Show i INVITING FIELD fOR CArlTAl ABUNDANCE OF FERTILE LAND NEAR MILFORD Heavy Flow of Water Within a Few Feet of the Surface Artesian Wells Are Feasible Milford Utah Jan 240 stand on the townsite of Milford and look far out upon the vast stretch of fine land I through which the Beaver river carries Its sluggish water several months In the year one naturally wonders why all I this valley is not made productive I When it is considered that in the dry est season of the year the water stands within four feet of the surface fn many I places and within 12 feet over 25000 acres of fine level bottom land the wonder grows When a sump 12 feet deep will draw Into i enough water to irrigate ten acres of land and a regular wind blows 90 days and nights just at the time crops will want this water there should be an interest taken In that country and such is the case here at Milford Dozens of poor men have undertaken it and have fallen by the wayside for the reason that they had no means of raising the water and were compelled to put the most of their time in at something else in order to I live I It has been demonstrated that artesian arte-sian water can be had abundantly at a depth of less than 300 feet This water is pure and good The formation of the earth sa splendid for going down after acres It and a teninch well will water r I The water from the Beaver river is simply tremendous for volume many weeks in the early spring during which time any of the many kinds of grasses can be started nearly any year by such watering Just above this land is the settlement of Minersville where they produce five tons of alfalfa per acre and 400 bushels of potatoes the finest of flavored fruit and that too in large quantities It Is true that the frost catches the fruit In occasional seasons but not often enough to make it a failure but on the contrary it is a grand success Fine Beaver and Minersville apples are retailing re-tailing in Milford at 1 cent per pound at the present The deeprooted grasses will require no water after they are once well started and there are many kinds of trees that will grow without water Many persons have become interested in-terested in land propositions of far less promise than this and all that is necessary neces-sary here is for some man with monev to open it up |