Show NEW irrigation WORK inter mountain republican dec me alet nothing is more interesting than the report of that celebration in carbon county on saturday when tho the arri irrigated gated lands company turned in the water f from rom their darns and flooded the ditches f from roin which twenty five thousand acres of soil will presently receive its blessing carbon is one of tho the big counties of the state both as to present possessions and future possibilities and this new ditch is one of the things which will help to bring tho the people of ef carbon into their own they have been very loyal to the scheme from the beginning when work nork was commenced the people of price gave a celo celebration bration welcoming 0 the men responsible for tho the new venture they are a progressive people down there as their now court house demonstrates and they have the tr material interial for a splendid career but above all things else irrigation 0 appeals to tho general imagination there are thousands of acres of land singularly ca fitted for fruit culture and needing t only the baptism of water to make them fertile as the best valleys 3 between the hills this blessing so far as a great tract is concerned is now assured the company will make money but there i is an added satisfaction it would seem in making money by adding C to tho the irrig irrigated atod area of mother earth wo we shall look for the establishment of tine fruit farms there in carbon and the still further advancement of eastern utah to the place its people deserve gross railway earnings aro are making better comparisons with a year ago partly because traffic is gro growing zwin 0 and also because business a year ago was on a descending scale scalo reports by forty two systems show gross receipts of for november a decrease of 31 per cent from november a year ugo ago when a gain of i 25 per cent was shown over november 1906 in october the decrease from tt a year ago was 3 7 per cent in september 5 8 per cent while in may the decrease dc creaso was 23 8 per cent wool is very quiet manufacturers buying only for immediate use while dealers hold the smallest stocks in years the wool clip of 1908 was pounds a gain of 4 8 3 per cent over 1907 but 4 per cent below the record clip of 1902 the value of the clip was a decrease of 21 per cent from 1907 and of 23 per cent from 1905 holders are inclined to ask full or higher quota lions and there is said to be a resumption of future contracting at the west five thousand extra copies of this weeks advocate ore are being sent east by various parties connected with the irrigated lands com company paty whose whoso big irrigation system in price river valley valey was for formally matly dedicated this last week every advertiser represented in the advocates columns is thoroughly 0 reliable and those at a distance into whose whoso bands hands the paper may go need feel no hesitancy in entrusting 0 bu business giness of any nature to any one of them wellin wellington 0 ton the biggest to town n in the world but it has some of the biggest hearted people anywhere their treatment of the visitors from salt lake city and elsewhere last saturday would bo be hard to beat price al also alo o did nobly this weeks advocate tells only in part of the many advantages t and opportunities in price river valley for further hi information format ion sj some one of the several real estate firms and individuals represented in these columns colu mrs price river valley points offer many opportunities for various kinds of business enterprises mercantile and otherwise the advocate wishes all a very merry ana chome at some time in the price river valley the farmers daughter played to a very small house at town hall last monday evening the emery academy school of music music was wa greeted with the same kind of an audience on tuesday evening when hen priscilla waa was given D al landreth whose advertisement appears in this impression of the advocate will cheerfully answer any question pertaining to price river valley or western colo rado fruit districts Address bimat him at atlas block salt lake city general manager arthur A sweet of the southern utah railroad and J R cc of the consolidated fuel company were here yesterday and today on matters connected with the right of way vay of the railroad company into price to a connection with the denver and rio grande system |