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Show PAROWlOW-pELLS. PAROWlOW-pELLS. Party of CwJfw,i Edltor See Wondergj,waa Yallc? One day lMk the cditor made a tripWs city to Parowan byfe?btlle ,for thc puroose of le ff 8 rr o-nrdino- th lirees and devel opment of tlljtren l)art of thc county. 91 TheautomclMFT113 place consiBfgp- and Mra. C. S Willl3l 18S Mame Parry', Mr. jlfepodbury, 41nd the editor, lothers be,nS guests of AfS!lkinson- Jn reaching the f & seat; lunch eon was had f botel -vt?n and Waving I80 v,8lt friehda. .thft lof the party were joined Representative WilfordDay4WnH- Ly' man, and Mrl & clark' Pr?m" inent citizen e community. A visit waSe to thc artes" ian well belt K-the northern sideoftheva;Thc first stop was made at tf n f RePrf " sentative Day! Here the party viewed some rtesian wellst recentlv tirivA and learned that the flow. f water js sufficient suffici-ent to irrigate acr of land. One of the larier wel'fe2i flow of 175 KalfenW Mr.y3lfctodred o'flu"wnI$nwhas rccenYly been plowed and seeded. He is combining com-bining both dry and irrigation farming, a portion of his land being outside the artesian district. dis-trict. On his dry land a splendid splen-did growth of wheat gave promise prom-ise of a substantial yield. Going on down the valley, the party inspected wells on the property pro-perty of a number of different land owners, visiting the largest well in the belt. This well has a flow of 400 gallons a minute, the water taking .on the appearance appear-ance of a good-sized stream as it enters the main ditch. The district within the proven artesian belt embraces more than 32,000 acres of rich, productive produc-tive soil, capable of growing any of the crops adapted to irrigated lands. However, wheat, corn, oats and potatoes yield the most abundantly. It is only recently that much activity has been shown in the sinking of artesian wells, but well-drilling cqu'pmsnt is now to be seen at many points in the valley. Locking frcm the city of Parowan. a beautiful pano rama spreads itselt out belore one's vision. The landscape is dotted with homos, many of them new; and here and there many new tracts of land may bo seen freshly plowed, the whole interspersed withgr.en fields of alfalfa. The development of this valley appears to have be- come general, and there is but! little doubt that soon thousands more settlers wil take up homes j in this promising district. The people of Parowan, Para-gonah, Para-gonah, Summit and other parts of the valley, are enthusiastic about the opportunities offered, and if real, conscientious boosting boost-ing counts for much, the future of Parowan valley is already assured, for it holds some of the best boosters we have ever met. i |