t. t roses of strong men and brave women of a baby and a colt of arduous arduous ous work and golden dreams of hopes rand t and fears a fears a story of Escalante being o 1 redeemed and of the Saviors of Es- Es calante I It is not a romance although there fis I is much about Escalante that is romantic roI romantic romantic ro ro- mantic for Escalante is becoming practical and is almost forgetting its story that has come out of grim his- his story tory It was in 1776 that Escalante first fUSt appeared in Utah He was a priest who came up out of the regions egions of Mexico Because of his hardihood in venturing into this then unknown d region the people of more modern days have ha named after him a desert in southern Utah E w d It would almost seem that some better better bet- bet Mer ter thing thing- than a desert should have hoe n- n selected a sf to perpetuate the name sand tand yet nt at this time It begins to look all ae if it the selection selection were a a. wise one nIter alter all Father Escalante Is said sald to have I been a a. man of ot broad mind and ive lYe he Intellect The desert which bears hla hlll name Is 18 broad stretching an ex- ex face taco to the sun and hold holding holding- In I up to the rains a a. great stretch of thirsty land Ind that once the traveler dreaded But t man roan is 15 ambitious and he longed to conquer the thing that awed him its forbidding bleakness aIt It remal remained ed for fot the tho saviors of Es- Es ante lante to go down out of the land of the 36 Great Grut Salt Lake to beat into sub sub- n the desert that for humanity once had held only dread and finally to render Escalante beautiful They Rent ent from tho the borders of ot tho Jordan and nd thrust themselves Into tho very heart theart of Esca Escalante and there they Pitched d their tents And then the ther r women came not came not to conquer with vlot vio- vio if t lent Merit hand but to rear tho the tender roso rose 4 Where bero once the unbeautiful tood to vision of nd Redeemed emed They are arc young oung men of Salt Satt Lake LIke who t-Jho Iho have undertaken to save and beautify beau- beau t tily fy Escalante There Is some risk In the game rame but they are arc willing to take tako It It for lor at ot the far tar end of their vision they ey see a desert redeemed with pretty prett farms and gardens beautiful homes Viand land and happy families And why And why not not not- Wealth These Thelle young oun men have taken up the land In Escalante and have made mada ao a bargain with Uncle Sam who I gave them permission to do battle battlo with the desert to bring It under proper and profitable cultivation in he o lot that went from Salt t Lako Is ono no oman troman Mrs Airs Sarah Swift The ae men Inen are Amos S. S Gabbott Earl Higson S IamA A. A Leatham Louis R R. liE IE cE Nelson J. J E. E Ma Malin William Strong James Little J J J. E E. PeU potty C. C G. G HI lon eon WIlliam Summers B n. n W. W Ashton now deceased and J. J R. R Anderson Since binco going down into the desert desort and making In their first effort toward the l of Escalante tho the young men havo come COIne back and gone to work at home borne to earn more money with which to make further Inroads upon the tho un- un Each one of them has under under- in inI taken inken ken to bring acres Into I on and attractiveness In all thoro thero re o acres in tho the tract which Is la to DO be o redeemed The land lies toward tho southern end a of the mighty Escalante valley valle boUt boat ut twelve miles southwest of Lund and nr fd d about fort forty five the miles dU due north oi St. St George The They say that the reater cr portion rt of the soil Boll Is la a sand sandy y Boam and that tho the rest reat of It Il is a a. red- red Iah sh clay formation Experts who now neW abut about such h things say SlY that this i Clay l i Is wonderfully well toga a to s ng dry farm wheat rn m o sandy Bandy andy loam am as has as been taught ona agricultural nl days clays immemorial 1st le I 7 j 7 t y I if II i Rc I i f. f fA t 1 t J ti 1 l' l W ro Ii 1 1 m i A ff z c Ji l 4 4 w wt t j jt tm li 2 f o. o 1 t I y i of t I 1 r l' l 4 j r t r fl J f. f y f s j t r f ii J 4 r f. k f f fI s. s I r t f. l' l w X j 0 d 1 r t if f A t i J t tY iI t J. 