Show x f 1 It r City's List of Commuters Commuters' r U. V. r V Vr 1 4 TERNER BEGINNING r I TAKE INTEREST INI IN IN- I COUNTRY LIFE SCHEMES iI 11 J Turban urban Roads Making It Possible ble le for City Worker to Have His Home Out Oat in the Open Country 1 By BERT HEAL 1 of ot commuters has hns list ike ka 0 City's m ear to year rear unU now there de- de who make mako n a it t persons of or city and country life urban development has only emir of ed d to attract the attention I tho Within a art of the tho Western Vestern large largo rt it is 15 predicted that tho the Ogden and Pro- Pro fettered between distance of Salt Salty within easy iy y will witt give way war to Intensified families dozen fand support a tone t onese one commuter Is not se se se the term usage in Utah The Thc com corn has been known as asIt ast l l. the past It t of the county Gunty or one of the theng Gt ing ng towns Webster c ster defines a n com com- muter liter uter as one who uses iv I. ticket The history of the tern centers has hns supplemented k of or Webster until the com com- known as a person who owns Instead of or lots doubles er r r words the commuter fare to reduce his living ox- ox and amI add a little to his I iBy By establishing a home any any- om m five to fifteen miles from f he figures that ho can own lx alx acres which will wilt make his is source of revenue instead of r j Land which produces garden fruit or supports a 1 good goodof gooduck uck of chickens in the mind of of muter is 15 a conservation on of or sal sal- is not a new arrival Ine in inIe Ie e has bas been cn here for years ears only en known b by some other name re n the commuter both north th of Salt Lake has watched But modern methods date lo u date business have given the ther r r. as much as they have the i resident of or tho the city deter- deter see paved streets and side side- hene er he gazes razes out of his hiss i 1 os s IS the greatest development has transportation facilities In a arlod IOd fod of or time the distance of or liter auter from the tho heart of or the city 1 cut from hours to minutes many years ago a horse and the outside resident nt to toen toen en came the steam railroads tithe the county resident to come como retouch touch with the tho pulse of tho the development and automo- automo V vo D been J the e- e greatest friends friends- of ot liter nuter y speaking the commuter is who has a position in the cit city homo erne ome in ht the tho country not a ahome home rhome as known to the idle meted to this it is easily seen path of ot the commuter was a ap ato ato p to travel until the thc electric a automobiles cut down the ow OW the commuter boasts mo most t tg g that the city man does and that arc are denied the resident ty h The time has JH 8 passed when muter lighted his homo homb with nd carried c his water from front a stream Electric lights and aud audIt it It water systems have solved ed problems hIem And the they were the that the city man tempting to live In the countr country Uhe the commuter has hns a modern i ut lUtas as modern as the city home its ts is his home with lIh a heating he e lights his home m ci cic- cic c- c nd the telephone hives gives him n- n i with the outside As for tho the amusements offered I city lt well wen the they are only from fromI I fifteen minutes further awa away e commuter th than ln the they are from rage resident of at the city Elec- Elec and automobiles have Is ils e of po possessions Is the motive the commuter to seek cock a athe the country countr Just like the same the tho city man mon to aim to tog g home borne In the city The com- com lmH to make a n. little la larger er Int int In- In lt t than the city man but he also on I.