Show the shortage of water has been overcome by modern methods the of box elder creek whence this entire pleat plea enu derives its water having been increased by the development of springs in the mountains and it Is transferred from the lower to the higher and more sandy lands that tire are peculiarly culi arly adapted to peach growing since electric power has been available twenty two wells have been sunk from which are pumped water to irrigate acres peach lands in box elder county are now selling for 1000 an acre and residents predict that within another year the price will be 50 per cent greater box elder county has an elevation of about feet and an area of square miles it is intersected by mountain chains large valleys and the th southwestern part takes in a large part of great salt lake the sun shines from to days out it if the year and the average annual atlon is about sixteen inches the soils aw are dee deep and rich and nearly all the county is yet in its virgin fertility the soils bordering on the mountain sides such as are found in and about brigham and willard be ing mostly of a gravelly loam are particularly adapted to peaches apricots cherries and early truck gardening the soils in the especially in the great bear river valley are mostly of a sandy and clayey loam particularly adapted to the growth of apples sugar beets grain and alfalfa and that district is now rapidly coming to the front as one of the leading apple producing sections of the wes t the fruit for size color and quality has no superior anywhere in the world the farms in this county are producing as high as 1500 crates crate of peaches 1200 bushels of apples tons of sugar beets bushels of potatoes sixty bushels of wheat and seven tons of alfalfa per acre big returns for farmers the transportation facilities are good almost every town in the coun ty being connected with a railroad there is a good market for everything raised peaches apples and smaller fruits find a ready market in the east and west and are shipped there by the carload the producers realizing from to per acre the general farmer who raises sugar bests grain potatoes and alfalfa finds a ready market for them all 11 at top notch prices what is more crops arfe sure and the cos box elder farmer can depend on getting returns every year the price of land in box elder county is low excellent farming and orchard land can be bought for from to per acre why is this it is simply because the box elder district is not known properly the county has the soil the water and climate but not the people it is not only in the th extensive horti cultural and general farm resources that box elder county attracts the investor but she offers vast opportunities tuni tunit ties les in stock raising mining merchandising chan dising manufacturing and many other lines of commercial life the county has good schools and churches of large dimensions in every town and hamlet and the people are upright sociable and progressive the county has large hunting and fishing grounds warm springs for swimming and bathing purposes and canyon resorts which afford pleasure and recreation for everybody concerning the use of electric wells for irrigation it may be said that is 13 was not until 1903 that these great sources of underground under ground wealth were discovered in that year J P olsen established the first electric well urell in frigham from that date until the p besent time he has had at his control a splendid stream of ice cold water ubach yields at least gallons a minute twenty four hour a day to i acure abl this be IM has only to start his rive horse power motor which gets its current from brigham city since that time no less than twenty progressive horticulturists have met with similar success the opinion prevails that a splendid well vell operated with electricity and lowing flowing from to gallons of water per minute Is lea Sibie in most any locality in DO brigham the irrigate from five to doity ecres cores each according to their needs and all believe that their wells nr ar capitle of irrigating at least two or three tonics than quantity of land vast area Is developed what has been said of the possibilities of 0 the brigham city district applies with equal force to almost the entire box elder county many settlements have in recent years become prominent fruit centres bentres cen tres many more are being beine developed each year a 6 year old ohr town is known now is as the gem of the bear river valley to the stranger who visited the valley ten years ago it t would have taken strong arguments to convince him that those sagebrush plains the home of the coyote and jack rabbit would within a short time become the dwelling place of hundreds of prosperous farmers but its as the traveler now rides from corinne to the northward on the oregon short line railway beautiful farms and orchards gret greet the eye where brown sago sage brush and rabbit grass were a short time ago he sees hundreds of acres of golden grain green fields of sugar beets and purple alfalfa promising to the husbandman large rz ra vardi bards for his toll toil concerning the bear river valley P V cardon of thu the experimental exper mental farms bureau united states department of agriculture speaks as follows there is no place in the great basin and even beyond its bounds so wonderful in an agricultural sense no region so filled with opportunities no valley more adapted to the welfare cf f man than the bear river the bear river valley is a valley of good fruit and it is tar far famed as such at man many y fairs its fruit has taken lead over all competitors on the market box elder county fruit is sought and demanded oem these things are due to the fact that the soils of the dear bear river valley are rich and deep the land being a gentle slope and easily irrigated and the climate ideal for successful growing of all small fruits melons and especially apples and peaches Col collingston collinston Collin linston deaver dam garland the latter with its sugar factory that furnishes a market tor for one of the most valuable products of irrigated land and occupation for hundreds ot of persons and willard with its prize winning winding peach se are among the many settlements thriving and developing I 1 rapidly in box elder county that offer many opportunities for the investor and home homo seeker box elder salt fields the salt fields of box elder county ire are of bf course associated with great creat salt lake whose waters contain at present about 20 per cent salt solution along th the shores in the dry season it may be gathered at many places in n immense quantities especially is this so northwest of plain city and along tho the north shore west of 0 promontory the slate deposits of this P part of oe utah are very extensive I and the quai ity good the lie chiefly in the wasatch mountains north of brigham city and also in the promontory sam pies lies of these slates have been used I 1 and proved to be the best commercial class it will be seen that the martof utah covered by box elder county contains most of the metals and minerals used by civilized man and although up to the present the field has been but little worked the future Is certain to bring box elder county into line with the other mining regions of utah i the most extensive mining done in n box elds elder i county at present Is on a 1 property near dear brigham Brig hain city here I 1 more than pounds per day of marl are scooped up rp shuffled shuf fied about a bit and after a small percentage of imported gypsum has been mixed in it Is sacked up as genuine old residents of the country who have traveled over the marl bids beds hundreds of times pronouncing thern them worthless and wondering why their beautiful county should be marred with such desolate and barren wastes take occasion nowadays frequently to stop and kick themselves for not knowing that hero here lay the richest lands in the country the owner Is with a mich ign igan concern which manufacturers cement by the same process the only difference being that in the michigan city the marl Is taken from the bottom ot of the great lakes by a system ot of dredging but this is only one ecamp example of many of the opportunities that are waiting for the man who will develop the resources of box elder county wisely and scientifically population Is with ap a population 1 close most conservative estimate the new comer in box elder county will not be going into a wilderness the county has many settlements large and small cities towns and villages with all the facilities in the way of streets cement sidewalks electric light telephones telegraph railways steam and electricity that are to be found in any proof the best and are operated under a community the schools are type music domestic science manual training and all the latest forms of education are found here similarly churches of all denominations clubs societies tor for various purposes and fraternities are thriving and active in tact fact there is nothing necessary to the social life of any community that Is not to be found in box E elder ider county box elder county counte climate is as healthful as any in the world the altitude is just high enough to stimulate without bodt distressing four localities with medicinal springs ars are known in the eastern part of the county although only one has as yet been extensively developed the others are among the many opportunities presented in many lines in this county |