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Show FARMIXG The future of M.ilford is bound to lenend largely upon the development develop-ment of the vast area of farm lands hi'di come almost to its very doors :u' extend for many miles in three reotions. east north, and south. Thousand of acres waiting for V.rniers real farmers. Milford has -had its hopes and Its appointments, its fat days and lis an davs. depending upon the caprices ca-prices of the railroad depending up in the price of copper, lead and sil--er. Tf the railroad employed lots if men and the price of copper was -ood. we ate porter house steak, but r the price of copper was down and he railroad laid off many men, we i. e liver. At the present time we aro eating iver. hut the price of copper is coming com-ing up and the indications are, that since the Union Pacific has bought the Salt Lake route, more and more men will be put to work, and In a hort time Milford will be eating rib i reak. But as to the farmer, now that the i'nion Pacific is in controll. we are 'ooking for the development of our arm lands. It is a noted fact, that the U. P. never long runs its trains through unproductive territory, of my reasonable amount of money and labor can make the territory pro-luce. pro-luce. No organization in the coun-ry coun-ry does as much as the U. P. to develop de-velop their territory. !t is largely upon the reputation of the I'nion Pacific, its settled policy, ; and the knowledge that we have hundreds cf thousands of acres of good farm land in our vicinity for real settlers. It is largely upon this 'hat Milford is basing its hopes for "-e future. |