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Show THE TOOELE TIMES I ontuioed from hm-, have been dcs gnated under the enlat gtd hoimstiad act and people ue now IU eking heie trum all parti m the United States -- Tooele county's soil is unsurpassed by that of any county. It ranges from a sandy loam to a dark rich loam, with desirable subsoil for the conservation and retention of moisture. Ideal sandy loam for fruit culture may be found in Tooele and Skull Valleys and in smaller tracts in all parts of the county. Rush Valley is chiefly dark loam, with day subsoil, being ideal for dry farming. Many are the beautiful mountain streams that come bubbling down to the ranches below. And I believe I am conservative in saving that if our waters were properly stored, we could irrigate five times the amount now irrigated. Yes, much more than that. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of rich land that will some day be irrigated, and produce rich ha vests of fruit and grain and sugar and ot her crops. There are numerous opportunities tor capital in reclamation projects of different dimensions. Tooele has three mountain sterams that if stoied in Stock Raising. To ele c( anty with good In Deep Creek valley there are natural reesivoir sites wU.h enormous capacity, and the waters that now flow out to the desert are sufficient to irrigate thousands of acies of the rich land bordering the de-e- rt on the west side. I wonder that this project has not long since been completed. ' , tilt V7 ! : o all 3'i,0u0 head of si eep, pra 'ticall i t which win eied on the public range m go, d condition This number of be range stc k wdl undoubted!1.' to ftom decreased year year dually as tile I mils an1 being shaped Into , feet. There is water enough in Rush lake to irrigate half of Tooele valley which tould he nude available by about one mile or less of tunnel through easy ground In ad lition to all this water of Tooele valley has excellent aitesiau wells. Rush valley has some. 4ilTrv T1 one-lourt- h A. v rw ft. -- pi i ous funis ctowil.ng out the wandenng sheplmd and he cowboy M my fin id the wild west and co-- t lv stallions and bulls of various breeds been impoiteil into the have nullify and the stand ml of our livestock is being rapidly laised. Methods of lat tiling are being brought to con-torto (he age and the people mo just awakening to the opportunities that sunound them P .4 , hrr-e-- ., cittle and sheep and vast herds ot enli hive named its publU lor yens During the year l'ml-itime wire in the county on the public ranges api roxim itly 4,000 heal cf horses, 10 non head cf cittle, and times when not used advantageously would moie than double the acreage now irrigated. There are now about 13,000 acres irrigated by these three streams. Grantsville has about the same amount of water, but irrigates much more land on account of the deference in soil. Clover creek, Ophit- - creek and VerIn addition to these cieeks there non creek offer opportunities for conservation with choice lands available are numetous springs and streams that have been developed from tunfor irrigation in Rush valley. The stream that flows from the nels. Barlow creek, Spring creek, Hickman creek. Browns creek and other Honenne tunnel at Stotkton amounts, streams in Skull valley offer like op- I pm informed, to about four second portunities. his tern greitly rmges for 7ilAz r. nrrrc Breaking Ground at Vernon ift 3 o- - Mining. Millions have been akon owl Toot lo county's mines, and yet looms scarcely silver, lead, zinc, copper and iton are found in quantiiio.--, in almost all parts of the county Mercur alone has produced millions hr gold from its one mine Oplur has been a lively silver lead camp ever since the sixties. Stockton lias produced great wealth in silver and lead and made many roll Dry Canyon is lamous for its rich sil gi.umd TOOELE SCHOOL HOUSE Gold, Touch s tmit lands have no super-i- west side of the desert, where the Skull valley has them wherever they have tried for them. There a v beau- lor, nor ihe (lunate surpassed for waters from Deep Cieek flow on to tiful flows at Deep Creek and various the pi eduction of peaches, ipricots, the desert, Mr. Krickson has the cf laising almost anything parts of the west end of the county, gr.ips.', prunes, plums, apples, pears, and oneteiith cf the county has not hei n s straw beriies and all small he wants. His apples, recently, took been prospected for water. tui s in iy) when the frosts took first pri.e at the state fair. the fruit m Brigham, Ogden, Provo There are in the county, upwards Agriculture. and even as tar ssituh as Millard coun- of one and a half million acres of Agriculture is the principal industry land that can be cultivated t. advan- ver. of the county, and any one can see ty, Tocnle had a bounteous crop. fiuit lands ai Grand Junction, tage, that Is open to entrv, some is Many pnpertiis near Tooele are that that is in its infancy. Immense The choice loca showing up splendid values Nearly almost Bnghiin, or Provo Bench is now held still crops of wheat are taised s every year on the dry farms, the yield for ile at trim tour to ten times the ions are being taken very rapidly. every Butte or mound in the desert being from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. price asked fo" the choice fruit land During the month of Fchtuaiy, theie cmies valuis of no mem ih gree. were about twelve thousand aerts The wheat acreage is being just about at Tooele. ( onlinnod on ago 1. Fruit raising has never developed taken up in the county. Whole town- doubled every year, and it will only he a short time until large elevators into an industry in Tooele county. The will be seen along tho lines of rail- tres-- , were simply planted and allowroad now' has. I knowr of one man in ed to grow wild without pruning, Rush valley who reaped four succes- spia.vmg or culture to speak of. Nohis twithstanding these facts, I saw' peachsive crops of wh at from one season that measured 14 but with sowing, es la-- t dry farm and none of them loss than 13 inches in circumference. What can bushels per acie and as high as 40 be done with proper methods can only five good be guessed at. Then1 are other f uit bushels. Another raised one hut of with crops rye sowing. Of lands in teh county that cannot be surcourse this is not scientific dry farm- passed that can almost be had for the 1 further mention the tact ing, hut shows the tesources of the taking. soil. that Tooele has a gensing garden that Other dry farm crops that are lais-e- is in its third year and promises much. , successfully are, barley, coin, Much hay is taised Ibiougliout the potatoes, melons, all alf.i seed and various others. county and ted to the cattle and herds. The state conducted an experiment Much is sold to the local market at station in Tooele valley tor several from $S.OO to $20.00 per ton. The Deep years, and statistics of the results Creek valley is notd for its crops of may be had by applying to the Agr- hay and oats icultural college of Utah. At the Last Chance ranch on the s n 4 THE DR. F. M. DAVIS PRIVATE HOSPITAL, LOWER CORRIDOR FROM THE FRONT. UPPER AND LOWER CORRIDOR LOCKING TOWARDS THE FRONT The building of the smelter in Pine Canyon by the International Smelting & Refining Co. has brought about many changes and improvements to Tocele City, among the most substantial and permanent is the Dr. F. M. Davis Private Hospital; a beautiful cemen-blocbuilding of twenty rooms, with all the latest improvements and appliances used in the modern Hospitals. It is located on South Main street in the most beautiful section of Tooele City, surrounded by shade trees, vines and arbors. Two blocks freer, the Tooele Valley R. R. and one-haIn this Hospital every patient has a private room, no wards. Competent Physicians, Surgeons and Nurses always in attendance, DR. F. M. DAVIS, Supt. te lf A PRIVATE ROOM, 12x14 ft. All the rcninis arc cm this plan, all the same M.e. of the snatched DINING ROOM, 18x20 |