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Show MILFORD, UTAH Milford, Utah, on the main line of the Union Pacific railroad, lies in ! Southwestern Utah, two hundred miles nearer the center of scenic America than Salt Lake City. Within a few hours drive over excellent highways, Zion Park, Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon and the North Rim' of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado are ; accessible. Two hours from Milford over an excellent mountain highway are Puffers Lake, the highest lake in the state of Utah, and the picturesque pictures-que canyons of the Beaver River. They offer excellent fishing as well as the acme in mountain scenery. Fish Lake, Lehman's Cave and a hundred other scenic attractions are within easy reach from Milford, and offer the tourist as well as the home-seeker home-seeker the best in outdoor life. i The Union Pacific railroad offers transcontinental service of the first; quality from Milford. Its de luxe trains, leaving Milford in the evening, even-ing, reach Los Angeles the next morning. Excellent grade and high I schools, good garages, numerous stores, a good bank, a modern depot costing nearly a quarter of a million dollars, makes Milford an ideal stopping stop-ping point for the tourist as well as a desirable home place. Adjacent to Milford many paying mines are operated. In addition to the operation of the mines, the pay roll of the Union Pacific at this division divi-sion point is very large. With its two thousand population, Milford is one of the most prosperous communities com-munities along the P. P. O. O. Highway. High-way. The most spectacular sights adjacent ad-jacent to Milford are its pump wells, which are used from early spring to late fall for agricultural purposes. Water of mountain pureness, sufficient suffici-ent to irrigate eighty acre tracts, spouts from the shallow wells; and, under Utah's unique system of irrigation, ir-rigation, record crops are produced. One visitor on the P. P. O. O. has aptly referred to these wells as "the magic waters of Milford." They are magic in that they offer the farmer farm-er the most excellent water right in Utah. The turning on of an electric switch opens up the flood gates of these underground waters for agricultural agri-cultural purposes. It is an independent indepen-dent water right, which belongs to the farmer night and day during the entire year. Alfalfa seed is the most unusual crop. It is produced without any further irrigation after the second year, and pays from fifty to one hundred and fifty dollars per acre per season. Many other crops are now being raised in sufficient quantities for shipment to the world markets of Southern California. Potatoes, for table and seed, are now being raised, and will soon rival the famous Idaho potatoes of the north. All other crops adapted to this latitude and altitude bring heavy yields, and over night are on the market places of Los An- geles. The tourist, who travels the P. P. ; O. 0. Highway will find one of the most interesting points along the road, from the point of scenic" wonders, won-ders, and will do well to spend a few days in the mountains near the town. Among the places which will appeal to the fishermen are Puffers Lake, the headwaters of the Beaver River, Fish Lake and the mountain streams in its vicinity where native, rainbow, brook and silver side trout abound. The hunters will find duck hunting an interesting pastime, while the mountains, during the season, offer big game. It is not difficult to remember that Milford is two hundred miles nearer the' center of scenic America than Salt Lake City. |