-on a place that will pay some Homo ds As In addition on to tho the natural In property valuations Interurban lines one north and ith th th connect Salt S Lake with Od Og- Og d d' d Provo Prove Little more than an iJ required 1 to carry the resident er r end In Salt Lake But the theer er ers hardly extend t 1 t tt far Half HaIr r either line makes Tho the practical i for the commuter Is II to sa say that the commuter lIv- lIv bin hin fifteen miles of Salt Bait Lake eh cb Salt I Lake alto thirty minutes M leaves his home The average t t t. of tho thov city requires ten mm- mm get from his homo home to his work 1 neon that tho the commuter has hasA A only a a. short time more In tray trav- tian Ian tho the city man It probably i 1 from five to fifteen minutes n each ench end of or tho the day for tor the ther r r. the commuter to live in tho tholand and land work in the city rise Ise he has to pa pay more moro car fare faree ie e man In tho the city Where It Itha Ithe Ithe he ha city man 10 cents a day to and from his work It costs the theer theer ter er from 20 to 40 10 cents cent a a. da day commuter counted on this when led Ad d to establish a a. home in the He aimed to get it back when IT man was wan paying golden prices ter Her and eggs commuter tells you OU that he has haR In iii caring for five acres nd md and holding a a. job in the city live lye Ive acres he has a Small email orchard of or of chickens a cow and a truck Ask him how much he saves living expenses b by living In the theand theand theand and he refers reters you ou to your last ill m for eggs poultry vegetables utter gutter and In the tho next ie e a tells you he Is in the center active e area where prices price are arean arean an in they aro are in the city marCe mare mar- mar Ce e works this argument to offset i crenco In railroad fare rare commuter will tell teU you ills ass not dependent on his job for forg ig g. g He declares that his place lid leI for tor will support him without Income r AH As Aspa pa H a result he counts more as a R means of fur fur- his bank account than as a n ahe ahe nhe he he established his homo home in to the he did so 80 with the tho belief bellot that would be partially supporting muter who does not specialize from to a n year on besides a largo large part of ot his ng r. r And he alma aims to do that icing Biding a position In the oily city she he ho specializes the tho c r yen Ifen en n a greater r r. r Some t started d out ns na c maters d that five o or six a res can ill II of theIr time lime If want they thc w wes I Five or six nix acres es ken eken ranch have mad tl their f f e owner Independent in a comparatively short time Five or six hundred fruit trees on a n Emall small acreage have yielded substantial dividends to the commuter Likewise acreage devoted exclusively l to garden tr truck uck has shown the thc commuter a wa way of earning an independent income In the tho event that he Is deprived of at his regular salary Within a stones stone's throw of Salt Sail Lake City on the south is land which has netted Its owner 1000 an acre acro when planted cl In celer celery The same land grows crows cabbages so large th that t one fills a bushel basket b. On the north In the tho commuters' commuters territory are arc to bo be found cherry trees that yield pounds pound in a single season seaBon find And other fruit trese yield In proportion proportion tion both north and south of Salt Lake Lako Tho successful chicken fanciers tell you ou of the opportunities for that Industry In Ina ina a a. single lc breath th Utah imports 1600 worth of ot poultry products each year The commuter lives lI too close to the consuming center to have an any market problems When hen the thc commuter himself does not have time to market his O own n products he easily finds peddlers and hucksters who will market his produce on a commission slon basis Likewise he Is within easy distance of oC the canning factories factories fac fac- tories but he has little need of ot them as the tho city demands practically practical everything every every- thing raised on small acreage The canning canning can can- ning factories find favor with the thc men who v ho have gone Into fruit growing and gardening on a larger luSer basis The Tho commuter Is the of greater reater Salt Lake The city will look that Wa way for space as the population Increases The Utah list of commuters is still small but it is growing yearly earl One visit to the ear early morning trains from either Utah and southern Salt Lake count county or those from Davis ls count county is convincing convincing- The road operating between Salt Lake and Ogden Ogden Og- Og den carries tull fully commuters dall dally daily Bountiful Centerville and Farmington all contribute their quota to the numbers num num- bers bors who live in the country and hold positions In the thc city The Orem road operating south louth of Salt