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Show II SOMETHING ABOUT UTAH AND ITS RESOURCES! II I I JUAB COUNTY I Jh jj Hitfjj . FACTS ABOUT JUAB COUNTY. 4 'H! Y Area, In square miles ....:!, fiOS - HI 0! T Population TT.2S:: flg Assessed vnlufiilon personal property. .. . ?1.:IS5, 1!) I v- n .j. Assessed valuation real estate 1.051,311 - mm IP - Asses-sod valuation Improvements :1 HiSl v Property assessed by state board l.lWI.ISO -- I Industries Mining, agrlculiuic. ijl'i .Settled in IS52. - SI i ) School population S.lin l I; School apportionment, slate S'JJt'M l lixponses per capita for school purposes. .. .$"5. SO H WEATHER PACTS ABOUT JUAB COUNTY. -j- ifllt v Trout Creek .Mean temperature January. H'flT 2i:-l; February. 35.0: .March. I0.:i; April. (9.1: .May. -N ."3.7; June, til.O; July. 70.9; August. 159..T; .Soptcm- H:H ' ber. C0.1; October, I9.S; November. ::.!: Decern- iH V ber. 29.7. Average precipitation January, O.S'l: W -i February. 0.05; March. 0.!I7; April. 0.1$; May. l.h); .J. In v- June, 0.79: July, 0.09; August, 1.10; September. Hi J f K0J; October. 0.57; November, 1.15; Decern- Hi(t Nephl Average precipitation January. 1.2G; j t r .February. l.i'.O: .March. 2.151: April. 1.S0; May. 2.91; .J. Hli .Tunc, 0.77; July. 0.87, August, i.zrt; September. K J! 1. 10; October, 0.0S; November. 0.S7; Decern- ;- Hit j:K ) Levan Mean temperature Jainmry, 21.'!; H'tsliM Pehriiary, 2S.G; March, SO'.G; April, 1(5.0; May. 5-1.1; 'If til ! lime, fifi.-l; July. 71.1; August, fiO.S: September, v ijf ! fiO.l; October. -I7.;i; November, 3fi.7; Decern- .j Hjji ber. 25.fi, Average precipitation January, 1.13: jMI February. 1.61; March. 2.21; April. 1.73; May. 1.S8: I l! June. O.iH); July, O.fiO; August, 0.93: September. H ill J -2fi; October, 1.19, November, 0.92; Decern- - STORY OF JUAB COUNTY. Hjljj(j I When the general assembly of the state of Dcserct. lijjj I l''n the territory of IHah. dealgnalcd that pecullar- ijll shaped county in the central western portion of Utah Kill! and gave It the name of Juab, the members of the as- Hilll! sembly must have bad the western end of the county In iB, view, for Juab Is a Utc word signifying llal or level 'Hill f' Hio Otinlrrli ratige of niountaius covers the eastern firll an'J northeastern part of the county, where the earlier H!u settlements were made. The western end comprises lUl what was once regarded as a part of the Great American :5ft desert, but which Is now, and will be In the future, dc- voted to dry farming. Hum While Hie agricultural resources of. Juab countv aro In jl great, the wealth or the county lies In Its mincra'l de- I, posits. The Tlntlc district is one of the great districts !,t of Utah, and while It is essentially a gold and sliver (3l district, every mine, in Iho district produces more or lcs3 H ill opper. In ndditlon to (he metal mines, Juab countv has I'M I 'va,t mines in fiict. mounlalus nf salt rock, and this Is ll&lj i In inexhaustible quantities near Nephl. HlSffl I There arc two cities, one incorporated town and four 2'1 unincorporated towns in the county. Here Ihcv are iiif lI,clr population: s Ijjllj Mammoth -. jqq Blllfj During the past year there wore seven divorces ilillll granted In the county, while the number of marriage li- IlliV censes Issued was" Ihirly-slx. lljlJJ FINANCIAL CONDITION. 1 1 Ml Financially the county Is in splendid condition: It M)Wt "as neitiier floating nor bonded ludchlcdnrss, and the Ui value of the property owned by the county is $55,490. fl Here aro some figures taken from the last report of the lyU 301909 f '1UaYi U0l,nl5"' toy lhe l'3CI11 -'car chded June I 111 Total receipts .S99.196.7S W I l-lvpcnditurcs general fund 'Gfi.712.ir, Included In the expenditures were the following: .Experiment farm $ 2.3-17.12 Salaries 12,ir.2.37 Jtoads and bridges 1,322. fi2 Criminal expense , 1,319.60 Krom Ibis report tho following concise statement Is taken of all the properly, owned by Juab county, with an approximate estimate of tho value thereof: County courthouse, jail and grounds at Nephl, Utah ' 532.000.00 Courthouse and grounds at I.ovan, Utah........ 1.000.00 Courthouse and grounds at Monti, Utah 1.000.00 Courthouse, Jail and grounds at Eureka, Utah., l.r.00.00 Courthouse. Jail and grounds at Silver City 1, 250.00 Courthouse, jail and grounds at Mammoth 3,000.00 County infirmary, including ton acres farm land .".r00.(l0 Experiment farm at Nnphl, 101. 