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Show BECGS SETTLED Fine Residence Tract a Favorite Fa-vorite With People Desiring De-siring Homesites. About -.1 year ago the Rottilyon Home Builders company of Suit Lake an-, an-, nounced the opeuing of Val Verda, a tract of :icre homesites lying seven miles north of Salt hake on the Centervilie car line, sloping gently toward the Wasatch Wa-satch fc-ot'uilla and comprised of soil that experts consider as among the most fevtilo sections of any of Utah 's valley and bench land. Today more than two-thirds of the a're homesites ot Vul Verda are in the possessim of men anil women who have purchase! with the intention of moving to Ya! Verda and making an acre of lids rich soil produr-o everything thev will en- throughout the year, while the man of the house continues with his work in the city. Kight homes have been completed and are occupied, and Plans are finished for manv more new homes to be erected this spring. Meanwhile the Bettiivon company has proceeded with the development or' improvement im-provement at Val Verda. These include tne installation of a modem eitr waterworks water-works system, with water piped under high pressure past every acre homesite on the tract. A large ' reinforced concrete con-crete reservoir erected last rear pro-viues pro-viues storage facilities for an' adequate supply of water. Cement sidewalks are in nntl streets aro gra.led. Despite the very late spring this vear. tne constantly increasing cost of living and the rapid advance in prices of vegetables vege-tables and other foodstuffs have given the Bettilyon organization a verv active month in taking care of inquiries of al Verda, and a number of purchases have been made by families who will go to Val Verda in the immediate future. fu-ture. The late spring has delaved the plowing plow-ing of many of the acre homesites of the tract, but with the first real touch of sunshine scores of acres will be turned over and the work of putting in gardens, gar-dens, fniit trees, planting melon patches and other work will be started in earnest. ear-nest. The other departments of the Bettilyon Bettil-yon organization report an extiemelv busy month. The rental list at Bettilyon Bettil-yon 's is one of the largest in the citv, according to the officers of the company. |