| Show C COMPLETION Of HUR HURRICANE IC C CANAL L of Wash Vash Washington VashI ington In I 1121 lol County Cotin ty Farmers Fa Accomplished p I is lied EXPENSIVE IRRIGATION SYSTEM Will Wil Redeem le neil and Make ake Productive 2000 of Ideal hc Land LandIn Ia nd In Dixie Special Harmony Washington Co April Apri 13 12 At last after a ter 12 long lobig Ion winters the tile Hurricane canal In Is 1 completed anti and tha tiu hopes and amid of ot It u hundred faithful heroes uro For or six He HeIlle Ille s they hao hRC out tit It a ditch eight feet tet wide wie more than iman t halt half the time distance through solid 1011 rock amid boulders Ito In vines Ines are bridged with wih trestles unit and 1111 Humes and In gullies gulden gulle built bui over OEr with sol solid solId solId i I id masonry mn The ditch hangs on 01 om the I sIde Hide Ild of an till In almost perpendicular ledge I fen fe eeL l t f tom loin tIme the river riser amid In Is un pilly 11 tIme the must most noRl expensive eXIen e irrigation eye system tem tell In him III state for Its 11 size Ilz Most of ot the men maim when wIlen they commenced the time work were wee young and itoh ne Inexperienced In Inthe time the use of ot powder and Ind steel as tie u several cement of the tunnels testIfy f by hy their crooked crooke crookedness ness l but now 10 v they the are ule experts In iii the time theISe use liCe ISe of ot both TIme The Virgin river U Is I dif difficult lit ill to tu I control hilt but the company lice has hasa haan a n dam dum In tim It I that Is II thought will stilt wil never be bo taken away I The rime canal Is lam pretty Well teil Wel fettled for tor or four miles mauis the tue two I on CI tIme the til lower end Eld Is he holding time the well Irl SO tO that two tao huge ure ame llE being used dally daIly on the bundled or more cores acres of ot that was planted In itt 11 February l and un Match Malch U It I Is II an Inspiring sight to stand upon the th bluffs overlook overlookIng lug InK time the land cad and see the green patches scattered over Ivel the plain where be o the I Ii e Ilan and im nit snakes held hell undisputed tm I ed ea lon Now NOl tho limo happy farmer cnn can be bt asen going here and theme thuie grubbing plowing planting mind and Ind watering What a noble calling ban hUl the time farmer What hot a it 1 benefactor he lie le In Is He lIt I the words stands the tue waters W st l teram gush gUi ush fort upon th time the Idle Ille barren noil soli and lind It yIeld led lel M food and clothing for tor tho the hungry and anil 1111 naked nalle The ane farmers work It Is I the time gl of ot alii oil he h IH in II king of ot o mill all ni The of or tho tIme are lre very mery ey Jubilant over tho time prospects of oC good Hool homes secure seCa tho of or time the turbulent Virgin The Time land lies les In a mm 1 square body boe anti contains about 2001 aGo acres divided Into farms averaging about 20 acres The rho townsite IH tH on OIl Oi time the northeast corner overlooking the farms The fhe climate and soil sell lol are both espe especially eNI daily 1111 adapted to time tho production arm of ot peed feed N less leAs raisin grapes IS and n ne peaches claim the fruit of this country cannot be ba excelled anywhere for to flavor 1 Wo o expect to plant largely large of time tho three varieties of ot fruit nAmed Heretofore tho time people have hae planted and cultivated their butt In iii II a 0 haphazard manner not putting up tip fruit nult In a II mar marketable style Hut But a new mmes IW era er for tor fruit raising railing In Ill this timis county lias imas dawned and people will 11 plant only choice fruit and put It II up lit fit lt for Cor or market Nothing that has liati hAi happened for far many man years In II this tide has haK accomplished no 10 much In Iii II the way 1 of oC encouraging the time and making them contented ll as lS bus time the completion Ide I loll of Ct t It I s canal cc hal halI I |
