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Show Site for Experimental Farm Is Tendered Salt Lake County Commissioners Working Earnestly to Secure Location Lo-cation in This Section. Th Salt Lake. County Commissioners are working cerncstl) to secure the location loca-tion of tho new experimental farm in thir. county. Thej have offered to the State committee having the matter In charge the selection Of ft lte, the Kell. r farm, nni of the bOSt pieces of fnrm property In tin county The following Utter making the Offer hns been sent to the commit 1 1 What Letter Contains. J. n Dixon, Bad. Secretary i onunlttee f.n t'tnh Experiment Station. City: Dear Plr: Th. Hoard of County Qommlsalonrs of Salt Inl-.e county offer for the experimental fnrm th.. Keller farm located In East Mill Creek. This farm Consist! of . lght i-ven n res of the choicest land In thlt valley It has S perfect wnter right, having been located on Mill creek In the year IH7 The soil Is rl. h and can grow anything Hint con be raised In any part of this Kioto The strong breezes which continually blow down Mill Creek canyon can-yon keep thlrt locality free from the smoke nnd fumes arising from the smelters operated In this valley. What It Affords. This farm, being located close to Salt I-ak City, th capital nnd largest cit Of ih State, affords to tho thounands of people who' vImU this city annually from ull parts of this and adjoining States an opportunity of visiting tile farm and seeing the results of th.. experiments curl.. I .,n Tin, street-car company will extend Its line to within a very short distance of this farm, thus providing pro-viding cheap transportation to tho thousand! of visitors who would bo visiting there, were this farm chosen for the site The I'nlver-slty I'nlver-slty of Utah being located such a short distance dis-tance away, tho Opportunty would b" gl. n the stud, tits of that Institution of seeing tho results of tho experiments Great Advantages. In th:- opinion of tho Commissioners, thes advantage are such thai con be offered b) no other county In the state With this fnmi locnl.-d In any other county. It can ! readily seen that only a limited number of the In-hnbltunts In-hnbltunts of thN Statu would bo ablo to visit It on account of the disadvantages, sin-h ns expensive railway fure and the time luk-n f..i the visit F-Yom the fact ul-.no lhat thou-BSnda thou-BSnda of the citizens Of this State vi.-lt Ball 1-ake. City twice each year, at conference time, and Would thus hnve t,he opportunity of sielng tho results of the experiments carried on at this fnrm Is one of th" lrsi r.-ix...ns why It should bo located in this valley. All or Any Part Offered. The i 'ommlesloners offer all or any part Of (1,1 j .t.. or. If preferable. nn port of the . anty form which adjoins It. nnd hopo for n favorable consideration of their proposition. Respectfully BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SALT LAKE COUNTY. UTAH. By J. V . Bldredge, Jr . County Clerk. |
