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Show u THE PEOVO ItERAtD. FRIDAY, JUKE 3,1921. . Established 1885 ' H Valleys 'ontlnt " FACTS ABOUT. UTAH COUNTY. . -- 5 AJi ESimAmftah oniyje takes FIRST ..inougn th. mrhtfvtnrtfiSu. 1 place whtn it com., to aartcul- -; piiei in diversified scenic betauty; SECOND riHjr place In. population, FOURTH plcein .manufacture, an FOURTH ... . in mciai mining. ' .. Population. CO.OoO. Area ta acres, 1,263,000. V" .' , ' - '. yy 1 i. 1.1 1 1 f lj 11 a 1 1 - - r ;:LLv;LJ..v:!-m rr n. rrs ri vn r-T- 7 ff- -n . tiar?: Ar- n t yy-lj-j-r- 1. wiftte -- - . ares o) kee jie sir T"oui ai iinon great Snhabi &re sr i fcayi fur due ' - the- - s ' Ellzrards and cyclones arsrnknownT Tr '7'"""'" Open air work; may be performed every day In tbryear Utah County Is yet-t- o havener first case of , Utah County has a perfect network of Irriatiii rani. The assessed valuation of Utah County In 1920 waa irrfine over f ft nnn aha " vuwttfr- Utah Lake Is the second largest body of fresh w'ater west of the Mississippi. J. ; ' jL - The splendid' system of irrigatW originated to Utah and UtahCounty Is the besrirrtgated of aU counties game to other gai Vtuni sun-strok- e, - ' - :.. Thar -- t ' ' : . " : ..- i " The soils leads the world tn this respect.-OMM? Utah County are among thA.rifbat 4 h. f:ttCTturataeinoaa : will reUla - thelrciertUltrs Bx ol " : i In - ' - . N i I I I m- SSI . u 4 , H 1! ,n-k.iH That there are splendid opportunities Utah County for poultry raising is ampl exemplified la the fact thai last year there was mw aiB state ovet v"n-aiUloa 4ollare-- f and poultry 4 products. As stated elsewhere In this lsaue this poultry ideal for 1 locality the successful carrying ou of thla.business. Experts tell ns that the neachea rt rtnh .J "Jm .m . condition. Jooger.than- those f any other section of the United States WTieat grown on dry lands in Utah County is shipped la large qiwouuM ro many other states to mix with aofter wheat growa : there, that making better flour.' '.' ir- The ComffierctatltthrdTeTariouTilr County through their officers will furnish those in search of land or business opportunities with full and reliable information petiuiug w any oi tneit respectlTe communltlee In UtahjCountrwe: hare the molstore content f .nil the most important factor in crop production, under absolute control by our aystem of irrigation, bo the farmer if bf no means dependent , upon me ramiau.. - - UTAIL - SO "WE RESPECTFULLY - - ASKTHAT YOU WHITE, ali-- by- H - 1 .. GOODS, INOUR LINE. .r.....l citiw ka"pl r Utal iantag VllQX inter es an ianc,e WORLD'S LARGESTr MANUFACTURERS, AND BEST BASKETS MADE AT RIGHT PRICES. CAN-FURN- ISH neryi triva: beaut; every liighty TE bwca uds b dizrj ARSENATE OF LEADWHEN YOU BUY ARSENATE OF LEA.' FROM US YOU GET THE BEST- - MADE AND YOU DONT HAVE 1 ' WORRY ABOUT NOT GETTING RESULTS. - ver Jjisel lose C turner M -- fish Co wt whei you red. Uity-Jend- ic - -- Settlement of Utah County at located the pumping plant of The , Prove, 1849. Utah Lake Irrigation Company, whose iti the shadowt of tTange Restmf and maintained canals r of mighty mount&lnt whose beauty, claim a Test area of, hitherto unttir-abl- e land, and -- which extend north- and grandeur are' excelled by no oth- wara into salt Lake county. ers --whose iajtte knowjLWQj-llAnTo the east of these SDrinirs am Hi bulky battlements stand perpetual fuard against the ratages of storm pumps of th Salt Lake . canal con and tempest, lies Utah lake, the sec- panles, rated amonx the largest (a the ond largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi-rivetr v.yuu.vuv saiiuus per minute. This in itself should exemplify the Directly surrounding this lake, and sloping gradually to the mountains fact that Utah Count upon all sides are the fertile affd pro-- . with water for irrigation purposes, for lifio lands of Utah County. uui mono ages u supply its own de- S Down from the mountains cn the mands but in a great measure those IN'. past side of the lake flow streams of of its neighboring county as well. unoeuevame as u may seem