Lake has not been completed long enough to have BO so man many commuters Althou Although h it ft has been in operation only a few months it carries about each day With these facilities new sections are being opened up Ul south of Salt Lake and the commuter traffic from that di direction direction direction di- di promises to be as hea heavy as It Is from the north Many of the thc commuters ers po fio do not have ha to depend on th the electric electric elec elec- roads The They own their own automobiles auto auto- mobiles Good roads are to be found both north and south of Salt Sult Luke Lake and an automobile adds to the pleasures of living in tho the country In fact th h tag j commuter argues that the automobile loses Joses its attractions unless there ther is some Iome open country to drive in Not all of the residents of the towns to north and south of Salt men who add to their incomes by country advantages Man Many live there for tor the sole object of having open surroundings and a countr country atmosphere The They have fine homes and occupy responsible po positions positions positions po- po in the tho city Thc They find that it costs cost no more to live in the country than han in the city and find the chan change e beneficial Here are a few of those who spend their days In Salt I Lal Lake e and their nl nights in tho the suburban districts E. E C C. Ashton Ashton Ashton Ash- Ash ton attorney Fred Match manager of the Cudahy Packing company compan Mrs Irs V V. V of the time Paris Millinery and Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur How Howard of or the accounting department department department depart depart- ment of the Z C C. M. M I I. I all of or Bountiful ful Ella Chase school teacher Fred Rich receiving teller of the Utah State National bank N N. T. T Porter Fred Fredal Walton Walton Wal Wal- alton ton Frank Dank Walton alton and J J. J 1 F. F Porter officers of or tho the Walton Porter company compan Hi H. Hzel zel Ro Roberts Armina Porter Elizabeth Ellzabeth Porter May Ia Brown C. C E E. Fackrell and H. H E E. Fackrell employees of ot the tho Porter- Porter Walton VaHon com company pan all of Centerville and L. L E. E Abbott of oC l armington t No 1 A I-A A y young ung orchard within a 1 stones stone's throw of Silt Sal Lake ake Pot Potatoes t e a afford the fhe e owner er an income wh l the the orchard r Is maturing ring t No 2 A 2 Jer s a bag J pitch Single head hed 1 rM from this P patch atch fill a bushel basket No 3 J- J he s home ii r Ilion h is finding g f VO i n the suburban ban districts This t of home can be bUIlt for t 25 r 0 Ig No o. o A 4 Salt Lake county celery patch which 7 netted its owner 1000 an acre 1 1 hs his tract has b ben en divided into small l L for commuters No A 5 A alens s ene in in Chesterfield a tract tact receiving development nt as a result o othe f the completion of the Ore Orem In interurban No 6 Here is IS the old and the new way of lg between Salt Lake ake and Daviss Dav s.- s. county In the old steam and and- Jh the nt new w cars of the Salt Lake Ogden I r 10 V. V v a T y r V i F n. n N 0 a 9 f L f f t 1 r n Z t sr l rS 10 S V J i af j y l iZ t T ii i v s X'S H r yta R r n i. v. v o of I w p f r f j r tY t r t h rn y 7 r r l h tr t 1 i f. t jy- jy v rf a ay 4 2 k C r v n t f wr vc a c. c kP y yn n a at I. I f m 7 r fra jr fry of 9 n I n f f t I W a vl r d i 2 i of tt IM r y y K q I 4 s sr r S r t r t t r f ta a. a tWe l fair d I f 7 fV pot 1 19 t ti i t t w rr w N KJ- KJ r. r tot A Ar 1 f 1 r 4 i r r Z j R y p tc i b yr i Q Jn J r i w 11 e 1 r r rv s 's A P a y a. a I. I r S. S Cyr r r ps y j r e 4 4 d 4 y 47 er t. t n n Y r l J j Y Y f d v w r r x R 2 i 4 Ar r s r. r r k a 1 o J w hi r L I fr r a ak t tt t III II k ti a t r a s tf I eMa a t lt q kl p 1 l 4 r mU t r kab r t f A i c i w r E i i ve r 5 7 r S v r rR w 7 I ji R i ti 4 t q 1 4 tre t 4 l ro 1 rr 9 t v. v wN i M I 4 s. s J 9 rv F e t. t 3 r a u I s st IF 3 viv t o I i. i r dr d- d Gnu 4 r f sf r f ar pt 5 N Nr r 3 r yr t 2 k kI H Ht t I v nor Ic tot Q If M. M F t r v T tg g Y r r O I Iw wr t r w r r ht Y A t t r. r X I t t T L r I 4 r 1 a 1 r y v t r. r r i r 1 t w M Y ae Z a tf Q Q 1 is i l fi X RG R we hr r r G w r r r ff 1 t 1 l 1 F 4 f 1 S 'S r I 3 4 e. e i. i I w Ia f Ltd w. w N k a y k t r v j jR R Rv thE Gils Co |