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Show SOUTHERH UTAH IN GOOD CONDITION Deputy State Auditor Mark Tuttle Says Country Is Booming. m Successful dry farm enterprises are responsible for a tremendous boom in San Juan county, declared .Mark Tuttle, chief deputy state auditor, upon his return yesterday from 8ua Juan and Grand counties, where he made tho -state's annual audit of county records. "Crop prospects are excellent on those dry farms, ' ' said Mr. Tuttle, "and land in the vie.inity of all the San Juan county towns is being rapidly taken up. Cattle and eheep are also dointf well iu that region, so that alto-ether alto-ether the people are prosperous and the communities arc going ahead with a lot of improvements. ' ' Monticello is completing electric light and water systems. I was Dot in Blanding and feluflf, but I understand under-stand that conditions there are excellent. excel-lent. The dry farm settlers have started a boom in the little towq of La Sal, between Moab and Mouticello. La Sal is going to make some improvements. improve-ments. ''There is now an excellent road between be-tween Moab an! Monticollo and from. Moab to the railroad. Fine auto stages run, regularly over this road. These improved transportation facilities are j contributing to the development of the southeastern corner of the state,"1 Mr. Tuttle spent some time in Moab, auditing the records of Grand county, ! He found all the records -in excellent shape. The county has F- C. Bush, a tfult Lake abstractor, bringing the maps land plats of the county up to date. Deputy Auditor Tuttle will recommend 'that San Juan county do this, also i He found the San Juan county records , in good shape, except that the maps and , plats need to be brought up to date. |