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Show NEWS FROM . WPP lleuson, Oct. 3U. As wo haven't noticed no-ticed any' Items In the Republican lately from lleuson wnid, wo thought h few llti6s ns to wbnt the enterprising enterpris-ing citizens of this busy little burg nre doing, would prove Interesting reading, Dcnson vnrd.Js n place of long dla; tanccs, high trees, big barns, nnd comfortable homes. Her farmers aro wldo nwnke, up-to-date In their methods, meth-ods, nnd are slowly yet surely making mak-ing tho desert to blossom ns tho rose. While It Is true bb stntcd, that her fnimois nro wide awake nnd Intelligent Intelli-gent meil, yet tholr farms are not producing near what they tuu capable cap-able of doing. Tho reason Is, too much land. Hired help Is so senrce, that tho farms nro not properly cultivated, nnd forced to yield the increnso thoy might do. There Is sufficient land hero for ten times tho population thoy now have. When Benson wnrd gets the proposed pro-posed railroad cut off, fiom Ballard spur to Logan, there will doubtfess bo a gienC change In conditions. At present pres-ent tho cut ofr seems assured. From whero wo nre now writing, wo enn seo tho engineers surveying the route As wo understand It, tho only obstacle Is tho obtnlnlng of the right of way. It'soems to us very unreasonable to ask tho Benson peoplo to pay for all tho light of way, when ll will so gi cutty benefit Logan nnd nil the north part or tho valley. Surely tho peoplo or Cache will not let so small nn obstacle pi event this needed bless lug. Nou just n few Items as to what some of the farmers have raised hero this jear W.. W. Houndy, COOO bushels bush-els wheat, 2)0 bushels lucern sect, 200 tons hayr22."i tons of beets; Earn Iticks 200 tons hay, ICO bushels lucern lu-cern seed, milk an avoingo of three tons per month, nlso raised a number of horses and cattle; Win. Cantrell, SOU bushels o.its, 2,000 bushels wheat, 20 tons hay; '.lames Chnntirell, 100 tuiiH beets, 00 tons hay; Ricks brothels, broth-els, wheat 2,00 bushels, 300 bushels lucern seed, 400 tons beets They ale nlso bujers and shippers ot cattle, cat-tle, shipping on an nverago of two (in loads per week; Baugh Brothers ate raisers of puie blood Lincoln sheep. They recently sold n small lot for twenty dolhus per head. They pioduce aliont 0,000 pounds of milk 'each month, put up "t" tons of nlfnlfn and an eiiunl amount or wild hay; Bishop Uallaul lnlsed this year, S00 bushels ot wheat, 2,000 bushels ut po tatoes. 75 bushels lucern seed, GO bushels of apples, and 480 tons of beots; Cm don brotbAs, wheat 4,000 bushels; apples 4.000 bushels; lucern heed 200 bushels;, hay 400 tons; nnd about 10,000 pounds of milk per month. In upper Benson wnrd the Reeso In others produced 3,000 iniBhelff wheat, 1,000 bushels potatoes, 200 tons wild liny, 720 tons nlfnlfa, about S00 tons of beets, nnd nn nveingo of ono ton of milk per day. Thero nro many other good farmers In Benson ward who have raised good crops this ear , i I - Benson ward Is fast coming to the front as n fruit producing district Kcphi Martineau produces, hundreds of dollars worth of fruit annually. A most beautiful sight was his apple orchard of several thousand busheh j beforo picking began. After considering consider-ing theso largo crops nnd taking Into account the fact that all kinds of ce rcnls flourish hen.' under proper tub tlvn'tlony it nylltncttdlly' btf'Sccli fhnr Bonson wnrd has great resources and under proper conditions would grow rapidly nnd become n flourishing, prosperous city. |