| Show why invest in box elder by W P DAY in ill giving reasons wily why one krould invest in box elder cou county nty the coming peach and apple section of the west I 1 ilo do so fully realizing my inefficiency of giving you even the remotest idea of its present and future possibilities when one reverts back upon the lie history of the development of this county it is indeed wonderful f t il to in note the m magnificent pro graan d advancement that has been made who ean can help hell noting with pride the remarkable changes cli anges which have taken place especially within the past few years learsa from a desolate waste where when was grown nothing but the shadic shad seal al e and sa sagebrush gebru sli and where wils heard nothing but the howl of the coyote and tile the shriek of ae lie cricket this great county liw lias been transformed into a para dise disc Us its once desolate plains are now dotted with towns and cities which are great hives bives of industry and the sagebrush of a great deal of it its virgin soil has bils given way to great waving fields of alfalfa and grains and to large tracts tract of peach and apple orchards which have no nn superior anywhere in the world I 1 say the changes have been wonderful and remarkable but what will the next few years bring T we can certainly look for a most phenomenal transformation we lipavr lave hardly begun to real i ise ie e the he great possibilities of this great county her main industries are arc merely in their infancy and she affords opportunities for other great reat industries that as yet ha have e never been thought of but why ponder over lier her future possibilities bili hili ties the question with the present investor is what are her present pre ent possibilities and opportunities tuni ties to answer this question I 1 shall consider box elder county s present opportunities front from several a aspects and then leave it lo 10 you fellow reader to say whether or not box elder county offers you an ail opportunity for a safe and sane investment box elder county is situated in northern utah and lo borders orders idaho on oil the north and nevada on the he west slie she lias has an ail elevation or of about feet and an ail area of about square miles it is diversified by mountain chains large valleys and the southwestern part of it takes in a larre large part of great salt lake the alir climate Ci of this his locality is simply ideal the sun shines from to days out of the year and the average annual precipitation is about IG 10 inches the rhe soils are deep ind and rich most all of if which is in its virgin fertility the soils bordering on tile mountain sides such as those found in and around brigham and willard being mostly of a gravely loam are particularly adapted it to pen peaches ches apricots cherries and early truck gardening and now becoming famed throughout the whole country as one of the lie leading peach sections of llie file world the soils in the valley espee especially fally in the great bear river valley nrc are mostly of a sandy and clayey loam q J 7 f J X T 41 A L siw J Grand grandma nia roes rees residence nesi dence the first adobe house erected in Dr brigham Ighani city barly adapted to the growth of apples sugar beets grain and alfalfa and now rapidly coming to the front as one of the leadin leading 0 apple producing sections of the west which for size color aud and quality have lave no superior anywhere in the world the soils in this county are pro producing as high as 1500 crates of peaches 1200 bushels of apples 25 tons ton of sugar beets bushels of potatoes 60 bushels of wheat and 7 tons of alfalfa per acre the water supply for tile the lands land of the county is first class being one of the best irrigated sections in the west the slope of the mountain sides are supplied by mountain streams stream s while the large valleys are supplied from canals taken out of ilie bear river the largest river in utah the dry laud land un on which water cannot be gotten is rapidly being taken up and utilized under our modern methods of scientific dry farming the transportation facilities are good almost every town in the county being connected with a railroad there is it a good market for everything raised our peaches apples arid smaller fruits find a ready market in ill the lie east anil and west and are shipped there by the carload the producers producer realizing from to per acre the general farmer who raises sugar beets grain potatoes alfalfa finds a ready market for them nil all at top notch prices what is more our crops are sure and we can depend on oil getting returns return every year the price of land hero here is low compared with land in other localities cali ties land in other localities not far away winch which dues does not produce any more and which is selling for front from 1000 to an in acre can call now be bought in pox elder county count for from to SOO per acre chy aby is this it is simply because we are not known and of tile alie prejudice which aln cli lias has been so unjustly pre dented against our people we are arc becoming known however the prejudice is rapidly dying out and ere long our lands land will le ie selling at prices equal to any in the country we have the soil oil the water and climate so why they sell for as lunch it is not only in the lie extensive horticultural and ami farm resources that box elder county offers opportunities for the investor but she offers vast opportunities tuni ties in stock raisins raisin mining merchandising manufacturing in tact fact all lines of commercial life our county is young in all its resources and is growing rapidly for the right man in the right place there is no country anywhere that offers better opportunities tuni ties for the investor than does box elder county the county lias has good school and churches in iii every town and hamlet and tile the people are clean sociable and progressive the county has large a hunting hunt iliff 7 and fishing 0 grounds w warm arm springs for swimming and bathing purposes and canyon resorts which afford pleasure and recreation for everybody in fact you arc able to find hero here everything to make you free independent and happy in ill giving you all these splendid opportunities which dox box elder offers you ideal location deli delightful 0 wilful climate abundance of water for arri irrigation aaion purposes first cuts transportation good market fur for everything grown deep rich and productive soils good schools seli and rine fine churches places for pleasure and recreation cheap land which will double and treble in value in they thet next five years opportunities in stock raising mining mining diang dis illK manufacturing etc it pov possible sible that you yon after giving gijiu the opportunities and possibilities of if the lie county fair and unprejudiced consideration have found a an it fiort ii ort unity for investment which lias has been beyond your most salig sanguine nine expectations A J ip 5 go A 7 Z W wk x it A handsome bungalow Eun galow home ot of 13 T alvord J A Flah burns residence |
