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Show Interviews with Some Prominent Prom-inent Men of this District I A roprosentatlvo of tho Globo called call-ed upon Mr. Fred J. Kolsel, president presi-dent of tho Fred J. KelBel Company, ono of tho largest wholesale Jobbing housos of tho Middle West, to ascertain ascer-tain from Mr. Kolsel his opinion of tho near Rivor Valloy. "I have boon familiar will) tho Bear Rivor Valley for moro than 10 years and was ono of tho founders nnd early Inhabitants of Corlnne, nt tho baso of your splendid valloy," was his response to our inquiry. Continuing ho said, "Tho climatic conditions are unexcelled, also the soil and variety of products and thoro Ib a ready markot right at your door, Tho developments In tho Benr River Valley are especially interesting in-teresting to mo because of tho great, steady growth to bo Been in ovory flection of tho Valley. But tho progress pro-gress and developments are yet In Infancy and there Is every reason to bollovo that tho Boar Rivor Valley Val-ley will becomo tho greatest agricultural agricul-tural and fruit center. "Regarding tho increase in business," busi-ness," said MY. Kolsel, "during tho paBt fow years, it gives mo great pleasuro to stato that wo estlmato tho increase to bo about 25 per cent annually and I am convinced that it will lncroaso at that ratio as your valley dovelops and becomes more densely settled." When It is remembered that Tho Fred J. Kolsel Company has been for many years fooling tho pulso ot commercialism in tho Hear River valloy tho statements of Mr. Kolsel Bhould bo taken as authoritative. A. R. Capener, of Garland, when asked about his experiences and conditions con-ditions as seen by him during his resldenco In tho Bear River valley volunteored tho following statement: state-ment: "Much has been Bald and written of this section of the country and novor yet have I seen or hoard any-thing any-thing that would bo detrimental to nnyono Booking a deslrablo location where they could mako a comfort able homo and reap good harvests as tho result of their toil. "Twenty-two years ago I settled in thlB valloy, first taking up homestead home-stead land In 1801. During tho first winter hero no ono camo past my homo and my nearest neighbor, A II. Gleason, lived several miles from mo. Now I am surrounded on all Bides by famllteB residing in modern homes and am only 400 yards from Garland, a live, progressive town in which there nro approximately 20 business houses all apparently doing a fine business and many of them able to dispense with credit trade. Not long ago the nearest trading point from my residence was Bear River City, a distance of ten miles whore two stores took caro of the needs of tho people for many miles from here. "I have devoted much of my life in this valloy to agricultural and horticultural work, also cattle raising rais-ing and cattle feeding, and, of course, as bishop of tho Garland ward, havo como In contact with almost al-most all phases of llfo In this valley. "Fruit raising can bo very successfully success-fully carried on In this valley. The climatic conditions nnd other favor-ablo favor-ablo natural advantages the Bear River valloy takes off Its hat to no other section of the United States. "This Is not particularly a good country for raising cattle on account of lack of range and It would have to bo done from the farm but cattle feeding can bo carried on here as there are as good facilities to be found hero as anywhere I know of lu tho world to finish tho cattle. There are approximately 3,000 head of cattlo being fed nt Garland alone evory year and In addition there are not less than 25,000 head of sheep also fed at that point. "Tho fertility or the Boll in this valley makes it posslblo to produco Residence of A R. Capener. finest apples grown In tho west are obtained from tho trees In the Bear River vnlloy. Tho banana applo 1b known all over tho East and are highly prized. The Jonathan and Bon Davis apples shipped from hero are beautiful specimens of the possibilities pos-sibilities in this vnlloy. Thoro aro largo areas of land that can be used for orchards and all wo need nre live wires, men of Industrious habits who will como In and uso tho opportunities oppor-tunities that aro presented. Then poaches can bo grown horo In great abundance, also plums, cherries and all kinds of berries. With Its soil, feed ns cheaply here as anywhero olso and alfalfa, hay and grain aro produced exceptionally well and In largo quantities. Pulp is procured reasonably from tho local sugar plant nnd when used in connection