Show tt Ln an Juan uan County Retains Picturesque j Ruggedness Ruggedness' of Primitive Days ti I is a. a J. J tar far cry from tho the y year r 1540 t to tobo J I bo be year 1920 almost years years ago o a L Spanish expedition ier r tho the leadership of or Capt Garcia i cz jez cz de Cardenas with twelve men I dad ded Utah tho Utah the first white whito men it Believed to have entered what Is now instate of or Utah Tho The expedition was r ped from moving northward by a ait at at I it t canyon from tho rim of or which members of or tho the expedition looked J n tho the great chasm at the tho bottom Ich tho river Tizon flowed lowed we west west- t- t rd d. d to tho the Pacific The stop was wase 1 Nae Me e In what is s now San Juan count county Was tho the Colorado river which they r jk fr frand and all efforts made say ay his historiC torl- torl C to cross tho the chasm proved futile rattle 1 t It t does now here ere arc aro some soma historians who maini main- main i that it was San Juan can canyon on ben beU be- be en U n Honaker trail and Johns John's can can- L i which the tho expedition reached but grec that it was what is now San Sm Sani i count was invaded by the lards It is recorded that several se ites es were tried in an endeavor to ea the he chasm but without avail aall and lly the tie effort to cross was aban- aban ond the expedition returned to BOUth id Roads to I elop County Ee jie ie only real drawback to San Juan is and has ba boon been the tho lack o of ot importation facilities Monticello county sea scat is miles from its point Thompsons Thompson's on the iver yer ver Rio Grande Grando railroad while t. t folding tho the second town in the conn- conn Ms Is IB thirty five miles farther away f j d roads which are now under con- con action over which auto linos lines both and arid truck will win make all In the county accessible 1 ts its moro more post road 5 13 s now CI b L cost ot of a quarter o of a a. L million dol- dol 5 from Thompsons Thompson's via Moab to ins ins' and BC several eral other forest road are noro under Tinder contemplation or constructed I tah ah has ban the tho only frontier left lert and old Jold old log lot cabin pioneer days Is rap- rap disappearing the tho modern house planting planting- it And yet while tho the only tier in the tho U Union ion is in Utah this pi tier has conveniences in way f way of ot electric Tights lights telephone jl telegraph tho the two latter connect- connect Aft with the tho outside world One of ot v In Utah I is farther away awaya a a. railroad than any other in the Ion n. n This postoffice is in an era em- that empIre being San Juan Yuan coun- coun Af f fAnd And to reach this empire in this at state of Utah from its capital Vf vi J requires a n. longer time than is s Ired to reach reuh San Sa-n. Francisco or Los teles eles Lout this great empire in this great greatt t in this great county o of San Juan ch eh Is la larger Jarger in area than the tho states Connecticut and Rhode Island Lland and District of or Columbia combined er er than tho the Hawaiian islands and ando co o as large as Porto Rico It Is a county from all standpoints I I fit contains several moro more natural more moro wonders of or nature than I Joiner Lother county in any In state in the ted ed States I County Ithe the State riia Is the largest county in Utah The fourth Legislature of or tho the toniI toni terri I created fy it in 1880 1830 Within its borIs bora bor- bor Is a aaro are two forest reserves the La Sal I Indian Indian reservation tho the Navajo in southeast corner and on this rc- rc is 18 tho the only place in the United ten where here you can stand with your o r i tin tn the tho corners of or four tour great states jb jb Colorado New Mexico and AnIt ArlIt Arl- Arl E It is tho the most scenic co county nty in state Three big rivers flow through A count county tho the Green and Grand which m the tho Colorado and the San JuanIch Juan Ich deh lows flows westward across the south south- J part of ot the count county an and 1 pours Its i t o of or water lter Into tho the Colorado ire iro are arc five tho ranges of mountains In tc tho the La Sal Salt tho the Abajo Elk fee Ige ETC tho the Navajo and tho Clay lulls Hills elevation of the tho county Is an ave av- av e ge of ot from to feeL Ue Bluff the first county town as lS an Indian tra trading trading- post pot years ago ngo tho settlement of or thetty tho the nty tty dates from ISSO 1880 In February that year a company was formed in ini inn n county i to io settle the tho new count county Smith who had bad been designated the act creating the the- count county as pro- pro h headed d d the company compan Other bers rs wore were James Z Lowis who after arter- I ds 8 succeeded Smith as judge juds-e Jens F. F I I. Jones and George fry Y who were the thc first county com com- n Charles J E. E Walton alton clerk recorder L. L H H. Redd Jr assessor Willard Butt sheriff Hyde P P. R. R Butt Joseph F P. ton W. W E. E Gordon and H. H C. C Green j I f. f where tho county seat scat was lod lo- lo ed ed d a and which h had 1 been designated 1 town remained the seat o of ot ty Y government until 1905 when wi a vote of or the people it was as reed rei re- re i ell ed to Monticello Inu Bluff is now a OJ abandoned town from om an agricultural point of ot view 1 