Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-07-08 | Page 1 | Oasis in the Desert Ruined by Sandstorm

OASIS ASIS IN THE DESERT i RUINED BY SANDSTORM L I.- I. f SAN FRANCISCO July S. S A A sandstorm has cau caused ed damage estl- estl I f m mated ted at In the Indio valle valley on the Southern Pacific railroad 4 In the Colorado desert An artificial oasis o of 00 acres has been made 4 by digging artesian wells and planting in melons Judging b by last year f 4 when only sixty acres were ere In cultivation a profit of more than 1000 an f acre have been heen made mad Three hundred carloads of or melons for f ff f which 1200 a car had been offered were a almost most ready for when the storm broke For three days It raged with the thermometer r f ff f degrees In the shade and when hen it was over every J idt It H of or vegetation had f been destroyed f 4 4 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 4