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Show Miltord Has a Rosy Future Says Courtright Engineer for Ford Co. aj ;r., i:u; Jvavor County News. .Milford, Utah. Development of the so-called waste lands of the west has assumed a proportion today that in a few years will demand the attention of the real seeker of a home for his family, where he can live in peace and prosper as is his right under a free government. Already the efforts of the few who have stuck to the game through years of adversity, have, in the past few years, born fruit and returned them a measure of harvest in the midst of the desert. If one were to seek the prophetic and dwell on the words of John on the Isle of Patmos, surrounded by a waste of water, from the vision of the mighty future exclaimed, "and there will be no more sea." gather from this a courage born of conquest con-quest and know that "there will be no more sea of desert," then, indeed, does Revelation become the basis of hope regardless of creed. Milford, in the heart of the belt of green velvet has that to offer to the home-seeker the equal of which is not found elsewhere, in any greater great-er values. There have been failures, there have been speculations arranged only on-ly for the benefit of the land company; com-pany; there have been relinquishments, relinquish-ments, bankruptcy and starvation at times, but the dreams have been th-? same "a home in the west." Under the new era of things with the tendency to prepare the way for the home-seeker, honest capital can invest in the development of land and with the proper item of engineering engi-neering considered, turn over to the conscientious home-seeker in this valley a tract that they can tend and with careful husbandry produce a permanent income. The irrigation of such a tract is the most important item to be considered con-sidered and the question of the power pow-er for this purpose and the working of the farm can not be decided in an offhand way, or by the dabbling in miscellaneous machinery and pumping pump-ing equipment, not at all adaptabl' to the local conditions. A close scrutiny of the cost of equipment initially and from the operation standpoint should be the first intent of the community. Farming by power is upon us and the horse is doomed, the profits rear 1 ed from the power operated farm are greater than the meagre returns the average man gets from the use o'' horses. There are exceptions to the rule, but in those rare instances the man who has won out with teams i- a nrouen man and will never enjov the real reward that the power far met' finally inherits. The selection of the proper type of pump equipment, means success or failure, a power equipment universal uni-versal in its character is the most desirable and to this end the farmei should be aided in every way no: with the idea of selling him a mass of useless machinery, but to hav. him possess sufficient, equipment U enable him to operate economically This should be the intent and pur pose of any land company, selling tract- in the valley, and to this enf the most active organization in tin community should investignte am" ally themselves with any org.miza tion whose intent and purpose wii' bear exhibition to the light. There is one thing not to be for gotten and that is youth, age ean-not ean-not expect to win the fight; it eon help by advice and experience, hit youth, with its new and living stand ar.ls must be invited to partake in the real upbuilding of the valley. th new blood w'll put tinnn its propepsin.? prope-psin.? that which age has held fron-retreat fron-retreat . Forty young men with hope and ambition on 40 acre tracts operating under the new order of things in five years, will change the physical and political condition of the community Milford stands to win if they will get into the fight and work with the idea to win, and in this special matter mat-ter of farm development, Milford occupies oc-cupies a position in advance of other communities from its natural location, loca-tion, character of its soil, railroad location and its wealth of natural resources. Its final place is assured and to this end the writer suggests that the Lions club of Milford, immediately form an active committee of ten to gather new data and ammunition necessary to the prosecution of the summer campaign, formation of such a committee being an absolute necessity at the present time. Milford is a city built upon a hill Keep it there. A. S. COURTRIGHT |