there icy waters, imparting to the valley be- tow.xne moisture, necessary to the are large tracts of these valuable propogatloa of the Immense crops for' lands that remainn idle, and this too tn some of the best developed sections which this locality Is noted. Located at Intervals of about five of the county. .. miles along the east.shore .of tha- lake Thia.JiJlrue of -- aome-f the bench-land la a chain of prosperous towns, beginbetween the towns ning with Lehi on the north and fol- true as regards the lands lying close lowed respectively Fork, along the lake shore, which at present l'leasant Grove, Provo, Springville, are unarabls owing to their, water Spanish Fork, Payon and Santaquln, lodged condition. these in turn are flanked upon all Data however has already been se- l i sids by numerous settle i ents and cured by the government looking to- IIP BE-FOR- YOU BUY OR lt t ,y b SELL." fbette Kurro ot H E ' trJOi jThe p Jy am iable upon . VEGETABLES:. , , , . i)Ortui WE BUY AND SELL IN CARLOAD LOTS AND IN LESS THAN CAR LOTS BERRIES, CHERRIES, PEACHES, PEARS, APPLES, PRUNES, ETC LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES f irtt well-bui- - - . II II II . "II I ' " 4 . V , the- ich ii pst.ai POTATOES, ONIONS, CABBAGE, ETC, ARE HANDLED BY US EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR AND WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO BUY OR SELL. - 0 n - - Qcks i V i' jWe d (one f bme a Mng i m asi ay me ai . i the ieasui ho ai ftahTi tquaii .: y village9 ward wh03enn.ual-PatrQnage.Ja-- a, sthfi jeautil 8U or sit LL? -- V : v. establishment-o- f v ' tr the largeat with a population of over eleven thousand, while the others with the single exception . of Santaquin have populations in excess of. 2300, while the total population of the coun-- ' ty Is a trifle over 40,u00. Extending frora 4he base of - the inuuBtaiuB ua hih easi Biiure oi me lake are what are known as Provo and Manleton hpnehea. or masaa a the are sometimes called. Upon' ; these elevations are, located the, finest - fruit lands In the entire west. iu me buuiu m vue iuk utMS a "very- j which is perand. level fertile ...... . , .. . . . J country m . ii ' ... . II ' II : ' DO YOU WANT TO BUY d Wl Whil k tah tort a , Jtal ' ' i - - . WE I ANDLE ONLY- - THE BEST, . H potent factor to the growth and de- of dykes which will eventually raclalm ill. velopment ;of the larger communi-- : thousands of acres which as yet haw been only available for, pacture pur- ties..--,: " R( a - - ou !f-y- BUSIIEL BASKETSASK US FOR PRICES ON BUSHEL BASKET' WE REPRESENT THE PACKAGE SALES THi CORPORATION, fr.t. a - inifon 4r . .i rpa of only- - ANT TO BUY OR SEU YOU--W RJLLNDEE-USA'HENEVE- R rrl H . a - ment BUYI - iH - puces in toe united States that have more nfc.i?wraayr ot sunshine h i'taJuCennty. ;:L: w people of Utah were the first to Introduce' sugar beetailtare: flay? Th 4 . ng.' DAY FRUITSNDPJ10DUCE.XWITH ALL" THESE YEARS OF E.Pr;. ENCE WE FEEL THAT WE ARE BETTER PREPARED TO SERV YOU AND TO GIVE- YOU MORE RELIABLE MARKET INFORM TiON THAN ANY OTHER FIRM, DEALER OR ASSOCIATIQXI r . :. ErERY SINCE: 1885 WE HAVE BEEN AT Vj?RK . 1 1 trtal A very small Tiercentatn nf th innA'm of Utah County are as yet under cultivation ; teween 35 and 40 per cent aneventually will be lrrigatek--another 35 per cent may be farmed sue cessfully without Irrigation.; V showthatnnlv-'ft- lt toi-cent of the farms are over 175 acreg.J ,ni tJlat 35 per cent are over 60 acres and that a very considerable nnrtlnn f these are no( under a state of actual , cultivation. , 'vti , c There are 65 per cent of the farm ov iur cem unuer si acres, and 11 per cent under 10 acres; . . . AAwtntf rnnv ' . - " t iiappi knd o 1 Mor Keeping 'In Touch With Us! ; , kres iated rnme plants Itored I i Ihehe ! ll'"', . very side but the north and there by character of farming In this section the tempering influences of the lake. i of the intensive nature andlhat the! inis is me uosnen vaiiey nQ m il is ' uiouueru me raci uiai i 1nrt((l th town and fruit district of it i far more Drofitable tn umiwrit! l