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N D E EMPIRE M 0 p I R E k ii to I VAST VAST FIELDS FIE DS IN WEST CENTRAL PART OF STATE L GROW RICH PRODUCTS r jad N Needed Nedd ed d to Develop D Further Great Gre t Poses Possibilities Pos Pas y t s 's bi es of Fertile Soil arid an and t Equable Climate s to T Tr I rI r 1 I tI the west Vest central l part of Utah is a gr great at empire knowD known as Millard county the thc third largest county in n the state with an area df 4 square e miles more miles more tha than that of th the combined states of R ode Island an and Connecticut 1 This gre great t empire is the largest j irrigated qi district in the state with ith an alluvial s soil il that that is m more re than thai sidy feet in jn depth The banks of the Sevier SeYler river river which flows through the valley and whose waters vaters ir irrigate ig t hundreds hun hun- dr ds of thousands of of- acres resemble a n giant jelly cake with brown and black layers of silt which h has bee been carried carrie J down this delta country fo for ages Millard d county is sixty mUes mies wide north orth a and d south and nd miles miles' long long- east mid and west with a total of acres Within th the bo boundaries daries of the county is included the valley which h in area rea is 50 by br miles In prehistoric times it was probably a part of the bed of Lake Bonneville whose waters were drained northward and carried down doru the Snake and Columbia rivers to the P Pacific ocean The shore line of the old lake is visible on the bench lands ds and foothills It Js only half a a. a century sin since e Brigham Young standing on the steps of the first capitol building in the city of Fillmore pre- pre dieted that th-at the sagebrush desert would be in time the granary of another other great empire t the e state of Utah FINE PINE GRAZING LAND To the east of this valley lies the range of mountains including the Fillmore forest reserve where graze countless numbers of livestock To the west of the thc valley is the House range classified by the department t of agriculture as one of the th finest winter ranges in the United States Thousands of he head d of sheep arc are grazed here each year f c The cou county ty of Millard 1 was created in 1852 and was named af r President Millard illard Fillmore who Tad had signed the act creating Utah Territory on September 9 1850 The act creating the county of Millard fillard was approved by Brigham Young governor of the tho territory on February 3 1852 and another act of the legislature passed a month later fixed the state of California as as- its western b boundary Three days later on February ry 13 3 1852 the city of Fillmore 11 ore which for a time was the capital oi city r of the state was incorporated The Thc area of this capital city was thus defined It began at appoint due duc east of of the thc southeast corner of the public square three miles lles thence south three miles thence west six miles I J thence nee no north h Sl six miles thence east six miles and then thence e south three miles to the place of beginning The Th old capitol building which was erected on the public square is is' still standing The first postoffice postoffice postoffice post- post office in the county was established established established soon after the city was incorporated with Levi H. H M l McCullough Mc- Mc Cullough as postmaster IDEAL DEA DWELLING PLACE I Th That t the valley i is an ideal place to live is shown by statistics The air is invigorating at the feet altitude The rainfall is light and well distributed distributed distributed dis dis- dis- dis throughout the year The Average annual precipitation at Deseret is inches at Fillmore Fillmore Fill- Fill more moie 1437 inches The average hottest day 1 is degrees and the thc average coldest day minus 8 degrees The average daily range of temperature is de de- de- de gr grees es The nights are cool an and l delightful the growing season is long the mean period between killing frosts frosta being days The average date of the thc first killing frost is Septem September er 20 Millard county and tho the nt valley alley owe their development to tho abundant water supply for tor Irrigation front from the Sevier river This water Js is s conserved in the great Sevier Bridge reservoir near Juab and has a ca ca- ca of ot aero acre feet teet and ind a working capacity of ot acre feet rt backs water for a a. distance of ot fifteen fit fit- teen miles mUes and at Its foot eighty level covers area of ot It has a short line Une of ot six fifty miles mlles is feet wide at the bottom and Is of ot modern construction The GunnIson Bend reservoir near Delta of or the Deseret and Abraham Irrigation companies has a a. storage capacity of ot acre feet teet and covers acres Fool Creek Creck reservoir of ot the tho Sevier River Land and Water company has hasa a capacity of ot acre feet teet and cove covers 1200 acres The Delta and Melville reservoirs near Delta has a a. capacity of t 2000 acre feet teet and covers acres WATER ABUNDANT The quantity of or water nater delivered below be below be be- low the Sevier Se Bridge reservoir ex exclusive ox- ox elusive of or the Mcintyre Leamington Wellington can canals ls or water destined for tor the Delta district district- in the year 1920 was acre feet teet