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Show Gunnison Family Back from Canada "During my trip I traveled 3,204 miles, going through Utah, Idaho and Montana, and I saw some pretty and thriving'communltles. But I want to add that I did not see any that will compare with the Gunnison valley for crops and general prosperous conditions." con-ditions." Thus spoke C. M. Madsen, who returned Thursday of last week from a trip to Canada, where he had gone to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Har-old Parker. Mr. Madsen traveled in an automobile and was accompanied by Mrs. Madsen and his three boys. Throughout (ho trip is reported as ono of pleasure and no inconveniences inconveni-ences were encountered, not even in the "portable hotel" which the Mad- sons carried in their automobile. Mr. Madsen reports crops throughout through-out Idaho and Montana as being in splendid condition. In Canada, however, how-ever, it is extremely bad. The wheat crop in Cnada, said Mr. Madsen, will lie at least a 75 per cent loss, owing to the drought. Northern Utah, particularly in the dry-farming section, the grain crop will he one of I x the best ever harvested, said Mr. Madsen. Sanpete county, more especially es-pecially the Gunnison valley, ranks with the best seen on the trip, and Mr. Madsen has no hesitancy in saying say-ing Utah is the banner of them all. During their absence the Madsens I visited the Yellowstone National park, the midsummer fair at Calgary, Canada and other prominent and interesting in-teresting places. They are high in their praise of the facilities afforded on the trip, in many places finding camp grounds equipped with hot and and cold water, electric stoves and all modern conveniences. |