Show a UTAH COUNTY GIVES i r i A BRIGHT PROMISE I Introduction 1 n o of Two Interurban u S Roads Expected to DeRoads De Devel Develop De- De ft Ve vel Op District District W BIG IRRIGATION PROJECTS R J S. S Manufacturers Manufacturers' Purchase Sites t I for or Location o of New 1 Ind Industries I 1 r i-r t Special to TIle The U Dec 13 OJ 1 in the history history his his- PROVO o tor tory of oC Utah count county and especially of ot Provo Pro city have the people boon heon boonos os optimistic over the business outlook lt t i interurban for or this section With Uh two 1 II J j t. t railroad d companies o panle a coal road and a J 1 branch of or the great preat Harriman system lj pointing this wa way over everything Indicates H t a new era ra In the development of the I I count county On tho the south there Is the theD I D Strawberry project which will irrigate I U rate gate 60 acres of or land and on the f d 1 north noth the Provo Reservoir company's s st t f project brings under cultivation over i OOOO acres of the richest fruit lan lanIn land landa r a Un jn the ho state Already manufacturers J 1 re le buying buying- sites near the railroad r C r tracks for or their nulls mills and factories an and others aro Investigating tho the local 1 I situation s the Utah county count has hasi 1 i I During year scar gone ono forward in iii leaps and bounds and andI i I the tho only thing thine to stand out a against this i section was the tremendous peach crop r which failed oiled to produce the revenue lO anticipated h by growers NotwithstandIng Ing this tho growers glowers are arc making prep prep- for or the future and h by next fall a rL number of evaporating plants J w and md canning factories will be brou brought ht t. t i Into operation to take lake care o of or tho the over over- i M k pi production j I The Thc apple crop fared tale much better I II V I i titan than p peaches aches and 1 j carloads of JonaH Jona- Jona H titans thans Winesap and Other varieties II i found their way Into Inlo the great mars marI mar- mar I lets s of the east and southern n Califor- Califor j na Small fruits were also profi profitable this season cason and man many carloads oCI of oC I 1 strawberries raspberries and currants i w were re placed in Gh large quantities out outside Ile 1 of tho tie state The rhe Irrigation Projects p With Ith the commencement of or the next t tj farming season Uncle Sam will have t F completed ted the Strawberry project and andt t din ing next summer nt at least one half of Qt th the acres of ground Irrigated f n from flom this source will be brought under tinder I cultivation At the present time thin P f l great rent section of or land lanel is V t L being use used for fOl dry farming and is 15 sparsely populated For three years ear people have hav been beell realizing that the tho government O Meant menn t business and haf ha Im haver have hao o r f bought ht tracts of from 10 to ICO IGO acres r of r ground upon which they will move o i resell to settlers as soon as the water can be he delivered to their head head- J rates gates Naturally the influx of I lation will develop dc not only the land but tho the commercial interests from Provo Pro south n. n as J far tar as In Juab county A few Caw years ago a 11 party of oC local people among whom were J. J R R- Murdock Mur- Mur dock docie Joseph Josoph B. B Koeler Jes Jesse Josse e Knight ht Georgo o H. H Brimhall Stephens I 1 L. L Chipman Chipman Chipman Chip- Chip man Abol Abel John Evans E and J J. William Knight arrived at the conclusion that thal the waters from tho Provo 11 river H were not being properly utilized so FoO set Ret out outto to bring more lan land under cultivation They organized tho the Provo o Reservoir Heser company and throe years ago put the first water from their big canal on tho the thirst thirsty soil of ot Provo Pro bench Todo Todo To Todo do this It became for the tho company compan to go to the tho head of or the Provo river 11 and convert tho the lakes Into reservoirs reser reser- reservoirs In ln which the water is stored during winter Last year oar about acres acre of uncultivated uncultivated sagebrush land wa was brought under this canal and rich harvests of ot grains and vegetables were reaped this fall foll But Dut this was waR not enough and for three months small contractors contractor have been at work running the tho canal canol from froma fromI a point above Pleasant Grove Gro to the Jordan Narrows This new new canal section section section sec sec- tion will place water on tho the great bench to the tho north and northeast of oC American Fork and Lehl Lehi and ond f acres of or land now used for tor lr dry farming will willbe willbe be irrigated next summer 1 Soil Soli Being well pleased with the progress made with tho the waters water of ot the tho Provo PrO the same promoters took tOOK UP uio irrigation un- un gation gallon of or tho the sagebrush plats pInts northwest northwest north north- west of Lehl Lehi and extending over tho the southwestern rn portion of Salt Lake county Another Irrigation company compan known as the Utah Lal Lake c Irrigation company was or organized The cost of of completing the Provo Reservoir company's company's company's com com- pany's project amounted to about 30 and the Utah Lake Irrigation company's project will cost approximately Tho The first ralso raise In water from the pumping pumping- station on North Ba Bay on the Utah la lake ke e to an elevation of or feet brings s under cultivation over o acres of land In ln Utah and Salt Lake I counties This great Irrl Irrigation nUon project is being constructed this winter by bythe bythe bythe the men who are arc prospective water users In the two counties Already the tunnels at the Jordan Narrows are almost complete completo and hundreds of teams may be seen at work worl along alon the twentymile twentymile twenty twenty- mile route of tho big ditch Added to these larger projects como come comoa a number of oC smaller ones west of Utah lake The Mosida a Land I. company compan was the first to start water from the lake and a power line was run from the Knight power plant In Santaquin San San- ean canyon on to tho the bl pump This company has brought hl under tinder cultivation close to GOO acres and many thriving orchards ma may mav be seen from Crom the hotel erected west of or the lake lako last su summer Recently the Utah Power L Light ht company compan notified 1 the farmers owning homesteads homestead we west t of or the Ial lake e that