| Show prospects P act s for look bri t tho the salt lake tribune who seems to bo be giving southern utah ir lot of favorable publicity ot of lato late gave garfield countes coun tys booster mr W 11 licit holt an interview in their last fridays paper and wo we herewith republish it as it will bo be of 0 interest to evory every reader ot of the news mr holt Is doing wonders for this county la in the way of getting property that flat has heretofore been almost idle into shape profitably used and made mada to pay its ita way thus enabling tho ones w who lo 10 own it to pay their taxes making that section of tile the country a more rn oro desirable place in which to live what this part of the country needs worse than anything else right now Is a good road lending from to the hookup hook up tip of the tropic pan gultch road so BO that the people who live over there can come to the county seat to transact business while here they invariably transact business with our merchants it will also enable them to mingle with our people more often to has had considerable work done dona on their road and will have more done this coming year and yet after they reach have no road on which to come to the county seat its like the irishman that died ills his friend knowing that he did not believe in hell heaven or purgatory upon viewing him all laid out with a new suit on exclaimed cm ed there you are pat all dressed up tip and no place to go so it Is with the and escalanti Esc alanto people a good road to from escalante and then it all ends the soil being of a gravelly nature along the side hill it appears that an excellent road could be made with a mere plow and semper scraper with very little work and it would be one of the biggest investments the peo people ot garfield county could make inake namely to hook up with escalante and soe then when the road over the hill to parowan carowan Is completed those people also could come via panguitch Pan gultch to cedar 1111 city up to ile beaver r on down to dixie and we the news would feel that with the good roads north and south that the people who have the roads in mind had not forgotten us after all of OC course we have a lot of scenic roads now and more being finished every day but as the news has always waya maintained we must have some bread and butter roads also we firmly believe that every effort should be made to connect tile the soe see road with the tropic road ai as soon as possible the tribune article follows the communities of johns valley in garfield county being situated rathar far from any railroad are be coming more and more self sufficient it la is reported by W F ilott holt of 0 los ls angeles who is preparing a acre tract there tor for ultimate settlement mr licit holt has hag already been inspru mental along with much other development work in establishing a small flour mill and a creamery there this helps tho the home market of the valley formerly Foi merly the farmers sold their wheat down in the sevier valley paying tho the freight to the railroad and bought their flour from there again agaid paying the freight the new mill will primarily satisfy tho the home needs for flour although some may be exported from the valley similarly transportation difficulties met those who shipped cream out of the valley which the plant in the valley will obviate mr air holt to is investigating on crops suitable to that rather high region he finds the outlook good tor for growing peas and a plant to can these may be established sufficient power A hydroelectric plant on the sevier river furnishes about fifty horsepower which is ia about all that is required at present mr holt says that a head of about feet could be readily developed producing about 1500 horsepower horse power these plants will serve the presen present t residents around Wid tsoo as aa well as those on mr holts own project for the latter he has completed a reservoir of 1700 acre toot foot capacity and is developing a tract of about acres drawing on his experience in the imperial valley and other places in the southwest mr air holt is convinced that wit wil a plan under way which payments will not be required from settlers until after their lands have reached a productive stage and payments thou theu an n amortized system a thriving community can be built in that region while the altitude short 1 makes the season somewhat I 1 proper farming methods and a attention to livestock and dairying dai yang will make it pro flable ho he asserts lie he Is I 1 investing something like la in the plan |
