Show I MAINTAINS STEADY GROWTH THIS YEAR Wasatch C County Offers Distinct Distinct Distinct Dis Dis- Col Contrast From Former Former Former For For- mer Wilderness ACTIVITY IN BUILDING r Great Irrigation Projects Open Vast Sections to Settlers Special Sp It to lo T The D I IlER Dec 28 The Tho The year cor 1912 willo will go o down lown in the history of at Wasatch Wa- Wa a v sateh satch county as ono one during which substantial steady growth alon along all nU lines hies was maintained With thousands ot of f J acres or of r land Jand under cultivation atlon this section presents Ments a wonderful contrast to cu the wilderness s before It was thrown open for or settlement ment in 1901 1905 Of at this Ihms vast area which Is 18 conceded to bo be one of ot the richest H agricultural l sections In the tho state o er every foot has either cither been uen homesteaded or sold to 10 Individuals At the time moat most recent land sale salo b by tho the gov government SO gov- hold held at Provo October 8 8 I Section o of Heber m 0 Ji t 0 r k vats ri w t y t. t n u Y iV ki 1 1 ff i is r r Sf d I s I Ig c rl h J A At t. t c fo l k 1 f P f v d c ji r L rf U Ji J- J If s r- r i a A r t. t Yr Y- Y f 1 t. t i H 1 rr r rl I 1 M If fr rf 11 t. t L l' l if l. l f ori 1 J I I. I l I ri r- r t fa t v t Wf r fr nV s N M T. T r rocene j t M H MI MM a iMMa l ocene taken near the heart of Heber's Heher's commercial district Hero Here l is tho the scene cene ot of one ono of ot the greatest Irrigation projects In the state This basin contains about twenty natural natural nat nt ural lakes ranging In size from three acres to acre acro and capable of or b being being be be- ing ng raised by darns dams from ten to forty feet higher These o havo all been made use of or by tho the farmers of at Wasatch count county During tho the last If few tew years cars canals from Provo Pro river er have Ve been constructed and h by storn storage e of ot the flood waters at attlio time tho lakes eR ample amplo Irrl Irrigation for tor every evory foot of land In time the valley valle has b been en provided The project will wUl make Provo valley nUy possibly the best Irrigated section section sec sec- tion lion In tho the State of ot Utah It I Is esti estl- estimated estimated mated that aside from the 10 OO acres In Provo valley or Heber valley alley as It ItIS Itis Itis is sometimes called which will trill bo be Irrigated irrigated Irrl- Irrl gated from this source nearly acres In Utah and Salt I Lake ako counties wih bo he broll brought ht un under er cultivation af affordIng at- at fording new homes homos In the heart of ot the tho state for lor a multitude of ot people Th The Strawberry Dom Dam The Tho Strawberry valley valloy Irrigation project which has haa recently been completed completed completed com com- h by the lie United States reclamation ama rec lion ion service at u a n cost of ot more moro than Is situated In Wasatch count county As a result of ot this stupendous undertaking acres of ot the finest fruit and farm land In the will be brought under cultivation Tho work wa was begun bogun In 1906 1006 and completed In 1912 It is the first Irrigation project project project completed by the federal government government government govern govern- ment within the state Wasatch county ranks high in the cattle Industry of the west The total number grazed razed during the summer season season season sea sea- son Is head This docs does not In Include Include Include In- In clude milk stock and anel pure bred cattle that are arc kept on farms Tho The stock Is grazed razed under permit from the tho United States State forest service o on the Uinta na- na forest The sale sales of ot beef beet cattle from the summer ranges amounted this fall to more than |