| Show CASHING IN ON OUR opportunities I 1 by J N CORBIN the prosperity of a community depends on the energy and foresight ot its inhabitants in making use of the resources at sit band hand natural resources are always to be found waiting the 2 application of bun human intelligence otherwise if the resources are art not there the sa same me intelligence would keep mankind from living there what about moab valley with natural resources greater than any spot between california and kansas and equal to any on earth t the writer ato started pointing dinting out its resources with th the arst first issue of the grand valley times vines more than twentysix twenty six yc years ars ago at a time when the valley and other was producing peaches fruit t that challenged the world for production and quality a time when grand junction wanted fine arm quah quality peaches reaches for display at their deac peach day celebration they came here and bought them from 0 W warner the first live wire pioneer of the valley and then advertised them as their own product yet daring during the past few rears years there have not been enoah enough peaches aches produced for our own local PC use why we let the orchards die the out did not rot pay perhaps not note twenty years ago ten years ago or even nag five years apo irv I 1 transportation facilities were not the lame then now we have all the ad vantages of being on a railroad and none of the disadvantage what about g grapes rapes there was alime a time when our product waa was noted but they then raised everything rise else but money for the producer the tle writer has teen een a tingle single cluster of white muscat grapes grown in this valley taut that more tw fifty pounds bad had the old pies beaten to a frazzle the writer last month february shipped to the th state of maine a box of bite muscat grapes raised by F A manville and they arrived there in fine shape just as veil well have tona tons of then them going out of here every fall and winter the edurn checks would look aty mighty good to a whole lot of people who are granting about hard times the soil 01 ol is here yet the climate also many california CalifornI 4 jany thought ought their industry a dead one when hen the national prohibition law went into effect and prevented the further manufacture of wine now they set get four times as roach much for their crapes grapes as when they made wine and there is 13 no limit to tar the market moab valley has his an earlier and longer season than any spot between california and kansas the great gnat intermountain country people pie an art ar anxious sigus to grab anything we have bave to offe offer r in the fruit production line all we have to d do 0 Is to let them know we have it we read about prosperity rios te in california why is ft itt their people advertise their products every section has a specialty just notice the timond walnut and lemon grape grap e prune and raisin advertisements in the leading magazine sand they sell cht in our own market this valley can produce tomatoes from fram three to five weeks ab ahead ead of an any other place in the intermountain section and can C cash ash in on that op port artun unity ty at f from rom ten to fifteen cents centi a pound bo be with peaches apricots and especially I 1 copes crape sand and grapes Is the spec specialty ty that this valley should cash in on the land that each year runs to weeds if oat put into grapes and with the moab grape producers as to promote and market raar icet them woold would net this valley fron from twenty five to fifty thousand dollars a year the market is awaiting us in the utah and colorado mining camps at grand junction salt lake city in fact the entire intermountain region rc ilon we have roads now that the arc present and future generations pay for why not make use of mem pay the bill and at the same time give employment to the resident residents of the valley t the present industry of 0 livestock Is not going to do it ah all certainly every business interest depends pe nd s on the returns from production of the soil in some omie form forris every head jofs of a family wants a better future fo for hia his children why not turn the op 01 1 tic at ot oud into jacl a uses wt I 1 |
