| Show c J JI I R I in if le I d I r be Tit I n I e 0 Met r 0 poll Ii IiI S of the westside we t of tho sunn y 0 V ll lies Rl tho metropolis merol IlS of the on ii i to the tho 1101 st edn il mi i cut t an fringed with wI beautiful t trees trec it pro pre pres o to th tho seats s nt a 11 splendid appearance l eO of tho traveler I Tho history hi tor of lol l has hils beo 1 i OI of j li and struggle Fn Far hack back ih Present I i lt silo of th was wal forbidding to th tho their oxen who wh first royo into the tIlo valley Hostile H sUlo savages roam cd 01 everywhere evo frightening tho th wear 1 fettler Brigham Young with Ills his well w l known foresight saw sav tho advantages with h tho valle vallens and lie l somo o othe of ns provided J r fifed l o the pioneers of oJ vall Y to FO ro ti lo Ilia thu valloy of the Sevier Nelson Heg Heggins He HeIns gins Ins Andrew James Glen Hans JIan 0 Hanson Hansen C CO Co Gc Smith O Hanson nt Judge nt II str felson the tho men win responded d 10 to the call and sot Jot up their theli cabins In the tho nc noV v region Strong sturdy pioneers with tho spirit of th the West V t burning with within J in they commenced the work worl of wresting ng tho Ufe wealth from the tho soil which was awaiting them themI I During tho years eal 1865 and 1861 the troublesome trou am and tho settlers withdrew Into conditions won such u ablo to with In 1874 1814 the valley valle had become sc so sowell well settled that in there thero wore wor over a 0 hundred hun red FIRST IRRIGATION CANAL CArAL One ot t the tho first things tho earl settlers did dd was to construct a 11 canal tho ditch reaching completion In lu Justa 11 o r tho pioneers hud had hudt t abandon their homo on account of the th Indians lans N M Peterson Peler on was the of the tho project his only in instrument strument ment consisting con ot of a 0 tin pipe ana anO cs partly filled with water Wilter William Anderson is credited with being tho first storekeeper in the tho settlement though his stock of goods only of actual necessities nece I ch as a II few fow groceries and dry goods For Fo years the nearest flour mill was wasat at Mantl The Tho Richfield Coop became the tho lending leading business establishment From so O humble a beginning has J resen ono of ot tho most aggressive a I cities of the tho state Indeed Richfield Is In many ways Va s both an inspiration i and an example EDUCATIONAL CENTER As Ks an educational center It has no superior south of Provo Its two largo large school buildings offer splendid advantages advantages JO to the th children of the tho citizens to a 11 good working knowledge of tha tho branches ta fht In the tho common schools l while tha th High school Is second tonono In tho state Sixteen teachers arc employed with Earl Thompson as principal and Professor Jensen In Ini charge of the High school Tho he Richfield Electric Light Power i company owns and operates operate II a 11 steam plant and a water power plant at Glen Glenwood wood wo d six miles valley ain am amplo f plo power r lighting and power s Brown is b Indus i rles of c J 1 J m house It wl Ich Js s tuto I amusement during the tho win winter ter In to there are arc two tho Anona and J tho Star turl s are car carried tied ried on 1 i SEVERAL CHURCHES l aro ro in III Richfield ward meetinghouses and the tho hero regular services sen Ices aro held in ad I to which thoro Is a Presbyterian t fd a 11 Methodist Episcopal church i A largo spring the western 2 order Border of furnishes a splendid r of pure water w ter for f l the city and j there Is a splendid system of water which brings the tho spring water nio nt tho homes of t the people Land is and loto lole for building purposes can bo hud had at reasonable rates so that there is ample amplo t getting ettIng a homo hOle hero In the tho country with all of tho modern con conveniences conI I of the tho city cIly I just passed has not been for fOl extensive operations In tho building lino but several cot cottages cotI I and residences have havo been beon erected which all show the progressive spirit of citizens I NEW RESIDENCES I Tho most pretentious tow now residence I I is I J M Peterson It Is 15 by long longi i odds the tho finest home hoino in this part of the country It Is built of buff pressed brick with led sandstone foundation lon I and trimmings It Is two stories and andis andis is a 11 largo large roomy room home homeI Surrounding the tho front entrance Is la a am magnificent m veranda with a 0 cement floor on the tho lower story and a 11 broad I sweep of balcony leading from rom tho rooms upstairs The Tho interior Is colonial in finish and I design Tho coiling ceiling Is raftered and j beamed to resemble tho houses of a 11 j century ago and tho woodwork throughout is finished in natural grain It gives a 11 charming effect Oro I ROh o t Ill fir and oak are aro tho woods used in inthe InI the finishing and these the e are enhanced en I with the finish instead ot or I paint jA A new tithing office o has also Just justI 4 I been erected The building Is of Pressed pres ed brick with a ed red sand sandstone stone ilono foundation It will bo ono of at tho finest Church offices to be found in tho State Provision lias 1115 been beell mado for the stake clerk cl rl and stake presidents office bish bishops I ops office high council