Show utah s wonders tersely told at land show at omaha 7 05 ata this brings us to the mention of some other counties besides cache weber and salt lake there are ae 27 counties in utah t all of which hold out oufa the best of opportunities tuni ties box elder and mor morgan aai are unexcelled as fruit and farming districts tooele thoele county with a precipitation see 1 ond to no other county has a future belond our present calculation cu not only as a farming and fruit raising section but for thestle the splendid adl id smelting smelling sm elting and min ing developments which are coming and shall come to it utah county with a 6 population of df with an area area of 2342 square miles the present seat of one of our greatest national irrigation projects the ho strawberry valley irrigation canal y which will cover acres of land unsurpassed in the world is is a district especially adapted for fruit culture sugar beets alfil a and gardening projects davis county has a population of and is the garden spot of the state and the fruit gardening and canning center millard county with a lati bat on and an area of square miles whose principal town is fillmore the first cap capital of utah holds out unrivalled opportunities for farming hog and cattle raising eastern millard county alone having acres of sago brush land which at one time was a waving field of blue grass wild flax and thistles whistles es w with it h soil deep rich a and nd prolific as ana an in the arld world can support a population of people half of this magnificent area within a year or two will be provided with water from tho the gr aest river of the great basin the sevier to the east of the irrigation canal cabal are 1 0 and in more ore acres which will produce without irrigation an average of seventy bushels to tho the acre of wheat twenty hush bush els of ryo rye forty bushels of corn bushels of potatoes from 2 to three crops of alfalfa and is espi cally adapted for the rais ing of alfalfa seed I 1 the climate soil so ia and moisture conditions being peculiarly y adapted to this industry ind iu in fact for tho the last six or seven years it has been common for farmers about fillmore to produce from 50 to worth of alfalfa seed per acre abre along the base of the moun mountains fountai tai ns upon st creams rea ms which carry o enough water for 80 acres in a district unsurpassed anywhere in utah colorado or ar washington for the prod production action of apples peaches pears cherries strawberries beri ies and any other fruits com common mon to tle the mountain states while the opportunities for diversified versi fied farming and hog raising especially are unsurpassed anywhere nephi in juab county is a Ah thriving riving prosperous young city surrounded by tens of thousands of acres breres of dry farm lands which are making her people not only prosperous but in many instances wealthy EACH COUN COUNTY ly A KINGDOM KINGDO 1 eve every r y county in utah has bas its own advantages es iron and garfield counties ahila offering many opportunities for farming vestments investments at prices on entirely ti rel 60 v incommensurate with their values will no doubt in the not distant future become the greatest iron manufacturing centers of the western united states while in garfield and kane counties there are millions of feut feel of saw timber of the vry very easiest access in washington Washing th county is a semitropical t district of 2400 square m miles iles which is only waiting the advent of a railroad when it will supply the state of utah and ship to the eastern markets fruits and vegetables of all descriptions weeks earlier than california alifornia 7 or any other tate state west of the missouri river in fact so go manifold are the resources of utah in the mining manufacturing horticultural and stock raising way that thal we can only touch lightly upon them at best last of all utah is tiie land of opportunities she has twenty million acres of land waiting to do its work for the 9 good of humanity we invite the worthy citizen our american brother wherever he may be to come and build a honie home within our empire ye ve are a home loving people wo we love intelli gance patriotism sm art and learn V ing we ve have splendid schools it i 1 e very every town and village in our state ve lye are an indus industrious trio u s friendly people our mount ain valleys are the most beautiful f ua in the world from the pine clad summits eo covered ered almost with perpetual snow come the cooling breezes in time while our broad lakes temper and a ad moistly moisten the air our skies ire as clear as the skies of litany and when the sun boeg goes down below our western horizon irke a drop curtain is painted in gorgeous colors of afred red purple blue and gold a scene of beauta which makes an evening in utah forever memorable to the stranger st im william spry governor salt lake city utah omaha bee |