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Show i c Jul.- i- ,j . , .k & Communication. Poplar Orovo Salt Lako Olty, Feb. 2, 190D. Editor Record : I have beau doing oamo quiet working by vlsltln oomo localities in our favored valley. You , know that I havo written boforo on the possibilities of Iron County. 1 ' -state in one common Icatlon what I tbouabt Cedar needed. ilaviuo traveled trav-eled during tbo Inst Btimtnur over what are termed tbo boat spots In our wonderful State, including tbe Levau Ueuoh and tbe rand Valley of Caobe whiob ia admittod to be tho riobest of them all. But when it cornea to meaBuriug auy spot that I bave Been oi oven beard of, Iron County Including ber bills and valleys, ber wonderful mines or iron, silver, gold and tbe oomblna tlous of all other resources, stands without a rival in all tbe broad land. But what is tbo matter with Coder? There is e.methina serious alllug us, that does now and hna done for years, and that is in tbo opluion of this do-ponent do-ponent that our oitizetiB, both high and low, rioh and poor, oro ndllotcd with a malady commonly known na "grab all." A disponltlou to work and pray for rao and mine, US FOUR. NO MORE Ameu. Wouldn't It be n grand thing If wo could on-largo on-largo on this plan and pet touother and uuitp nn something by whiob wo could all bo benefitted. Can't we do-vio do-vio some way bv which we may com- "v""""" menoo to utilize nur wonderful re- souroes. Think of tho thousands of aoreB of the oholocet land lnyius lillo and of idlo mon and teams that dur log tbo wiutor months ure uot earning tholr food. Wo nro huddled in a little lit-tle comer, tuoked up between tboso . - hills and with only a email amount of GOOD LAN Dnd joining our homes Wo apply our water on somo of tbo most inferior Innd, and as Professor WldBtoe onco remarked that It ro - minded him of pouring water on p. riddlo. He further remarked that if wo wcro to go two or throe mlioa lower low-er down tho vnlley wo would rcullo double tbo amount of graiu aud other orops lu roturn for tho labor involved. Iloru wo aro from two to II vo mileB away from our farms I know somo parties that have to drive tholr teams x -. - from tbreo to Ovo miloa and then bark , again eaob day. Multiply tbeso trips v tor one season and it meauB hundreds nf miles that many nro making each y oar. Can wo ever bopo to mako u biicoob1) of farming uudor tbnso condi tions? Let tiB get on our farms, form a Bottioment lurgo enough to huvo snbool and lot our animals Imvo more and better feed. Think of tho wanton - wasto of that moat wonderful souroo of wealth our water supply. It Ih , admitted by all who nro familiar witIT ' tho condition and who havo noticed the dates when tho water is applied r on the laud in tbo srpiug nnd thou ''' ebut out of our Uelda in tho fall that ,' wo aro not maklug tbo very best use ' of It. Now 1 proposo to lako my friends , down on Cedar bottom and givo them in brief nu account of a spot that oontniuQ moro attraction nnd has combined moro faollUieooluBtorod together to-gether in tho most compact form, moro of tho olomonts upon whinh to build n Bottioment than nuy other spot in irou Oouuty, and that Is Baying a .., good deal. I ha"o made six trips down that way and taken somo of my friends to seo for themselves aud all who havo gono bavo aomo bsak deeply impressed with tho openings that this favored spot contains. To begiu with tho Innd strotohing clear across tho valley from th hills in the east side, , oztendlug for six miles to thoEO weal hiliB. connecting and abutting on tbe Union nnd North Held and tbo North West field. Uuder those Uelda tboro is what is known and called tbo 8lougbs, containing a string of natural natur-al reeorvair sites, extending for about a mllo aud a half tu tbo north and west, situated in tho heart of somo of tho best Jaud lying out of doors. ' -"T--.--""" On tho west aido of theBO hollows Is what is known as Cedar or Coal Crock moadow, nineteen hundred no-res no-res of whiob is fenced in one enoloB- '',4 uro. South of tbo enolosure above s I referred to is another body of land fl , about tbe same quality containing twnlvo or fourteon hundred. One citizen of Cedar owns some ono bun dred ana sixty acres on this oeutral spot. lie baa offered forty cores on tbe east Bide of the sohool section adjoining ad-joining thoBO teservoir aitoa for a building spot. Three others owning , land adjoining havo offered somo land for tbe Batno purpose of establishing townslte. The proceeds from tho eale of tho forty that I am offering ,hall o and ho used for tho eroctiou of sucb pubiio building as may be -emed necessary for the convenience pt tpPtup ma wan tp join in tola , iii i i T"T what I believe will provo'a uprolltablo investment. It boa been said already aud will bo repeated "lie baa Bcmo sohemo In view." Well, my friend, that may bo bo, but I don't believe It. lint tbo other followwill get a sharo of tbe Leonllt as well. To" all who may think that this is uot worth a trial thoro la no harm dono. But na tho auctioneer used to say, "oomo down and exnmiuo for yoursolf," let your eyes bo your judges, judg-es, your pookot book your best friend, and nover inveEt In a wild ont Bobemo. Some may think tho most appropriate appropri-ate titlo to this proposition would bo "Castles In tho Air," but ploasn in-Vfstlaulo in-Vfstlaulo thou you will bo better ablo to judge. I euhsoribo myself yours for a greater great-er Codar aud better homes and loss labor. Respectfully, JOHN PARRY. |