Show PROSPERITY BEAMS ON DAVIS COUNTY imposing Buildings Under Construction Con- Con Will Rival Others in State INDUSTRIES ARE ARE ACTIVE I 1 R et ady Advance Advance in F Farm Lands Due to I Irrigation tion I f 1 Projects Special to The An n Dec 28 While S. While P. P FARMINGTON building operations In Davis is county count has hns been active active- during durin tho year enl the most pretentious arid and costly e edifice upon which work worl Is progressing pro pro- gressing is the ward taber- taber It will be one of ot tho the most com com- and modern structures of or its J Kind In the hc state and c cost st p The hc J Bountiful Second ward Is also erecting fc a new nev meeting house hO Davis is county contains 1 acres O pt pf land as us shown b by tho assessment roUSe rolls This Is valued for assessment purposes at G Improvements ue re valued at 94 1 while personal property totals 9 The Tho railroads jund other public utility corporations iro assessed at SI bringing the he I total n assessed valuation of oC the county lup tip lIP to GOSS g. g I L The abundant productivity of or the thc poll of or this df district attests the richness Eon of r the deeo alluvial lal deposits that form most lost of ot tho lands within the tho count county The topo topography raphy of the countr country favors ors the Intensive cultivation under which most of at the tho land Jand Is of late years being brought On the cast crust are aro the lofty mountains on th the west wEnt the bake ake The breezes from the lie canyons I on many occasions l been cn the al- al r Uon of fruit crops that otherwise I would have c b been cn destroyed 11 by late spring pring or early earl fall frosts Horticulturists have o found such security in these safeguards of or nature that in the growing ruIt-groWIng districts o of the thc north lend of the county little fear tear of the thed d of or the tender peach crop Is Js n n Horticulture Lending Ie The natural ad adaptability of climate und And nd soil to horticultural pursuits has of r late years been recognized ell b- b by blead leading lead- lead ins ins' fruit truit growers of ot the thc state and there has sprung sprung- up a flourishing district district dis dis- trIet in the north en end o of the count county Clearfield as ns Its center where horticulture Is the leading pursuit Orchards of ot from five thc acres to acres In extent aro are dotted d over the tract of at land that only a few years ago ao was considered almost valueless except for or dr dry r farming These orchards are now bearing In tn Income some come Instances s In others It wi require re- re quire a 1 number O of or years ears to bring the returns that are sure to come como to those whose Industry and foresight have ha brought such a trans trans- I formation on On every err hand as 35 one tra traverses erses what once was locally known as lS the Sand San JUdge idge Ig there are to be he seen evl evidences of or prosperity prosperity neat neat brick and stone frame cottages es large and wel- wel barns granaries and packing packinghouses houses all set In the ml midst st of or orchards und iund gardens that are kept trimmed cultivated in the manner by the modern horticulturists In normal normal nornal nor nor- mal nal years ears the profits from front these orchards ards are large It Is the confident ot those who are seemingly well Wen Informed that the demand for fruit will increase and as the production grows with the coming Into benTIn of ot trees that list h taro are aro now developing devel Oevel- there will be Inducement for forthe forthe the largest lars fruit buyers of the country to come Into this district for tor supplies tt or or the east As It has been leen In the past the offerings s of ot local lets hA has been on a n comparatively few feu cars a n. year and this quantity has haa no not been enough nough to induce anyone to open up a. a t market outside T The estimate of ot County Count Fruit In Inspector Inspector Inspector In- In A A. D. D Miller is that there ar aro TOO acres of or orchards In la Lay Layton ton ton Clearfield and Syracuse some Borne 50 This estimate acres being In bearing does toes not include tho the smaller orchards orchard commercial tracts but hut only the larger Jarger There were twelve oar oars of apples apple shipped from flom tho the Miller orchard o or of Other Othe r thirty five acres this year Clr growers rowers also made mado similar shipments and while tho prices prIceR obtained wore were low there w was s a fairly good net profit to tho those e who uio have o learned to care caro for tor forthe tho the business in a systematic way was While this Industry Ind Js II only in its Infancy In Infancy In- In fancy lanc It gives I e promise o of becoming a u leading producer of ot revenue for or the Davis ls county landowner land Seven Sc canning factories are doing doin being lo located ho- ho business in Davis county count one oile In each of or tho the following towns Woods Cross tross ros Kaysville Layton Clear- Clear field flold Syracuse ls cst Syracuse and nO Roy The combined Investment In this his Industry is 18 about third one-third of a million mil mu- lion dollars The Tue factories have ha a capacity capacity capacity ca ca- ca- ca for han handling a fL total of poun pounds s of tomatoes dally daily This quantity quan quan- lit thy of fruit would produce about s seven tn thousand case cases or 1 cans cansor of or 2 pounds each In the canning season season