Show I 1 ISLAND IN THE OREEN al 81 R RIVER IVER WILL BE CONVERTED INTO PEACH FARMS that the green river valley is fes tined to i 1 I be tye g re test e peach broking wing C count countr ryn an the w world ald is tb the e view taken by e expert pert per horti hor horticulturists who have liseq that regil reg region brom e count country r y a abdat ut G Grand rand r n junction we ve come ma a n f rui t gr and they ha have c made e ach es of lands about brwn driver says salt lakes tribune of the TS T Peach arosa valley shows how vapidly rapidly the fruit landi lands in the green river iver country are being taken up in a this valley one thousand acres of d ere sold in less than three weeks ks in five and ten acre tracts the tho price paid for the tracts me a wonderful record i lying about one and a half miles orth rth of the town of grean green river in the ie green river fa is an island contain 09 about two hundred and fifty re it is cover covered edwith with a heavy growth of timber mostly cotton wood d it is an ideal place A joran or an irchard in fact of them it is easily irrigated on tuesday wholesome while some salt lake parties were looking over the fruit 4 farms and the lands about green juver it was suggested that the wand and above mentioned would make mahe 11 splendid Plen did s su 1 ite 3 for orchards and the ew with which it might be irrigated 44 4 4 pointed out it only required a fm moments to hunt up the owner of 01 the island and ihen ilien a rowboat 43 secured and the party rowed dat to the island and the name was pecked then an offer offe for tho the property waa aa lade a counter proposition was immitt Ib omitted mItt and in a short while a promise basia haq reached and tae the bargain concluded tuesday night the parties came to salt lake wean jay morning the money was paid over und and the island parsed into the hands of the island home fruit lands company of green river during the day a company having the title mentioned was formed with a capital of A purne pumping plant to coat was fr ordered dered and a contract let to clear the tha island of timber the cost of which is the contractor taking the timber which will amount to a goodly sum the pumping plant is to be installed in two weeks the company has ordered a ferry cable and ferry boat and the same will be put in commission at once the company will give the right for a highway across the island and later on the counties of emery and grand will no doubt construct a bridge which they have been considering si dering for a number of years but swill will be needed now which t two caspa spans can be e erected rec for wito to 8 |