room receiving room two vaults a 11 collar which will willI contain e a modern heating plant Tho I cellar has a concrete and cement floor BO o that dampness will bo be excluded On tho second floor will bo be located loc t tho room The I edifice will be electrically lighted and equipped with a modern heating plant t and hot and cold water service Andrew Nelson elson has built a fine cot cottage I tage tago and Judge ster has made extensive improvements on his resi With fl 1 homes and building I Md is without doubt tho 4 city In Utah with inducement to entice the Indus I settler hero Streets broad and andi level shade trees and orchards pleas i ani l i the s ro coun country i try arid and af loyal pl pleasant class of z saK nl t esS arc arc am g its many at attractions ati i tractions ti tl ns I FISH HATCHERIES 1 Tho fish ry Industry nd t la In being open I on n tholand th land Jn n and t Q ii nt men of I Wonderful springs of I pure of the tho most I 1 the tho state tien t en bb y ar J ly Ii It Is I known IOWn Utah Uth Central Centra and at present has trout tr t The of ld Is no of f Ufa most mo t delightful d tf J inthe I entire yest The Tho Jale are mild and i when the part i rt of the state tato Is Enveloped ll in fog n d frost trost the il o sun I of r rI sw rm and I r PUBLIC SCHOOL hUH u U U y V the tho winter Iter days There Is IR but little snowfall III tho valley and tho roads are 1110 hard h and pleasant to over OCl nil all winter long Jong nA FACILITIES F Richfield ld linn ono one railroad a spur ot of the Denver Rio Grande which runs from Thistle Junction south through h tho te valley and the valley of the tho Unfortunately the tho city does d es not get g t tho service It merits for tor when overy over train brings In a 11 dozer traveling mon mem there thell must bo b some somo ac activity activity In the tho town For Instance there thero is a 11 crying need ne d of moro more room for switching This condition ot of affairs that tho railroad is not pro progressing gressing so rapidly as Ill Its patronage It has been suggested sug ested by somo that should set up an electric light plant l ot of Its It own out nut tho idea Is IH no ridiculed by men how ara alo competent to judge tho mutter matter that It la Is very ver likely ly I that those who have havo talked upon the tho now project will be silent hereafter Manifestly a now no plant t would bo a It o ot mismanagement such nt 1 would not readily bo ho overlooked 1 by u 11 future futuro generation OE Of course tho more competent members of the city cIt council steer clear of the tho Idea As a 11 of fact there tholO Is no available power site that could bo be utilized without an enor enormous expenditure o of money moncy THREE BIG CANALS There aro canals which traverse this valley alley running parallel to other and each furnishes hos u I stream o of water for fOl Irrigating a I long strip of country which is ot of variable ble breadth Tills This gives rise to of tho seepage which Is complained of as ruining tho lands lying lu In tho centor cent r of the Wo val valley valloy ley loy Many of ot the thoughtful farmers of ot this section have soon scan the folly of so fiO many waterways where ono could be ho homade made to do d tho work of all three J with less expense arid and loss loss of water wl el by evaporation and by seepage it has Ims been In tho minds of somo ot or tho far farseeing fars seeing s men that someday there thero would woul bo ti Ii consolidation eo lon of those tho e canals and that all 1111 the tho water for all the tho land oh each side of tho river would bo taken as high as possible on the bench and distributed by means mOl n of laterals to all the lands In the tho valley Tills This has been tho dream of some of tho conserva conservative tive farmers who see sea in the tho present system a prodigal waste wa to of water willeI Somo day it will bo realized The rho establish establishment mont ment of a I power plan will make it harder halder to accomplish but some day thero will bo a consolidation pf of tho ca co canal con nal n lI companies In this and tho water will bo sent sont through ono large canal to the tho farthest points in tho val valley ley Undoubtedly the tho best move tho city could make multo would bo to purchase o tho present electric plant at a 11 reasonable figuro for tor it is understood u thero has hall hallbe be been on more patriotism than th n profit In It from the tho very start SUGAR FACTORY NEEDED One of tho most mo t Important things un under dol consideration at Richfield today is tho construction o of a II sal factory Beet culture has passed through all at atthe the experimental stages in this valley allo and ind Is now conceded to be one eno of the tho most profitable crops crop which the farmer can an produce Every Eve year the acreage lias Increased and It will wll not require such a great amount of canvassing to lo secure a II guarantee of enough acreage lo to maintain a factory Just as ItS soon as this Is assured tho capital necessary for tOl the tho building of a 11 factory will bo be es established established In Richfield and It will yield moro more for the money mone Invested than would almost any other line ot of busi business business ness cure Conjoint meetings of tho different commercial clubs throughout tho val valley