valley vl has an abundant water sup sup- ply The latest available statistics re regarding ro- ro garding irrigation in Millard 1 county count are furnished b by the census bureau From these figures it is learned that the county ha practically acres of ot land under Irrigation and the acreage capable of ot being Irrigated Is acres while the he area a. In Included Included In- In chided In the Irrigating enterprises is The total land area in the tho county I Is acres All the land In farms Is acres and all the Improved land in farms amount to acres In the count county p are 1038 farms and of ot this number are irrigated There are seventy seven main ditches which are In length miles with a a. capacity of pf second feet teet There are laterals miles mUes In length and one twenty reservoirs with a capacity ca capacity ca- ca of acre feet In addition addi add tion LIon there are flowing wells with witha a capacity of ot gallons s-allons per minute min mm- ut ute the average depth being feet and the cost approximately each LARGE SUMS SUM INVESTED Invested in these enterprises are and the average cost per acre based on area areas area the ent enterprises are capable of ot supplying with water is 2455 The water supply Is under the Se Sevier Bevier Sevier Se- Se vier Land and Water company and the East Millard Canal Cana company area arca of of ot acres which cost its capital stock being di divided divided dl- dl vided into shares shares' with sixty miles s of ot C canal nal and tort forty forty five five miles of ot lateral canal Deseret Irrigation company acres cost shares number with miles mites of ot main canal and nd laterals Melville Melville Mel Mel- ville yule canal acres cost shares with thirty miles of ot main calani and twenty miles of ot laterals laterals laterals lat lat- lat lat- Dental Canal company acres cost shares of ot stock forty miles mites of ot main canal and thirty of ot laterals Abraham Irrl Irrigation a- a tion company acres cost shares thirty miles of ot main canal and eighteen miles of or laterals making the total acreage under these systems acres with miles mites of ot main canal and miles of ot lat lat- lat lat- emis The Tho shares number In all an and the tho total cost is MANY COMPANIES SS n to those these there are theLe theLe the Le tn ni h 11 Irrigation com company pan 1600 acres Oak Creek Irrigation company 2400 acres Holden Irrigation company com corn pan pany 2500 acres Fillmore Irrigation company compan acres Pine Creek Ir Irrigation Irrigation Ir- Ir company compan 1000 acres Meadow Creek Irrigation company acres Corn Creek liTigation Irrigation company compan acres Scipio Irrigation company compan acres artesian wells wens acres In addition n the prospects ts are good for tor more water to be 1 diverted from the Sevier river onto I the tho lands of ot East Millard county I There are four tour drainage districts In Millard l county and the number of or acres drained d aggregates acres District District Dis Dis- No 1 has acres drained 25 miles mUes of ot open drain and 40 miles of ot tile tUe lines It cost District No 2 has acres drained with 15 miles of ot open drains and miles of ot tile tUe lines Unes and cost It Is 75 per cent completed Drainage district No 3 has acres drained with 65 miles of ot open drains miles of ot tile lines and cost It Is 75 per cent completed District No 0 4 4 acres with 12 miles mUes of or open drains and miles mUes of tile drains cost It is 75 per percent percent percent cent completed In tho the four tour districts there are miles mUes of ot open drains miles of ot tile drains and the cost to the district was ACREAGE LARGE The acreage irrigated by the Sevier river and its tributaries classified by drainage basin Is acres The acreage Included In these enterprises aggregates The capital In Invested invested in- in vested ested In the Sevier river drainage basin and its tributaries amounts to 10 tomono mo more mono than On the Sevier river and its tributaries there are 95 diverting dams and 50 storage dams and main ditches with a capacity of second feet and a length of ot 1391 miles The Tho lateral ditches number with a n. length of ot 1195 mH miles s And on the lands in Millard court county are grown crops that are above o the Ithe average On the Irrigated lands this year tho the following Is a a. reality in eastern eastern east east- em ern Millard Miliard county In so far as acreage is concerned There are In alfalfa acres of ot which approximately acres Is for tor alfalfa seed wheat acres oats 2373 acres rye re acres barley 1605 acres and b beets ets potatoes and garden products acres acre It Is estimated that the tho alfalfa seed Industry In Millard 1 count county this year with an acreage estimated at acres and an ern a average of ot seven sc bushels per acre acro will mean bushels which measured at sixty pounds to the bushel will give o I a a. gross bross total of ot 63 63 poun pounds s. s This at 10 cents a 8 pound will yield a return amounting to BEETS BRING PROFIT In sugar beets there ther was h harvested acres aares in 1920 and the amo amount nt re received re- re from from- this acreage by the grower was compared with acres In 1919 and a a. return of ot and compared r d with acres In 1918 and a a. return of Tho The production production production tion ranges from eight to