Show I BEAVER COUNTY SHOWS PROGRESS G Greater reater Development This Year Than in Previous History of District NEW IRRIGATION SCHEME SCHEME Introduction of Railroad Necessary Necessary Necessary sary to Extend Mine MineS Operations S Special to The Tho I Beaver City Dec 21 WIllIe l. While each year has shown development nt since the tho early earh days u s 's when but a handful of ot settlers settlors set set- came into Beaver county count no one year cat has seen seon the improvement of t the present year car Leaving Leaving- the train at one no longer has to dread dreal Hl the old fashioned stage trip but Instead finds a luxurious touring car ready to tomake tomake make maee tho the two thirty-two miles mile Into the alley valhey valley val val- I ley hey In le less s than two hours The quick I trip would not be he possible If It were not I ICor for Cor the fine con condition of or the roa roads s. s which Is a l part lart art of ot the tho state road This year finds s the tho roa road completed as asfar asfar far tar as ns Beaver City The road docs does not gain g-aln all of ot the a ad admiration admiration ad- ad of the traveler One cannot help but hut notice the land hand development Five miles out from MIlford is the large ranch of George an oasis In tho the desert The ranch consists of oC CIO GIO acres anti and Is being dry farmed with pronounced pronounced pro pro- and anti satisfactory results This portion of ot the th county will soon be he under un Ull- un- un der dor general development The Tho Beaver Deaver Reclamation company Is erecting erecting- a a. dam at the tho re reservoir four miles north of ot The test pits are now be beIng being being be- be ing built and and active work worle will be commence commenced com corn mence in the tho course of ot a n few fow weeks With the completion of ot tho the dam dam apI approximately approximately ap ap- I proximately acres between Min Min- an and Milford can bo be watered This Tills Is among the best lan land In the I state for tor the ro g growing of ot fruits and al alI al- al I falfa Three crops can be cut in the tho season Marked Improvements Made Another section that has hns made marked marke Improvements during during- 1912 is that belonging to tho the Beaver Irrigated Land company compan It lies six miles to tho the north of oC Beaver Deaver and ancI embraces 1800 acres with water rights This section has been Judged ef by experts a as excellent excellent excel excel- lent alfalfa land One patch produced produce I GOO COO poun pounds s of oC alfalfa a seed to the acre and netted the owned 60 an acre A town has bc been n laid out and the lots are bein being sold ol The town will be I known a n as Manderfield Ian Many lany acres are lying next to this tract that are opened to entry and dry ry farming farming- ha has been suc sue ce sruL Those near Milford who have not cared to tr try dr dry farming have hao sunk unk wells and find the they bring good results The Tho flow low from ono one well was sufficient to water sixty acres The steady teady influx o of settlers proves that this vast ast region abounds in op opportunities Op- Op for or the home seeker mining min In lag ing man prospector man of moderate means rancher farmer fruit grower and dairyman man The fruit crop the present present pres pres- ent eat year ear was tho the largest est In the county'S county's county's coun coun- tys ty's history The dairy lairy Industry In Is In Its Initial year car but has contributed largely largel to the count county's s revenue Power Ter Company n fl I Factor One of or the principal factors in the thet I I. I H t 1 fi sil 1 rn wi t-wi An fr I f i Viv hn Vi v r es 4 n Ai I I 1 1111 UL J v 1 uni V tion of ot the power plant lJ by the heaver Beaver River Power company situated twelve miles east of or Beaver Bern City The compan company com corn pan pany has erected sixty miles of transmission transmission transmission trans trans- mission lines and has upward of ot 2000 hor horsepower with a n transmission of or 4 1 volts The plant will soon become a great factor In the tho development of agri agriculture c U I UI re The Tho plant has alrea already prove proved tho the largest factor In the development of mineral resources Beaver count county Is known to contain more moro variety of ot mineral min mm- oral eral deposits than an any other In the state It would take volumes to tell tellof tellof of oC the development work worl of ot the mines Tho The Rob nO Roy Sheep Rock Hoel White Cliff Clift an and Ada a Bell Dell are in a Hol gold district that will outrival the Cripple Creek Creck and Goldfield districts when rail transportation transportation transportation tation Is provided Mines Arc rc Active A At t Sheep Rock a new mill ha has just been completed for tor reduction of or ore orp Among the copper mines tho the principal l producer for the tho year ear is Old Hickory or shipping about fifteen carloads a week we k Horn Torn Silver Is I the best producer producer producer pro pro- ducer of or the tho zinc and lead leall mines sen sending send send- lag ing out about 1095 tons a a. week weel New ew shafts have ha been sunk to the and 7 0 U I levels e ye 1 s. s Systematic I em a t I c d development ave 1 op m e n t should put all tile the mines in the dividend pa paying cla class s. s The sulphur beds heds can produce uce tons Annually while tho the deposits or green granite are aro the only known deposit In the thc United States Beaver Deaver City has taken on new life UCe during the thc year car Instead of ot a 3 sleepIng sleeping sleep sleep- ing lag hamlet It has grown to a progressive sive sivo city of ot nearly Inhabitants who are all a awake wake to the tho possibilities about them The streets kayo have been beautified the lighting s system stem Im Improved Improved imProved Im- Im proved and an the tho water system ma made e as tine Cine as any In the state The Tho city council council coun coun- cil at tho the last meeting meeting- ordered a now The rhe have hue fire Ire fighting apparatus men reorganized d the tho Commercial club which at it the present time is trying to got get data together to boost for tor the tho city anti and count county |