Show KE KE TELEGRAM FERTILE FARMS OF UTAH AND IDAHO ATTRACTIVE t A. A W. W Smith Sees Signs of Prosperity in Valleys North of Salt Lake OVERLAND TRAIL BADAll BADAll BAD All Other Roads Good Bumper Crops Assure Big Bank Balances Balanc s. s of ot the Intermountain Intermountain intermountain In- In president A W. W Smith Investment comp company ny has Just returned from a business northern Utah and trip t through Intermountain southern Bouthern Idaho idab The dealing extensively ex ex- Company is Investment ivelY fent-ivelY In farms and ranches throughout bot both 1 states and particularly artic- artic covered territory Just in the made madeI entire trip was The I b by Smith of and a distance automobile a b by covered I more than GOO miles was made primarily for tor the purpose pUTI purpose pur pUT It t was I ranch of closing an important I pose successful I deal In which Smith was and he took advantage of or the op opportunity opportunity op- op I to r round u ld up man many other properties which his firm is han han- his custom cue cus always been It has dung tom torn In conducting a a real estate adland and ad thorough land business to gain a knowledge of the country In which he ho operates as as' well as the Individual ual properties represented Cache Valley Prosperous Smith covered Bear River Riveral val val- alle valley Raft River valley vat val le hey ley Curlew v considerable portion of ley Icy and a well as the Snake River valley as Bear Dear Lake valley and nd Cache valley Inaugurated inaugurated His His' company has recently settlers take rated a camp campaign to Cache into the thc beautiful and fertile they have land f for r valley where whre h re sale ranging in price all the way acre upward Here from 60 per is the home of the dairy cow and the hog and real prosperity Much of the tho land Jand sells sells' for JOO per acre some is held at and per acre Yet there is land of the highest quality just over the Idaho line lino in tho the same valley vaHey at nt low prices Smith maintains that this laud land offers offers of or fers real opportunity to land buyers The L sugar f factory Is 18 located located located lo lo- lo- lo of the close to the the- center valley and another r factory operates near Loga Logan The valley Is traversed traversed traversed tra tra- versed by bythe the th electric interurban railway from Wellsville on the south to Preston on the north It ItIs Itis Is ia on one of ot the best watered valleys in the country practically every farm ann has a water right and wonderful won won- I grain crops are grown on the higher iC sl slopes peg without water I Burley Is Substantial I Smith expressed great surprise at ai atthe atthe the rapid and substantial growth of ot the the town of Burley BurIe and aud its surrounding surround surroundS ing country since he lie was last there He was was so greatly impressed with the prosperity of ot this fast growing section that he be opened up channels for a closer alliance with the land to be found there Burley Burley Bur- Bur ley Icy Is 18 a young town building along strictly modern ideas It has a street lighting system that Salt Sail Lake might well copy and uses ses electricity elec for heating as well as lighting lighting light light- I I ing purposes Though only seven or eight years old it supports three banks the youngest of which has deposits of more than The fhe town rightfully boasts of the finest little hotel in fn any laud lana lanSmith Smith was accompanied as far as as Burley b bv by C. C I. I L. L Olson president of ot the First National bank of Burley K D. D Hard Hardy cashier of the Home Trust and Savings company and R R. C. C I Naylor county treasurer treasure of Salt Lake county who owns a big dry farm near Strevell Are Well Entertained While in Burley the they were royally entertained b by Curtis Warren War Var ren cashier of or the First National bank and otherwise prominent in Burleys Burley's business affairs The one most noticeable feature in Burleys Burley's farming section Is IB that practically every farmer has hog bog pastures whore where Poland Chinas and Jerseys Duroc-Jerseys are growing fat on alfalfa The farmers are arc also getting get ting a good start with dairy cows Smith is a great believer in the combination and alfalfa and he says the Burley farmers are certainly certainly demonstrating it to be a good one Smith returned with nothing but praise for or Utah roads Some very bad roads were encountered In the therun therun therun run through Idaho Idabo but In Utah the tho I roads traveled were found to be bevery bevery bevery very fine with wilh the single le exception tion Lion of the Overland trail betWeen bet Tremonton and Strevell which is 16 abominable However the trip was well il worth the hardships occasioned by bad roads Good farm land does not usually make good roads Bumper crops were in evidence in all directions in spite of the long drouth recen recently experienced Smith intimated his trip would be fruitful of an interesting announcement Ina Ina in ina a few Cew days I I- I |