| Show THE GRANARY U1TAllt Sanpete Is One of the Great Counties of the StateHer t lany Resources Sanpete county occupies a proud position po-sition among the leading counties of the state In the early dayS the county coun-ty was christened The Granary of Utah and the matchless fertility of her soil the Industry of her sons and daughters have proven her right to the title It can truthfully he mId that in no place within the confines of the great state of Utah will mother earth yield up greater returns for the efforts ef-forts of the husbandman than in san pfte county The populatIon of the count which according to the census of 1595 was over 15000 Is now estimated at from 18000 to20000 The princIple industries are agriculture sheep raIsing stock raising and dairying Nearly the entire population of the count is ngagcL more or less In farm lug The farms conslR of small tracts of land varying in size from five to 1ort five acreS There are many larger farms in different parts of the county but the small tracts prodomln ate The tilled land of the county will aggregate about 40000 acres and along the Sanpltch river which flows through the entire length of the valley are over I 20Qoo acres of meadow land Countys Products The principal products are wheat oats barley potatoes and hay Rye Is grown to rome extent and in some parts of the county the high bench lands produce excellent crops of corn without IrrlgaHon The annual wheat yield averages over 500000 bushels a large part of which is manufactured Into flour by the local flour mills oZ which the county has nine The an well here In Freedom and on the I bench east of Fairview are a number I of orchards that have proven to be a I great deal more profitable for their owners than grain raising The success suc-cess of thesc parties has encouraged others to set out fruit trees and aur ing the past tO years many young I orchards of apples plums prunes and pear trees have been set out on the bench lands Sheep Interests Next In Importance to the farming industry comes sheep raisinS Sanpete I county owns more sheep than another an-other county in the state and for I years It was the banner sheep county in the United States During the past few years many owners have disposed of their flocks thus greatly lessening the total number in the county There are at present over 500000 I heep owned by citizens of this county and at the present prices It is estimated estimat-ed they will yield an annual Income of I 1 a head The average annual increase In-crease Is about 25 per cent The caring car-ing for and shearing of this vast num er of sheep costs about 250000 annually annu-ally and furnishes employment to a great many men Great pains have been taken by the tlockowners in keeping keep-Ing their flocks well graded A few of the leading wool growers of the county make a specialty of breeding some of the best varieties of thoroughbred I sheep and In consequence Sanpete county can show some of the finest thorpughbred sheep In the world Stock raising is also one of Sanpete countys leading industries one that bas been rapidly growing In import + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4 + + + + + + ie4 + t + + + 4 1i i + UMflWWh 1JJ1j + jj 1i r = 1 1Aj qLc L J k = L + e n 4 1I 4 + + + SAPETE STXE ACADEMY NOW BEING BDILT AT A COST OF 25OOO + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ± + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + + 4it + ± ± ± ± + ± + + + + + 4 + + + + + + + nual yield of barley oats and rye is about 250000 bushels Garden truck of all kinds grows in great abundance The present water supply Is furnished by the Sanpltch river and its trubuta Tics from the Wasatch mountains on the east and the San pitch mountains on the west side of the valley and by the Sevier river in the southern part of the county Not more than onehalf the arable area of the county Is under cultivation on account of an insufficiency insuffi-ciency of water for Irrigation but by means of reservoirs and other methods of Increasing the water supply much of the dry land 15 being brought under cultivation every year Irrigation Systems Of the reservoirs now onstructel1 the Gunnison reservoir located on the Sanpltch river juSt west of the village of Sterling Is the largest It Is about four miles long by onehalf mile wide and has an average depth of about fif tom feet It was built by citizens of Gunni5 several years ago and the water stored in It each year has been the means of transforming several I thousand acres of < 1gebrush into beautiful beau-tiful and productive farms The Sliver creek reservoir was built r i 4flc BISHOP C A MADSEN Gunnison last year by citizens of Wales It Is located on the bottom lauds between Vales and IIoronl It covers several hundred acres of land and the past eeasen It furnished water to irrigate i00 acres of grain The owners are now engaged in raising the dam two 4 feet so as to provide