with tho other food stuffs already mentioned mako admlrnblo feed for producing a very hlgh-grado beef, bo Ing second only to corn fed stock. Tho finished beef f;om this point brings tho highest prices and commands com-mands ono-half cents per pound moro than hay fed beof. "Thoro lo a big Hold hero for dairying and anyone coming Into this section for that purpose can H make no mistake if they understand S how to proceed. Nature has provld- H cd them with every requisite to uso B in this Hue nnd there Is no place fi oflers a better opportunity than this B section of the Bear River valley for B a large dairy. B "There aro many other opportun- B ltlcs here and I speak now with spc- B cial refcrenco to hog raising, truck B gardening, etc., none of these fen- B turcs being carried on yet to any B great extent but that which has been B accomplished thus far has proven B very profitable to those engaged In B tho work. Tho markot at Salt Lako jjl and Ogdeu cannot bo surpassed from B our standpoint and tho demand at B those points will bo greater than tho B supply from this locality far many B years uuIcsb every inch of soil Is utilized. B "Fertile land! Wo havo the best B that can be purchased right horo in B this valley and ono of the best wator B systems In tho entire West with a B sufficient supply of water to Irrigate B all the laud lu tho valloy unu soma B not In tho valloy. And when you B further consider that wo havo novor fl experienced a dearth of water In this fl region since the water Bystoms havo fl been operating hero you will under- fl stand that one's success in this val- loy onco called by Brlgham Young I 'The Gnrdon Spot of the World,' is I certain. I "In tho Bear River valloy thoro I has been produced 115 bushels of M oats to tho aero; Imrloy and wheat I G5 bushels per acre. Potatoes will yield from 400 to 000 bushels per V acre, and sugar beets as high as 40 tons per aero havo been produced fl In this vnlloy. And with all this wo I must remember that tho Bear River fl valloy Is yet In its early Infancy." fl F. Allan E. Rocho, who resides in 8 tho westorn part of tho Boar River I valloy has sent us a brief article m which our roadorB will find Intonsoly Interesting and is as follows: ' fl In this lottor I liopo to nvold fig- 1 BB uros ns much as possible and confine Hi myself to a broad statement of facts. Hi The writer lins had the opportun-lty opportun-lty to have witnessed the unfolding Hj of this beautiful valley, to have Hj watched Its growth from the virgin BB pralrlo to Its present state of dovol- BBf opment; dotted with towns and vil- Hj Inges each striving with a friendly H rivalry to outstrip tlio other, but all B ndvancing with careful, cautious BB steps to a futuro growth, which the K most sangulno amongst us can only BY conjecture. BB We have witnessed the various SB people of these towns come in, pros- BB per, roplnce temporary quarters with BB good, substantial structures, n cred- BB It to the community in which they H nre built. Wje have Been settlors BB come, the wagon replaced with a H tent: tent with cabins nnd cabins H generally mnko way for farm homes, X commodious nnd convenient. We H havo seen the trail mnko way for H the earth road; the earth road when H conditions demanded, ballasted with gravel; nnd often gravel making H way for permanent methods of con- BB structlon. Wo have seen mnnufne- B turlng interests Beck us out, become H interested with us, build up commun- BB ities around them, nil partaking and H sharing In the rich Income derived BB from a proper use of the stored up BB fertilities of our soil. H All of which speak more eloquent- K ly for themselves than long arrays BB of figures, which perhaps would be H meaningless to a great many of us. Bb We could give a comparative list of X tonnages coming nnd going out of BE the valley. We could prove by these H figures the most remarkable growth B of our beautiful valley, but deeds H speak more eloquently than words SB or figures and In this case results H attained nre most positive proof. H This article would not be complete H did we not mention the interests BY which have grown up amongst us, of BJ co-operative nature; Interests which Bj a common capital created. I refer BB to the public utilities which are own- Bf ed, controlled and directed by our people. Our homo mutual fire Insurance In-surance is a" monument to tho pro-grcsslvcness pro-grcsslvcness of our people, having at present some $850,000.00 of insurance insur-ance In force. Our farmers union, with a yearly business of three hundred hun-dred thouBnnd nnd over; our