I - : ' ia';fLr I i I i ii i till m UbW ; KB' ii ii u l,i t UUUfllO' -- ; iha nresfint wrlt.inv' them la mnrh wairrerently handle a larger one. activity along the west shore of the i me sou m ail parts of the county . both deep and rich and capable of lake where pumping plants are being installed, and much land that has growing, in great quantities immense i, hitherto been untillabie la now being crops or cereals, vegetables and fruits. Outside of la reclaimed in this manner. . whfch That much of this land is capable yet In its infancy, we are entirely in1 of producing crops without irrigation dependent of that ?ament so essential $250.00 to 1330.00 per actn whn the is amply illustrated by the fact that to farmers of other localities, namely emaller fraifis pay in- equal propor .. hundreds of acres have been planted rainfall. tions. Our methods of irrigation vary-- from most' satisfactory re--. i to wheat with Another ei the vtst rescmrees which suits, and while' it will be but a short the privately owned artesian well, is Is which available in reached are of commencing to assume enortnotts all : time until all these lands the parts by the canals of the various r irrtgs-- ; county, to the great iStrawberry- Pro- proportion to Utah) County is that of tion companies, this goes - to show ject completed by the government at irucK gardening. i All kinds of vegetables do well here .tow splendidly nature aha endowed a cost of $3,000,000. Those Who follow as horticultural a and are , vua with all the natural essentials for reference to tables- found elsepursuits 'No familiar with conditvms governing in where la this publication inform yoe. successful and profitable-farminOne branch of industry which place on earth is better adapted to various parts of the country realize of that there are certain risks to be run Tpecial ocntioa ia. that of beet poultry farming than the west side amonff-whi- cA are hard 'winters," late farming, and it may surprise you to - ,,.--- r Utah lake. he raised spring frosrts, insects, plant disease, know All kinds of grain-c- an CoimtyJ leadai the gravel, too much or too little rain, hati storms, world, la sugar beet culture. there in abundanm, and-th- e In Michiga. a state which mainhigh winds, etc. sand and shells, together with the From all these Utah County is al- tains twenty sugar factories as against supply t fish which may be Ut&ba nine, the average yield - per immune, v" V: easily .Uken with seines constitute a most Hard winters are unknown, and acre is 7.3. while here It is 14 tons. food sop ply which can 'not be excelled destructive winds never blow, thanks The average Utah County r farmer if or this purpose. .north-wes- t to tsatural. bulwarks in the would consider himself la bard luck; If Bitufitt-ca the :aatifu"y form of mountains which surround us. his beet kad did not yield htm better shore and comprising some and sixty acTes or more Is what With modern knowledge In the grow- than IS tons to the acre, and ttia nrt ing of fruit, and the splendid markets last' season for beeta was $12.00. per U known at Saratoga Hot Springs. Here la to be had hot water baths wntcn are everywnera to oe touna. ion. containing all the curative propertios vast tracts of land have been in the twoThere are four surar fartorlp'a nnA cutting plants in Utah County. usually found at institutions of this past lew years planted to ..orchards is located an and are commencing now to yield' Ten thousand acres of laud wadset to tcture; and here-alsbeeta which produced over SiO.OOO "horf farm pjiPTatea' "for tb.fi thpir growers suif uiillar fortunes. The lands of Utah County "are tons ot beets for which "the iarmers Vih-Id-hSugar Company. Irrigated by the hot water from these splendidly adapted to the growing of got close to four miUion dollars last a crop both amall-and- larga . fruit; apples year. WThe cost of four factories" "was f P::i 'or a ..v peaches, ppars, plums, cherries, approximately 13.000,000. :r I. The sugar company furnishes the prunes are;especlaliy hardy M r . and wt'.l adapted to cori;'.,.rcL.T-culturefarmers- with seed and plant! Mt at a cost of two dollars per acre. Arrl-.ar.d. peai'ra jl 11 from Conditions In Utah County are al II ! UUUa- - l 1 l ll l i ll J Provo At 1 III UlllLy VUIUIU , . , fThe l I f UIL90 . Wit Pi! J all : - ele pabove rrlga lystei er y wet ductlc a tan ern p Thi Bprin other ; - , - s g. rrr - that-Uta- - h . r , - he-great hun-C.