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Show "u!?BIE.CarjIU:S!:S7S ' ; ; MD; ENTERPRISE a local telephone system and an. elee-trlc elee-trlc lighting plant of the most modern design. Both will be In operation In a Short time. 'The city Is also considering- the advisability ad-visability of constructing a municipal water plant. A site has been selected about a mile and a half out of town and State Engineer Doremus la retained to Investigate the practicability of the scheme. "Sanpete Is not a mining county, or at least has never been considered such, but recently a number of mineral deposits de-posits have been located in the mountains moun-tains west of Ephralm and are being: developed now. The, rock taken from these prospects assays well." Tills Year Will Witness' Great" Development of ricultural and Mineral Min-eral Resources. ..-. -i, ..-. - Cea O. Kieison of Fairview, 8an-rte 8an-rte county, who Is In Bait Lake attending at-tending the meeting of the State Board j of Equalisation, of which be Is a mem- I ber. predicts a brilliant futura for his ' county. He speaks in the highest terms of the afrtcultural Interests of that part of the fctate as well as the prospects of Sanpete San-pete county soon becoming a great oil j-roducer. ' Mr. Kieison says the people of that vectlon are Just beginning to realise ihat a wonderfully rich county Ban-bete Ban-bete Is, and to take advantage of . the nany natural resources that promise to levelop great wealth In a short time, I ! rtla Year a Banner One. "The coming year promises to be the rat year Sanpete has ever known, Mr. Nielson said today while talking over the prospects bf the county with a Tele-frsm Tele-frsm reporter. , t "The rains and snows of the past winter win-ter have soaked the ground thoroughly and assured ua of an ample supply of water for all purposes until late in the rear. , "As the agricultural Interests art at tha present time the principal sources of the county's revenue, the people are happy and are looking for fine crops. They take a great Interest In farming and have so far succeeded In their efforts ef-forts at tilling 'the ground that Ban-pete Ban-pete Is today acknowledged to be the leading agricultural county In Utah. "The crops are all looking fine down that way and the prospects are that the wheat and barley crops as well as those Of hay and potato will be heavier this year than ever before. Graashopprg Ara Qona.' . "Grasshoppers have damaged the crops greatly . in previous years, but thus far this season the pest baa not put in an appearance. - "The farmers made a strenuous effort last year to permanently rid the county of hoppers and it seems they have succeeded. suc-ceeded. , "They were actuated to do this. I believe, be-lieve, by a spirit of enterprise and a desire de-sire to place Sanpete at the head of the list as a producer. Tha officials of the county recognised the Importance of getting rid of the n-eects n-eects and encouraged tbe farmers to keep up the good work by offering a Jaunty of $1 a bushel for grasshoppers. . V(s a result the fight against the pest ",,s redoubled and millions upon mll-v.iiov mll-v.iiov of hoppers were captured. The total catch for the summer, as shown by the report of the County Treasurer, of the bounties paid, was something more than 6000 bushels. " "1 don't know whether" the hoppers have been permanently killed out or not, but at all events Sanpete county has not be troubled by them this year. Oil Has Seen Discovered. "Farming Is not the only Industry In "Ban pete that hae a bright future, by any means. "A very promising oil field has been discovered near Mt. Pleasant and a number of wells have been drilled. I have been told that the oil taken from these wells Is of an exceptionally high -'grade and of a good market value. OH . has also been discovered at Ephralm, where an oil company has been organ- , -Ized snd Is now driving a tunnel into the hillside at a point where the Indications Indica-tions are good., yalrrlew Is Up-to-Date. "The residents of Falrvlew - with JrharacteritMc enterprise are Installing |