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Show IOWA BANKER FINDS I UTAH IDEAL STATE Proposes Soon to Engage in Business in Salt Lake H City. TO DEVELOP BIG TRACT Owns 12,000 Acres in Iron County; Declares Hog' Raising Profitable. B Daniel O'Donnell, cashier of tho Farm- Hi cis' Fuvlnss bank, of Grime. Iowa, apent H; a few days In Salt Lake upon hit) return frutn n trip to Enterprise valley. In Iron H county. whore, throe years ago, he pur-1 pur-1 i based 12,000 ncros of land. 1 '! When seen at tin; Cullen hotel, where 1 n made his headquarters while In the Hj lt. .Mr. O'Donnell expressed himself as highly pIcaHed with what he had accn of B Salt Lake City and the state. He said: This Is my second trip o Utah within the past three years. 1 was B pretty veil pleased wltlt Utah on my first visit, and this trip convinces me l that this i'h the most faclnatlnjr and KJ Invltlncr region In all this western H ' country In which to come to establish H ( a home or engage in any kind of H, Finds Business Good. ll 1 noted that business in the out- B'' 'Me towns of the state Ih in a healthy J fiKlhlon. and thnt jilj the towns arc PPH; srowin;; rapidly and alone modern J and the most approved sanitary lines. J' I'tnh Impresses me 'a a state of H' wonderful opportunities- for energetic Industrious men of moderate meant-. Tin country Is picturesque and crand B hevond description, and the broad vallevs lylnc between the hbzh and 1 rupRed mlneral-benrlnr; mountain H muses, are. the richest, most pro- d'j tivo and trivttlntr to he found In H IhlK or any other country. H The climate, prenerallv speaking, r am told, in Ideal, and bn this trip T B lae seen something of tho produc- --ho quality of the soil under Irrisa- tton and under soil culture, or "drv-jj "drv-jj farming," and T must confess that Nsth arc marvelous In results. Development Progresses. B Down at Modcnn, a thriving town H on the line 'of the Salt Lake route. H where only two or three years aeo m the surrounding country was an un- H j broken sagebrush desert, today, thnu- BH Hands of acres are under cultivation, H and splendid crops of wheat." alfalfa, B 1 orn and other grains .suitable to the oiI and climate aro being produced. H j In Enterprise Valley. B Mv holdings in Iron county, which H ' tojinlBt of l'.'.OOQ acres, are situated In Enterprise valley, adjoining tho New Castle Irrigation project, about lu-tity miles cast of Modcna. H Tlie New Castle companv is driving B u tunnel 1000 feet through the Iron mountain range, which divides the B ( edar City country from tho Entcr- prise vallev. This tunnel, when com-plfted, com-plfted, will enrry ample water for Irrigating the valley. In the center B' of Enterprise vally is located the i onn of New Caslle, a rapidly grow- M Ing village, with a 510.000 hotel, and a numbor of business houses and I residences In course of construction. Soil Is Rich. The soli In Enterprise valley is a. rich high-grade sandy loam, covered i,.a, hcv-v growth of sage and 'bll br,,,s- and is from fifteen to 100 feet in depth. This land Is ad-( ad-( V!'.rab,y "dPtl to the growing of IWllo maize, which is grown exclusively exclu-sively in I-CansaK, Oklahoma and tho Panhandle of Texas and yields from I fifty to 100 bushels per acr Ex-j Ex-j perlmenta down there prove that i dry farming Is a success. By this j process. Turkey red wheat readllv Melds irom twenty to thirty-five bushels per acre. Ityc, corn and other grains also do well. In the course of n few years the beet sugar Industry will engage the Attention of farmers, as the soil and climate are admirably adapted to the production of beets to fullest fruition. frui-tion. In fact, everthlng down thcr crows to perfection. Including vegetables vege-tables and fruits of all kinds. W hen people fully awake and arouse themselves to their opportunities opportun-ities vou will. In my opinion, .see thousands of ncres of this valley sown to sweet clover. It grows almost al-most anywhere, is a first cousin to alfalfa and an excellent feed for stock. 1 see no good reason why there should not be produced In I.' tali yearly year-ly J.UOO.OuO hogs. They can be raised here more cheaply than In the corn belts of the middlewest and by virtue of the pure air and water which they inhale and drink, (he disease known as hog cholera can be kept down to the minimum. In this city there should be a packing pack-ing house with a capacity equal to any in tho west. Salt Lake being, as It Is and always will be the distributing dis-tributing point for this entire intcr-mountalh intcr-mountalh country, this enterprise Is worthy of serious consideration. Foresees Prosperity. I can see nothing but prosperity and good times ahead for Utah and this great but as yest primitive empire. em-pire. This country will continue to grow and increase in riches and 'population, 'pop-ulation, while In Iowa and others of the older western states condltlona are different. With ns land has reached fabulous prices. Iowa is the richest agricultural agri-cultural state In tho union. There is scarcely a section of land In tho state that Is not under cultivation. But the values are 60 high that srnnll farmers can no longer afford to utilize them. The consequence is that the small farms are being purchased by the wealthy and made into larger farms, and the result Is that, while our lands incrcaso in value, val-ue, our population decreases. Iowa's population is not so large ns it was ten years ago. for the reason that a large portion of our well-to-do and more enterprising of the younger population is seeking homos elsewhere. else-where. Many farmers are coming west and going northwest and southwest south-west in large numbors yearly to sections sec-tions where lands arc cheaper and opportunities greater for a better future. I have been over this western country coun-try considerably within the last few years, and 1 am better satisfied with Utah and Salt Lako. Us beautiful capital, than any place I have seen, and here I purpose to come and engage en-gage In business In the near future. |