| Show Utah Deserts Disappear Replaced by Fertile Farms cn it I I 5 YR ife h i y y M Q S ir 1 v a S 1 If Y e r JV t N i w r f r r t yM 7 2 li ti 4 p- p r. r Rr n 1 i y X M It r Si AJ i w a t A r S i a ry r f r 1 o N t rna a rt r. r f r rn CI Y phi y r ra a w rW k 10 tC i if S 'S f Y ri y R w f R P r rc 1 7 a r w I i f fiat y r S Y b i. i M I 1 f i 0 4 7 rk yS f a rJ 4 f. f r 1 r. r A r s r Hv J MT S r- r E l fe CV K 0 y t 1 Go where here we wo wm up and down clown the busy bullY Beehive state some somo fellow Is ahead of us with ith the he Ilo slogan n I OIl d Am in for Utah b. In tn the next breath the came came t fellow will laud to o th the e sides th tho ques Que questionable advantages attached to sp spending spend ing In other states for lor every cven day ay co com com- es the mone money ho he accumulates ies here Probably no b hostility Is Int in intended In- In t tended ed but aa as Hood flood has hns well said raid U Dell Il 11 is la wrought by want of or tho l thought thought ht as V ell en U aa as by want of ot heart him Tho ut uty-of uty of man Is to support himself himself him him- self W eee to It that ho hod does dui not be become become be- be e come corns a a. burden Ills His next duty a Is to help help otters others It if he hf can cnn t tto and whit wh hat applies lies to to the Individual applies with equal force forea to the community tho the stater state antI and and to the nation I I 1 Am for tor Utah t to some Kome minds ma maybe be sounds Bounds so somewhat exclusive It Is not meant to o be bc word however however how how- ever Whether hether the o outside e world knows It or not are strictly strictly In favor or of universal Ul liberty Ubert equality and education They believe In the tho de development development de- de of th the beautiful and i in t tho main they their are ar to be self poised eked Independent candid and free After IV Is LJ not everything Self development is 1 better than than 8 self sacrifice I OIl I Am for Ut Utah h r Is good enough h It makes for tor development growth and Independence It It t bespeaks a well fed led people and perpetual pro prep r ress resa Lot us then preach It lustily and practice It Intelligently Will win Learn Leam the tho Truth M Many ny people are wondering what whit good the great Panama Pacific exposition exposition exposition exposi exposi- tion will do for Utah One thing la is certain tain tata A vast crowd of ot people from rom the old countries will for tor the first time learn the truth about our hitherto tad sad sa sadly ly misrepresented Int Intermountain re region re- re gion glon They will coo BOO for themselves what a free and Intelligent people can ron do They will Leo that In the Ule newest portion of ote of the mighty mIght new world sue suc success cess Is lIS more prevalent than failure They Tb r will learn for tho first the truth about Utah's wonderful untouched untouched untouched un un- un- un touched natural resources resource our climate our toll doll and above all they will stand In sympathetic amazement before tho wonderful metamorphosis accomplished In a more than Ulan sixty 3 years cars by a Do courageous people In the face taco of ot desolation desolation deso deso- lation laUon and opposition Utah Is coming comins Into Ita own Aye quicker than some Imagine H The state S1 boa bas probably the best beal soil soU In the World It is new gen generous gon- gon erous and anxious to prove Its fertility Wo We have hae every everything thins thins- in stream tream mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain and plain that t mankind can pos pos- possibly possibly sibly need Wo We have bave another advantage advantage ta tage e too our pop population Uon Is 18 being increased In Increased In- In creased rapidly b by new settlers representing representing tho the be best t type of humanity from all quarters of 01 the globe These people arc aro intelligent enough to know that agriculture Is the basis of all aU wealth wealth- that tho the farmer In the long run is the happiest happiest fellow on earth They Thai also know ow that than th there ape re 13 Is but but- one ono crop of or farming land lad and d that the tho present generation generation gen gen- Cn- Cn will see tho the disappearance of or cheap productive land begging for fore owners e Land Lind O Opportunity Vanishing For us to realize a little tittle how the tho Und land opportunity of ot Utah IB and how this I am for Utah spirit Is Is' being quietly but surely cultivated by a few of our most prominent business busl- busl ness men we have ha only onty to rev