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Show EMPIRE BUILDERS CARRYING ON IN MILF0RDVALLEY is'ever in the history c the Milford vailey have the farmers had a right to ieel so happy and contenttu. specialty agones 10 L-uOoe in tue putupihg uisuiet. Wmie Lt.niui-nia Lt.niui-nia ana in tact tne. Wuoie western country Us suiienug ironi me iaeii ol moisture, tneir crops are, as usual, us-ual, uoing nne. Tucir wens are luin-lsnmg luin-lsnmg an auunuauce of water for ir-ugauon ir-ugauon and tneir prospects are the very urigiuest, anu tue prices ouere tor wna. tney have to sell are good, it only neeus a goou lootc at uc large anaiia fields now ready lor the second cutting, to convince tne must in.ep.ical mat pumping water has us advantages, especially in a ary sea-sun sea-sun Iikc tins. just take a trip out through the district go see the Evans-nhiner lancn note tne perfectly beautiful place Chancy Baxter nas developed, mis. Jo. Hickman can show you sometnmg of interest : and W. W. Cook has made a real farm out o ausoluteiy worthless ground at least he has been told in years past that his land was worthless, aud that .there was not water enougn to wa.er it: but Cook knew better, and he has proved it, not only to his own satisfaction, satis-faction, but to the satisfaction of any one who will 'iake the trouble to go and see. i.. wiii tit tiiOttie &uoa, wneu fnai. ijlCa LeeiiUg COiao Uvcl- 0 Wnt:li j uu ot to tcenug "ltiuucr uiue .nucn you tuiiih. tue country is going .to tne uogs it wnl uo you guod to just get into tne auto ana '.utve a iuu out in tne cool ot tne evening, niter you have had a ligut supper, out by lorn Martin's place ana see Dr. iiybee'9 aliaila and Jim Griiii-ths Griiii-ths gram, and the Weber Brothers. Then lake a look at Kent amifu's place. Kent is just getting started, Dm it is a start in tne rignt uireeuou, aud it is a good start, and in a lew years it will look like Hendricksou's place does now. You will pass Sloan's and the famous section 3 0 yes and many others. Say! Don't you feel better? Have you not a little more faith in building build-ing the country. Ctn't you see in the future the whole valley looking just as prosperous as these individual farms now look. Remember, next week, take another road and look over others farms just as good and Just as prosperous. See the farms in the making in all stages of development, from the absolutely desrt conditions to the highly cultivated farm. See the sage brush and the grease wood being cleared oil, the wells being put down pumps and motors being installed, grain and alfalfa being planted, homes being built and crops harvested. harvest-ed. Do you realize that you are witnessing wit-nessing the building of an empire. Go out and take another look and then go tell the world that these men Baxter, Cook, Ryssman, Haskell Has-kell and Sloan and many others are the real empire builders, men taking the raw material and making the finished product the American home. a |