-- - - o f-- 'r -- ... co::::-isn- uy - - - ' " ' .- tl I Tb( Utah i I w ent 'agey most ideal for the raising of all kinds A splendid, telephone service conof livestock, the climate is of that na- nects - the with the countryside ture which will allow of running oat towns; electricity is 'to be had for all winter, and If It is desired to feed. lighting and ioower purposes, a rural ' aU manner of wildt hay, alfalfa and mail service is maintained with all grain may. 4e had at prices consistent theadvahtagefi of the parcel post, and with future 1 good roads foir those who can afford jjrofitlla .marketing, - With the of the Panama automobiles or? who desire to market opetfag eanal and the I make It a pleasure to of their the coast markets together with con- live inproduce the country where formerly it sistent railway rates. facilities, wa s not so. deirable.zi-- ii this, as all other local Industries Is The public schools of Utah County bound to assume proportions which are second to none In the and wui prove highly- - beneficial and pro- when we say (ithe westTwe west, mean the fitable to the people of this section. best, for the est is the best, and in Poultry raising - la another industry school; facilities as In all others - a which is Btrictly in its infancy in Utah standard has Keen attained that places County, and that this wil prove a the inhabitants west of The Rockies most profitable business iiX TTkTilv tilt. on a. plain off higher civilization hard emplified la the fact that Utah last to understand by our often misinformyear Imported over 80 per cent of its ed brothers ojf the older and more ' conpouury ana poultry products. eas)''L ::. servative ". , . A State- UOUltrr ssnplat!nn nrUV, . ' .""w.wwvfc. w In all the jkities, towns and country .bU branches in the Tarlbus counties has districts of I Utah county there are v.v now ample and sufficient school houses via vijamreu everyining' points to a most both for Jie. rrades and .hieher along these lones. branches.. Life torTJWh County with its many These are presided over bv sdnerln- social and economic sdvantairpa u in incioals and teaeh(r who every wet- Ideal, an h la inHen4 have been trained for their thoroughly blessed who may. call his own a few y u.i ions s, - At rrovo lae acres cultivated lands, with cottage County Spfat, Is The Brighara Young and Necessary. out buildings. TJie days University with an enrollment of fourof pioneering .are past, and the resi teen pupils. hundred or. dent the rural districts-- today Each tolwa is, amply eiittipped with all the advantur-of h? rUu public InsV.itutions whose curriculum brother. extend eighth grade;- i . , j nt , ; -- . - -- - - a en-Joy- s s . ta-th- e - and-hUh- 1- ' schools are many of them, and pupilsVthea" have the . advantar fered by the various Jiigh schools' whkh the county Is amply pron The various religious denoir , are weir represented, and V lies, Episcopalians, Seventh Day "i ventists, Christian Science. Xa . Saints and Community all bar t ful churches in which to throughout ill parts of the toor I the important fraternal tions are represented ande' social functions produceiin auspicies are a source of, P' . . ail. Tk The a.iTfHA D. & R: G. Ry. : - J w1 are nd f1 Lake Route operate their through the; couhty, while ;tne 'f also operates branch Ttt City on the east and thewhi west; on the district ing trie interurban connects the wr cities of the county with s1. City and. the north. j. As regards climatert W ;r blessed. I it There is no place Just like , The refreshing breezes way . i water lakes impart to the a f ness Vhat can only be.eqa'l ozonic. invigorant. by. -- W108;,., . , , that orean; thus it Utah puts the glow oi (Continued on rouo . r - vy J, ? |