| Show SWINDLING LAND COMPANIES the san francisco chronicle Chro nials advises eastern people that it is wise in these days to turn a d deaf diat ear to the seductive advertisements of western land and irrigation companies such as aa that which proposes to make the colorado desert below belew salton lake california blossom with flo floweres weris and gladden the eye with wilh bruit lauy of the small companies in california and arizona chion were formed to colonize lantin along irrigation ditches are ar legi legitimate corporations but the great cump companies anies that brag about their millions illions ui ot of acres ought to be investigated bisiorek any one putts puia any choju boiu into them this salton lake project may ba feasible though the tact fact mat the reservoir is near the lowest point below sea level on tue desert seewa seems to condemn it ahe millions ol 01 acres lu all ail this pa ellic coultry tum migna be brought auder aua and from sterile wastes to fruitful fruit lui nevils ii only water coula ue be obtained in sufficient woula provine prosper ous and ana smiling hoats lor for a nation ot of people no jno wonder the b 1 hopeful boilers toilers of eastern cities are easily iti lured into investments ot of tat kind spoken of lor they cannot u understand the water problem as it is 18 anti and anere is no dispute regarding tat quantity or quality of land the NEWS has several times limes spoken oi 01 a great reservoir scheme lu in beaver bunly c this territory by means ol of which a vast it ariot of 01 the best lauds lands in utah that that have su so tar lar produced nothing hut but sagebrush and horned toads are expected here after to contribute he vily to our pro duct of cereals fruits and export vegetables this is ie not only sa aa enterprise to be encouraged but upheld and oom 0 mended as the tb work of public benefactors our san jun francisco contributes other light however to the california situation showing that even it if water could be brought to all parts of the desert lying between salton and the lower california line there yet remains the stubborn fact face that more than half ot of this land is as unfit lor for cultivation as the sand dunes south of thu the park in that city for miles south of salton there are tracts which change their tam face every day at the sport spore of the desert wind huge whirling mountains of sand go waltzing across this dreary waste of mesquite mee mek quite and cactus and no power has yet dean discovered cove reit which will restrain them even the sheltered valleys on the edge of the desert are greatly bothered by sandstorms sand storms which frequently tear up tender plants and strip vines and trees of the young fruit who then will tie oe able to make a windbreak wind break that will protect orchards or vineyards ou oa these blea desert blaim toe reclamation of three quarters of the Oo colorado lorado desert may it is said be effected in the next century but this will only be accomplished complis hed when more favored spots are overcrowded over ever crowded of course money bouey invested on shifting sandbanks sand banks with agricultural in tent to is simply thrown away and those who by advertisements or otherwise cause others who are ignorant of the situation to make such investments should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law merely giving warning through the newspapers is not b we may have such lands in this territory but so far awe ae we have bees been able to learn there has been no organized attempt to defraud or deceive anybody any body regarding them |
