| Show J ij j Pleasant Grove rove Beautiful Home City of af Utah a County I rANY ANY Y cities of tho west have havo MA moro more commercial actiVity many man have havo more varied re resources resource resources sources source but when one con considers siders Iders the happiness of 01 the home tho the beauty of environment and the tho unity of public Interest and support few fow places In Utah and In fact the whole west can vie with beautiful Pleasant Grove Utah county Nestling close clos to tho th foot of or Mt Jt the thel l loftiest peak In tie atch range Its Hs proud pIo d summit rising t 4 feet above the city and 1 feet above aboc tho the level of or the sea Iea Ca being t within a mile or so of M Utah Ut uta lake the theE E largest larg t bony of water In III the i state Pleasant Grovo GroV Gro Is a city elt truly trul blessed by b nature and aud by b man mall I HISTORY OF CITY The Tho history of Pleasant Grove Is hi romantic and aUt Interesting W v H Adams Jr the follow following ing illg account of ot It ItIn ItIn In ln the summer of 1850 Daniel H Hells Hells Wells ells and Lewis ii sent some Borne t stock stoel to Pleasant Pleasont Grove Grovo for or 01 grazing I purposes which were herded a ir 1 1 tion of that summer by h Calvin Moore and Orlando Herron bota beti of whom returned to Salt Sail Lake Lale City elt In tho autumn In the month of July 1860 William llIam H Adams Philo Farnsworth and John Mercer left Salt Lake Lahe City I for the tile south spending some SOnIC tim looking over prospects at Lehl Lehi and American For orl neither of or which seemed to suit SOIL their particular pur purpose purpose Jur pose so 50 they the came caine to Pleasant Grove Grovo und and nd pitched their camp by h a beautiful ful cottonwood grove of tine line tall tail trees that grew where the southeast part of or the city now Is On the lath day da of July they the began staking out outland outland outland land around and near by b I tho the present pre ent site of the tite San Pedro depot remain remaining remaining remainIng ing for or several days la In making inching pre preparations preparations for their thelt future homes be before foro fore returning fo o Salt Lake lale City CIt In the latter part of September of that year rear George Gcorge Clark Clarl John Holman Lewis Harvey Hare and anti a n few other othel femi families lies moved from front Salt Lake Lalo and und con constructed constructed a few rew log cabins on the west westside t side of o tho time grove previously mentioned at which point they tho spent spOilt time the winter I In n October of or the tile same year ear W H II Ht t Adams and John Banks moved moed their families from Salt Sail Lake City and amI Joined the tho little camp it being then late In the time fall fail and extremely cold They The set their two wagon hoses on some seine blocks of wood woo near neal the time houses and nn wintered in them During tho the severe winter that followed they the all took their running gears and hauled logs from the canyons with which to 4 build houses on tile the land they the had chosen and as there were vero many loony line fine cedars In what is Js now known as VIII In yard a short shon distance south of here they hauled haule ninny man hundred cedar I posts with which to make fences These posts Josts were placed In large piles pile and amI by b the spring of I the thc bark 4 had nil all rotted rotte from them A curious t providence resulted from the placing I of or this thil pile of cedars near the tho camp campin in the thc spring of the vegetation of the tile entire neighborhood nei was IVOS so 0 1 erten up tip by h grasshoppers gral and crickets that the tile Inhabitants of the camp amp had I to resort to roots and thistles and f other foi bidding kinds of vegetation for something to cat eat The pile of I cedar cc ar bark had so enriched tile the ground round upon lIpon which It ii was placed that a I great quantity of or mushrooms mu sprang up during arduous times and tile the people made It a custom to gather them from rom this tills place every morning for a long time thus preventing star starvation I catIon which was as so imminent Just I I then Tl ere are ae five person persons hIr r Pleasant Grove who silo were members of the first party Mrs Harvey Harve Mrs Nancy Nanc Holman William II H Adams Jr Franklin C Banks and John A Adams Most of or the early carl residents of or Pleasant Plea ant Grove made macl 4 their iRonIes homes in this tills most delightful little city ell and reared large representatives of or whom constitute the leading citizens of the place to today toda toU U day da daIn dayI In the tile numbers of the utile I band had hall so increased that a municipal pal government was deemed advis advisable advisable able A charter was therefore se secured secured secured cured from the territorial legislature and the Pleasant Grove Grovo at the tile foot fool of Mt It became Pleasant Grove city Henson SO Walker one of I the pioneers IO who entered nt lk Salt Lake LakeI a I valley valle on the memorable of July I I i i z tze I 1 i I d 2 p I L aE HIGH SCHOOl POWER PIPE LINE L D S TABERNACLE 4 V B B hU I las elected t I mayor I which office c he j tilled hued with honor for eight successive years catS Duncan Shadrach F Driggs ss William m J 1 and Elijah ila wore were