twenty-four twenty tons per acre Other grains and grasses gro grow In Millard count cout county Last year sixty cars 0 of wheat were produced in tho the county II Here ar are some figures showing the tho the yield per acre acro of ot the various crops grown brown On irrigated land Wheat land Wheat Turkey r red d. d 30 to 65 bushels rye 30 bushels potatoes bushels barl barley y 40 to 85 bushels oats 37 to bushels alfalfa ha hay p 3 to 6 tons alfalfa seed 11 t to 19 bushels sugar beets 8 to 24 tons spring wheat 25 to 40 bushels On dry land the wield per acre will run for tor rye 10 to 15 bushels and for tor wh wheat at 10 to 18 bushels STOCK STOCK RAISED r Millard lUlard count county Is a great stock raising rais mis- ing county count the tho value of ot Its livestock as found this year ear amounting to There were In the tho county horses and arid mules head bead of or cattle and 1782 head of or hogs In eastern Millard county with Its vast grassy brassy mountain re reserves res is Js a acry avery avery very cry valuable section for tor the tho raising of or livestock Abundance of feed alfalfa and pasture make this a suitable section sec see tion Uon for tor dairying sheep and hog raisIn rais rais- In lag ing The following is an estimate of ot livestock livestock live live- stock raised and in the county at present Cattle 2 head sheep head hogs head horses head With the tho coming of ot a railroad this section would be used as a a. feeding cen cen- ter An abundance of ot feed and fattening fattening fat fat- tenn material is raised In vast va-st quan quan- titles Educational opportunities In Millard county are excellent In every community there Is a first class elementary school conducted by efficient teachers In the farming sections adjacent to tho the communities schools have havo been boen es established established established es- es so that eve every farm is in walkIng walk walk- ing distance of ot a good school At Fillmore FUlmore centrally located In the heart of ot East Ullard's Millards agricultural re region region re re- gion Jon Is tho the Millard county high school The enrollment In this school la is about In addition to o the regular academic academic mb mic work courses in business agriculture I. I 1 ture farm mechanics cooking and sew- sew ing are given and this school Is rated In the A class b by the county cO The value of ot school property in the county Is given at of which sum Is invested in buildings Tho The district that is the county has bonds outstanding amountIng amounting amount amount- ing to and loans ons and accounts accounts ac ac- counts pa payable able amounting to 39 Its excess resources for tor school property over all liabilities total It pays to male teachers 25 per year ear In tho elementary schools and to female teachers 51 To high school male teachers teaches Is paid and to female teachers teach teach- ers During the past year ear It has expended for tor sites and buildings The expense o per pupil ac according according ac- ac cording to the latest available figures Is The total enrollment In the schools of ot the county count according to the thelast thelast thelast last school census census was 2693 pupils of ot whom 1945 were In the tho elementary schools In the Junior hl high h and 73 in tho the high school In East Millard three forty teachers are employed and schooling Is provided for tor 1400 pupils I That the schools of ot the tho county are up to standard Is evidenced e by bp the tho large I number of ot business and professional men scattered over the state who re received ro- ro their educations in the schools in East Millard Millard l county count Is expending this year on the construction of or highways the sum of ot This Is on the Delta Delta- Holden project section B and section C C. C the former miles long and the latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter 1065 miles Section A with a length of or miles Is yet to be built at an estimated cost of ot In the bIennium biennium bI- bI of ot 1918 1917 the county count and state expended In tho the county the sum of or on hl highways and In 1919 I 1920 the exp expenses were for tor construction and maintenance The principal towns and cities are arc Delta Oasis Lynndyl and L' L Leamington which are on the main line Une of ot the Salt Lake Route Delta Deli is miles from Salt Lake City Other towns are nrc Hinckley Hinck- Hinck ley Ie and Deseret which lie He on the floor of ot the valley while the east cast bench has hal Oak City and Fillmore FUlmore and McCormick as trade centers The population of ot the county Is A branch line Une of ot the Salt Lake road extends from Delta to Lucerne through rich beet lands and alfalfa alfalfa- farms ad adJacent adjacent adjacent ad- ad jacent to the tho thriving ing towns towns' of ot Souther Souther- land Woodrow and Sugarville Sugar RAILROAD NEEDED It is now of ot tho the greatest Importance to the cast east side of ot the county to have havea a railroad constructed from Delta to Fillmore the county seat Meadows I Kanosh and adjacent territory up to the plant of ot the Utah Utah- Sulphur company which now has a capacity of ot fifteen tons per day Idy This output could be greatly in increased In in- creased The Tho crops raised along the route of ot the proposed branch road this year would |
