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Show RICHES OF THE SOIL A Scheme to Make Arid Lands Productive. MILLIONS MADE IN WHEAT John Deck Thinks That Modern rarmiiifr Machinery Can He Used to People tho Western Deserts and Build Up Ideal Comtniinltles In Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming Ib Corresponding With Prominent Men and Hopts to Secure Se-cure Their Co-Operation. "Kansas rnlsed in the jcar 13) 100,-000,000 100,-000,000 bushels of wheat on 6O0O1MO aciea of land, or an average of twenty bushela per acre At the nvetage of BO cents per bushel, this haa brought the runners $60,000 000. while the Btnto of L'ttth inn onl show J) 600.000 from Ha mines us dividends " John Heck Is authority for this statement. state-ment. Mr. Deck thinks there Is lots of money In the ground, and he knows, for he located the great Bullion-Heck mine, which made him a millionaire, but now, since his prospecting days aro over nnd reverses have swept avvny the gi enter part of his fortune, his heart turns to the farm rather than to the dark rcteraon of Ihe mine, nnd he finds tho greatest dellRht In watching the tender gieen things na they push their way through the and and are nurtured by the sun, dew and ruin to fruition Aa a buslneaa proposition, he la ion- Inced that the farm la a more reliable aouice of Income and, In tho long run, more piolltnhle than the greatest mineral min-eral deposits for the farm, jenr after enr nnd centuij upon century, yields up Its wealth without becoming the pooler for Its gcnernsltv. JIINI.NO AND I'AItMINO "In looking over the broad field for chances of profitable Investment," sna Mr Heck "one vvoul 1 come to the conclusion con-clusion lhat mining pis the best, and consequently much citpllul haa been Invested In-vested nnd much labor expended in th it Industiy, but few havo looked upon farming nnd thn inlslug of wheat In ptrticttlar ua very profitable, nor has It been in the way It hua been conducted, namcl), on small parcels of land with expensive Urination, horses, small ploughi nnd hand labor In the II n il pi ocean of harvesting and threshing, by whh h the profits have nearly nil been consumed befoto the grain reaches the sack ct, when we look at the farming dlstilcta elsewhere, tve find that farmers nre Betting very wealthy raisins wheat alone I'AItMINO O.V IiAnCet: SCALH. "The advantage In raising wheat nt a prollt !as In llrst having largo tracts of land, ineusured by miles Inatead of by the acre, nnd aeiond, In the use of Improved farming machlnerj, auih as the steam traction engine used In Call-fornla, Call-fornla, of to-hofso potter, traveling nt the rate of threo miles an Jiour, pulling fiom twelvo to sixteen plougna an! turning over fifty acres In a day, and. If dcalied. tho same nmount ut night, by Umply dunging engines nnd putting put-ting on headlights before und behind to light the furrow a In front and tho p oughs In tho rear Tho cost of ploughing per nrre In California with coal at JS per ton Is estimated nt 60 cents per acre Harvesting Is perfoimed n one operitlon, th- when being threshed, cleaned nnd sacked nt the same time at .1 cost of 50 cents to tho nero with the engine fifty tons of wheat eun bo hauled at a load. UTAH 8 UNCLAIMED LAND. "Now. to come bark to our own condition, con-dition, whero la Ihe land In Utah where a ttnetion engine can start out on a furrow twrlvo fett vvido n the morning and tome back, in. Ihe evening from n round ti Ip. nnd -start right off again tilth n change of tnglmci and hell ers font men lu all' 1,01k al the map which w ns published In tho New War's Tilbune, und It will show n fow black spots denoting the farms undei cultl-I cultl-I tatlon In the State of Utah with 4; 300.. OOO 1 acres of land jet urn lalmed and uncultivated un-cultivated upon which In the sent 1001 less th in I 000 00) bushels of vv licit were !hHin.Ju."ci.i"lr1'1 ,c,,"""!h ' Mrnlsh the state with biend, hut nono to sell. what may in: i:xi'i:cti:d. 1 'il'ir "'V0"10'1 of dry funning with i,1 h nf,!10,p" turning oter the soil at a depth at most of 6 inches haa been auce essrul b) raising on the aver age fifteen l.ushcla of wheat eV uln d'owle1,?"8,,01'1 co1"11 be "Walnec by Plowing ullh a powei engine li to H fni'Tr-1601' thre,uv loosening tho soil in 1. i.. ". 