Show M Y YN N M-M M t V UTAH By S. S H. H CLAY I I If L I L- L LI I I I f Secretary Secretor Salt alt Lake Commercial Club I 1 T t Utah Is associated in the minds of or numerous bright and Intelligent citizens citi citi- zens zena of oC the tho United States as ns tho the burntt burnt- burnt t orange oran e or salmon pink state on the I western estern part of oC tho map That pale pate l blue luo spot must bo considerable of oC a aK alake K lake but otherwise there cant can't 1 ho be 0 1 much there think the they as the they squint at the tho map Thc They dont don't see nee the smooth smooth- smoothness smoothness ness of oC tho the gayly colored patch fill fill- greed d with railroads and polka dotted with hamlets and villages like thickly thick thick- jy ly settled eastern states such as the they t are accustomed to eo 60 the they regard Utah h as merely merel Incidental and pass pas 1 if on Then comes a day when the thc they blink blink and In surprise They Thc see sec the iho state In reality and read rend facts and I w tl figures res that that astound them We Ye had no Idea Utah Ulah was such a state they exclaim exclaim Why yh as one man said am and he was a big bid bidman man In tho the business world orld on his trip here from Crom tho the east Why Yh do you OU know you OU have o everything W Well Utah has I almost everything Tho rho expression Is qualified because truthfully speaking speaking- Utah renU really does need moro more capital n ami anil ll more big brainy men There are so 50 many undeveloped un- un eloped developed resources R that the tho men on tho the ground find It too big a n. proposition proposition tion lion to handle handlo alone More Ioro railroads r more snore more factories 6 morn more varied Industries ore are needed and truly capital will find the state alive with golden opportunities ties tits Just waiting to be bo grasped As an example Utah with Its vast ast deposits of at Iron and coal needs several so steel roller mills There Is IB only o one c woolen mill mm In tho the state and Utah's wool clip amounts to pounds annual annually I A glass ilass factory factor would bo be a paying proposition with mountains of oC silica that are here 98 OS per cent pure MU- MU J lions of ot cords of oC pulp pull woods are await alt ng a paper mill to turn them Into a commercialized product Graphite mills tanneries and match factories could be bo established In Utah and bring big returns returns re- re turns to the tho men financing such Industries Indus Indus- tries tries There Is ig one shoe factor factory In Inthe Inthe inthe the the state there Is plenty of oC room for more Vitrified and opalescent brick brickworks brickworks works would be a great help In supplying supplying supplying sup sup- plying plying tho the steady stead demand And even en though Utah does docs put out t Cans cans of oC canned goods each year rear a few moro more canneries would do no harm All An along the tho Industry line there Is la plenty of oC room loom In Utah for MORE If U Un any n are arc skeptical read about what Ut Utah h HAS and then como comp and see eco for tor yourself E- E EIn r In the first place Utah is big as ns to size some somo 1 acres In round numbers and there Is slightly more f. f than one-fifth one of oC this covered ered with water ater The Tho average vera l e elevation ele Is about two of t. t a mile aboyo sea level leyel rho hc highest point is a little more moro than 1 feet The Tho general topography of or the state Is mountainous tho the moun- moun rising ring with Alps like abruptness from tho the valleys and plateaus A chain of or valleys passes through tho the state north and south Routh which area aren was once covered ered with water but only Great Salt Lake is Js left of ot this once mighty I inland sea eca The valleys are connected by deep canyons canons with smaller valleys olles branching out here and thore there where the tho Wasatch and mountains stand or where tho the smaller detached ranges ranJes diversify ersIC the tho surface of oC tho the state elate There Ther are aro four our major systems of drainage c. the Green tho the Colorado the Jordan and the Bear The first I two find their wn way tithe Gulf of oC Call Call- and the other ther two tt empty Into Great Salt lake There are arc many streams sms which follow tolloW tho the canyons and lend lead to the tho rn m ln in drainage systems system As the average annual precipitation of oC the state Is from 5 to 20 Inches varying with locality the slate may maybo ma maybe bo ho said to b be b well watered Owing to the different altitudes Of C the valleys and the tho fact tact that most mOlt of the mountains mountains moun moun- have hove a sunny sunn lope dope th there ra ro Is n a variation t of or climate which t makes Utah Utah a state of wide agriculture Everything Everything Every Every- I thing from hard hardy grains nn and grasses to semitropical fruits are tho the contributions contributions contributions contri contri- of oC the Die Pee Hive state to the worlds world's market basket The soil Is ex extremely extremely ex- ex fertile In the valleys It harIng haT hav Ing Ins been washed down from the mountains mountains mountains moun moun- tho the silt has spread out to a a. depth of oC from five fhe to twenty five feet or more The Tho fact