82 acres I.0S0.00 Office furniture and fixtures In I In; various county offices 1,310.00 Furniture and fixtures at county Infirmary 30o.no Itoad Implements -100.00 Two shares of capital stock Nephl Irrigation company 120.00 Total values ?S.-I90.00 VALUATION OF PROPERTY, Regarding tho valuation of Juab county, here arc t lie facts and figures taken from the assessment roll for 1909: Real estate ?1.0S1.3II Improvements 921,21." Tcrsonal property l,3Sn,rj-t Railroads . Rio Grande 126.969 Salt Lake Route 1,030,773 ISureka Hill 63.603 Telephone Hell lfi.n.'fi Independent 0,0 1 1 1 Millard County company 220 Telegraph Western Union 11,117 ICxpress Wells- Fargo - ' 223 Mining machinery. Improvements..' -112,380 Net proceeds of mines Bullion-nock and Champion.. 1.631 Centennial Eureka '. . Gl,3o2 Eureka J I 111 .' f.96R Grand Central '. '. 82.752 Mammoth . . . '. f.T.r.IS May Day 11,621 Nephl Plaster company n.OOii Sioux Consolidated 126.716 Utah mine :.-. 21.860 Victoria Mining company 13.339 Shocbridgo 29 The livestock In the county, from the same showing, is as follows: Slock. Number. Value. Horses 1,1 -IS ? S0.nr Cattle 5.351 S2.S30 Sheep 93.726, 3SI.1S7 Swluc 373 1.S90 Total $116,019 The personal property, not otherwise enumerated, made tho following showing: Merchandise and store fixtures .?192.75"i Machinery, tools, etc 176, S00 Solvent credits ....103,513 Money 25,000 Not otherwise stated MO.fiSo Juab county was one of the counties In which tho state board of equalization doomed the assessment upon sheep not high, enough, the original assessment as returned re-turned to tho stale board placing the value at 5229.530. and this valuation was Increased by the state board to the sum above named. DRY-FARM REGION. One of the experiment .stations under the direction of the Agricultural college i located on the Levan rldgc. several milc.4 from Nephl. and It Is in this region that the chief agricultural resources of tho county aro centered- The work at this experiment station was completed com-pleted November 1. The season was an exceedingly busy one for those in charge. Within the past two years and a half tho station work has been Increased from about one hundred tests to over a thousand. It Is expected ex-pected that further extensions will be made In the spring of 1910. The season of 1003 has bcon tho least favorable one since tho station was established. In lti04, the amount of rainfall during the growing months having been far below be-low the normal. Some very satisfactory results have been secured, however; in fact, from a grain-breeder's viewpoint, Iho more unfavorable the season the better. The stations grain-breeding nursery produced some very Interesting and valuable results. Very satisfactory progress has been made In the direction of producing pure and superior strains of the various dry-land cercnls. During thd year the station has had a machine house added to Its buildings. Ono of the valuable experiments inaugurated during lf'OO wars the collection and storage of rain water. For tills purpose, a cement cistern with a capacity of S00 cubic feel was constructed, and water collectors and conductors made to connect the cistern with tho run fa of the station buildings. It Is bellovcd that this experiment experi-ment will prove an Inexpensive and practical method for the farmers to follow In providing water for their livestock live-stock without the costly necessity of hauling long dls-lonces. dls-lonces. ns nl present. SEED FOR FARMERS. A large amount of seed was distributed to farmers "i. ,Ui0V experiment stations during tho year. Tho distribution of seed Is one of tho nltlmato purposes of the station, and by Its accomplishment the farmers are many times repaid for their financial support. A much larger area than. has been used before has been planted for the Incroaso of seed, and it Is expected that a muuh-lncroascd muuh-lncroascd distribution will be made In I'.UO. The work of the station is receiving considerable, recognition from outside sources. Requests for seeds and for Information have boon received from a large number of places in this country, as well as from South Africa. Algiers. Palestine, Australia and other foreign countries. Improved seeds from many of these countries have boon received and arc on trial at the station. Tho grain raised upon the dry farms of Juab countv Is of tin exceptional quality, and the flour manufactured from this grain is of the best. During November last the