tolo-phono tolo-phono compnny with its five hundred odd subscribers; our co-operative fruit associations; our cooperative llourlng mills; our moBt successful sugar factory, all operated and run by men In most Instances sons of the pioneers of our valley, all speak of splendid support, both financially and otherwise of a loyal constituency. constitu-ency. 1W0 do not wish to bo understood i encourngo your sons nnd daughters to remain with you, welcomo tho strangers to your gates, bo at all times freo from bigotry nnd selfishness, selfish-ness, let tho lines which tend to divide di-vide men politically, religiously nnd soclnlly, bo as indistinct as posslblo and beyond a doubt tho blessings which will come to us In tho future will dwarf thoso which aro now with us. Wlllard S. Hansen, ono of tho most noted men In tho Henr Itlver valley 1b also one of tho t .eateBt optimists op-timists that ever won out in this section. sec-tion. Climbing whilst others Blept, Goldon West you enn also get tho very best; Whllo tho Hansen home is a threo-story modern, brick, twelve-room twelve-room houso wo find there many In-bor In-bor saving dovlces which of themselves them-selves would cniiBo mnny thousands of women to wish for tho same conveniences. con-veniences. Thoro Is a hot water system sys-tem Installed supplying hot water throughout tho houso Including kitchen and laundry; two bathrooms; bath-rooms; a perfectly equipped laundry Including a largo cylindrical washer, power wringer, cold mangle, hot air drying nppnratus, sprinkling nozzle and stationary tubs, stationary vacuum vac-uum cleaner In basement with pipo find no greater proof anywhoro of tho posslblo advancement that lies In Btoro tor hltn than ho can procuro BBBJ Then coming outsldo of tho homo wo walk over to tho sheep barn nnd wo find an immense structuro thero thirty-six feet by 374 foot, two stor- fl les nnd containing 250 doors nnd swinging partitions. In a recent cdl-torlnl cdl-torlnl by tho editor of Tho American Sheep Herder wo find tho following: "It is tho largest and best equipped fl sheep bnrn In tho United Stntcs or BBBJ Canada." BBBJ AND THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE NET HI r JBHL t BAilBHBHHHHlHBkjMk. Vkk HI iHHHHIiiii.iihiiii iHiiiiiiiii ' sfllA -3aSVHVHH-Rr$& Bl Hansen's House and Ranch. fl that tho stage of developments we havo reached is anywhere near its utmost point; tho futuro offers to our sons nnd daughters even more than wo, at this point, are enjoying; the writer enn see this valley bound together with electrically equipped railroads, reaching tho furthest settlements, set-tlements, can see tho electric fluid common in every farmhouse of tho valley and can see tho mnln high-ways high-ways of our ..valley so built that Intercommunication In-tercommunication will becomo easy nt all times. Wo can see tho present pres-ent largo farniB make way for tho more intensely farmed small ono, we see tracts at present of small value redeemed and made to support a happy, contented people. In conclusion, a word to those who are now enjoying these advantages: he has now nttalned tho dignity of nn old English squire with a most beautiful country manor, besides which ho possesses largo, modern, up-to-dnto stables, outhouses, gardens, gar-dens, etc., all going to mako up an Ideal location for a country gentleman gentle-man and his family. Mr. Hanson takes great pleasure raising excellent excel-lent breeds of horses nmong which he has been specializing with several sever-al high class Percheron mares. And such a homo! Look at tho plcturo hero shown and you get but n slight Idea of the actual conditions surrounding the Hanson mansion. And hero nre some of tho details of what is enjoyed in a Bear River valley homo which are given for the express purpose of convincing any readers outsldo of Utah that in the connections on each of three lloors besldeB a dumb waiter; clothes chuto to basement and ash tank In bnsoment for each of tho three grates. Electrical ranges and water heaters aro used In the summer and an electric nlr heater Is used all the year around for tho bath-rooms. Tho whole of tho equipment Is operated by a two HP. electric motor which, when thero Ib no wind blowing out-Bide, out-Bide, nlso pumps water for tho stock. There aro residences In Now York, Chicago and other largo cities equally equal-ly as well provided and equipped nB 1b tho country rcsldenco of W. S. Hansen but when wo realize tho great contrast In the style of homes that wero built hero twenty years ago with what wo see today wo aro satisfied that tho homeseeker can PROCEEDS