sea sen- there could bo ho son 0 of forty lays days count cases of or packed lacked in this tills county j. j r or II r fl carloads n of tho time fin fin- In- In J n I product u The year car 1912 t n was not a good one I for the thc canning canning- business In Utah and Davis county count suffered In tn conjunction with t other districts The Tho extraordinary i- i I nary condition that produced a a. heavy I frost JORt in early carly September cut down clown tho the thoI YIeld of tomatoes to but little more than half of ot the usual quantity Something Something Some Somo- I thin thing like c 1 cases were packed In Inthe Inthe Inthe the local factories an and have hs all nil been sold old on contracts that the various companies were to completely opens tho the this Jill m. The shortage year ear wa way for a n. good oo business In 1913 and 11 1 every factory Is prepared for a n. record run next year The Tho seven sc factories doing business In this county would woul pa pay to farmers In Ina Inn a n year when normal conditions prevailed pre pre- railed something like c 1 for 01 the tho produced on about fourteen hundred a acres The growing of oC toma- toma tose hn has lias proved to be hc a er very profitable profit profit- able abl occupation for the farmers farmer and factories have no difficulty In iii contracting contracting con con- for the full Cull acreage c required The Davis is County Count Canning company com corn pany pam built a n. large Inre mo modern ern plant during during dur lu- luIn In ing the past summer at nt Syracuse S This company expects to a add to Its tomato department the equipment required for of and hopes hones to have ha I ii this br brand ii of or Its business running in 1913 The Time Clearfield Canning company compan has already added adde a n pea department while time the Star at nO Rov has for years vears been heen a 1 leading packer of or pens peas In Inthe Inthe Inthe the state It Is estimated that there thoro were cases cases ces nf of packed during during dur dur- ing 1912 at Clearfield l and nO Hoy factories facto facto- ries The Kars factory makes a arun arun run ou ot beans benm and about GOO cases were packed this year In III addition to the these o canne canned uch some ca eases cases ei of or cat catsup mp 1250 cases of stone fruits and aini cases of or pumpkin have o been put Jut up Irrl Projects Project The rapid development dc of tho the part of Davis county count has hns been due in ina ina a large measure to the bringing out outI of the tho waters of the Weber river rl onto the semi arid lands of that locality Since Sinco the completion of this project a number of years rears n ago o there has been a steady n advance in the value of or farm farmlands farmlands lan lands s in that vicinity The Time growing of ot grain which twenty years ago was the sole occupation of the tho residents o of that district has hns gradually given I en way before the tho Industries that require more intensive cultivation of th the tho soil In a addition to growing fruit and the production of or tomatoes the su sugar ar beet production has become a of considerable revenue re The lands ha have havo been found to bo be boer er very well veli adapted to lo this crop and heavy yields which give e the farmers an annual Income of oC or more per Ier acre are aro reported These crops could not have ha been produced without the waters from the Davis Weber ber Counties canal and hence this Irrigation project has come como to be known as ns the principal factor in the development dC of or the count county In an au agricultural ag rig- way aj But nut great as has been beon the time benefit that has come from this one project It w was s not practicable for the waters from frOn that canal to be taJ taken en high enough h to cover the hl higher table lands lying alon along the foothills from one end of the count county to the other In all some somo acres of lands were wele left without sufficient irrigation water much of or it without any at all Some years ears ago a n. scheme wis was promoted for forthe forthe forthe the of or the water of the upper eber e r at a n point near Coalville and anti brin bringing it out onto onlo these hi higher her lands Insufficient funds were a block to the accomplishing of tho tue purposes of ot this company nn and after aCter a series 0 of unsuccessful negotiations with pa east east- lern l- l em em ern capitalists the II rights that ha had been secured on the reservoir sites s an and amid on the flood waters of the tile Weber were taken over O by bv the Utah tah Construction Construction tion company compau nn an organization rg financed h h by leading business men Inca of or Salt Lake Og Ogden en Utah count county and Davis ls count county This company compan ha has for some ome months had Its a agents in the field securing options options options op op- op- op on lands and taking con contracts tracts for Cor forthe tho the purchase of ot water when It Is brought onto th the lands At tIle present pros pre ent time thc the prospects seem scent good for tor forthe forthe the ultimate success of this thlE latest pro pro- In the e event ent nt that this canal is constructed construct d there will be ample water for tor all of ot the uplands from tram South Weber We We- 0 ber her on tho the north to the south boundary boundary bound bound- ary an of ot the county count including the time rich garden g lands east and south Juth of or Boun Boun- tutu |