chosen choson as its aldermen and John G C Lewis Harvey Sam Samuel uel S Willie White William S Seeley Na Nathan Nathan than Ihan William G Sterrett John JohnG G Wheeler heeler Lewis and Wil William 11 liam hans F 1 Reynolds Rc as councilors FINE WATER ArEn W SYSTEM During recent years Pleasant Grove Groe has been heon fast ast assuming a i metropolitan I nil air She Sho has l been eon combining the tho con coh conveniences c h hI I of the city with tho the pleasures of tho the country Her and her I residences are arc well weIl lighted lI with elec electricity ciccI I tricky and amId an being a joint stockholder with other cities rho hc practically owns I her own light and power P oc l plant She SheI han lias also niso a system of or waterworks that I are at once the pride of her Inhabitants Inhabitant i and envy en of or her het neighbors the pipe pille pipelines I lines of which extending to nearly every every I residence resilience havo a total length of oC about I 10 miles Though Thou h this tills system cost tho the city I about the thc fact that it Is fed ell I Ib I by b the tho pure waters of Battle Creek Creele I canyon which have hae their origin in the glaciers of Mount so 10 well veit I repay the tIle people for the expenditure of or their money mone that everybody considers tho tIm Investment a most profitable one Therefore the Pleasant Grove of till tho future will be bo a most suitable dwelling place for those who desIre health I wealth and prosperity Town properly property I is cheap und nail no more ideal residence city can be found on the tue face ace of or th earth There are facilities to accommodate ac om twice the tho present population ABUNDANT CROPS outside of the tile city proper propel are arc fertile field fields which extend from tho the base baso of the tile mountain to tho the shores of Utah lake No more moro productive pro soil I Ican can be 1 e found Agriculture In its varied I forms returns to the tile husbandman abundant crops for or his ills toll toil tollAs tollAs As high as 45 15 bushels of wheat can canie be ie on the tile dry r farms near Pleas Picas Pleasant Pleasant ant Grove Groe and 99 93 tons tons of or sugar beets beats have Been grown on three acres aCles of or ground 1 I IOn On the low lands lauds dairying Is carried on oil very vel profitably Thousands of gal gallons gallons lons Ions of milk and cream are arc shipped an annually annual nual There Is no crop emp that cannot be produced on tho the soil THE FRUIT INDUSTRY As S to the tile importance and extent of or orthe the Pleasant Grove fruit belt there is possibly no ono better Informed than Deputy Horticulture Inspector N T I 1 Fenton Mr r Fenton recently said saW There Is no better peach belt in the United States than the live five miles allIes of bench land from rom the tile mouth of Ameri Amen American can Fork canyon can on to Dry Dr canyon Tills This Is a broad statement to make in the tile face of facts concerning vast areas of fruit lands with every variety varlet of or cli climatic climatic matic matie advantages due duo to altitude r slopes slope etc ete but as Mr 1 tr Fenton Ponton is a fruit grower grOel of wide experience nail and anda naila a man mun who tulles talks from Information he hei i very vel likely speaks tho tile truth It Is In Ini i of flavor and color that the tue i Pleasant Grove roc peach pea h bolt belt excels Tho Tue I altitude is Just right the tho fine fino gravelly i soil wll tho warm southwesterly southwester slopes all allI I combine In an Ideal environment to 10 toI I produce a perfect peach I As an all Indication of tile the magnitude of or tho the fruit industry at Pleasant Grove Grovo I tho the following Item which appeared In Inthe InI intile I the tile Pleasant Grove News of Nov No 12 2 is well veli worth consideration According to the report of Agent J JR JR JR R of the tile Salt Lake Route I the tile total freight handled in and out of Pleasant Grovo Grove for or the month of October was pounds Up to lo lothe I the present this tills year ear cars have been loaded out of this station and received The carago out would woul have been he en greater greaten If the exceptional had not killed somo of the fruit Last year yeat Ii cars of fruit were WOlO shipped out 01 it i The shipping Is rapidly growing larger making Pleasant Grovo one of the tile im till Important stations on the system IDEAL ORCHARD SITES I Situated ted as It Is on tho western vestern slope of the tile Wasatch range on tile the eastern side of or the tile Utah valley vallo Pleasant Pheasant Grovo Grove is splendidly equipped for the production then tion of all kinds of fruit that can be beI raised in iii tile the central and northern part partI I of tho the state ta t ti soil composed largely largel of decomposed decomposed posed limestone and vegetable matter mattur Is Ideal for the production of or fruit fruitrich fruitrich fruitrich rich in and beautiful in color colorNo colorNo colorNo No other section in the tile state can sur sun surpass pass this in tho tile excellence and delicious of Its fruits Lying close against the mountains mountain It Itis ItIs itIs is protected from the cold winds Re lie Remarkably free from lato late and ana early carly I I frosts frost Many Ian years in the past tha the fruit growers harvest abundant crops