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Show I Over Joiilan, The Land j of Milk and Honey Mt In the cvv I'armlug lllstrlct Is. a t.'ical llye.Opcncr ThoiisnniN of ue llcicliifiirc i, IIcmtI. Wnl Now I'nillfiil I'lcldsof MmlnirGrnln.1 ' J It would pi nimbly be a great revelation revela-tion to most or our readers and Hits citizens or l.ehl to fnkn u rldo over Joiilnu and se tn srMl tniiiBfonnn lion scene that Is taking phicc. Whofqi but a Uttlo more thnn a year ago was a perfect desert waste of flvo thou- sand acres thero Is now rnpldly 'developing 'de-veloping one of the most delightsome farming sections In the sluto. Within the next five yearn, from prosont Indications, In-dications, the west side of Jordnn Hlv(r will have tho best innns In the two lowiiHhlpri or U'hl precinct. , Kverythlng giovvn In Ihe county Is being grown theie All kinds of Bi'nl wheat, Imrley and oats uro going to make bumper crops The sugar company com-pany lias a luO-acro tract west of the Itchort on newly broken ground that ooks tho canal of any In tho old fieldh. Joseph Hroadbout has all ;-8(N' acre tract southwest and Nato Hock-? hill has Hid acres Just coinln.; Jip? 11. C. Comer, J It Giles, llyrumvnns nml tho Andorsou Hros. hnvo 1!0Q acros more northwest or Saratoga that hp-paiently hp-paiently will give u treniendous yield. To Ihe north end are innus of Bishop Gardner, C. II Hoberts, I) 11 AUrcd and Homi, James Allied, II K. Ostor1-loli. Ostor1-loli. Dr Holhrook, l. G Webb. llyruM Smith, James Hiishnmn, Harry Sle.vv-art, Sle.vv-art, George Soiithwlck I'omllolon; Ibii.ic Hnrdninn nnd several othcrsT every one ol which Is looking mort excellent. "-1 llyruiu Smith has one or the best allaifa lields In the stale, sonic contending con-tending that It has no equal In tliJ county. II. 1C Osterloh's field near by. Is n close second These are tho only, tvi. Iichln Hint .ue -jl-l "iiough to really tell wbal tho district Is capablo of. Within the next four years It Is probable prob-able that most ol the alfalfa grown In l.ehl will come from west of Jordan".' Hundreds of acres have been planted liilH i prlug, most of il with Hio rprlng (.lain, and all of It has rolne up and Is doing fine The iivn. rnltiB 'lave been Idem lor btarte? :.i,,i fa. The district will nlt.o be given a test this year in the producttdn of vegetables. Ileher Coiner, Hyruni UvaiiB, Illley Glle,s and Hio Anderson ,nrljiuii.JuBLj'iViKlU!JQ)lU.nUX. nercB of pntntni'8. On the other end llyruiu Smith hns about ten acres of the Uncut sugar beets In this part of the county What they will do remains re-mains yet to be been C II Hoheits bus some flue potatoes coming up ami his neighbors also have small fields of vegetables. Mr Itoheits and lllshop Gardner have some excellent lields of corn and the fanners on the boiiHi end have several acres of sugar cane, so takon all In nil the dlstiict will be given a god try-out (his year i:pcrts say Hint the dlHtilcl will yet become most famous for its apples and pears, that tho soil Is ideal for this purpose. The twenty-acre apple orchard or-chard of lllshop Gardner certainly Jus-lilies Jus-lilies the prediction Others are set ting out orchards. II. J Mender has e piomlsiug one at his home wcM of the pumping plant IC. W Schneider has several acres Bel out this siirlug nnd Thor Ced'arstioni has thice ncies of u wide variety, all of which are giving giv-ing most satisfactory piomlse The farmers on tin lako front south of Hie pumping plant have oulv just completed their ditch, but thev are making a wonderful showing Men denhall Hros HiIh Hide of Pelican Point ami K W Schneider adjoining the pump, have excellent stands of gialu, nnd Mr Hall, a Salt Lake fltv jeweler, lias a line stand of sprlnc ISsws itan ,,,8 ,,,,b m '"'i- UJlf!r;1,l,lli; '".nlng under ntri V l,""lr,'(, " nlrtimliinw r DO for jnat what you get. Tl. rrm-irV! rrm-irV! ' l,,,w Jusl Minplctwl being affi "'co1."ro. which will bo ril-ou one half or the water needed jor t be Bciiaon, the llrst Irrigation rc-nuiniiK rc-nuiniiK in, lintiiouso amount of water i i soak tin ground up The pumps ij? .hT' n"lUl Ib from sixty to BOVcnl) lvt. Hccoud feet of wer. but iiH 1lir,),V!l,, the latter amount .Mil be all that w i, rciulrcd for HiR iiilance of the season Two-lhlrds ? v!1,0,.",,noullt l,ll"ied goes Into Salt iwjir Viiihy, and prcpuratlons aie be lUR made to send eight second I eel across the river Into tho New Survey section of tho Lehl fields. The farmer farm-er In Draper and Sandy bo far have been fnlrly well supplied with hlgb .wntrr from tho mountains, hut will soon draw pretty heavy on the pumps rJiU section of tho system has been a great surprise to the canal miuuigc-UicnL miuuigc-UicnL At first It was talked id ce-numting ce-numting tho cannl through much or tho Bandy district Hut it now trans-pircs trans-pircs that theso Band hills coon form ti coaling mid arc almost Impervious Water The company had figured on pumping one and n hnlf second feet of vvnicr lor every foot required, but the loss from seepage Is hardly notice-.ubloi notice-.ubloi In fact, there Is less loss than on tho west side of the river. ' jTlio rated capacity of the present nyMein Is seventy-live second feet, but olghty Becond feet Is pumped without difficulty, wi thein Is no fear of n slmrtage this season. During the um-nifr um-nifr soveral moro pumps will bo In-olsllrd, In-olsllrd, so that by next season Its capacity ca-pacity will have beeh increased over CO per cent to take care of tho Increased In-creased demand Ultimately It Is Intended In-tended to have a pumping capacity Callable of supplying water for :!0,000 acres, or over three times the present capacity. The big farms near the foothills are looking lino. Never In history did (liey look belter Apparently the yields will bo all the way from twenty to forty bushels per acre, Tho success tills year will be a great Impetus to drj farming and within a few years all the lands between the canal and the mountains wilt be devoted to this purpose n |