water for a still greater acreage mall reservoirs are in successful operation in all parts of the county A number of available reservoir sites have been located different localities some of which are now in course of construction con-struction When all of them are com l > llted they will furnish sufficient water to bring under cultivation the entire l1rab area of the count Chief among the proposed reservoirs is the Gooseberry enterprise in the northern part of the count It Is estimated es-timated that it will hold enough water to irrigate over 40OOQ acres of land and It is so situated that It will coverall cover-all of the high land on both sides of the valley Gunnison people will build mother large reservoir south of Sterling Ster-lIng and Funks lakhas been purchased pur-chased by Mani i people It has been tapped by a tunnel through the hill on the west and the water will be used to Irrigate Iantl farms At Ephraim the Sand Thdge reservoir and the Mountain Lake reservoir are nearly completed Ephraim people will build another reservoir just below the Silver I creek site between Ioroni and Wales On what Is known as the Dry Bottoms northwest of IIoronl 15 a reservoir site of sufficient capacity to store enough water to irrigate all the dry lands on the west side of the valley Dry arming The present scarcity of water has caused many farmers to experiment In raising crops without Irrigation and I while efforts In this direction are yet I In the experimental stage enough progress pro-gress has been made to demonstrate I that In ordinary seasons the bench lands on both sides of the valiey will produce good crops of wheat rye and corn The greatest progress in this lIne has been mad by the farmers of Freedom and Tales on the west side r of the valley and of Fairview in the north For many years It was thought San pets count was not suitable for fruit raising but a few of the most progess f fs farmers have demonstrated that the hardier Varieties of fruit will do iI Fir 1 r tF arrce during the past few years More attention than usual is now being given to crossing the common stock with the best thoroughbreds Herefords Here-fords and Durh ms seem to be the favorite fa-vorite breeds and of these the county can boast of many fine thoroughbreds It Is mid that E J Conrads bunch of thoroughbred Herefords cannot be beaten in the United States Tne total number of Colttle in the county will reach about OOOO Hog raising has not received as much attention as it deserves in this count there being scarcely enough pork raised to supply the local demand Growth of Dairy Interests Dairying has made wonderful strides during the past few years The Meadow View creamery located between Fountain Foun-tain Green and Ioronl was the pioneer Institution in this line There are now two creameries In successful operation In Fairview one at lIt Pleasant two at Moroni one at Wales one at Ephraim and one at MantI In connection connec-tion with these are a number of shimming shim-ming stations located In the smaller towns These creameries manufacture the very finest butter and cheese all of which finds aready market They I were uanatcappe at 1Irst on account of being unable to secure a sufficient supply of milk but as the farmers are learning that thEre is profit In keeping good dairy cattle this trouble is being remedied This industry gives promise I of soon taking a leading place among Sanpete count s resources I Sugar Beets The sugar beet industry Is now being agitated with a view of securing the location of a sugar factory iru the county Many years ago long before building sugar factories In this state was sc riousJy considered the venerable Bishop C A IIadsen of Gunnison having hav-ing become convinced of the possibilities possibili-ties of sugar beet culture began to experiment ex-periment in raising beets with n view of convincing others and ultimately securing the location of a sugar factory fac-tory in this county He has persevered in his efforts for many years and It now looks as though the object for which he has worked so faithfully will soon be accomplished On the ith of February last delegates from various towns of Sanpete and Se vier counties held a convention in Gun nison They organized the Sanpete Sevier Sugar company with C A Iadsen as president The object of the organization is to promote the building of a sugar factory and thus secure se-cure a home market for the beets grown in these counties Local clubs to encourage the farmers to plant I beets were organized in every settlement settle-ment Beets from all parts of the county were sent to the Lehl factory to be tested and they averaged remark I I MAYOR JOHn K SEELEY Mt Pleasant ably high in saccharine matter I Next season tile farmers of the county coun-ty will elideavor to raise enough beets i to stock a factory As soon as It is demonstrated that they will do this the capital will be forthcoming for the building