OF AN AGRICULTUR-AL AGRICULTUR-AL ENTERPRISE IN THE BEAR RIVER VALLEY. HI Then W. S. Hansen's stublo is thirty-four feet by 380 foot (ono H story). The hay barn has a capacity of 350 tons of hay and all tho eta- H blcB, barns and outhouses aro fitted with all tho latest labor saving do- BBBJ vices thereby reducing manual labor BBBJ to tho minimum which became no- BBBJ ccssary on account of tho vast BBBJ amount of work to bo dono In keep- fl ing up the magnificent ranch of ono fl of tho most successful landowners BBBJ in tho Dear Itlver valloy. Bj In addition to tho largo herds of Bj cattlo and no less than twenty-flvo BJBJ registered percheron horses, Mr. BBBJ Hansen has also stocked his farm BBBJ I I with 1,500 hcnd or registered Ham-boulllct Ham-boulllct Bheop and, notwithstanding tho groat caro required in tliu hnndllug and cnro of these 11 no stockB wo find Willurd S. Hansen, continuing to Interest liliusolf In tlio civic nnd imutlcnl conditions ot tho Btnto, county nnd municipality whoroln ho resides but a1" attending attend-ing to nil tho ninny other duties incumbent in-cumbent upon u true citizen. Mr. HniiBen's buccobb In the Hear River valley la a very vivid Illustration Illustra-tion of what can bo accomplished here by a person who will take advantage ad-vantage of tho opportunities that ox-'1st ox-'1st In this valley. Moslah Hvans, of Oarland, Js one of the foremost men In tho Hoar Hlvor valley because he bus made good! That Is tho one great thing that counts in this district. Ho 1b I among other things, president of tho I Hank of Garland, resident uianagor I . of tho Utah-Idaho Sugar company at I this point, chairman of the Ilepub- I lican party in this community and I connected with the Lnnt Livestock I company, a nourishing nnd i.ctlve in- I Btltutiou. A few days ago Mr. Evans I t wns asked to give us some facts re- I ' carding the Hear Hlvor valley and I ' finally ho consented to an Interview. I Speaking or tho sugar beet Indus- r try hero ho Intimated that when tho I factory at Oarland was started about I ten years ngo tho conditions wore I nlmost aboriginal and there bavo Ij been surprising developments mid I i Increases bIiico that time. "18,000 I tons or boots woro delivered nt tho I plant during tho first year of its ox- I lstonce." This year about 90,000 tons I, havo been delivered by the farmers I who recoived over $110,000.00 Tor I their beet crops. When wo first I I started operations there was abso- I lutoly nothing to speak of in this I section of tho country and no com- I mcrcial life outside or Corluuo, I Fielding nnd Henr Hlvor City and I now, I would say, that commercial I , conditions nro ten times ns great. I Tho Utah-Idaho Sugar company has I a plant at Oarland, tho financial ecu- I ter of tho Henr Hlvor valley which is estimated at $l,00O.'nori.00 in ndiT: tlon to which tho company nlso owns lands of tho approximate value of $2,500,000.00 In connection wltn nu canal systenis, ono of tho largest and best In tho United States. Iinhanceinent of property values was next discussed and In reiatlon to this topic Mr. Hvnns Bald: "Tho value or lands hns increased wonderfully won-derfully as tho result of tho canal system and careful irrigation and cultivation on the part or (hi fann ed throughout this entire section, also al-so bettor barns nnd outhouses while moro attention is being paid to fencing fenc-ing nnd other work of Improvements on and around tho farms. I can name many farmers who came hero ns laborers who through thrift and energy have become comfortnbly wealthy nnd who today, nfter only a very row years toll, nro ablo to drnw lnrgo sums or money nt any tlmo and enjoy the luxuries or lite. Oth-ci'B Oth-ci'B came bore with smnll capital and BhHhS!&i yBBk MOSIAH EVANS ers until today tho ngrlculturnl classes clas-ses aro holding their properties at from $150.00 to $200.00 per ncro. Tho value or tholr hay crops has doubled and practically everything else in proportion by reason or tho diversified methods or farming adopted by tho majority of farmers operating In this vnlloy. The farmers farm-ers nro enjoying ns much success here ns was over attained by the farmers or other states in tho Middle Mid-dle nnd Far West and they havo every ev-ery reason to Tool satisfied. Moro comfortable homes aro being erect- one case I particularly recall the mnn bought a sixty ncrc rami which was divided into about ten acres ot orchnrd, ten ncres or beets and proli-ably proli-ably fifteen to twenty acres ot alfal-fu. alfal-fu. Land since acquired by him baa been put Into potatoes, carrots, squash and other