Juan count county has the largest ares area dry dT- farms arms than any other tho the country On ono one of or these in tho the year 1 1910 1 there was wasn n tho the largest crop of ot oats per aero acre aced In the United States State S Scia cIa ids and the farmer Jesse Jesso Balle Bailey ugh his Is efforts this crop was pro- pro 1 d. d thi thin remarkable yield on a dry received a a. gold medal and 1000 sh a as his prize for tor this cro crop Ii h was grown upon land laud at an al alot alts al- al ts 0 of ot approximately foot feet The year ear average for oats produced d cl in UnIted States Is 2 bushels per f rand and In fn Utah tho the average a for COl the thee e period is riG bushels dent client 1 Field 4 ent t I Dry ry Fanning of ot this empire In Utah In area Y 80 square miles and In 0 bf bt which more than 00 acres Is susceptible of or being ably bly dry farmed Besides Lizs 18 bushels of ot oats per acre the tho arms ms In the the- county pro produced In oL l winter wheat DC bushels per c acre of or spring wheat 34 a bushels per acre acre of or corn 45 bushels per acre of alfalfa alfalla hay 21 11 tons per acre acro and of or al alCala alfalfa al- al falfa Cala seed 17 bushels per acre acne while of oC spuds tho the production was 25 bushels bushels bushels bush bush- els per acre Then rhen too more than CO- CO head of bloo blooded cattle ranged over the tho county as also 7 sheep an and 11 goats On tho the La Sal forest reserve which contains acres acres an and 1 which Is located in San Juan county there wIllbe will willbo bo be grazed this year Clr horses and cattle and sheep In view Jew of or orthe the tho large number of or cattle sheep and hogs with the further fact that transportation transportation transportation trans trans- has to be paid both W ways wayson S on the hoot hoof when shipped out In tho the dressed carcass when returned the Question of ot a a. packing plant to care for forthe forthe the tho local demand is being agitated by br bythe bytho tho the Monticello farm bureau and the enterprise is ln likely ely to go through the first unit of or the plant to cost Work of the tho farm bureaus throughout throughout through through- out tho the county has proven prO remarkably successful The officers of or the several se bureaus for tor the present year rear and the projects which they will discuss and put Into effect are as follows Farm Bureau I t Officers Are Active cLi vc Blanding officers Blanding-officers officers Azariah Bro Brown n president Hyram Porter vice president president d dent nt Dee Dec Bayles Bales secretary and treasurer treasurer treas treas- I tIter tIter- B. B D. D Black and W. W C. C Lyman ex executive ox- ox committeemen Projects chosen chosen chosen cho cho- sen 1 1 irrigation improvement 2 2 better better bet bot- ter 3 cow cow- testing 4 4 marketing mar mar- 5 i. i crop pest control a l. l prairie mar I dogs b sparrows c blue jays d d. d cut cut- I worms Officers J. J L. L Hodge president I L. L H. H Doyle secretary Program Program Program Pro Pro- gram for is in the hands of or year ear a nas nag not yet reported The annual fair will bo be held September September Septem Septem- ber 17 Monticello Officers Officers Officers' H H. Lloyd Hansen Han Han- sen son president Vaughn Adams vice president George E. E Haney secretary and treasurer George George- A. A Adams and C. C E E. Walton Walton executive committeemen Projects chosen 1 1 crop pest control a a. a prairie dogs b b. b sparrows 2 dry farming a a. a treatment of or fallow taHo land 3 3 marketing 4 4 live stock on the farm a 1 dairying h. h hogs c c. c sheep d d. d horses 5 fruit producing producing- and betterment a a. and small fruits C C. C civic im ira ira- im-I im provement La Ln Sal Sal Officers Officers George McConkie I president T n N N. vice president t E. E J. J Sprankle secretary an and 1 treasurer and mem membership committee Harry Day I and J T L. L Leamaster executive committeemen com corn comI I George Projects chosen 1 crop commit I pest control a a. a chipmunks b b. b blue Jays jas c c. c dogs d d. d rabbits 2 dry farming arming a a. a fall vs spring sprint wheat 3 3 weed control control control con con- a a. a Russian thistle 4 cow testing testing- 5 5 silos Charles Redd committeeman Boulder Officers Boulder Officers Charles Snow president W. W r. r F. F Brad Brady vi vice vico co president W W. A. A En Endter secretary and treasurer H. H S. S Barnes and andL SL M. B. B Cummings ex executive x cx- committeemen M. M B. B Cummings s also committeeman on marketing H. H S. S Barnes on dry r farming W. W A. A Endter E weed control control- Bert Galloway live lIvo stock on farm C. C II H. Barnes crop pests pest con con- Projects chosen 1 marketing 2 2 dry farming a l. l fall vs vu spring wheat b corn varlet variety test c potato varlet variety test 3 Z weed control a a. Russian thistle thistle this this- tle tie 4 i. live stock on tho the farm fann a a. hogs b b. b chickens G 6 crop pest control a n. dogs dobs b b. b sparrows c e blue jays In connection with tho the Farm Bureau there arc aro a 3 number of or Boy Club work work- ers In Blanding- Blanding there are four workIng working work work- ing ins clubs chubs of bo boys boy all of or aro making splendid progress Their projects projects pro pro- are arc Pigs poultry