Juab County Milling company was compelled to keep Its mill running twoiity-four hours dally to supplv the demand from the outside. Even Sanpete county, long considered the granary of Utah, went to Juab county for flour. It was a case of carrying coals to Newcastle. The product of the dry farms hi Juab county. In so fains fai-ns wheal Is concerned, aggregated during the year 1009 about nOO.OOO bushels. WONDERFULLY PRODUCTIVE. At a mooting of the Dry-Karmlng congress, an exhibit ex-hibit was made of grains and vegetables grown upon arid land by a. Juab county farmer. When five vcars ago ho began dry farming, ho placed forlv acres of'drv-fnrm of'drv-fnrm rldgc land under cultivation, following closelv the Campbell system. Ilo started with two horses and a hand plow and broke the ground himself. Ho plowed deep and mulched tho soil to retain lhe winter moisture. He sowed the land to kofold. Ills result the first, year was 13 bushels to tho aero, fine, large grain, heavy, and as good wheal as can be found In am milling 'wheat community. Tho next year ho divided the acreage into . four parts, planting wheat, potatoes, corn and squash, blnec. then lie has boon alternating his crops, and he has grown white dent and white Hint corn which averaged Ho bushels to the acre. J Us potatoes averaged So bushels, bush-els, sorghum sugar cane grew .Si feet high and carried a heavy stalk with an unusual quantity of seed. Tho results in black-wartcd hubbard squash wore 78 10 pounds to the acre, selling at I cents a pound, or 5313.60 an aero, and bo secured those results with constant operation of his land and crop rotation. On tho Iiovan ridge and over in Dog vallov. the Utah Arid Fhi-iii company has a farm of over 8000 acres and In 100ft tho company had 2000 acres of It in wheat The county of Juab Is regarded as the greatest dry-farming district In tho state, lhe area adapted to this being about .100.000 acres. At the prosont time 20.000 acres arc under cultivation, and this year It Is expected that (30,000 acres more will be brought under cultivation. OIL AND GYPSUM. Tn addition to its agricultural resources and its metal mine resources. Juab county also has an oil field, and while the development has been slow and the results re-sults thus far not. what the projectors and owners of several claims anticipated, nevertheless, the field has not been abandoned, nnd it is believed that there will be much activity In this direction during the year 1910. Then there is gypsum, another resource of the countv. and at Nephl It is found in massive rock variety. There Is a large plant nt Nephl. Tho product Is used for hard wall plaster In construction. Ilbered plaster, plaster of Paris, and as a fertilizer. The broken-down gypsum Is shot down the mountain side by aerial trams lo the mill, which Ik automatic In Its action, and the finished product In hauled to the railroad at Juab with a huge traction engine with two trnctlon wagons, each with a capacity of twenty-five tons, nnd making two round trips a day. Gypsum Is a hydrous sulpliolo of llmo. made up of ono molecule of llmo Biilphatc combined with two molecules of water. Commercial gypsum In not usually usu-ally so pure an this, often carrying high percentage of clay, limestone, mngncclan limestone, and Iron oxide. Pure gypsum is while and, when In the crystalline form, translucent. Tho impurities which It commonly contains usually destroy its trnnslnceney and affect Its color, so that tho mineral ns mined Is an opaque, finely-grained mass, varying from while to reddish, gray, or brown in color. That near Nephl Is gray. The Ncplil Plaster and Manufacturing company lias a plant only built the past year, their former one having heen destroyed bv lire, tho new plant being of stool and costing 505.000. It has a capacity of 200 tons per day." METAL MINING. The motal mining Industry of Juab countv is a great one. In the Tin tie district, arc located a number of dividend-paying properties that Include many of the large mines of the state. In tho New Year's Issue of The Tribune appeared an exhaustive review of this district. dis-trict. This review wan printed on pages 07 and OS. and la the best presentation of tho resources of the district and of Lhe mines and prospects of the district that has ever boon printed; hence a review of the Industry in this article Is unnecessary. U will suffice to show, by the table herewith, the shipments of ore from the Tintl'c district during the year 1H03 "xnctly what tho district is. The table follows. It covers the period from January 1, 1009.. to December 17. 