farm products. Ten yenrs ago that man wns not worth moro than $1,000, while today ho Is easily worth $20,000." In conclusion Mr. Kvnna was asked ask-ed regarding tho crops produced in this valley other than beetB and wo lenrned that "any kind or crops can bo produced in this valley that can bo grown in this inter-mountnln region re-gion In great abundance nnd as much lr not more than in any pnrt of this western country that I have over visited." In tho Henr Hlvor valley there are mnny palatial residences and modern mod-ern homes inhabited by the farming and commercial residents of tho valley val-ley and a few years ago the Idea wiib conceived by some enterprising citizens to rorm a mutual fire Insurance Insur-ance organization which la being operated op-erated and maintained along tho cooperative co-operative plan. We hnve succeeded in getting a contribution ironi Hepre-sentntive Hepre-sentntive M. II. Welling, of tho Utah legislature, who Is also secretary of the Hear Hlvor .Mutual Fire Insurance Insur-ance company: Tho Hear Hlvor Mutual Fire Insurance In-surance company wns organized in 1009. Its first policies henr date of July 1st of that year. The plan ot mutual Insurance of farm property Is entirely new In Utah but is wen understood In the Hast and tho Mid die West. Tho states of tho Mississippi Missis-sippi valley, many of them, hnve mutual mu-tual Insurnnco In rorce to the extent ol three or Tour hundred million of dollars. Mutual Insurance alniB to furnish to Its policy holders Insurance at cost. There la no expense for offices. Its officers work for the bare amount of their expenses. The credit of obtaining such a law In Utah undoubtedly belongs to Hon. W. S. Hnnsen or Fielding. It was nlso through his efforts that this company was organized. It Is still tho only organization of its kind In the state. The ccmpnny has hnd a mcst satisfactory and gratifying growth. From the very beginning It hns been loynlly supported. Heforo Us policies were printed two hundred or the public spirited citizens or the Hear Hlver valley pledged $200,000.00 worth or bus! hobs as a beginning. It thus began business with ns much mtamcsM o.i Its books ns sonic companies of a similar nature In tho East had after B years or effort. Since that tlmo It B hns grown steadily each yenr. It has B today on its books $850,000.00 or In- B Btiranco in rorce nnd 807 policy hold- B ers. or these not one is dissatisfied. Last year the company paid $1,100.00 B In lire losses. Tho total expense out- B side or these lassos wns less than $300.00. B It has never had a loss which was B not settled promptly nnd in full. Tho B Idea of mutunl Insurance is sound. It will grow in this Btnto ns it hns in B others until nil business suitable for B such organizations to handle will bo B conducted by the people who own Bj tho property Insured. B (Signed) M. 11. WELLING, Sec. B II. K. Frldal, another successful B pioneer of the Hear Hlvor Valley, has B scut at our Invitation n very concise B article covering some features of B life in tho Hear Hlver valley and B coming as it docs from a practical B and successful farmer, wo leave it B to those who rend it to draw their B own conclusions: B I came to Hear Hlvor valley In B 1ST;! and I have reused hero ovor B since. This valley since then has B undergone n complete change, tho B only thing which is real natural aro B the mountains on the east and west B of this valley with tholr watcrllno B along their sides marked by the wat- B ers or old Lake Ponnevlllo ages ago. B When I first traveled ovor this val- B ley It was filled with waving bunch- B grass and the Shoshone Indiana B would sometimes catch rabbits by B running them down on tholr ponies. B I thought they lest more In horso- B flesh than they gained in tho rnb- B bits; but grass was plentiful and B horseflesh cheap In those days. Lat- B or on great herds of sheep and cat- B tie came to craze on tho land nnd H as they cropped tho grass closely H the - sagebrush soon appeared. Wo H raised considerable rye on dry land. H Tho land would be broken nnd sow- B cd to ryo and then It would volun- B teer for several years. Later It was H found that wheat would alsj grow I An Interurban Electric Railroad From Ogden To and Through the Bear River Valley is Coming In tho following statement lrom John P. Holingron, president of tlio Dear Illvor Commercial club wo 1 have referenco mado to it and from all reports at hand this now road will traverso through a territory not yet opened. . This will afford numerous num-erous good openings for those who coiuo In early and select