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Show BOX ELDER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER CREEK VALLEY 15Coles.) (By II. little valley of Salt Creek, - Ik wflnown as P int Lookout and name from the 4her. got tireek which runs along the into boundary and empties as the Swamps is now known bet-- t "ylthe Little Mountain, or as Befour, on the nown alern Pacific railroad. dLr Garland had taken the Tn the canal, which was then of Bear all from the mouth 'vi canyon to the point of the to the early H that was known sillers as Point Lookout, it jsfeojtinued around the west lelf the Little Salt Creek result. Som, yielded 60 bushiK ;iu, 'li W .T dllv next year some orchards planted and it was V1 K, ered that our cinii;,i ,, i '' n ' ' , Including Point Lookout, Thatcher, Penrose and Bothwell K. . a house, i: which aeoom-- ' the indents. Socials h'dd in the school room. d all ' re Jvl V F Compton of Thatcher, S. L. .Miller and Win. Mdler, of Penrose, who commenced to farm here in 1891 and 92. Since that day success has 1 v v . : rv' , - ' 'jr ' vy' 1 ' , " v . at- - .,5 i t - J - i v h. ' 1 4JraAt &? v . , ' Jfc'SftW --W '; T V, y - . - f- Jr- -i ? Z ? pTV , -- ' if yt i fci - , "'. . f 'is purchased g - i-- '"v: - v.- a - corn-mi- 4 ....I ' -- :.Vr iv:-'-n- r wl1" .r: i': i fc 1 V.- ? 'X'JQ V 'i YOUNG ORCHARD, BEAR RIVER VALLEY. for the fruit industn, and thousands of trees of different kinds were planted in 96. Thousands good times were had. of tons of lia were ra sc,l besides the grain and garden stuff, and peaceftd homes with beautiful Tos M. Stokes and Tims. 11. Priest were among the firsl pioneers of Point Liokout, and .John wliieh was sufficient ly large to hold all the people, and many teml'd tlie untiring efforts of the and today every husbandman, of ground that can be utilspot ized is being cultivated, the sturdy farmer even subduing the hillsides. threshing outfit and one large steam threshing outfit, and two Some of our dry farmers raise the acre, and the same of barley. Ezra Harris yield from 40 acres of dry farm land was 1,728 bushels of wheat this year. Most of the farmers sow the Cold Coin wheat on the dry farms, but few support the idea of sowing barley on dry lands. Some arc talking strongly of trying a crop of early potatoes on the arid lands. 40 bushels of wheat to On finished in 1894 of the land of this valley from Walker Bros. be-t Lake City, the balance was which government land, ief by the homestead and descries aet by the Jarvis-Conk-d tempany, which first to plow about 1893. fie land was then transferred (tSe Bear River Irrigation & It ;den Waterworks Company. most sold that jihis company lan(I t0 the farmers at $30 rere with water, and in 1894 great many acres were plowed, thV the company and farmers, d fhe next year, 1895, beautiful Jdf of grain and alfalfa was the M" n t.1,,1 l,or diftinct school was then 1S val-yfn- d pt we Ti, 11 15, 1109. our irrigated lands threshing nearly r Horse-powe- a thing of the thrhing wards, four district schools, and a large central school house now in course of erection, which will be ready ' for occupancy this fall. Thousands of bushels of wheat were sold from this valley this year at 90 cents per bushel. Some is going on the market for a little less. the Although the fruit industry lias not been a great success thus far, yet a few carloads of apples have been sold from here, besides small lots of berries. A spur has been constructed from the main line, Malad Valiev branch, and cars are sent down to haul our beets to the Coal is also sent out factory. tion of the people. Formerly we had to travel 8 miles to market, but now our nearest railroad 4 is and wre miles distant, point have a very good market for all of our products. The early inhabitants of this place had a struggle, but now We have a tile factory, controlled by dohn Sommers, and a great deal of land will be reclaimed by the process of draining. Some lands are already produe ing nice crops of luccrn and grain that at one time, were practically large is past here. In our little valley we have two meld is from 45 to 65 bushels of wheat, 75 to 100 bushels of barley, 60 to 125 bushels of oats, and any good farmer can raise from 15 to 25 tons of beets, some having raised as high as 30 to 33 tons. We get from 150 to 300 bushels of potatoes per acre. Since the Utah Sugar Company has had control of the canal, all have had plenty of water, and, of course, some have tried to use too much, which lias been a detriment. worthless. We liaVe one ones. smaller things are changed and comfortable homes and broad fields greet the eyes of our visitors. gasoline I a THE BOX ELDER' NEWS and All the Local News for $1.50 a Year OGDEN d Advertising and PORTLAND CEMENT Firt-Clas- Job Printing s COMPANY Plant 4 miles north of Brigham City Product will be on the market about Nov, 13th, 1909 I i OFFICERS: IS Capital Stock, oo $500,000. W. J. BELL, President H. C. DAY, R. E. BRISTOL, Secy, and Treas. Vice-Preside- nt H. G BAKER, Director A. T. THOITS id st German wet meet the to and uniform of be specito quality, Guaranteed method. fications of the Prussian Society for Testing Building Materials With a STANDARD PORTLAND CEMENT, made by the old LUMBER CO., Brigham City, Utah Resident Agents, MERRELL tab iOgden, UTAH |