1 unrl,ral" "'iter to sink an, o !) f ,u'!nlnB o lto gulches and cieeks, niuklng tho land a user-voir user-voir I bellete that an uvemge of twenty t thl.tj bushels, coming up to the standard of the Kansas furmers, could be expo, ted To Uo this le 'lulrea lupiial A steam plow fully e'lulppeil for plowing, haivestlng tiiieshlng, en costs about 10,000. Huch an outfit 1 an plow, seed nnd pie. nun about J110 ucrea of land enih sea-son, sea-son, and by preparing tho soil for tho searon following, plowing can be done ten months In the tur, 00 the muehln-ers muehln-ers can be kept In constant uso where Ihe land la plentiful. On very large tracts more than 0110 outfit would bo nereaaut), nnd It la ulso deslrnblo to have an extra one for uso while repairs re-pairs nre being mude In tho machlno shop and fnumlr) kept for tho purpose CO-OI'lHtATiVi: COLONIZATION. 'The capital necessary to tarry on fanning on a gigantic scalo eun he iiilsed In the same way ua for mining J ho stoikholileis can go furthet than this nnd foim a co-operutlio t-olonlna. tlon toipnratlnn, whore over) etnpioee will bere.nio u shareholder and ciery huroholdei an iiiploee tSuch n tom-munltv tom-munltv would soon become a city with ull n city's adtautiigeB On new tracts of land thli can be dono easily, ns vie Htatt out by selectlr-s a spot wheie n city can be laid out iegulail aim by tnklng Into consideration the water wa-ter aupply dralnajc facilities good diy loads on uplands, I nskble, etc also electrical energy ' gut and power Start small, or copltal In hand will justifv. but -, In mind .he for-nation for-nation of a siuujl Slate within tho State with all Its Independent instl tutlons tor learning farming stock lulslng, milling and manufaeturlng to create eniplojment for nun, women and children where nil can become wuge inrnei and add to ihe family "livings nnd exist cxclusltelj wnlin Ihemaelvea bv becoming prodm ers nj well as consiiiiMis. whore all the profits go lo the huiilioldeiB, who nie al ) the emi)loes. md I predict that In lite eurs theie will be an Indeponilent conununitv tilih Its own Industries nn 1 Institutions no it.oi no sheriffs to col-lect col-lect debts no inmtgages to letord, no lawjers to pay no cte.llt sjstem I'liOI'lTS TO WOHKUIIS All the inhabitants villi take ull the savlrg ovir theli expmsea in shnie unu shaie In the dividends nicnull, to their hold'nge Hueh cltlea can be built by hundrela within the bound ut. a rf riuh Novudi Idaho, Mon-1 Mon-1 m.i ( nlniudo an 1 Wiomlng vvherevu 1 "i nu I m 11 fin to moisten the soil I 11 I ' IV S lie,, ,irj Ij 1 ' ir n m unny ami clec 11 luvicr can u broueht long dls anees by wire There are motors now inv tiled by which power can be trans ipitted IjO miles vvlh only 2 pei cm I las nnd the motors can be operated bv the power from the mountain streams Water cxlfts plentifully In the earth end thla enn be vcuml by driving wells and the use of pumping machine!)' And now our oil Industry will also become a gnat agent In making mak-ing for the success Of this gieat colo-fixation colo-fixation st heme, which should not be delajed but Inuuguiated nt once" LOOKINO roil CAt'ITAL. Mr lle'k elaborated Ills plan and has the various details at his finger ends He Is now In eortespondence with some Inlluental und wealthy men nnd holies lo securo both theli endorsement and the minns with which to begin the execution exe-cution of his designs |