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Show WILL MAKE DESERT BLOSSOM Agent Salt Lake Route Predicts Great Future for Barren Waste. M. B. de Brabant, Eastern agent for. the Suit Lake Route, with headquarters In New York, was a visitor to Salt Lako yesterday, stopping over In the city en route East from a trip to the coast M. do Brabant has been all over the world, but his present trln was tho first that ho had taken through a portion of tho West. "When seen by a representative of Tho Tribune In the private car of Gen-eial Gen-eial Trafllc Manngcr II. C. Busch of the Colorado Midland at the Rio Grando Western station Sunday evening, he ex-piessed ex-piessed himself as delighted with what he had seen while traveling over tho Salt Lako Route. Enj'oyod the Desert. "I enjoyed my trip through what Is called tho 'dosc-t,' " M. de Brabant said. "Wo were delayed somo time by a washout wash-out and 1 took advantage of the delay to visit a mine a mllo or more from tho point where wo wero laid out, some distance scuth of Callcnte. I took somo samples of ore from the dump and tho representative representa-tive of Charles M. Schwab, who was a member of our party, said that the oro carried high values In sold, copper and silver. Will Blossom an the Rose. "What Id called tho 'desert' out thero near the Nevada-California line I bellevo will bo a most fertllo region In the near future. When I get back to New York I am going to tako a trip to France and arrange to bring a number of families over lo settle In the 'desert,' Some years ago I took a number of families from Franco to Pipestone valley. In the Canadian Cana-dian Northwest, and there Is now a colony col-ony thcro numbering moro than 700 people. peo-ple. They aro prosperous, too. Water From Wells. "Out there In tho 'desert' water can be found by sinking only a short dlntance. and that Is all the land needs. I saw one vell from which 500,000 gallons of water Is being pumped every twenty-four hours and stored In a reservoir. The cllmato also Is good and I am confident that this re?lon will soon be heard from favora- 11M de Brabant participated In tho build-li.g'of build-li.g'of tho Trans-Baikal road In Siberia and purchased a big consignment of steel rails and a number of locomotives In this country for use on the road over which the Czar's troops traveled to be whipped by tho Japs. Attended Organ Recital. During tho afternoon M. de Brabant visited vis-ited tho Tabernacle and attended an organ recital 'given by Prof McClellan. Commenting Com-menting upon tho organ last evening, ho said that It was the greatest instrument ho had over heard, far oxcelllng tho great crgan In the Notre Damo cathedral In Paris, as well as tho famod instrument In Vienna, do Brabant Joined Mr. Busch In this city and will accompany tho Colorado Midland .ifllc-'al ns far as Denver In his private car. State Senator Lovo also joined Mr. Busch here and was his guest ns far as the Colorado metropolis, cn route to New York, where he has been called on business. |