cautiously. Sites can bo procured In this valloy from real estate dealers In this val- 1 loy and at Salt Lake, Ogdon and Hrlgham City and our suggestion to homeseekors Is "Como, look around, chooso your site and close tho deal without delay." THE BEAR RIVER VALLEY A hlfih school student oneo described de-scribed tho Hear Illvor valloy "as that tract of land just opposlto Brig-ham Brig-ham City." "They little know of England, who only England know,'' says Kipling. In order that the peoplo may know moro about this fertilo laden valley I want to sot down a fow facts. Mark Twain says: "Truth Is such a precious pre-cious artlclo; let's all economize in its uso." Anyway tho Boar Illver vnlloy occupies oc-cupies a great portion of that part ot Utah that lies north of tho Great Inland In-land sea and it Is bounded by tho snow capped Wasatch range on tho east, tho state of Idaho on tho north and rolling bunch grass on tho west. It supports numerous thrifty husbandmen hus-bandmen wtlh families, ovor content with producing thousands of bushels of golden surfaced grain, much of which finishes tho glaze of tho bov-ines bov-ines smooth cover; tho llockmaster's blntting herds; the teamster's stendy steeds. Tho Bear River valloy covers an area of 350 square miles, over one-fourth one-fourth of tho nrea of tho state ot Rhode Island, whoso population is nbout 150,000. Bear River valloy has only a population of nbout C.000. However It is bolng discoveicd nnd there is n gradual Increase of stcaay industrious, economical citizens from other parts of our stato and such states ns Nobraska, Knnsas, iowa, Indiana, and Illinois, nre furnishing a substantial quota. The reason for thoir staying is easy to understand: Making moro money thnn they could ai homo. Thoir coming has been no error in judgment. If it were you would find them going back to tho states. But this is not tho case. Peoplo who predict what the Benr Illvor valley will bo In twenty years from now nre bold to the point of rashness. Our dry-lnnd wheat bolts along tlio foot hills abovo tlio irrigating sys- JOHN P. HOLMGREN, President Bear River Commercial Club. tern are phenomenal for productivity when enred for according to scientific scien-tific farming methods, nnd nro only partly utilized. This land produces twenty, thirty and forty buBhels of wheat to tho acre. Tho valloy, which only twenty yenrs slnco was a thriving Bheop range, has gotten past tho shnnty ago, and many prosperous towns hnvo sprung up, viz: Corlnno, Benr Illvor City, Heaver Dam, Fielding, Plymouth, Thatcher, Garland, Tremonton, Elwood, El-wood, Iown Spring nnd Penrose. Thero nro numerous churches and school houses, mostly nil built of brick, which is also truo of many ot tho business houses, wlioro concrete nnd steel hnvo composed much of their construction. Scientific farming, Including horticulture, horti-culture, scientific stock-raising, domestic dom-estic sclonco and economics nro among tlio advanced topics taught by up-todato teachers. Tho valloy Is traversed by tlio S. P. railroad, O. S L. railroad and tho Malad Valloy railroad, and at present tho Ogdon Interurban electric lino is making surveys contemplating tho extension of their road through tho valloy. One of the best assets In tho Bear Illvor valloy is that gigantic Irrigating Irrigat-ing systom owned by tho Utah-Idaho Sugar company, and furnishing water wat-er to sufficiently Irrigate 75,000 acres of ns strong nnd fertilo soil as ovor tho sun Bhono on. Numorous and bounteous crops of vegetables such ns potatoes, tomatoes, toma-toes, carrots, beans, peas, onions, molons, cucumhorB, cnblmgo and col-ory col-ory aro grown profitably. Tho cer-oals cer-oals such as oats, produce from fifty to 120 bushels per ncro, barley from fifty to ninety bushels per ncro. And In season blackhorries, currents, strawberries, plums, peaclies, npples, pears aro grown plentifully and in great variety. Among tho stnplo crops grown very profitably" Is tho sugar beet, which for quality nnd quantity por ncro has novor boon surpassed and probably nevor equaled In tho world. About 0.003 acres aro grown each senson and r. re.uty market at tio factory of tho Utah' County Treasurer. Idaho Sugar company at Garland for all wo can produce, earning to tho producer anywhoro from forty-five dollars to one hundred nnd thirty-fivo thirty-fivo dollars per ncro, according to tlio Intensive nnd preclso interest tho owner follows In fertilizing, planting ami otherwise caring for his crop, Insuring one two-pound beet to grow an each 200 squaro In-clics In-clics of his beet flold, or thirty-ono tons por