Show R. R RR R.R. R. R OFFICIALS LS VISITED DELTA The officials of the he Salt Lake Route namely H H. C C. Nutt H H. EVan E E. Van Housen T T. C C. Peck R. R K Brown R. R L L. Badger J J. J H H. H Manderfield Douglas Dougl White and andI andL I L 1 A A. Merrill were distinguished visitors visions to the delta country on Monday Mondy of this week and in m company with Geo A A. Snow of the Delta Land Water Co made de an inspection trip out through the north tract along elong the ra railroad and viewed with pleasure the growing crops crop in that favored section The visit visit- ors were elated With crop condi tion along the route traversed by them both go going ng and returning return return- ng mg to th this s city Douglas White and H H. E. E Van Housen Houses were high in their the p. p praises of the entire entire en en- tire country stating that they had never seen een better bette wheat grown than they saw new here bere in n our valley These two gentlemen gentle men are expert agriculturists and are wholly competent toPS to pass PS upon growing crops of grain grem They viewed numerous fields field of I wheat that will yield from 45 to 65 bushels at al the closest estimate They were agreeably i to find so e many new fields of alfalfa looking so 0 promising and glad to note that teat the sugar ugar beets beeta were coming right tight to the front promising a satisfactory yield The railroad officials are r oat on ona ona ona a tour of inspection visiting I every project project between between LOB Lee Angeles Angeles Ang Ang- eles and Salt Lake tributary to the Salt SIt Lake Router Boute And while bile they have found th the in m a condition on oil the other projects visited they Were frank to admit that the delta country was w. leading them all Joe Manderfield Man Man- field del and L L. A. A Merrill Merill could not qUite agree on which was w. destined to make mke the CITY Delta or Milford Joe Joe- outstanding contending toe foe Delta and Mr Merrill for Miford Miford Milford Mi- Mi ford the disagreement l ent was waa settled settled set set- tied by leaving the matter for far J J. J A A. Melville to decide and hie his verdict was wen favorable to Delta The visitors were motored up to the Uba dam dm in the afternoon to view the structure that impounds impound the water making it possible to raise such uch dandy crops in m this valley Everyone of these thee gentlemen expressed themselves as having unlimited faith fth in m the delta country and picture a rosy roay future for it Pres President dent Nutt in m commenting upon the stability of the dam proclaimed it as an substantial substantial sub sub- as the rock of Gibraltar and nd that when the structure win was completed that nothing short nort of ofa a tremendous quake could as much as u crack it the others all til concurred with him in hia hie opinion ion in m this th respect The officials official of the Salt Lake Route are area a clever bunch r. r o of fellows and their visits to Delta are us always welcomed by our people |