Show VERY RICH COUNTRY the worth of dixie set forth in the national copper banks letier railroad needed E ahe national copper bank of salt lake city is publishing a monthly trado and finance and considerable part of the no ember letter 18 devoted to dixie the letter will be ecat on request to any address without charge and correspondence la invited concerning any that portion of tho nov letter referring to dixie follows ever since bangham young dirac i bcd the settlement of tint portion of utah of the run of alie great basin and the growing of cotton was it has been called dixie alie traveler into that region does not have to stretch his imagination greatly to liken the country to alie great Southland 1 of our nation the dixie land of song and stor the boundaries of daic are a little vague but at least they include the alley of the rio virgin and its tributaries tributa ries which drain all of washington county and along which are scattered the villages of virgin cit la verkin hurricane washington Toque rulle leeds santa clara and st gerge about acres abc embraced in ting county washington county lies directly north of that vast of country known as the arizona strip which extends from the pana river on the cast westward into nevada and from the st george country on the north to the brink of the grand canyon of the colorado and which affords a splendid range for the stockman of dixie A visit to dixie at this season is a delight roses and kahlias dahlias are in full bloom and alio fifth cutting of alfalfa has been gathered into the well filled barab the mildness of the winters and alie beauty of scenery will nuke dixie a epry popular winter resort cheh the journey to it is made easy by a railroad A fine grade of cotton is grow n and corn is harvested of a quality and acreage production that would satisfy an illinois or iowa farmer grapes of many varieties are grown in abundance and of a flu or that lias for v ear past reflected itself in the excellence of dixie wine at one of alie irrigation congresses didies grape display contained double alie number of varieties show n by california peaches arc grown easily and with a color and flavor that once compelled so great an authority aa burbank to say that he had never seen their equal grapes melons figa manghes mangoes man goes ates berries of all kinds and raisins and apricots in particular aie agnen an unexcelled quality by alie peculiarly bountiful soil and climate of dixie almonds alid english walnuts are just now finding their way to the markets garden products such as asparagus onions lettuce and cabbage arc gronn with like success with railroad ties dixie vegetables could be shipped to salt lake city and other markets so early as to out competition from california and other points alie district would then also exceptional opportunities tuni ties to the for poultry and agga could be placed on the salt lake city and northern markets in the rio virgin can be made to irrigate a large proportion of alna region and alien that is done we diac liac in alie intermountain etnere a district that will anal southern california and florida ir alic quantity as well as alio quality of ita products while in alic excellence of its climate it surpasses important pio justs are already anler way others abc donned and will be begun as boon as a railroad is alic altitude is low frosts seldom menace and the soil is wonderfully fertile in the highlands of the country to the north anaw t the more fruits ind grains aro successfully grown bogli irrigation and dry farming methods are employed the latter coming into asp within cry recent years A state experiment station is maintained at enterprise ter prise for alie scientific study of and farming problems and high yields arc being obtained A the adaptability of the lind in eliat region to and fanning has been entirely proven stock raising early occupied alie attention of alic settlers and it is today one of the leading industries on account of alie giant distance rom m and alie lack of good roads leading out of the alloy of ho virgin few products pio ducts other than have ever found their way 0 the rails and into the cinns fruits such as raisins and that can he deed and packed as well as nuts and sorghum molasses arc 1 at top prices but sheep and cattle are mainly de upon to bring money into axie the products of the oil arc consumed at home in man parts of dixie and generally south of the run of the great basin ittle coin or currance cur ranc is found ob igat ions aro pud in produce and are pui chased with butter aggs and gum the mining day 3 of washington counte are well known to all utahna twelve million dolors were out of the district in the seventies following the astonishing discovery of silver bearing sandstone near leeds the silver reef bield rd four million dollan in en million pounds of copper have been taken from the dixie mines in tho district while the alack warrior in the feame district the paymaster lias produced several thousand tons of ore the higher grade of ore las been taken and deposits of lower finde all through this district are awaiting alie coming of a railroad gold balver copper lead and iron are found in bull valley gypsum occurs in several places a sennan th coal is found near new and good beds of cannel coal have been exposed along the fork of the rio virgin asphaltum and oil must bo added to the list it bo forgotten either hat south of the utah line on tho plateau stand six billion feet of lumber potential wealth waiting to bo made real by the arrival of a railroad alio railroad is alic one thing aching it is tho reason vvhs tins unique legion has not kept pice with or even surpassed tho of the rest of the railroads and state roads through the difficult ampro illies must alx lx had to secure easy communication with this sunny southland yet in spite of alie difficulties now existing the pioneer have bravely their way tor ward and have proven for thereat of us what can be done in dixie their seems about to bo rewarded tho state crews of road builders will work all winter in washington county there is good to that may come in the near future the sin pedro los angeles and salt like railway has within comparatively recent cars completed its main line approaching dixie at modem and is no doubt fully cognizant of the wealth locked up in washington county and ita complement iron county within are tona of iron ore from which iron can be produced and aud dow n on the more chaap ly than from any other known district one cannot speak of daie without a word about the wonderful scenery of the and canom of the rio virgin tho former has been bet apart by president taft as a national monument these tremendous canoni and tho wonderful temples and towers of the valley of the virgin for artist and author subjects that are unsurpassed on this continent the sight seers of the world will some day travel far to view their magnificence the mineral and oils and alie incomparable climate and soil of dixie with the facts thit the asiatic and pacific markets are ad ancog more glnn any other and that this district ia oab 00 miles aiom the deep batir of san padro assure for the iron and coil district of southern utah and its great market girdon to alio south a future that is beyond computation |