| Show FLOCKS OF QUAIL IN MOAPA VALLEY Henry T McEwan Returns from Nevada Enthusiastic Over The Sport IT IS A HUNTERS PARADISE People leople Arc ro Now harvesting Garden Vegetables Preparatory or to Plant lug Ins Ill Crop Oil Operations Of the wonders of at Moapa valley valle for tor formerly formerly merly known as lIa Muddy udd valley time tho first one no heralded In Salt Lake was wa that It II would grow elx six crops of ot lucern a II year und and that spring crops were harvested har ted early In January Now No a IL new ono one bids for Cor Its lis share of ot public notice It Is that Moapa oPo valley 1 8 a quail hunters paradise The Tho people have sot let traps near their for tor them and thero there are always a n few tew on aim hand at nt each farm house ready for tor forthe tho the butcher haifa and waiting for tor a quail appetite The little fluffy uNy fI bird so no prized and so protected In most parts of ot America In Moapa Is U un an omen of at evil A few tew years ears ago tho tha th Salt Lake Lako Route Roule made Moapa valley Ie worth woith while willie after atter It had d lain undeveloped for years since Brigham Young Yount first sent colonies down downto to settle It Time Tim colonies thrived In prosperity but there was wait absolutely no market available n and It was waa that the railroad furnished Following the th coming of ot the railroad Irrigation projects were IN era worked up and canta cantaloupes loupes ioUpe Ipu es from tr tn Moapa valley came cam sud aud suddenly denly to have great reat value on tho the mar market market market ket on account of their delicious flavor and early earlyn appearance As the tho valleys market markot grow and ex expanded expanded Its lIs of ot tilled land kept pace and this ti lit what has haa spread tho the pest st of ot quails They seemed to s gt got t the time word on omm nil all tho tha ranges between the tho coast and the Wasatch ranges and they have hav Increased In the tho Moapa district until they have become b come a genuine nuis nuts nuisance nave ance Henry Hom T McEwan assistant cashier of ot the tho State Bank Dank ot of Utah has hus Just re cc returned turned from Moapa He went on a busi business ness trip but hut ho ins remained to hunt quail Time The birds he ho said li ld are VI thick and the tho people are arc HO so anxious to get rid of ot them that they treat Ireal the tha hunt hunters ors ers well assist asit them In every eVer prime way To fo get In in a days das hunting It wilL be necessary to drive about five fio miles from tho the railroad either up or down tins the valley Mr McEwan reported that he en encountered countered several parties of hunters and amid all nil had done well welt with thor ther gun tUn gunning gunning ning work 01 Tho The greatest difficulty he ha said sold Is with the tIme weeds and sun dowers The Tho land there Is III the tho rich richest est eat you OU ever eer saw sun und mind as nA soon soona as asa a crop in l cleared off weeds grow up In Its Hs place lilace with alarming rapidity When n tI quail la is dropped In these weeds It la is pretty hard to locate It without a II Rood good dog I would advise any Salt Snit Lake hunt hunters hunters ers ems to 0 take tako a dog along If It they go down for a days lI sport ort STANDARD OILS MOVE There Thoro are nrc other oilier now mien things timings than the abundance of at quail of ot Interest In that section One timing thing Mr Ir McEwan not notIced notIced noticed Iced was wait a party of ot well iveli drivers drivelS out outfitted outfItted fitted to cross time tile valley prospect prospectIng Ing lag for tor oil all Tho The Standard Oil com corn company lan pany had paid time the freight on this out ont outfit lit fit to and It Is II very ery probably a IL II Standard move to get gel into time tha new now oil fields neld of ot the southwest Time The people peo le there are ule now harvesting their crop of ot spring prinG vegetables pro pre preparatory to planting their summer crops Lettuce radishes and nil the tho garden gardell vegetables a lime o being hur vested and amid shipped right now declared ed Id Mr Tho Time temperature was C Cl 61 while I was there and 1 found It pleasant in iii my soy shirt sleeves nil time the time AM Al a II winter resort the tue valley has hns grout groat possibilities |
