| Show OUR BENEFACTORS There are many men here hero and who have gone or passed on who deserve deserve deserve de de- de- de serve special mention In connection with the development and forward march of the Valley irrigated lands but space forbids for Cor- bids our going into detail in these matters and we only aim in this issue issue issue is is- sue to call attention to the advancement advancement advance advance- ment of the great valley and the things we have to be thankful for and leave these honorable mentions to a future issue or a more gifted pen Among he the corporations however which went on building when the pessimist screwed down the corners of his mouth are the Deseret Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation tion which brot in the early settler and put in all the money it could rake and scrape later the men who covered the Abraham district the Melville Irrigation Co which plodded plodded plodded plod plod- ded along as best it might with insufficient insufficient insufficient in in- sufficient funds the Delta Land Water Vater Co which saw the opportunities ties and bit off the biggest ch chunk unk yet their their Carey-act Carey lands comprising acres asked acres asked no odds of anyone anyone anyone any any- one and are spending a million dollars dollars dol dol- lars in watering and developing thie thil tract and maintaining It They have built with their own money the most modern Irrigation system that serves server acres of rUle f.-rUle land in the heart of this valley They have gone even farther They have developed several thousand acres of oi this land into ready-made ready farms They have cleared the land plowed it leveled it and seeded It to wheat a crop that this nation is now begging for tOt They have even gone farther than that in improving this land that If now In crop They set the pace for tor this valley by Installing one of the most efficient complete and modern underground drainage systems in order to insure for all time against water-logged water land which is the bugbear bugbear bugbear bug bug- bear of all irrigation districts and anda a condition that we now realize will have to be he met in this valley and that in the immediate near future Then rhen came the Sevier Land and Water Vater Company Compan which is now extending extending extending ex ex- tending canals over many lUany thousands of ot acres of rich desert soil soU thirsting for water and the privilege of mak mak- making making ing many happy farm homes All these and other deserving features we Ve must leave leavo to be bo detailed at c n clater later date data I |
