Show ENERGETIC hospe hospitality W il II newcomb chicago record herald peach day Is the fourth of july in brigham city utah and the people of 0 dom bos elder county celebrate the day joyously by giving to all comers liberal quantities ot of what with exuberant enthusiasm they advertise as the best peach grown in all the world peach day Is an institution and an annual event that Is watched for and remembered all over the state and an innovation that has become famous throughout tile the intermountain inter mountain country the thousands of 0 visitors who flock into the city are welcomed with gifts of big Jus luscious clotis fruit just off the tree inscriptions placed on tho the wrappers of the free peaches proclaim brigham city to be the greatest peach town in the west this package contains an all ordinary sample ot of our elberta the visitor is told eat it with our compliments ments and remember us as tin th g growers rowers ot of the best peach in thi th world and when the visitor has indulged Indulge ti in peaches to his hearts desire box elder county people will be of 0 eded tended if he do does Cs not sample watermelons water melons brigham city merchants believe in advertising and they give away fruit of the best quality they grow As a result ot of such enterprise brigham has built up a demand for her peaches that has doubled her peach acreage in the past five years four hundred straight cars ot of peaches were sent out this year to every part os of the united states slates and thousands of 0 boxes have been sent by express utah scientists say the climate and the soil ot of the state produce the best fruit in the world but city and its peach growing district is only a small part pan of a large county box elder county embraces an immense territory lying to the north and west of great salt lake it composed Is ls ot of a number pt of bertile ier fertile tile vallies traversed by streams running into great salt lake and sep abated by ridges of hills as they are known in utah although they would be li called mountains it if they were east of the mississippi river county traversed by streams some of the hills are known to be rich in minerals and there are mines that have produced fortunes on the lower slopes are to be found some of 0 tho best grazing lands in utah and immense herds of blooded cattle and flocks of fine sheep find sustenance there much aluch of this grazing territory will make excellent dry farming fanning land as has already been proved by the plon cers in the west of this new method of agriculture the story of the settlements in the east end of the county and especially the section brought under cultivation in recent years when allen the commercial fruit industry came into prominence Is the story ot of the future of almost all this area only in recent years has commercial fruit growing come ito into prominence in utah the pioneers did not have adequate railroad facilities but of late fast fruit express espres 9 trains and cold storage cars have worked a revolution in this industry it is now por possible bi to deliver elberta peaches in fine condition from box elder county to new york and st louis operation cooperation co among the fruit growers in the shipping of fruit and the established reputation of the product have contributed to this result brigham city peaches and the tre in onion monton apples are known and appreciated all over the country nor Is this all these districts can grow almost anything that can be produced in any orchard or in any truck garden but they have found that it pays to specialize and specialize they do the results in tile the way of bringing wealth have been astounding and seem seam unbelievable to the easterners but the orchards and the records are there to prove it industry is commercialized brigham city divides with provo prove the honor of having been the first to inaugurate the commercialized fruit industry in utah in other words they brought the industry to proportions great enough to attract the attention of the big buyers buyers of carload lots and distributors for the big eastern markets since markets were developed ve loped the orchard area has increased with great rapidity seven years ago the brigham city district had not more than to peach trees today to day it has as many as or more than clooj acres of peach orchard |