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Show LOS ANGELES HAS TO BE FED-UTAH THEIR MAIN HOPE With the population of Los Angeles Angel-es and southern California increasing bv leaps and bounds it has become necessary to cut up many thousands of acres of garden and agricultural lands into residential districts in which to build homes for the huu dreds of thousands of new citizens, and other thousands of acres for. industrial in-dustrial purposes. In consequence, with vast increas es in population and large decreases in available acreage for agricultural purposes!, the feeding of this great metropolitan area of nearly 2,000-000 2,000-000 people has become a real prob-!em, prob-!em, one that grows more serious as the months slip by. The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Com-merce and other interested and snowing organizations have been .forking for the past several years In an intense analysis of the food pi-o-duction problem with the result that it has determined that the proper 2nd economic thing to do is to en courage the development of our own r.djacent hinterland or "back country" coun-try" instead of sending our money ar afield in the Central West ana Sastern states, and, at the same timu build up new territories which will provide a profitable interchange of business with Los Angeles in the purchase of needed commodities. Charles Spear, our new harbor manager, replied to my question, "What two factors are most vital in iiie future development of our har-Sw, har-Sw, Charley?" "Rail facilities and the development develop-ment of our great -hinterland!" mi aid. "No harbor can grow beyona i certain point of its basic cargo, oh :n our case. It takes the produce of 'he hinterland, agriculture, minerals ind animal products, to support a jeat port." As usual Charles was right. Buc je cannot do the job alone. Neither 'an the railroads! The public must take cognizance of the situation ana 3Dd ready ear to those who, In, arefully chosen and highly efficient Aannels (notably the Chamber oi iommeroe), are delving into the. problem and intelligently working ;ward tie alleviation of present Portages and sufficient production ;r the future. This is as vital to the continued growth and prosperity of 'os Angeles as is an augmented sup-Ply. sup-Ply. Dr. George P. Clements, agricultural agricul-tural expert for the Los Angeiea Chamber of Commerce, looking into Present and future needs of thia smtory, has combed the entire ;thwest for desirable location ' ich afErd conditions of soil, wat-'rand wat-'rand c'imate suitable for the suc-'esstul suc-'esstul and profitable production oi stuffs for southr6rn California. It 'as be, to give him his due, who first ,!cfnized the rich vallev of . Utah as a logical place for the f5curagement of agricultural devel-mK devel-mK and exhaustive research has ri)'ed Dr. Clements' judgment cor- In every particular. e"est to Los Angeles of these l'ah valleys, and the one whioli , a t0 be drawing the attention of "a and agriculturists, is the new dlstrict the Escalante valley, "njp1 by the main Iine' of the acific system, .a region for- e in having its rail service so hi I hand and' t00' what is s1"" Phenomenal In so-called desert leto7' PractlcalIy unlimited watei , . remarkable underground wac-. wac-. Witions that hav.e only recently otne known. ;4br T3St l6Vel 'streteh of rio1' ie "sh land level as a table, and n rS area is underlaid with an ,T f Water at a depth or This afr 16 feGt r0m the surface. ..iioh "rds subirrigation for alfalfa I o0' atter the taP rots are well' )tl n"Mns that no surface irriga-j ' 0 Pumping, is necessarv after Th year- the Production of all garden deluded on page 4) LOS AXGELES HAS TO BE FED (from page 1) and field crops peculiar to a country of four seasons. Sugar beets havu been throughly demonstrated during the pa-st summer and potatoes, lettuce, let-tuce, cauliflower and other remarkable remark-able crops thrive amazingly. After exhaustive investigations. Dr. Clements says in part: "I have recently made a very satis factory survey of the Beryl pumping district of the Escalante valley In southwestern Utah. This district offers of-fers the farmer incomparable advantage?. advan-tage?. Unquestionably its rare dram-age, dram-age, subirrigation and excellent rail-iroad rail-iroad transportation will be more than !a favorable inducement to the farmer who desires conditions of the first ! quality to safeguard his investment and yield an excellent return for his ' labors." j While the Union Pacific system cov- erg this rich territory it has no lands i ,;Pfrit Vpt the rom- tor sale in lih? uioiiii. - pany is intensely interested in the colonization of the desirable area-along area-along its lines and offers to assist prospective colonists to personally in spect the various agricultural region along its lines. The Chamber of Commerce agricultural agri-cultural department can give thosv, interested full data on this very prom isins district. Los Angeles Express. . |