tact that the rainfall Is not sufficient to drain through h the soils to wash out the fertility has conserved conser for ages tho the store Eltore of oC plant food rood Investigation conducted In recent years cars b by the United States government and the tho state has resulted In the discovery discovery dis dis- covery coven of or large bodies of oC underground wat water r The state has haB already alread succeeded succeeded suc suc- In tn reaching subterranean Water water water wa wa- ter that may be bo used for domestic and Irrigation purposes In some of or the lost ill of oC dry spots of oC tho the state and the tho probabilities ar are that In the not distant future artesian n wells and ond tho the pumping pumping- of water from Crom deep wells willbe will willbe willbe be Important factors In the tho development development develop develop- ment mont of oC tho the state Dr Dry farming fanning Is one of oC the big things s sin in Utah That It Is no longer an nn experiment ex experIment experiment ex- ex was proven In 1910 when tho the annual precipitation was WI less than In Inan an any previous year car of ot watch there Is of official of- of record That year saw some of oC the finest crops grown In n m many sections sections sections sec sec- of the thc state where water for tor Ir Irrigation Irrigation Ir- Ir was not to be had for tor lovo love or monc money It is a well known fact tact that wheat heat and oats grown crown on dry farms s ar are aro superior superior to to th-n-t th that grown rown o on irrigated tracts The grain Is much harder larder and contains a a. greater amount I of or protein Dr Dry land wheat when mixed with with a a. softer grade Jrade mal makes es a n splendid lour flour There Is no mystery about successful dr dry farming scientific and common sense management turns tho trick Of Ot tho the farms In the state In 1910 or 91 Il per PEl cont coot were wele reported re reported reported re- re ported as Irrigable Tho The area reported as is Irrl Irrigated was acres or 71 I per pcr er cent of the Improved ed land lan In farms The area to which enterprises existing In n 1910 were capable of ot supt supplying Water water wa- wa ter er was t acres and anel the tho total area irea Included in Irrigation projects completed or under way In 1910 was vas acres Tho The leading field crops of oC the tho state staten In n order of or importance Judged by b value are hay hayand and forage e wheat oat oats potatoes barley Of OC tho the hayand hayand hay and forage crops crop alfalfa takes lakes the lead ead the acreage of ur this crop being In tenths seven and the tha value over eight eight- tenths that of all hay and forage c. Next in n order aro are wild salt alt or prairie grasses grasses and timothy alone Another of oC Utah's valuable crops Is sugar Bug beets which average 1454 tons to o tho the acre In small fruit t. t such as Bi strawberries raspberries currants dewberries blackberries gooseberries etc de tc th the statistics show sales from SOO 00 to o 1000 from one ono aero acre near Salt Lake City 21 ty and Ogden where the tho highest prices ricos for tor farm products prevail pre Utah orchards yield Iel from 20 to GOO por per acre ere In good fruit seasons season tho the returns usually being for or cherries The dairy dalr Industry In hi Utah Is b by no means a small Item Hem About pounds of ot coee cheese and pounds of or butter aro arc produced annually and creamery creamery products aro are valued nt at Recently a company Inaugurated Inaugurated us In ura a n. plan ot or selling on installment plan high grade dairy I I cattle to tho the farmers In I Utah and some OOOO head aro arc to bo be Imported soon Boon The opportunity opportunity for the growth of or dairying in Utah is magnificent Tho The live stock Industry is growing b by leaps l ps and 1111 bounds also And ono one packing house houseIn In the state Is In Indicative of others to follow Tho The honey production Is not small Y T either cither and there thero s a marked growth along this line and anti the promise of oC great grea rent hon hon-c honey supply to be shipped from Utah In the future Is optimistic Indeed GETTING GETTI UTAH II I LANDS I. AX OS Over O three fifths of or all farms In Utah are aro between 20 O and 4 acres in size The value per acre of farm farmland farmland land for tor tho the whole state is 2928 In over o half the counties the tho value of ot land nera averages cs bet between 10 and anel 25 per acre only two counties averaging less than 10 Six scattered counties fall tall In the tho 25 6 5 to 50 per acre class Weber eber Davis and Utah counties lire are in the 60 50 to 75 per acre class and In Salt SnIt Lake count county the a average e reaches Of OC the tho land suitable suitable suitable suit suit- able for cultivation only onh about one one- fourth has been appropriated leaving three fourths unclaimed Utah IB is ono one of oC tho the few row states to which 1 the enlarged homestead act Is applicable applicable applicable able Under this act any qualified en- en tryman trman under tho the United States homestead homestead home home- stead laws ma may enter 3 0 acres or less lessoC lessof lessof of oC unreserved and una surveyed public land that does doc not contain merchantable merchantable merchant merchant- able timber Tho