t it would woul continue its lines JInes northward and put Jut In a reduction t from which point paint the power will be furnished for pumping water from the lake As soon n as this notice was given I the tho Inn land landowners landowners owners o of that section filed applications applications lions with the tho th state stat engineer for water from flom tho lake These claims were passed sed upon favorably fa and next neat summer sum- sum nl mer or many mall small stations station costing costing- from SOO 00 to 1000 will be installed alon along the shores of the lal lake c. c This will convert convert con con- vert crt the great g sa sane sage brush plains be between between be- be tween the lake Inke and the mountains Into fields and orchards already I Mountain gun din an and La Lake e Scenery ScenerY A J s y h 1 d Mount Watson rising to elevation of feet Washington lake on Provo river in foreground the population Is growing rapidly west of the lul lake luko o and the new system of or Irrigating will add to the tho onward march of tho the coun county ty Gr Great nt Railroad Development nt Chief Engineer S. S S. S Arant of ot the Salt SnIt Lake Lako Utah Valloy Valley Interurban company compan has announced that by hy the ml middle of ofIn May In cars will be operating be between tween Lehl Lehi and Springville 1 with th Provo and Its local street car system the cen center tel o of the line As soon as aI tho the company compan has built to and the northern towns the lines Jines will bo be extended to Spanish Fork and Pay Payson a on With Ith the exception of ot three smaller cars the regular Interurban class cars carswill carswill carswill will be put Into operation Already the company compan has laid Its rails along the principal streets of Provo and notwithstanding notwithstanding notwithstanding not not- withstanding withstanding- tho the cold weather a force fOlce of ot men have havo been beon steadily employed at laying tracks Another Interurban line being promoted promoted pro pro- I meted by W. W C C. Alexander John McGinnis Mc- Mc Ginnis and others promises cs Immediate IC I construction the tho full tull length of or this county making competitive 6 ban lines as aB well weB as the competition on the steam roads Since It was announced announce that the Utah coal road as it was first known and later at the Utah Railway company would build a line from Crom tho the great leat coal beds heds of Emory Emor and Carbon counties into Utah coun county t to supply coal conI for the Pac Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast trade the Commercial cl club and citizens generally generall havo hao been heen tie tie- de determined to bring that line tine Into Inlo thin this city At first t the proposition was dis dia- discouraged coura ed by the railroad promoters but later tho the company compan ree ag-ree agreed l to como come providing providing pro pro- viding the provo prove people leople with the as assistance as- as of ot e and Mapleton would purchase tho the right of oC way from Spanish Fork ForIe canyon to this dt city lh The ma matter was laid before beCore the citizens citi elti- Sons zens in a n great mass meeting and It was thero there agreed to purchase o 1 the he land nce needed ed for the road rondo Immediately the committee sot Rot to work to ml raise e the money moncy and within two weeks after aCter It was decided ed to lo purchase the road over o half halt o of the needed was was pledged The Tho Utah Railway RaH company has let contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts for many miles of grading and as soon BOon as spring opens up hundreds of ot men mon will he be added to tho the already alread large working force of tit A little over or two years ago o Jesse Tesse Knight purchased tho the Provo Pro Woolen Mill company's plant and Immediately went to work to put the mill Into op- op op op- At first it did not pay operating operating oper oper- expenses and for o over 1 or a year ear time th mill could not bo ho considered d a a. success Rut But Knight ht kept on making goods Tho The local market t failed to use up the supply supply sup sup- pl ply and tho the eastern trado trade was appealed to This summer Bummer It developed that the Provo mills were especially adapted for making blankets mackinaws and goods for Cor tho trade in colder climates This trade fell quickly to the goods goos and at It atthe atthe the present time carloads of cloth are arc being boing shipped to Missouri river points Minnesota l Wisconsin Chicago and New Now York A flannel shirt shirl department was added and proved pro successful and other departments are aro now nosy under consider consider- lor- lor atlon Toda Today tho the mill employs OO lands hands and expert weavers are constantly con con- stanl in demand Two cand candy factories a n mattress factory factory factory fac fac- tory canning factories and flour mills have o all been beon at work during the tho year and have pro produced splendid results for their owners As 3 soon as word reached hero that plenty of oC coal would be he forthcoming forthcoming- Inthe in inthe the future II II Keener of Ogden Os-de' came to tho the city and purchased a site for a a. artificial ico Ice plant to bo be erected earl early In the spring John S. S Smith representing tho Smith Roller Mills company also purchased a n. site for a n roller mills to bo ho erected within the next few months Added to this a n. glass factory Is under tinder consideration consideration consideration consider consider- also a n. eon condensed cd milk factory and a number of or other similar it u ew I e Sugar Utah llah county has u th the promise 1 nt or two u n v new lIew sugar factories one at z Fork ForI and one ono at nt Payson son To insure their construction without delay the farmers owning land und under r the Strawberry Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berry project signed contracts to furnish furnish fur- fur nish beets to tho the factories which moans means the production of thousands of acres of sugar Bugar beets In the south Bouth end of the count county Tho mills will havo have an average average aver aver- i age capacity of tons per da day and i will be kept running from tho the ml middio of September until Januar January of ot each ench year ca r. r The government go of oC Slam Siam Is planning a public system of Irrigation and drainage and has appointed William Bradley Freeman C. C E.- E. Cornell 1905 I of ot Denver director of ot the project |