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Show SPfil WEATHER UB SUBURB WE SALE Val Verda Beginning to Present Aspect of Colony Agriculturists. The spring weather Bait Lake has enjoyed en-joyed for tho past month is certainly a strong argument to induce householders household-ers to adopt the open-air life of a suburban sub-urban home, declares V. A. Bettilyon, president of Bettilyon Home Builders company. The effect of this and other causes is noticeable in the influx to Val Verda, Ver-da, the acre to a-man tract which the j Bettilyor company is developing seven j miles north of Salt Lake. Each week that passes sees sevoral acres of this fertilo land pass into tho hands of ambitious am-bitious young men who aro anxious to economize by raising their own foodstuffs food-stuffs and yet who desire to hold their positions in town. In fact, Val Verda now presents the aspect of a regular colony. Men can be soen on almost each acre lot, industriously indus-triously pushing a cultivator, hoeing weeds, turning water on or off, or perhaps leaning ovei their neighbor's fance, discussing with him tho various problems of gardening. Others, too, may be seon in large chicken runs, feeding and caring for numerous chickens, chick-ens, whicli thrive remarkably well at Val Verda. It is a sound tribute to the desirability desirabil-ity of Val Verda that those who have lived there longest are the ones who aro most enthusiastic about it. Tf there were any roasou to feel discouraged, men who started out whon tho project was still in its infancy would undoubtedly undoubt-edly be tho ones to manifest such a feeling first. Tt is the policy of the Bettilyon company com-pany to take all prospective purchasers out to Val Verda and let them talk to the residents thero. They desire to havo iuvestigators find out what the men on the ground think. And the result re-sult of this policy has been a steady increase in-crease in tho number of purchasers of aero lots. A visit to Val Verda constitutes a pleasant day's outing, for it lies on the Centerville car line, at tho foot of the hills bordering the valley, seven miles north of Salt Lake. A representative of the Bettilyon company is there every Sunday, and can be seen showing the visitors over the tract. There are several sev-eral pleasant picnic spots near Val Verda, and many of the visitors take their lunches with them and make their trip of investigation' a most agreeable day's excursion. Many beautiful homes are being built at Val Verda, and they are built substantially, having all the modern conveniences in fact, every convenience con-venience that is to be gained by living in the city. |