Show WILL BE BIG PROGRESS gen traffic mgr wann predicts U utah t a h will be one of the richest states of the union los angeles cal jan 13 I 1 firmly believe that within five after the panama canal is opened the population of our state will be doubled and in time will bo be one otte of the tile richest states of the tile union 11 this is the prophecy of F A wann general traffic manager of the salt lake raili railroad rai hoad oad in speaking of the problem of immigration in connection with the opening of the canal moreover mr wann further be believes that the interior of the great southwest stretching back into nevada utah and other states within a few scars cars will become a region of fertile f firms arms instead of barren desert producing great crops iio ile continued As a result of the ii work ork done by the state of utah in experiment stations hundreds of thouc th ands of acres winch which heretofore have baic been used for range purposes and could not find a purchaser at 12 1 25 5 an acre can now raise from thirty to thirty five bushels of wheat to the aero acre there have been organized and under development companies promoting irrigation along the line of the salt galt lake railroad which in will reclaim nearly half a million acrea in washington iron beaver millard and utah counties one hundred thousand acrea acres of tins this now non ready for tho the settlers sitt lers is 18 being daily populated by the influx of till lers leis of the soil looking for good and cheap lands A little more than a year near ago the united states land office opened acres for entry and on january lof tim acar car 2000 entries had been made on acres this leaves aerts u still open and as qoon as the surveys are completed there will vall be several million acres additional available although it is hardly known to the outside world Kout bern utah and eastern nevada contain a section of semi tropical country formed bv the rapid fall in elevation to the south and west of the nm rim forming the original basin of lake bonneville the present great salt lake the semi tropic arrangement of utah and nevada neada will rival even eon the lands of southern california in the production of everything save citrus huits the tile development of this section is 19 but just begun and with proper cons conge cration ration of tile water which flows through the area hundreds of thOU thousands of acres alres now non valueless will be brought to a condi C where they u will ill support an 1113 immense agricultural il and tural population |