acre. Applo orcharding Is very remuner-ntive remuner-ntive to the enroful and prudent farmer who lias selected fertilo, woll drained and dcop-solled ground, al-ways al-ways hnvlng a full stand of trees to tho ncro, pruned, sprayed and irrl- gated and cultivated In an intensive 9 and husband-like manner. One liun- dred trees per ncro, seven years old should produco live bushels ot apples per treo and ordinarily should soil for ouo dollar per bushel, leaving a handsome profit. Apples and peaches this season liavo boon sold In 103 im- portaut cities of America and most (lnttoring comments have been made o:' the quality and appearanco of our Our valloy Is short of progressiva dairying methods. The soil, doop and fertile, Is well adapted to tho growth of all forage plants. Threo crops of alfalfa aro cut each season, producing from three to six tuns por Incro and many hundred tons sold nnd Imnlcd nwny from tlio farms to fatten cattlo aiid sheep In distant parts of tho state. According to Prof. G. L. McKay of Iowa Stnte college, Donmnrk, Germany nnd Holland In many Instances nro securing remunerative remun-erative roturns from tho dairy herd hy properly utilizing lnnd valued at from $300 to $1,000 per acre. What glorious opportunities wo havo hero In tho various farming pursuits where tho cllmato nnd soil nro nlmost Ideal and land can be purchnBed reasonably cheap. Whnt Hear Itlvor vnlloy needs at tho present pres-ent tlmo Is nn Influx of Industrious, Intelligent fnrmers with a llttlo capital, cap-ital, as tho opportunities are as good hero as can bo found In any place for tho building of n home. jfr, I'. C PI2TTI2HSON on tho subject SB of cattlo feeding snld that ns prcsl- H dent of tho Pettcrson Livestock com H pany nnd after living In the Bear H Itivor vnlloy for sovoral years his' H dally study of tho subject If likely toj bo of Interest ho would bo more than pleased to contribute his opinion on H tho mnttcr, nnd In part, Is quoted: H "I havo found, without exnggora- H tlon, thcro is no spot In tho Inter- H mountain region that will produce H moro and a greater vnrlety of pro- H; ducts to tho aero than this vnlloy. Hi J lay Is very plentiful and chenp In H this section. Cattle can bo fed heru H at greater ndvantage than any place H I have found yet. Tho location of tho vnlloy is Ideal for our business H , and wo nro continually obtaining In- H qiilricB from San Kranclsco, Port- H land, Seattle, Tncoma nnd tho Kast fl and owing to tho shipping facilities B hero wo nro able to compete with B any other district. That tho buyers fl , aro highly pleased with tho beoves fl sent from this vnlloy Is evident as Hi; wo often hnvo letters of commondn- fl i tlon from them praising the quality B of our stock. Ono Tncomn firm re- ccntly informed us that tho cattle , fed hero and shipped to them was ! tho best class of cattlo thoy had re- B eolved In many years. Last year flj over $100,000.00 worth of cattlo were sold from hero to Tacoma alono nnd wo hnd nn average of $80.00 per head for them. There Is approximately approxi-mately 7,000 tons of bny fed to beef cattlo annually In this valley. Thcro aro on tho nverngo, 18,000 tons of pulp used and about 5,000 bushels of grain for feeding purposes. Our firm fed nbout 3,000 head of cnttlo hero and there nro in tho neighborhood neighbor-hood of 7,000 head of cattlo fed in this vnlloy ench year besides about 20 000 head of sheep. Ono of tho grent features In cattlo raising here l Is our opportunity to turn cnttlo off DAVID MATTSON. Secretary of State. when rendy on account of closo competition com-petition ns wo receive bids from California, Washington nnd Orego-nlnn Orego-nlnn points as well as from several mnrkots In tho East. "During the eight years I have resided re-sided hero thero havo been vnst Improvements Im-provements nnd In tho Inst five yenrs I would cstlmato a general Improvement Improve-ment of nbout CO per cent. "Thero aro excellent opportunities hero for hog raising nnd dnlrylng. Thcro is always a domnnd for dairy products from tho local mnrkots at Snlt Lako and Ogdon, moro than wo could over hope to supply owing to tho great diversification practiced by tho grlculturnl classes of this section. And with nn over-growing demand it naturally follows that opportunity op-portunity exists. A person who comes here to settle, If industrious and ambitious, will never mako a mistake and I am bnslng tho statement state-ment on knowlcdgo nnd past and present experience. "Wo havo made rapid strides in this valley and havo had the support of Its citizens in every way. Thero aro no clnss