| Show F s VALLEY IS c 1 F BECOMING RI H M Gunnison Is Well Watered and rM Is Beautiful Garden t w Spot r. r s. s TO ENLARGE RESERVOIR i I r. r Products of the Section Are Bringing Farmers Good t Returns If Ie San peto count county Js is the ho granary o of or f Utah Gunnison valley 3 Js surel surely th the c star compartment of or that granary and to paraphrase tho tm famous slogan o of or f Seo America First t nn any doubling g Thomas regarding the tho statements made mad o for tor Gunnison is advised d to See Utah First A rl o of oC miles from Salt SaIt La Lako k o takes one to Gunnison near the geographic geo- geo eo- eo I graphic center of or the thA th state wrier ru h the e Y val vallo valley ao Roven en miles e i b by X ihL thirty five miles long lon loF ls is watered Catered h by the San Pitch Sevier and rivers rIver As R first Bottled settled tho the valle valley wa was one o of or f the tho wS best grazing spots spot In ln triP the whole West ost and the al slopes pcs of or the tho Wasatch and Yane Valle Valley mountains hed a 0 wonderful won won- expanse of or grazing land Irrigation Irrl- Irrl gation however was the tho magic wand that turned the whole vallo valley Into a garden of oC exceeding beauty and pro pro- and now more moro than acres are arc under cultivation and thrivIng ing communities dot the vallo valley along the Denver Rio Grande railroad Gunnison lying near the thc southwestern southwest southwest- ern corner of or county has I grown to a 3 Population of oC nearly 1500 with diversified and rowing growing business Industries of oC ever every description which are arc backed b by the tho great grent agricultural territory surrounding t it was Wa as some eighteen years ears ago that the f farmers of Gunnison began bes-an work on the Gunnison Gun Gun- nison dam at ono of or the tho best natural reservoir e sites In In that part of Utah No Nfl great engineering r skill was necessary for Its construction and tho the lain dam has Ins stood securely at a sufficient for watering a lar large e part of or tho the aIle valley val val- le ley through the system of or ditches built by the farmers The Irrigation Irrigation project Is s now controlled con con- tro trolled led b ba by the tho Spalding Spalding Livingston In In- In I vestment company compan and within tho the next twelve o son on rc reservoir months the tho dam of or the Gunnison Gunni Gunni- an and tho the will bo ho raised four feet company will ho bo supplying water to a tract of oC additional acres to fo rank of oC bench land lands that are nrc destined among tho the finest fruit lands In the tho United l This company has already planted the largest orchard In tho tim ORt host controlled by a single concern concern con con- cern and Its plans plana aro are now being made mado Plant lant to 1000 acres another In tract of oC approximately All J farm and orchard apples next spring to perfection part crops arc are r grown of In this part of or count county although apples and alfalfa will bo ho among the biggest t sources o of or revenue to the tho district In alfalfa tile the he seasons season's yield Iet on some sarno largo large tracts tracts owned by hy tho the company Is above seven tons to tho the acre liere an and tho the qU quality cannot bo be sur sur- passed d As a dalr dairy countr country Gunnison valle valley Is an Important factor in supplying sup sup- plying tho the market of or Utah with cries at cream- cream convenient points and anti the de de- de mand for poultry and eggs eg H from the surrounding markets far ahead of or the possible production of oC Utah for Cor yi years pars ars many ninny Bee culture Is oJ extremely profitable profit profit- able and for tor many the tho successful farmers farm farm- er ers cr It furnishes a a. large income with little extra work or attention other than gathering the superior crop of or hone honey which Is la produced wherever er alfalfa at- at al falfa faHa is grown I is I Xee Negotiations for tor a n sugar factory facton at Gunnison are arc already alread under uner way and if IC the big concerns do O not erect a factor factory fac fac- tor tory there the within two years ears the tho LivIngston lug company will for financing the arrange project Immediately This will add odd another Immense source I of at revenue to tho the Gunnison as a n. n large largo part of at the land is admirably adapted to the sugar beet crop which brings bring 5 as high as 81 5 an acre The Gunnison reservoir a 0 few Cew miles mUcH above tho tube town extends in Its natural site alto for four foul miles m R along alons- the San an Pitch river and covers an ar area a of oC moro mote than 2000 acres The Tha rock lock tunnel which supplies tho the Irrigation lars lars-cd In canals was en on- on I October of at last year and I although at the tho driest season of oC the thc year car It was wa near nearly I filled In 1 less lees ls than Your Tour weeks alter after It had lied been completely com corn emptied The has on only company compan cultivated lan lands s for disposal at rates which with a l small Initial Investment In In- In vestment estment allow the farmer ten years years' time in which the land pays for itself |