1009: ORE SHIPMENTS. . Mine. Carloads. AJax ; SO Bullion-Beck , :n Rlack Jack f7 Brooklyn t i; ij-j Beck Tunnel 1S9 Beatrice r I Bullock Colorado , . 2.22S Carlsa ? 7 Chief Consolidated ."51 Dragon Iron , 1,331 Eureka III1I ............J... !'l Eagle .t Blue Bell ', ; 76 East TInllc Development : .73 Gemini i.. ; .j Grand Central ; , : ; iiu Iron Blossom i 4'.. .1,215 Joo Bowers ., 1 Lower Mammoth 1 La Clcdo . Lchi Tlntlc l May Day (ore) nr. May Day (concentrates) 31 Mammoth v 157 Monterey , 1 North Cliff v 1 Opohongo , is Pliiliia 2 Rldgc & Valley it Sioux Consolidated , 710 Swansea . r, Snowflako ; ; l Scranton , Salvador . .' , 1 Scotia 5 Uncle Sam 163 Undine I Utah Consolidated , : 3 Victoria i....' 103 Victor Consolidated .,. 8 Yankee 70 Total S.S29 MANY NEW LOCATIONS MADE. There were hundreds of now locations made during the past year in all portions of the district and arc be- . irXi -i- FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT UTAH. !Cf v -rca In square miles in Vi' v .Area in acres aVairnnn VI -1- Extreme breadth, miles .-.ai.-j-.ijoo yj- , I- Extreme length, iuHck 1. oii K I f Population ; Yjn'nnn Vt I y Number families In state 7nn Assessment of property, 1909 ' ,,,,uuu' Vji 1 Y ,Rcnl r3,;l,p S55.200 31- v Iniproveinentr. l GlS i,n ' I v Personal property ' so'stM in" Tj I -r- Assessed by slate bourd RTTm'oi Vi I Y llntt:, ri,k according to population ' t Yj: I Y Receipts state treasury, 1900 $: Vdi tv' TNH Y Disbursements state treasury. 1009 " S73 n VMJ Y V.ts,,; warrants outstanding Nov. 30. PJ0D " '11 Tv i Y Ijorcst reserves In acres 7 pi, J, Ti l Y Revenue, to state from forest reserves '" ,,lu0"s-' Y; I v this year . . ; T:t T Poultry and eggs . "i.'"' 4Mn T ?TCoT bcc,s -'Sffl ?l I- Metal output for 1909 ..v.... -'finnr.? T 2 f Dividends fiom mines. 1000 7 Tni ?U Y Dividends from mines since Industry 'lu'i'J- f craPr..' wo. -t::::::::::::-::::::.?s-SSS-88S S3 T Co'uenls, Ctah coal fields in tons. .I90.4.-,s'.000 000 S:l Y Hydro-carbons instate worth .$7,000 000 onn "1 Cement output In I90S. barrels ....... ...saoooo T T Sppwls Tor education, per capita WeS T" Y School population ioTvvs T, v Average attendance schools r. ,, V: t - Impended for schools 190S-9 'V--,oi ec Y v alue school proporlv ' ' "f. tos - Y . ? Y fcnlt product. RiOK. worth siOTnnn Vi Y ;?r? W' '"he. fect above sea leve'i" ' 1 "1" Y.ti Y Eighth largest state in union: admitted To" union HJ January I, 1S3S. Scgo lily Is state flower. jX ' f .WEATHER FACTS ABOUT UTAH. 2fi T elf,?,1! amn,nl. !mperature7 19 d-ws J ! Y p'ltbfrn portion, mean S oAro'tX Y JsorlhPrii porl Ion. mean T-i i r Menu highest for state, about .BO do,oc T; y y Mean lowest for stale, about .35 degrees i Y tmWcki. temperature ever recorded.. 30 degree It Y IHghost temperature ever recorded ....115 degrees If !' SepTembor.0 f nullim" r,0S, ,,rst WOe " $ T Ujra$!,al of last sPrlng hilling frost, last week Xi T AmTnia! average precipitation 11 on I : Y Northern portion inn i ; Y Southern portion snn l ' Y tpr average, northern portion nlo I' Y- Winter average, southern portion inn 7' Y gnr ng average, northern portion '' i'go Si Y gPrlng average, southern porllon ion Y' ' Y bummer average, northern portion ..." ' j '. Y Summer average, .southern portion 1 In Y Autumn average, northern portion .Von Jl ' Y Autumn average, southern portion 1. 1.50 15 1 Y ' tiff I HrK'-H'H"i:--: -x-----!.:. ..t..aaaj3;i ': j! Ing developed by the locator via the "Armstrong- nrokl cess, and from the lino J-bowinga "made 011 t l o siirVarSrl fr many of them during Iho year 190 I win ffi f th? various machinery companies busy supplvlng elcVtY -2 5 hoists, compressors, etc. to opera te the various nrfl -d.icers during 1910 During the last month six mHS . he Colorado Iron Blossom. Sioux. Victoria, Grand 7 ! V.M.-;,1 Lm'10 ,Ral," PU,(I l(,rec '1'vldcnds. Kmon ilntr top ? 522...000. a wonderful record, when It s cornddore, tlmtV t the dose corporation:! of Tlntlc aro not taken Into coil-; slderatlon. such as the Centennial liurok 1. Gcmlnji' f Bi Hon Reck and Eureka Hill. Millions lnnum?rabloT' will yet bo taken from the i,OSOm of 'Mother Tlntlc? as at present, with but. few exceptions, the aurfacc g oun ll has merely been scratched over, and when the depth? ofVr2VTrin lcWCa 1 Wl" P0Ur 01,1 from cvcry "ntfc |