differences hero nnd , mnnhood cuts moro figure in tho I Hear River vnlloy than blood or cash.! It is tho Ideal place for young men nnd women seeking a bright future in a community whero ovoryono is given fair play. Tho natural advnn-I advnn-I tnges aro many but the results ot toil already at hand aro so numerous I thnt a person locating hero will I readily nppreclato that thoy aro not called upon to onduro tho hardships common In settlements where the grent pioneer work has not been completed. I JOHN C. WIIRBLON, consulting engineer of tho Price Irrigation com-pnny com-pnny nnd chief engineer of tho Utah-i Utah-i Idaho Sugar company, who has also been advisory engineer of tho Utnh Power nnd Light company has furnished fur-nished us with somo data and his opinion op-inion of tho Pear River valley and wo quote him becauso his work of research and study has enabled him to accomplish somo of the greatest engineering achievements known in this section of tho country. "Tho I3enr River valley situated as it Is on tho cross roads of the continent con-tinent offers excellent facilities for shippers to reach tho markets of tho North and South, East and West. 1 havo visited ninny sections of tho western and Intor-mountaln districts, somo of which aro older and many younger, measured by years of development devel-opment than oxlstB hero, nnd thero nro many things that commend this valley to tho homoseckor. "Tho soil In tho Bear River valley comprises somo twelve classifications classifica-tions with all of them falling within a general mixture of clay, sand, fine sand and loam most admirably associated asso-ciated together, thus forming a soil without hard pan or coarse gravel sub-soil, which ono or both, Is considered con-sidered tho base of any soil no rant-tor rant-tor how rich nnd productive may bo tho surface soil. "Tho soils here have developed tho most gratifying habit of constant improvement im-provement under irrigation and general gen-eral farming. During tho seventeen years of farming in this valley tho vlelds have steadily increased until the dry farms of twenty-flvo years cropping are now yielding from thirty to forty-five bushels of wheat per acre whllo lands under irrigation aro giving oven better results, tho yield of 110 bushels of oats on a measured field during this senson renches tho high wnter mark since this valley wns first settled: Somo of tho sugar beet raisers havo been paid over $100.00 per ncre for beet crops during tho year 1913, ono case having reached the high mark of $108.25 per acre. This, field contnlned forty-threo ncres and Is situated near Drigham City. This is not a special case duo to n favored fav-ored locality as another field of twenty-six ncres in another section of tho valley and twenty miles dis-tnnt dis-tnnt from Garlnnd yielded $117.00 per ncre. These yields were mndo on lands thnt havo not been rested for tho purposo of bronklng records but hnvo been cropped every year. "Intelligent expenditures on the highwnys havo improved our roads and with the co-operation of the farmers and tho use of tho modern broad tired wagons it has been H shown that earth roads can bo mndo fl into good roads nnd this vnlloy now B has moro good earth roads tlinu any fl rural county In tho state ot Utah. B "Thero has been moro construe- fl tlon of farm tile drains by tho farm- B ers hero thnn nil tho bnlanco of Utah. 120 miles of tlio drain hnvo ff Increased tho value of 7,000 acres of 1 B laud to tho extent of $250,000.00. B "Two lines of railroads pass B through tho valley with l-rnnchos B to tho remote districts, offering a HI freight nnd pnsscnger servico thnt fl meets with the requirements of tho B shippers. B "Thriving towns nro growing nnd H wo find modern business nnd social H centers here. Electric light and H power lines nro reaching not only H tho cities nnd towns hut it is not H uncommon to find farm houses nnd H even barns equipped with electrical H appliances and labor saving dovlces. H "In the Denr River vnlloy wo now H find men who left tho garden stntcs H of tho Mississippi vnlloy, leaving be- H hind them tho industrial, social and H family associations of yenrs. Thcso H men hnvo mado their homes on this H responsive soil nnd nro now enjoy- H Ing a cllmato In which tho molsturo H conditions aro absolutely under tho H control of tho farmer. BJ "Tho possibilities of tho Bear RIv- fl cr valley when tho manufacturing BJ world shall havo been apprized ot BJ the economical power that can bo BJ obtained hero Is surpassing and BJ should bo a special inducement to BJ locate factories In this section." BJ |