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Show SIITY FAMILIES ARMV3 Colonization Scheme to Develop De-velop 500,000 Acres of Clear Lake Country Is in Operation;Aidirir Work, f , 1 PAUPERS ARE BARRED FROM PROJECT, f V . - V The people who are being encouraged to make their homes in this valley are the best class of citizens in the country. The land is being sold In the neighborhood of t50 an acre so that paupers are positively barred. T "In a few years Millard county will be one of the most prosperous " counties in Utah and Clear Lake will rank next to Ogden in size and ira- 0 portance. HUGH XL ALLEN TO THE TELEGRAM, ' ' Passing through Salt Lake today is a party" of sixty Eastern colonists bound for Clear Lake, in Millard county. This marks the beginning of the largest larg-est and what promises to be the most successful colonization scheme ever attempted at-tempted in Utah. When carried to completion the plan means the bringing of 10,000 high class, well-to-do colonists into the State; the placing under cultivation of half a million mil-lion acres of fertile land, and the turning turn-ing Into the channels of commerce of $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 in excess of that under present conditions. Plan of Minneapolis Men. The project originated with Messrs. Crowell and Crocker, a large real estate es-tate firm of Minneapolis, Minn., and the success of their first season's work Is now assured. ' " , . ' This firm his purchased '500,000 acres of land in the fertile valley surrounding Clear lake. With the land Is an abundance abund-ance of water from the lake, which lies far enough above the' valley to afford facilities for Irrigation at a minimum expense. A main canal twelve miles long of sufficient size to carry water for the entire en-tire valley, and forty miles of laterals, have already been completed, and the system will be extended to keep pace with the demands for water by the incoming in-coming settlers. Only High-Class Farmers. The plan of the promoters Is to bring in only the best class of colonists, farmers whose Industry and intelligence intelli-gence have enabled them to obtain a comfortable start in life. Thousands of these are scattered over the great valley val-ley of the Mississippi, prosperous, and yet not contented, because of the rigors of the Eastern winters and the uncertainty uncer-tainty of securing a crop owing to drought and hall.; To such Utah appeals as few other sections of the United States. Here la the mild climate, a brief winter, a cool summer, an undoubted assurance of heavy crops, and the knowledge that hailstorms and cyclones cannot pass the mountain barriers. The Scheme Is Explained. The colonists were in charge of Hugh M. Allen, Western manager for the promoters pro-moters of the scheme. Mr. Allen made the following explanation of his company's com-pany's plans: i "Messrs. Crowell and Crocker, who 1 are selling this land In Clear Lake valley, val-ley, have been colonizing for a number of years. They keep In touch with the ' people and watch for every migratory movement. "Several years ago " they became aware that a large number of men who had prospered on their farms, reared families and grown old in the East and the Mississippi valley, had become interested in-terested In the Irrigation movement in the West, and were contemplating selling sell-ing their Eastern properties and moving mov-ing their familLes to where the land was better and the climate less severe' on their old age. , , . Purchased Clear &keLandV " vT!' "v "Mr. Crowell came to Utah looking for a large tract of land that would suit', these people. He found what he wanted '" at Clear Lake, in Millard county, and purchased It from the Clear Lake Land and Irrigation company, including the water rights in Clear lake. "The irrigation system planned and begun by the former owners has been completed In part and the work is being pushed as rapidly as possible. The land was first offered for sale in farm sites a few months ago, and the business busi-ness the company is - doing already, proves that the property Is Just what j many Eastern farmers Want. "In my opinion. It will only be a matter mat-ter of a few years until 10.009 people will have made their homes In this valley, val-ley, and the town of Clear Lake, which is the railroad station for a large section sec-tion of the western part of the State, will be a flourishing city. ' Supported by Railroad. "The railroad is giving us Its support, and has assured us that Clear Lake will be made a division point in the near future. fu-ture. Business men of all kinds have been Inquiring about the country, and I know of several who ara now preparing to open large mercantile establishment at that point. One man is now purchasing purchas-ing a $25,000 stock for that purpose." ' |