gardens s an and rabbits Silage e Experiments Are Undertaken The rc result of or the Farm Bureau work ork is seen Boen in the the building of or silos Tests aro are being bein- made this year with the Mammoth Russian sunflower as a starter to ascertain tho the host boot o for that section and also tests testa of or spring v vs fall wheat several everal plats plata having been boon set sot apart for demonstration Another in industry in connection with agriculture and live livo stock which has Just been begun un and which it H. is be believed believed believed be- be will greatly Increase the tho Income of or the farmer Is tho the growing growing- of or alfalfa seed under dry farming Five hundred pounds of alfalfa seed have o been produced produced produced pro pro- per acre in the county weather II con conditions being Ideal the return of or seed from one forty acre tract gre ag-gre- I gating 1800 1300 The annual precipitation in the county count county coun coun- i t ty averages 18 to 22 Z inches the largest larg larg- est cst annual rainfall recorded over any ans I considerable area In the tho state and crops grow without danger cr of or frost from May Hay 1 to October I 1 1 and all land which Is not higher than feet can be profitably dry dr-Carme 1 Reports from threshers who had th the most strenuous season last In the history of or tho count county aro not nol all In yet et but from those received ed It is learned that the production of small grain in 1919 was wag greater than ever before belore Twelve years ago San Juan Joan county rai raised ed only cattle an and 1 sheep at that time it was ns tho the banner cattle and sheep raising raisinS count county in the state Occasionally Occasionally Occasionally Occasion Occasion- ally in tho the extreme extremo southeast part o of the county on and near tho the Navajo Indian reservation a a. little hell lieU was raised but this was soon squelcher squelched There were a 3 few farms along along- tho the streams but live stock was the product pro pro- duct Great Grains Are Arc Produced Then rhen tho the Legislature established an experimental farm near Monticello to demonstrate dry farming as had been dono done at tho the station on tho the Levan Levon ridge In Juab county The rhe result la is scon seon Magnificent grain crops and the greatest greatest great great- est CHt producing oat soil in tho the United In San Juan county in the year ear 1919 11 wheat production was bushels oats bushels bushel barley 1000 bushels corn bushels al alfalfa al- al falfa ha hay tons ton potatoes bushels winter wheat sown aown in fall tall of 0 1 1919 lL u was was- 2800 acres and anti la acres o of rye ne was also sown Live Livo stock Is still tho great product of or San Juan county count and this stock Is carefully looked ed after by tho the state Veterinarians under the direction of oC Dr It R. W LV Hoggan state live stock inspector are located at convenient con points Sheep inspectors In the person of ot A. A A. A Ta Taylor lor of Moab J. J T. T Neal supervisor of Blanding Francis Nell Neil ensen en- en sen of ot leo look 1001 after the flocks in San Juan county John A. A Young of ot Monticello Is brand Inspector for the district 0 L L. Christensen of Monticello Monti Monti- cello Charles H. H Oliver Seth Shumway and Joseph Hawkins of or Blanding James Hayes Hares of or Bluff Bluer trappers and hunters un under tho the direction of Parley Parle iP see that flocks nocks an and herds arc protected from predatory animals while C. C L L. L Christonsen of or Monticello veteran Indian Interpreter Is teach teaching ins the Navajos Na the necessity of or extermination nation of ot predatory animals I Liv Stock Associations Busy With Interests i Then 1 too o o. o seven sc live stock associations associations associations look after the interests of both stock and owner These associations are Camp Jackson Live Stock association association tion of Blanding L. L B. B Redd secretary secretary secre scene tary Elk Elle Mountain Stock Growers Growers' as association association as- as of Diu Bluff I L. L H II Redd secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary Monticello Stock Growers' Growers association association asso asso- elation o of M Julius Bailey secretary Paradox Cattle association o of Paradox Colo Cob W. W W. W Chiles secretary secretary secre secre- tar tary Pioneer Farm Live Stock company company com corn comI I pany or of Monticello j George Geors-e F. F Adams I director South Elk Stock Growers' Growers as association lS- lS sedatIon of or Blanding Wayne H. H Redd Red 1 secretary San Juan Live Stock assocIation association association of ot Francis sec see rotary San SanJuan Juan county like most other counties in Utah has varied mineral resources There are three mining districts districts districts dis dis- dis- dis in tho the count county Blue 1 Mountains t ninety five miles southeast of or Thompsons Thomp Thomp- sons where properties have produced copper carbonate ore oro and placer properties properties properties prop prop- gold Bluff Bluer district on the SanJuan SanJuan San SanJuan Juan and Grand rivers seventy five miles west of Cortez Colo Cob the nearest railroad point In this district gol gold gold- 1 bearing gravel grayol and sand are arc found along alons- the tho streams for a n |