| Show SALT LAKE THE CENTRE OF THE ARID G E bailey who is at present sojourning sojo in salt lake city to ia a representative of the chicago inter doean he is 18 engage I 1 in writing for that paper a series of illustrated letters descriptive of utah he takes special int interest intercept in the irrigation question and is informing himself thoroughly on that subject he has prepared a may of the united States showing the old agricultural area dependent on ark an uncertain rainfall ano an the new agricultural area dependent on certain irrigation this map he I 1 intends to present to the irrigation conk com ress tomorrow with the compliments of the inter doean the new area map shows salt lake to be the exact centre of the arid and region regio it includes half the dakotas dakota half of nebraska one third of kansas four fifths fifthe of new mexico all of colorado all of arizona all of utah all of wyoming all of montana all of idaho all of nevada all of california nine tenths of oregon and one half of washington the diameter of this belt is 1200 miles comprising an area of 1 equale miles professor bailey to is enthusiastic over the fact that salt lake city is the geographical center of this va vast a t arld arid region he thinks that this to is the most appropriate place to hold the Irrig irrigation atlan congress and he seest sees no reason why salt lake should not become the future metropolis of the arid A belt there is every facility he says ays for its becoming the railroad center and consequently the distributing point or commercial capital of the new tion area he is a man of experience and an authority on topographical matters he has traveled extensively in the west and in south america his prof as an artist and descriptive writer enables him to speak with confidence fi he sees nothing to withhold this oily city from becoming the chicago of the west unless it may be the shortsightedness or inactivity of its people |
