Show CUT OIT BOBS UP AGAIN creen river folks feel that the road Is a comer one real estate firm has handled worth of property Nebra shans are coming GREEN RIVER utah jan 17 after more than a decade of mittens mit tent discussion the project of a railroad which will bring green river over miles nearer to the pacific coast and will shorten the route from chicago to the coast by the samo dis tance at lat gives tangibly tang ibl promise of realization it is announced through some of the officials of the denver and rio grande railroad that within a very few months that construction work on the salma cut off will be begun this statement seems too great to be be deved but it s a well known fact that the proposed cut off 18 still ander con by the company and even if it does not come as soon as has been reported it is sure to come before very many months will have past the construction of this cut off seems to be all that is left to be done to make emery county the banner county of the state entombed in the very bowels of the mammoth hills which surround the castle valley are unlimited quantities of the very best coal which at the present time is not practicable to mine because of its distance from the rail road this cutoff cut off will also tap some of the very finest agricultural lands in the inter mountain country which when made accessible access able will afford homes for thousands of people J H antz of the real estate firm of antz lewis has returned from neb where he has been visit lug with his family mr antz reports that without any exaggeration whatever there will be 40 families move to green river from that section within the next 60 days most of these people have ben here and bought land and intend to make this place their permanent home mr antz has done more than any other person to bring about this great migra tion from the states of nebraska and iowa he worked through these states for the past 12 months and has taken out a great many who bought land here and who are so pleased with the condi eions that they are sending for their friends and relatives the amount of land that this real es tate firm has sold this year is more than marvelous their books show that over dollars worth of property has gone through their hands since last spring and most of it has been bought by people who are going to improve it and plant it to orchards mr antz reports that the outlook for 1907 is even brighter than it was last year he says that wherever you go in the eastern states the people are asking about the possibilities of green river n fact as far east as the little state of connecticut they send forth a gasping adeath trying to become acquainted with the conditions climate water and soil of this the most fertile valley in the wet A car was chartered in guth ne center wa and left that place on the dinst loaded to its full capacity with people who ars coming here to re side permanently they are expected here saturday W J reid of price is making ar range ments to open up a first class bar her shop he is a brother to roya reid who was drowned in the green river here last summer mr reid re ports that he will have a bath room and a ladies tons onal parlo m connect tion with his shop he has had some severe sickness in his family and just as soon as able he will move them down here to live E merett returned monday from salt lake city where he made arrange ments for a pile anver to drive the pil ings for the cabs in the new dam frank cook made a flying trip to col ton the early part of the week to make arrangements to have ice shipped in here the extremely warm weather this win ter has prevented any ice forming in the river people are becoming very much alarmed about the ice question the beautiful two story cement block residence of getty is jeanng completion and will be a model home it is feet and is to be up to date in every detail the instruments for the new green river band arnved monday by express and on tuesday morning all of the band boys went up to the depot in a body and got the instruments each played what faw strains of music he could as all marched down town perhaps no such a band was ever headd before outside of a parade but just wait till the boys get tuned tip properly and there will be no better band m the state the instruments are of an ex high grade several of them costing from 60 to 83 the band consists of 22 pieces one notable feature about it is that it has six persons who competent band instructors having played in bands for a number of years |