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Show 1 OF PRDSPEBITY FOR UTAHJORETQLD General Manager of Salt Lake Route Makes Optimistic Op-timistic Prediction MANY SEEKING HOMES H C Nutt Says Southern Utah Teems With Undeveloped Unde-veloped Resources H C Ivutt general manager of the Salt Lake Eoute and Douglas Wh te general mdustr al agent of the com pany arrived in Salt Lake jesterday from Los Angeles Mr utt is on h s regular round of nspection wind ng up affairs for 191o and looking out for what the new year w 11 demand He ex pects to return to Los Angeles th s afternoon. Mr White left yesterday afternoon for San Franc sco Mr Ivutt was extremely optim st c w th reference to business prospects for 1916 whan in cr lewed last n ght He said We are looking for a great year in 1916 and this applies to e ery area oi territory reacnea oy ine Salt Lake system I really believe that things are going to be a lot better for the wave of prosperity wh ch has touched the eastern coast is beginning to be felt on th s Pacific s de of the continent First of all we are go ng to have good travel and that means in creased populat on for people can not come to our western country without a reasonable percentage be mg attracted by our man fold ad vantages and ultimately find ng a home here Attracted to TV est W th e er pass ng ear we are offering to these homeseekers more attract ve advantages and broader opportunit es for success Eight hero in Utah the rr gated areas have been increased dur ng the last fi e years by over a quarter of a million acres nearlv all of wh ch has been settled upon bv new resi dents who have mo ed here from other states Strangely enough many of the e new comers have emigrated here from California or I m ght better sav bv way of Cal forn a for manv of them have - "topped ja t long enough in the Golden state, to learn the operat ng f pnnc pies of sc entific irr gatioo ( and have then come here where their money can purchase a good r b g tract of land which acre for acre can produce as prolific crops as any land on earth There have been lots of these people who have already arr ved but there are still more who will come with n the next year or two I am pleased to see that Utah s lmgat on po sibil t es are being pushed forwarl to the r fullest de velopment I hae in m nd two splendid projects wh ch I am asr snred will be brought into act vity within a short time "Dixies' Possibilities One th ng wh ch has e pec ally ? 'leased me is the anno ncement of he increase n irr gated area in Washington county Th s should be but a beginn ng for t s my firm belief that m Utah s Dix e there are unl mited poss bilities that are at 'present hardly realized. Once those waters of the E o lrg n are brought to do the full duty for which they were intended there w 11 arise a sect on of Utah wh ch w 11 surprise the whole west by the magn tnde of its success The so 1 is there the water is there and it only requires a measure of com potent engineering and conserva live financing to bring them to fruition. AU along the line the crops of I91o have been hummers Tour Delta sect on has already ran away from all prev ous records w th a heap of resources yet to hear from We are look ng for a repet tion of Delta g marvelous success in the Milford and Newcastle sect ons and the aggregate for 1916 should give the state a st 11 greater reputat on for productiveness San Diego Helps "toothera Californ a is rejo o ng over the oontinuat ou of our Ex posit on Beautiful at San D ego It s spec ally satisfactory that Utah will continue ts exh b t and in ad dition will augment the showing of 1915 by the addit on of the magnificent exh b t wh ch made each an impression at San Fran eiseo I believe that the San Diego exposit on has only just begun be-gun to produce its effect For un Jess my est mate is away off there will be even a greater attendance there in 1916 than dur ng the past year San Francisco 8 expos ton though a thing of history w 11 leave an indell ble mark upon the future and with San D ego s work for 1916 will br ng a host of benefits to our entire chain of Pacific states And in all th s prosper ty Utah must take her place as one of the states which cannot be overlooked With unlimited wealth of her metal strewn mounta ns and the vast possibilities pos-sibilities of her r ch valleys there can be nothing save a most sue cessfnl future Surely 1918 looks mighty good to me |