crop when kilted killed In other otiler parts of or tho the val Voll valley ley lc This fact alone alono makes It a very yeb desirable d location for fI tho the fruit grower There Is at present about 2500 2600 acre aCre planted In iii peaches apples cherries pears prunes apricots grapes and hem ber berries ries rles Several hundred acres of or this tills amount having been planted In th the last kit two years The largest single tract r re recently c planted is that owned and oper open operated operated by b a company consisting of Dr John Jolla A Vl tsoo and X Dr r E D Ball president and director of the tile Agricultural Agricultural tural college and Prof Homer of or tho thu B Y university and consists of or oo acres It Is safe ae to say sa that this tiliS seasons crop properly marketed would have ha VI amounted amoun ted to Pears Pairs do remarkably well veil hero The Tho peal pear orchards s are arc thus far free ICO from the tile pear blight which has hns almost en entirely tirel destroyed ed this industry in other oth r parts of the tile state The Tile yields Ields are arc Im un Immense Immense mense Hon J D Wadley adle who Is the tile largest larlest Bartlett pear peal producer In Inthis Inthis this tills section has ilas harvested 1000 IO O bushels per acre the tho present season seMon John R RIchens another large pear p ar grower rowel received over 1600 for his Ills crop from rom real four foul acres A good sized volume might aught easily be he written concerning the tile opportunities i offered tho the fruit ruit and vegetable grower grOCI in Utah county and still leave heave plenty of facts unstated In Ill a ii brief newspaper article this I subject can Cnn not be bo oven even generally gen skim skimmed I med mcd me because there thero Is so much to it the inducements offered the tile grower growel are ala areso areso so many man and so tempting and the needs of tile the country countr so great that It seems scorns Incredible that tiey tIe should ex cx exist exIst 1st at this late lato day da after aCter tho tIle opportunities opportunities of ot tho the stat have been so long heralded to tho tile world There Thele is a heavy demand domand for all sorts of fruit and berries at what appear to be good prices for canning So far Car however the tile demand has been so much greater than tho supply that a single small cannery canner has 1105 ha boon unable le to ob obtain tain tam enough raw material to keep ke p busy more than about three months out of the year Berry raising r Is becoming g also l n a profitable le branch l of r tile the fruit Industry In tl each zeal year eal sees larger largel additions to tho already extensive e acreage and good returns are arc realized The Tile net act proceeds usually amount nt to from to per acre STRAWBERRIES PAY One man to cite an example raised strawberries on two acres of ground last year and am received net to the thu of COO The average net profit per p r acre from tomatoes is s given at 25 by J N Knight of tile the Garden City CHy cannery canner and this tillS as Is well weB known can be bg bevery bevely very vely greatly gt Increased by selling the tho early earl product to tIle the local market be tie before fore foro the tue regular canning season opens open Asparagus Is another vegetable which would find a ready and profit profitable profitable able market markot hero heio and of which there i Is practically none at all nil raised There is also a n demand for string beans enns which find a ready read sale at 3 cents edIts shipped or 1 14 as its they the are picked Tho Tile fruit industry has many man advant advantages advantages ages over the tue raising of or sugar beets beet not ilot the least of or which is duo due to the tho fact that tile the grower picks and mar markets markets Ills his CrOp cr p when it Is ripe and is then done with Tho The beet grower on un tho tile other hand must dig his lils crop when the representative of or the factory gives tile tho word tuna and when that Is III done should tho tue factory not be ready to le te ceh it Il which generally moms extra work and expense ex which of or courso cou o reduces the growers profits in the tile net APPLE GROWING W y M r 1 Roylance than whom there thero Is no better qualified person penion In the state to voice an opinion regarding the tile possibilities of o the time future In tho the mat matter matter mattar ter tar of fruit raising in Utah county gives It as his ills belief that Utah is des dei destined tined tilled eventually to drive the tile eastern and eastern apple grower glower out of or the tile market by 1 raising more mono and bet better better ter apples than the UH older country can supply Two cars which Mr Ro lanco ship I ped pod from his ilis own olIn orchard loaded with I Jonathan all apples went direct to the tho Boston market marlet which every ever fruit ship shipper per in the time land knows knovs to be the tho most technical market In tile the world orld brought and per box which means a anet anet anet net production of or 1200 per acre from froman an orchard The Tile leading varieties of Utah apples are nto Jonathan Wine Sap and Roman RomanI I Beauty which outrank the Hood River and Washington varieties and bring bringan an eQUal price The Tile 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