Show MINERAL LANDS STATE BOARD HAS MADE SOrE MORE SELECTIONS Selectors Reese and Farron Visit Big Cottonwood Canyon Green River Will Nest Be Visited The state land board has taken upon itself the mission of selecting mineral lands The Big Cottonwood canyon close to Brighton was the last place visited for this purpose and Messrs Reese and Farron of the state board recently mapped out some important mineral producing ducing land in that section They returned re-turned from the trip yesterday The land set apart by them i adjacent to the Brighton entries and is designated I as mineral by the United States surveyor sur-veyor The project originally was to choose two sections but only one was selected during this trip The scheme Is now being deliberated upon of taking up i the other section which will include the j Ontario vein extension Green River is the next section to receive te secton ceive attention and Reese and Farron will start for there on Wednesday This is a part of the country that so far has been greatly neglected a somewhat surprising sur-prising fact in view of the agricultural facilities it altords The climate is a near approach to the tropical and small fruit and alfalfa can easily be made to flourish there Before the representatives of the board return they will go on to the Sa Rafael valley wnteh possesses almost Identical opportunities with those of Green River Toe water here gives settlers all kinds of trouble In the first place it Is hard to get it on the land and very frequently i breaks through the dams by reason of the sandy soiL I I a country rich in promise nevertheless and when the land board has sufficiently advertized its possibilities pos-sibilities it is liable to become a prosperous I prosper-ous agricultural center |