valle le ley have been held find and the tho matter has reached such a point that the building of a 11 factory factor seems Beams certain At pres present ent the factory at Lehl Is to use the beets as fast as they reach It from Utah and Sevier coun counties counties ties and this of course course makes maltes it necessary for tho farmers In Rich Richfield field to leave leavo their beets in plies piles on the fields until such tImo as tho fac factory factory tory can use uso them and tho railroad handle them This course results In much loss to the farmers It would require only double the present beet acreage hero to support a factory und and of course this could soon be bo contracted for This fall Richfield together with Glenwood loaded and an shipped cars of beets and tho half ha had not been shipped d that would bo ere the tho entire crop reached the tho sugar ugar factory It la wonderful the amount of beets that have been raised in this vicinity this year There Is an 1111 average ot of 27 tons of boots beets in each car This brings s the total amount ot of beets shipped up until Nov up to about tons The Tho beets bring 4 0 per ton on the cars It is estimated that there will willbe be b over ovel reach Richfield and Glenwood for tho seasons sea crop elop o of I beets This j is tho first year ear that real I Interest In boot raising has hM been mani manifested I In this vicinity This year ear I Richfield has a II little over acres planted and the yield will bo be about 16 tons per pur acre Of tho men mell engaged In tho beet cul culture culture ture Alexander Jensen heads tho list for fOl acreage Ho He had 21 acres this year and an enormous yield Ho har harvested vested sted from IS 18 to 20 tons per POl acre Other farmers have all aU had ful year and as IlS a result res lt there thero will willbe willbe be a It big demand for acreage ge the comIng com coming ing year Last spring thero was much hesitancy among Ilmo g the farmers to lo con contract tract ago but the success this year will probably result hi more beets being raised than the tho sugar company will caro to t try and handle There Th r Is no doubt that there will be from to to acres eles of land Jaud in this c over o er to culture before many seasons pass and by that time th there ro will be a sugar factory Then Tl en will real e l prosperity perch on tho ban banners ners of farmers of the tle county SHEEP INDUSTRY There lire are many other thriving in arid a d b ut Wheat d ald l much of f the attention of or tho farmers Some ot of the big rs are Frank Fronk Hepler r A Ki K Hanson s n So 10 and Hyrum ColbY At Glen thero are ir many sheep sh ri Wl erf The IThe o the th desert vi st f cIty a miles while j jin in the summer they Ule run on tho moun mountain tain forests preserves s near ne r The Th RI Old Commercial c club uli IliSt I I I I I j In hand 1 I tho i v encouraging I I of industries 1 I I In I t the tho city and I Is 5 a I gre C factor tor or ortho the tho betterment CITY crr OFFICIALS Ol i The present city elt officials bor C mayor 11 H D Young L 1 P Jensen Morton Molon Chrls n Win m Coone and A K Hanson council Tho school 1 consist t of H H Hays W H II Robinson and an Mrs Minnie Bean Inquiries concerning land values can be bo sent to the president of oC tho Com Commercial om mercial club nIJ or 01 to Jacob TI cob La real e agent Ilent Tho tho discontented the tired man manIn manIn In fuel fact any ono who desires happiness peace and prosperity mingled with ti II sweet life in thu tho midst of natural bell beau beauty ty should regard as the tho real realization of his the he land of op opportunity opportunity his Arcadia JAMES M PETERSON BANK B thriving city of THY contains no more solid business I establishment than limn the tho Tames James M 1 I Peterson bank ban It long l I as ono one of tho leading concerns of south southern southern ern Utah It was established In 1883 by James M 1 Peterson father of the present cashier a 11 leading citizen of or his The bank was incorporated St rol PETERSON Mi II Peterson Bunk Blink anil nm Secretary of Commercial Club In with a capital of James JamesM M Peterson the energetic und and capable young oung man whose photograph photo appears herewith has hall since that time been cashier The directors aro 1110 Asa As R It Haw Hawley ley le representative from Sevier county H II N Hayes es member of the state land Jand board John F P judge of the Sixth judicial district A K Hanson lIa lsen and director of Model Mo Mer Mercantile cantile company and H AV V director of Peoples Equitable The undivided It profits of tho bank now amount to though It has paid a 11 dividend of 16 per Gent since incorporation Incorporation 4 per cent Is paid on sav savings st stIngs ings deposits Tho rho business of the bank extends from flom SalIna on the tho north to Panguitch on tho south In fact it gets nearly nil all of tho patronage from the tho country In many It ItIs ItIs Is ono of tho strongest banks In the thesta state sta te RICHFIELD ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY PIE Electric Light and TIE 1 Power company compan comes before tho people of once oneo moro in a I short retrospective view of Its past four and a half haH years giving tho bo t service It could under stress s and op opposition position which few fow public utility com |
