| Show 1 NS N'S ON 1 T FAR FARM M Mr r N ll WORlD of I Located in inand inand in Acres Nevada vada and Idaho Big Herds tS S Special ODEN Ha March 11 I Covering Covering an anca area ca acres practically pr all of the water producing thousands of tons p ply ha hay ha and affording range rang for thou- thou mules and d di of cattle horses largest single ranching unit the leep ep thc United States and said to ro be beU U la largest arrest t in tile the world is being 01 op- ted by by the tho Utah Construction S com com- ily of Ogden n. n The principal holdings of ot the tho com corn 1 are located I in Elko count county Nov ev Sd d extend from there into Humboldt flinty also into Box Elder county count on the east and as far north as ns lib li b. b on sla and Twin Falls counties In iho hop ho Some me ins idea of oC the immensity of or the j et ct may be had when hen it Is known it t a cowboy entering entering- the ranch In boun- boun ko county on its northeastern try 1 could ride for tor ninety miles before would reach the northwestern porn por- por n itt of the vast domain During no nort rt on of oC his ride would he be bo more moren morera ra jia n a few miles mUes from water Nor old told the tho country countr through which he ho riding remind him of the fact tact that by tho the ws s practically surrounded lerL erL Tor or while the Utah Construction com com- iy r 7 controls controls controls' practically all of or tho the ter supply it also controls the land jacent to the supply and the terri tern supplied b by the tho froni from the tho nose springs rivers and creeks AVater ater Work ork Wonder onder Be Beyond ond that lies the desert miles desert miles mileson on n n miles of oC barren land spotted land spotted re e and there wi with th beds of at prehistoric kes Cs u. u their floors covered with the bite alkali where even the sagebrush 11 not grow Ind d yet the land is rich In promise S on 2 the tho wa way to and from Cal- Cal rule noe mues upon mie waste lands land rolling hills of ot sand staked baked apparently dead apparent apparent- worthless stretching away to the mountains in the distance The Tho seems cursed b by a lack of ten iter tent t t where wt water er Is found developed conserved the desert blooms and andUn Un irna to lo man n a a. hundredfold It needs the thc c magic of ot water t was this question of water that ond doubt was the question upper upper upper- Jt tin in the minds of oC former ner Go Gov John of or Nevada and his associates tn en the they began to acquire the nucleus what has under the mana management ement of or present present owners become the largest est ching chins unit In the world v fI of or acres of ot land were ac acred acred acred ac- ac red by location and nd b by purchase 6 h b tract acquired howe however howe er was wasen as en 1 over In accordance with the pre pre- Ived idea of or making makinI an ideal IdeC cat- cat ranch And in acquiring the tern tern- IT the they secured practically all of oC the P existing water rights and nIl all con- con portions ot of the country that uld be affected b by the drainage t L I dinners Changes Hand T Twice ce ceP P e e primary Intention of the S promoS promo- promo S to secure title to enough terM tenI ter- ter M In I I u UHler mat might be ter d in the middle of oC the desert yo to operate during th the remainder cr of or i year with herds herdt from the Snake e tr er tr valley o on the north in Idaho for n ea south fouth to Elko count county Nev Neu order to do this successfully it il necessary to produce enough eno hay har the k it various ranches to sup supply pi the them during B thc the winter period of or m ut three months months' duration F the death of former Gov- Gov I Or c Sparks some somo of his principal lates Ites in Iri n Jn In th the P project the thc property what might be termed terme the Inta In- In ta e o a was thrown he market t. The David late lale DavId associates of his Ills in OffIt Og Off bOugh It and a ni new v company wn a as the Land Stock Pany was formed ter the death of oC David Eccles the theu S. S Company operated P rated for tor a number of or u until Il it Vas ivas finall finally he be Utah Purchased ed 1 Construction company was wa was I due made possible in all proba- proba j jBf tits were i to th the tho fact that the same bame Prominently identified 1 oth concerns r to the Land taking over of or the Vine Vine- Stock I company corPany by the Construction I compan however e COmpany was engaged railroads in ln Idaho Idano- Zi K t H. H DurinG nt 11 I L 1 A any manager had bad ot of th construction ho purchased purchase a tract of or land impressed consisting or of 1040 acres lie He at the time with tho ho of oC the tho S laud land from a ranch- ranch J aa school the land and was located fly 1 r Th rho OWned b by y the Vineyard ard t Into a experIment n Of at d develop develop- th the paYing IF ranch Proved to tout ut Into T that practicability field Cf of f branch branch- cUon and when the rd id Company took over the thes ther S. S rs or Of the tho It was s added to the tho r parent company Acres S Added tt king over the VIneyard 5 the corn com construction Company bought but the lie Personnel of ot rent ent company n Was not changed e to toce t extent by tho the transfer S ce tho th TT Utah Construction charge company company- o or the he pr project there thero has line de ded t to u S It All 11 o ot this approximately C territory has also In Compliance with the ot of the paran par par- ar- ar and stock that ranch ot of maltinG an ideal Idea J of work has been done Continued on Pa Page e 30 J J- J UTAHN'S