of the factory 011llers of the Lehl company have been In the county a number of times during the summer looking over the sites for a factory offered by Ephralm I Idntl and Gunnison but it is11ot likely like-ly I a site will be selected until after next years experiment show how many acres of beets will be raised i Towns of the County The principal cities of the county are I I I Mt Pleasant Ephraim and lahtI They each have a population of about I 3000 and there exists between them a splr1ted but friendly rivalry for commercial com-mercial supremacy Mt Pleasant is situated In the northern north-ern part of the count It has a bank flour mill creamer a local lcwspaper many fIne bUEness blocks a beautiful public schorll building and the Wa satc1 academy Many fine resIdences are found In all parts of the city Being the natural trade center for a number of surrounding towns it does a thriving business Mt Pleas31 boasts of the only electric light plant in the city Epbralm is situated near the gee graphical center of the county at the junction of the Rio Grande Western I and Smtpete Valley railroads During the past five years It has forged to the front with remarkable rapidity It has the best streets In the county Substantial Substan-tial plank sidewalks are laid In the I business section of Main str d and the I sidewalks in other parts of the toO are well graveled During the past few years many handsome business I blocks have been erected modern I dwelling houses have sprung up In all parts of the city the finest opera house I In this section of the state has been erected and there is now In course of construction th Sanpete stake academy acade-my building which will cost when completed 5000 EphraIm has a flour mill planing mills creamery foundry and a local newspaper The city council has recently paid off the last of the citys indebtedness so It Is now free from debt and has 1000 in the city treasury Mantl the county seat of Sanpete I county Is located seven miles south of Ephrnlm Mantl has a great many fine residences and substantial business house It has a bank two flour mills planing mills creamery and two local newspapers There are two water aye terns In the city one owned by the city and the other by a private corporation On an elevaton In the northeast part of the city which commands a fine view of the entire valley 15 located the Mormon temple one of the finest buildings build-ings in the state Fairview Spring City and Io1Onl are the three towns next in importance Import-ance They are incorporated cities each having a population of about 2000 They are all thriving towns and are fast forging to the front 101 provemnts are being made every year Fine buildings are being built and other enterprises forwarded Spring City has built a fine public school building this summer Gunnison In the southern part of the county has a populatIon of 1800 It is an incorporated town covering a large area and embracing the settlement known as Centerfield Owing to Its good water supply it is enjoying avery a-very rapid growth much new land being brought under cultivation every year A number of new school houses a new city hall and some fine real dences have been erected this year Centerfield has had a townsite sur veed recently and will no doubt soon start in business on its own account Fountain Green with a population of about 1200 Is another thriving town wi wi 1AYOR J P HANSEN Ephraim The villages all of which are growing rapidly I are Indlanola I III burn Chester Ches-ter Wales Fayette Sterling and Mayfield May-field The two latter places have built fine school buildings the past summer The present county officers are Lo renzo Peterson of Fairview William Ietcalf of Gunnison and Nephi Robertson Rob-ertson of Fountain Green commissioners commission-ers Adolph Jensen of Ephraim clerk Emil Ericlren of Spring City recorder I H P Jensen of Mt Pleasant sheriff Christian Arnoldus of Ioronl treasurer treasur-er Tllliam D Livingston of Ianti attorney at-torney J W Fox of Iantl surve orE or-E J COHrad of Chester assessor Room for More In addition to Its present thousands the uncultivated lands of Sanpete county coun-ty will furnish homes for thousands more The completion of the reservoir systems now under consideration will make this land yield abundant crops Sanpete county is now the fifth county coun-ty in the state with an assCed valuation val-uation of 42133G It has progressive and enerset citizens who are proud of Its progress and who are laboring energetically to develop Its great Da tural resQurces With an altitude of 5500 feet protested pro-tested on all sides by lofty mountains it has an Ideal climate Its cool canyons can-yons and pretty mountain lakes furnish fUr-nish delightful placeS for summer outings out-ings Nestling between the Wasatch mountains on the cast and the San pete range on the west Sanpete county coun-ty Is one of the fairest spots In all Ufuh |