The first payment on a n homestead entry is usually about 22 which is paid into the local United States land office as tho the Initial filing ice fco When hen final proof Is made and and- the patent issued the expense Is about the tho same as that when the entry is made Under section six of oC tho the enlarged homestead homestead home home- stead act special provisions were made In behalf of oC Utah not included In the general beneral provisions of tho the act This special provision pro is that an Is not required to establish and maintain a n continuous residence upon the land he enters Land ma may also bo be taken up under the Care Carey act Under Can Carey act net projects ma may bo be mentioned about acres of oC land In and Emery counties at elevations ranging from to nearl nearly feet and at prices Including water rl rights from flom 40 to 12 per acre the average price being about 50 60 an acre There Is IR also alBo the desert entry act under which an any qualified person ma may I take up 3 0 acres round oCAs-round designated as desert land A man and wife mn may I enter acres The fixed price of oC desert land Is 1 5 per acre acre 25 5 cents cash at tho the time of oC making entry and the balance 1 per acre at the time of or malting making final proof which must be bo made malle not later than four years from time of oC entry except In some somo cases considered considered con con- reasonably excusable when an extension Is granted It is necessary that the 1 per pcr acre be expended annually annually an an- for irrigation reclamation and cultivation atlon Annual proof proM of or such expenditure expenditure expenditure ex ex- ex- ex for the purposes set forth are arc required by the tho government There are arc still sUll several evera hundred thousand acres acre of de desert ert land In Utah that ma may be bo entered entered entered en en- under this act UTAH'S Utah's timber supply has been kept rather In the dark which accounts for that industry being being- practically unde undo But Buter er very o advertising ad has this re resource had and few tow people think of or Utah as having ing any wood to speak of or As a n. ma matter Her of or fact tho the Beehive state is rich in this product which can be bo utilized for tho the of oC the state The bulk of oC the timber lies Inthe in inthe inthe the national forests and Is subject to purchase purchase- under regulations promulgated promulgated gal gated cd b by Uncle Sams Sam's secretary of ot agriculture ng Upon application timber r desired Is advertised for thirty lays days at ot the tho end of oC which time tho the sale salo Is awarded to the highest bidder I Tho The native merchantable saw timber of or Utah Is western yellow pine En Enel- Enel el- el mann nn spruce lodgepole pine Douglas fir and white fir ir while tho the cordwood species are Juniper pinyon pine and quaking a asp p. p It is estimated that on oit the natural forests of the tho thero aro are between and feet of ot merchantable saw timber limber railroad ties tics and and mining props In addition the large lars tracts of oC quaking asp will some da day supply pulp mills throughout the basin country Tho The heaviest tracts of or timber lie He In to three portions of ot the state In tho the mountains in the northern part ui of the me there 1 is estimated l to be ue he I Iber approximately p I h three billion feet of r tim tim- 1 ber There Thero Is another large tract In tho southeastern part of oC the state which Is Inaccessible Just at fit present because of the lack laek of a n railroad A i. i third timbered timbered timbered tim tim- area covers ers tho the watershed of tho the Sevier Se river er on en which thero there Is estimated estimated esti estl- mated to be a n. half billion bUlIon feet foet of oC tim tim- ber There Thero are somo some good opportunIties opportunIties opportunities In Utah for tor a number of ot large lars mills to add acid to tho the hum of oC activity I The annual consumption runs up to about a hundred and fifty million feet teet and ond at present this demand Is largely lars supplied b by tho the mills on the tho coast for what local ocal mills there are supply less than twelve million feet teet of lumber Some of or the tho accessible tracts are aro at the head of the tho Provo Pro river mostly of or Engelmann spruce and lodgepole lods pine tho the tract covering covering- tho the headwaters of oC Blacks Black's Fork and Smiths Smith's Fork Pork tributaries tributaries trib trib- of oC tho the Green n river rl Tho The tract tracton on tho the Sevier Se river rl could be exploited by y a a. short railroad extension from I Marysvale ale On White river rl there thoro are arc two hundred thousand cords corda accessible to the tho railroad and this area offers oHer an excellent opportunity for tor a large pulp mill The and Manti ManU forests also offer oHer good opportunities for pulp nulls s. s Utah holds s an enviable place In tho the list of or mining states not alone because of ot the enormous production but hut also because beau e of or the tho variety arlot of at metals found round A fact of oC Interest Is Js that M M. and antI Mme Curio Curie extracted the first bit of ot radium from ore that came from the La Sal I mountain In southeastern Utah Tho output In 1914 was considerably less |