Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-04-12 | Page 12 | Co-Operative Community Water Plant a Success in South [Illegible]

I Co-operative Community Water Plant a Success in South JototI , , SCENES IN SOUTH AND WEST JORDAN AND CRESCENT, " M Gravity System Installed Sup-plies Sup-plies Each Family at a Small Cost. FT! HE installation of a plant to aup-I aup-I ply culinary wntor to the farm-J farm-J ors in tbo South Jordan cornmu- fl nity marks nnothor step in the rroprws of tho rural districts. So far j as Js known, this h Uio first water system of its kind insulted in tho state. Tbo plant consists of n, driven uell four and one-half inches in diamo-tor, diamo-tor, 400 foot deep, an olcctric iirnp, a 3Ou.rallon cement tank and galva-n galva-n ,ed juih) linos. ti,PiP 1 has .V0011 insalIol within tho last ax months, at a cost of np-proximately np-proximately $10,00oand in maimiincd Sl i about 50 cants per 1 r ?iI c TOtor u2r. The water JS. ettmc.a. to tio homos bv cravitr. or tho comrnnnity have 8olvl the problem of a pare wator eudpIv for sU?e? TUral dlslritfta 0 le Progressive Spirit. i T,e Joan district coniprifis Wcdt T11 ?,de of tho Jordan river, os" ?i Mijvnlo and Crescoat. It la 8trict-f 8trict-f 7nlnK communitv. as is Oroa- fBh4hcre br,oad floIds ro at" a?ilce-u 1Jut tl,0-v von't 1)0 verv t&'Ji1116 jroKreasirc spirit of th"P nts in evidence and the cominc of the new interirV-an, which Plac? tbo district within thirty minutes' rido of Salt Lnko. All trtaple farm products are giorm. Durtus tho last foiv years BURar beets and Indian corn have bocomo two of tho principal crops. Tho larger portion of the boots arc font to the Lohi su-car su-car faetorv and tho corn is conanmod loeally. Some of tho farmers have erect! i!os in which to store the corn, ar.d the results have been so satis:ac- "1(9 " ' lW tory that tho raovoment is becomiufr general. Larqo quantitioa of potatoes and Tain aro also produced. While every farmer has had his truck pardon and orchards to take caro of his own wants, gardening and fmit-raismg fmit-raismg for market have boon ncgleetod on account of tho distance from markets. mar-kets. But this has been ovorcome jith tho arrhal of tho new electric line Practically all of the homos aro lifted by oloctricity, as well us some of 'the streets in certain parts of tbo district. South Jordan boaiita of an opera houao and a first-class flour mill, which takes care of tho majority of the farmers in the south and of Suit Lako county. Tho school are of the consolidated consoli-dated typo and the buildings are mod em in every rrsp'W. t?oath Jordan has recently pur J chased ground for a public park, and the residonts aro now busilv engaged in planting trees and otherwise bcuuti-lVing bcuuti-lVing the place. "There are plenty of business opportunities oppor-tunities in tho district and tho Commercial Com-mercial clubri aro ninking every effort to develop the surrounding territory. Hundreds of acres of new land are being be-ing bro'ig! t i v lor cultivation, tbo nn ter bein iurzjihrd b tho Utah Lake Sc. Irrigation company, as well as tbo catial.i from the Jordan river. j The soil is nearly nil of a sandy loam and well adapted to boots, fruit and diversified farming. Tbo W'obl Jordan rtnident? aro putting put-ting the fininhing touches on a now chapel and amusement hall, which will bo one of tbo finest in tho southern j art of the countv. Jn tho years gono by almost tbo on- tiro district was devoted to filicop k ing, but with tbo increaso in po! tion. tbo wide raiif. ras cut up -Mtt small and productive farms. "OWfEg tbo large sbcop ownors still. rciJi.; tbo district, nnd grnzo tboir tlockSvy side, but aImot every farmer kecji, small flock now. ? Tbo Commercial clubs did not finfi e.s going at first and tbeir P'O1!! efforth wero not properly appreciai Hut thev have grown w'th tboiplB1 ress of 'tbo community nnd pvcrcjlW earlv prejudiced, until now they given tbo recognition nnd c-JCTmi5; duo such inHtitutions. Tbo officcim the South Jordan Commorcial club l4, r Jobn W. Wheadou, president; . A.. M'-fuIlen, vice president: "''.fj ftmitb. secretary, and Neilfi A. p oiljB treasurer. Tbo "West Jordan CprmM , cuil club officials aro: Joseph flUf hard, nrefidciU: E. Ij. Burgon. WMIa prosidont; A. T lindquist, 8e0JlHl treaburer: David Dow, J. J. "HUf Jr., William Gardner and ltobcrt mond, momber3 of tbo board 0i U, ernors. M M