| Show PRICE R 1111 S 1 c IL 1 salt laken lakers will wil tenet WA plant 2001 2000 acre year mark austin agricultural superintendent n of the utah idaho sugar sager company is spending this week in the price river country letting contracts for plowing up a big section of land during the cooling coming spring mr austin represents presenta re a large group of salt lake and lehl lehi men who have lately acquired land under the price river eye tern tem among othera others who have taken up tracts being the following H J grant R W young H G whitney T R cutler albert smith thomas austin mark austin georze austin ira D wines W T L L T whitney james A hooper and T george wood the above group owna owns omet bing like 2000 acrea acres and their intention is to fence it early this year and plant alfalfa seed ugar sugar beeta beets and other chopi both mr austin and his brother george austin have pent spent considerable time looking into this land and t their air view is that the soil moll which ik 6 rich and loamy will grow any kind of crops while on the ground they met the agricultural superintendent of the sugar factory at grand junction colo who haa has bad had a great deal of eap fience with similar solid and his opinion was that the price river lands would yield sugar beeta beets the first year the landa lands he lie on the surveyed line of the salina cutoff cut off within six miles of wellington 12 miles frum price and only a short distance from the coal mines of castle valley and the consolidated fuel corn com pany at the office of the price river irrigation company in this city it ie is stated that other land owners are intending to begin operations as oon soon aa all the spring opens up some intending to plant fruit orchards the company is extending its canal five miles further down the falley valley the contract contracts already having been let this will bring more first class land under the water getem system secy george A smith stated states that there are many inquiries for land and water in fact the corn com any has only about 1600 shares of water yet to be sold they made a special price on the shares of until march 1 I much below actual values only to make good the prom aises heretofore made to land owners but after this date any water stock left in the treasury will be only sold at 50 per share the company now handling bandling the proposition is strong financially and able to deliver the water to all 4 who pur chase mr christensen in charge of the reservoir says that the water sheds indicate more snow than for many years past assuring an ample supply of water mr wheelon thief chief engineer of the sugar company has inspected the dam and says it is built in first class fashion drunkards wash one of the biggest washes under the system is now being replaced with steel eye j a beams and cement piers when this is completed the canal will be tn in ideal condition mr smith whose office Is in the sharon building will be pleased to an ser all inquiries from any one interested te teres ed deseret news |