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N N I t. t j. j Y y ts v l L H ia I J t roc w it ni r q A k t ht IJ 1 1 t 1 t y 4 t to- to S w s. r l v. v V t 7 E C IV ESLE 4 f o 0 If H ANDERS ON Olaf A IVIES L Y ANO AA Di DR 1 V BoWN G good for potatoes and many other things During the year a a. lot of work ork has been een done on the tract In tho the way of erecting houses for the men who ho will take out the sagebrush and sink tho wells to get water They have built barns and made corrals for tor the livestock livestock livestock live live- stock and tool sheds for tor the housing J t f y r t t i 1 y fi y A iii r 9 Y G a c ii I ANo A NO BA yf MX wo COLT ANDERsoN of ot agricultural machinery About i acres of ground was cleared and prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared sufficiently carl early In the season for spring seeding Thc They planted mostly mostly mostly most most- ly white flint corn and they say that present indications are that they will this year yell reap an average crop This fall acres more will he be seeded From GOO COO to acres of this will be planted to rye re which In that locality has proved to be the surest dry farm tarm crop The The remainder der of or tho prepared ground round Is s to he ho seeded with turkey red wheat which is heralded as the best sort of wheat for dr dry farmIn farming farming farm farm- In ing and flour malting making The ti women omen folks have hn even e begun to grow flowers flowers flowers flow flow- ers In sar garden cn spots about tho the houses located at tho wells The elevation and tho thol climate of ot the Escalante valley are arc about the same samo as those of ot Salt Lake so that It s will Ill prove to bo a pleasant region to live in when hen cultivation shall have taken talen the place of ot desolation The famous Iron mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain Is situated about six miles southeast southeast southeast south south- east of ot the tract and adjoining it on the south Is the acre reclamation reclamation reclamation tion project of ot the tho Newcastle Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation tion company Eighteen miles to tho the southwest Is tho prosperous town of ot Enterprise For man many years ears the Escalante valle valley val val- le ley has been the winter range of ot Immense Immense Immense Im Im- Im- Im mense herds of sheep and roving bands of or wild horses Now ow that the farmers are going in there the sheep must sec seek other browsing places while tho the wild I horses are arc being captured and tamed These horses are the product of tame tamo animals that strayed away from their owners In Utah's early corly days In the southern part of or the state are thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands upon thousands of them am and those of ot tho the E Escalante lante valley are bu bua but buta a small part of the bands that roam about in that region Nearly three acres of or the sand sandy loam ground has been planted to potatoes as an experiment B By now the they are showing up splendidly and tho the men who are arc working down there SU say that tha the tho crop will yield good returns on the money and work expended It is claimed b by those who know that po potatoes potatoes po- po raised In those parts are arc of the best quality especially when whon grown without Irrigation depending only upon the tho moisture naturally absorbed by bythe the tho soil IoU and coming up out out-of out of the I deep subsoil Among the projects project In Jn vi view w Is one oneo oneto oneto to o go extensively Into hog raising Rye lye Re corn and flold field peas pens form tonn tho the best feed ced for tor the hog hOJ and when properly planted and cultivated ted In that part pact of ot tho ho state they yield a l certain and prolific pro- pro Ulc crop Beryl Berl n. n station on the Salt Lake ake Route Is but eight miles away from the tho tract and thereby may bo be had convenient transportation ties Je for tor all fall products The Th average an annual annual an- an nual rainfall I is I thirteen Inches and the he summer nights are aro cool two cool two conditions conditions conditions con con- highly favorable to 10 dry farmIn farm- farm In ing ng A bab baby has hos been born on tho the tract and ind tho the boys buys photographed th the i child together with the first colt that was born there ther Among tho exhibits ex that aro proudly shown this photograph holds hll highest place Of or tho the more than worth of manufactures exported from the United States States States- during tho the year those of ron and steel deel greg aggregated about In value copper and mineral mineraI oils each encl moro more than f and lumber umber and other manufacturers of ot otwood wood nearly Ono French sc scientist la is endeavoring to bring about r K s sleeping reform which threatens to displace th the pillow Ho ne says 8 if It tl the pillow la is to be used at all nil It It should bo be placed under the tho feet teet Nightmare 1 and Insomnia will be avoided In to this manner ho he claims |