OWN I J Co Continued th from Pago Iago q 1 Section un 3 3 along tho ho o line lino of oC perfecting titles to toland toland land acquired b by tho original pr moten mot mot- en ore ora A number 0 of holders of ot land adjacent to that of the company have been heen bou bought ht out The southern boundary of tho the was also ex extended extended ex- ex tended largely in the tho vicinity of the desert ranges by tho the purchase of ot springs It became apparent to tIre the officials of tho thu construction company compan shortly after over or the project that tho number of oC head of oC stock that could be bo handled during the winter months month was I directly limited b by the amount of hay that could bo lie produced on the ranches This problem has been solved by hy continually con con- Increasing tho the are area under cultivation cultivation cul cul- until nt at present It Its s is approximately approximately matel double what It was when hon the project was first taken over o This polIcy policy pol pal icy i is i being steadily dlly carried out Nothing Sp ct All oC DC the produce of ot the ranching unit Is now used by tho the c company In caring for Its Its' stock This IS 13 In Iii Itself Itsel a largo large undertaking Feed such uch as cotton seed seed cake cako and corn Is 18 purchased b by the tho trainload I Nor arc there any spectacular features features fea fea- tures connected with the operation tea tea-I of the tho project It consists In the main of or ofa ofa ora a number of oC ranches adjacent to each other ther nono none of oC which contain more than acres but all of ot which are arc operated oper as a n. single unit The usual ranching methods are arc employed em em- that are to bo be seen on any successful successful suc sue small ranch throughout the tho western country Each ranch Is SUPplied supplied sup sup- plied with the usual ranch buildings stock and the usual equipment and th th U methods are arc I r r u. u used I Nor has the thc company gone one In fo for bc tractors to an any great extent In pl plowIng plowing plow plow- Ing Ing- either by day or Clr b by night with the aid of oC electric light A few tractOrs tractOrs tractors trac trac- tors were purchased where herc I It was demonstrated dem conclusively to the officials that they h y could Lo Le II use 1 to good bood ad ad- ad vantage nan e It must not be e supposed Jup ocer H icv that each ranch operates acc according to tho the whim of ot the tho occupants Each separate sep sop arate artto ranch has its foreman n. n who looks after It ft employing the necessary help when needed and making an accountIng accounting account account- Ing to tho the general superintendent A. A W. W Bowman Dowman cattle foremen foremen fore tore There arc are also tho the various men and the sheep who look after their respective lines of or work As- As cording to wool buyers buers there are arc In tho the neighborhood of ot head of or sheep on the various ranges owned by tho the company Judged from the clip cUP and It ItIs ItIs itIs Is understood that there thero are arc approximately approximately head heau of ot cattle The number of hired by the tho company to attend to this branch of ot the business varies arles at nl different seasons of ot the year car there being a much larger number of ot men employed during the tho haying and shearing seasons than oth oth- On the average the company compan employs about men throughout tho the year on the various ranches The Tho work though systematized to a certain extent is loft Jort largely to the In InItiative Initiative initiative In- In of ot those directly In charge tho the management operating on th the i principle principle prin prin- ciple of ot obtaining the maximum return with the minimum outlay It might be added that It ha has been bean this principal that has resulted In the Utah Construction company developing from a corporation organized primarily to do grading s work In the building of ot railroads and canals until today it Is a corporation owning and operating as na a a. branch branch the largest single ranching unit In the tho world nl Big Deni al Made Quickly Hero Here is a a. sidelight ht on the methods employed since the company was first organized One of oC the officials recently recent recent- ly 1 attended a a. sale being conducted by bya a local live e stock company In the pens were a number of bulls They were beIns being being be be- ing Ins fed ted by the tho live stock company while the owner sought a n buyer Asked what he wanted for them he named his price following which tho the official made him an offer otter Then ensued the following following follow tollow- ing conversation If It you ou will pay the feed teed bill since sinco they have havo been here Ill I'll call It a deal Ill split the feed reed bill with you ou answered the official Done said the owner and the official cial drew him a Q check for tor tho the original amount for tor which the Utah Construction company was capitalized V W. H. H Wattis VattIs Is president and antI general gen s-en- eral oral manager of ot the Utah Construction company E. E O. O Is vice president M. M S. S Browning Is vice president Warren Warron War War- ren ron I L. L Wattis Is secretary A. A H. H Christensen Christensen Chris Chris- treasurer and I. I L. L S. S Corey Is as assistant assistant assistant as- as secretary and treasurer The directorate Is comp sed of ot W W. H H. Wattis Wat- Wat A. A H. H Christensen C. C W. W Nib ley M. M o S. S Browning Drowning L. L R. R Eccles R. R B. B Porter Portor Warren L. L Vat Wattis Joseph and E. E O. O Wattis |