review low the recent activities of or the tha Pacific I lAnd nd Water company the tha th personnel of oC which Is la wen Unwell known to need any comments In these theae columns columna This company hallI has hall I Immense holdings of or land located In Park valley Boxelder count county Utah and In Raft River Inver valley Cassia Casall county coun coun- ty Idaho All of this vast acreage Is beJ be n ra lcUy colonized through the tho ae oo- oo of at the emigration department i In connection with the Salt Lake offices of the Pacific I Land nd k Water Vater company and its several subsidiary corporations Branches have within wither the tho last list two years ears been heen established shed on the Pacific coast In the middle I west CRL and ind in several everal of ot the eastern states of ot the tho union Sinco the outbreak of or tho the European war the department of or the company compan has been inundated with anxious inquiries from farmers farmer In spots that aro verily A UA I Long ons Way Vay From These people reel feel the tho grim STirn 61 significance of or tho the shadow dow of ot tho the sword Wistful eyes are arc turned ton towards aids the shores of the great republic W We Ve e have ha advantages es to of offer offer or- or fer and sure euro enough honest hands will Ill grasp p them In Park valley the tho Pacific Land Water company recently started a colony colon colony col col- on ony of ot Hu Russian lan people mostly from Los 1408 Angeles and San In a fow few months these theae thrifty working people with the company's assistance have cleared plowed and planted thousands of oC acres to wheat and other grains A Afew Afew Afew few years n ago o Park Par valley valle was occupied occupied occupied pied by hy a mere more handful of people en engaged engaged en- en In the cattle industry Since Sinco the colonizing efforts of or the Pacific Lan Laru t Water company the whole taco face of or that extremely fertile valley has changed As far as the c eye ce o can reach rc one ono can see new v homes Today there are good schools school churches stores and ever every da day brings some new phase of ot modern civilization The deserts everywhere everywhere every every- where are ore disappearing as If tr b by magic and 1111 the sooner the tho sons of ot our western pioneers pioneers' realize this fact and Rd let their battle Cr cry be I 1 am for Utah's cheap land tho the better It t will be bo for their future and the welfare of or their immediate Immediate Im Im- im- im mediate posterity The Pacific Land Water company I Is fully entitled to be bo called colonists When Then we reflect that the tho directorate comprises rises such men as James IL Patterson Patterson Patterson Pat Pat- terson C C. CN N. N Strevell Strevell r P. A. A Druehl Harold Harold Harold Har Har- old A. A Lafount fount W. W Mont Ferr Ferry Dr E E. D. D Woodruff and Albert Fisher W we need not not- be surprised at tho the achieve achieve- ments Even more wonderful and commendable commendable commendable commend commend- able has been tho the company's ns colonization colonization tion work In Raft River valley vallen a n te few miles north of ot Park valley From a avast avast vast open valley has como come within a n afew afew few short years scars a verdant nt count country picturesque picturesque pic plc- farm tarm homes Today through the attracting efforts of the these o men men there Is a well developed town several schools good stores churches company lum lumber r mills a hotel a 2 magnificent mag mag magnificent water system and within a n radius ra radius radius ra- ra dius of about fifteen miles a tl population pOP o. o o over 2000 Soon this valley aIle will 11 be bo traversed by byn a transcontinental transcontinental railroad As recently as ms February 22 2 a a. party comprising six families left lett Chicago o un under under un- un der the auspices of ot the Pacific Land Water Vater com company pan and arrived in Salt Lake City February 26 6 At t 8 o'clock on February FebruaryS 28 S S the party left tho the Oreon Ore Ore- Ron Kon on Short Shoil Line Lino station for Park Parl valley aIle Utah tah and Raft River valle valley Ida where th they y Intend to make mako their homos homes This is In addition to the bl big contingent which was as brought here five days a ago o the famous Imperial valley Cal Share Sharo In the tho great future wealth of this IntermountaIn state Plant your fla flaIn flag flagIn In the Ule center of ot a self owned farm and andIn andIn In the tho highest hl hest possible sense sI say I Itin Iam tin am for tor UtAh |
