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Show TIJA T STATE EXPERIMENTAL WELL i Tie Telegram is pleased to learn that no' time! is being wasted in preparing to .sink the State ex- peridental well, for whkli ?10,C09 lias been appropriated ap-propriated out-ol tlie piibiic funds. , Few ireons realize what this test well means if it proves to be successful.' The first well will be sunk near Fill-; more- in Millard' county. If -water in practical . quantities is found, -other wells will be (Trilled Sn various sections of the arid regions. If these wells prove productive, nundreds of thousands of acres of fine agricultural land will be reclaimed. '.By. a ' system of irrigation made possible iry these wells; j large tracts of land which are now ntillable and worthless will be made ready for cultivation. Land I Commissioner Bullen sounds the keynote cf new: Utahfa campaign of progression when he says that; the reclamation of the great area of . arid land byj means of the proposed wells will enable Utah, to welcome the army of (settlers who are ready to In-; vade Utah the very moment tliat public agricultural lands are to be bad. Mr. Bullen strikes the right ! key. ' We mast prepare for aettlers who will till the soil. TJtah needs more of this class of citizens. If the Fillmore well proves a success, Mif3cient' funds at once should be appropriated ..to defray the expense of extending this splendid work of irrigation. irriga-tion. While it is important that we develop our mineral iands, we must not neglect the agricultural resources of Utah. . . The reclamation of farming lands attract settlers to the State au$ that is what I makes population. And with the new railroads tapping undeveloped country in various sections of Utah, immigrants are required to take. hold of the new territory and put it to work. With the State wells in -operation, there will be room for hundreds of settlers. .Why. not begin now to set our lines for the right sort of emigrants. Let's get ready to take advantage of the opportunity the.reclama-. tion of this new agricultural territory will open to ; 1 . us. ; - ' - - . - - |