| Show T VALLEY TO aim ATI I 1 fa PT P T ATTEN F CHA M OF MERGE Q 0 M E C I 1 AND GOVER N IA N I 1 A development ON LARGE UNDER discussion As indicating that the attention of oc big interests la is being strongly atron gly attract eil ed to the Pa livant valley wo we reprint from the tha los LOB angeles times some come extracts frum front a brount pago page article devoted entirely to ix a discussion of millard county tho the article appears under tile the following caption 0 0 VERN al H tt investigating VALLEY ACRES ACHES OPENED TO PUBLIC since tho the first publication in tile the times last january of at tho the opening up of the valley in millard county utah through joint action or of the union pacific tile tho los angeloa angeles chamber of corn com iuorno and the local irrigation and reclamation bodies considerable advance has been mado in the develop of all these lines with the pros proa beet that this rich and fertile district which its fine agricultural possibilities ties will rapidly como come into settlement and cultivation through settlement and through its ita adoption as aa a government rehabilitation training camp for wounded veterans the Ia Pa livant valley occupies the eilstein eil eastern stern half ot at millard county in utah at mean of mites miles from los angeles and miles from salt luke lake city more or less according to location of lands tor for the valley and lands comprised in this now new agricultural district extend tor for many miles north and south east and west embracing a total ot of about acres to somo from of 0 develop night in agriculture or officially ly APPROVED dr 1 fir f t laments 1 head ot of the a fi w of oho ao los A t amber of commerce after eting the of thu the agricultural committee and board of at directors of tho the chamber has oell bially tile tho valley as aa a laud land or oc promise for the land gry who are ara willing to pioneer for the khe linnig of a foundation tor for future independence aud and a natural teoder feeder tr tor tile great populations of the southwest already looking afield for cheaper lands than those watered by the southern california irrigation pad power projects dr clements Is enthusiastic about the fortuity fertility and promise of immediate returns from labor given to the cultivation of the Pith yant valley and insists tb 0 a Is not in all the west went another undeveloped sect loin so BO ready for mettlen it at and rapid production originally mormon territory and fettled by adherents of this religious sect conill settlers wore not enczur agua und and this alone accounts for the laut that these lands have been can held luck lack mid and in reserve for the present with tile the lifting of the lan laii and tuo welcoming of at producers produce ra without regard to forms of faith now gli tile tho completion of a great irrigation and drainage system by the sevier savior river land and water company whereby the waters of the sevier river hirer are turned into a thirty allo canal well wall up on the mountains rimming tho the valloy valley furnishing water by gravity to about acres and draining others into sevier lake this entire acreage becomes at once available for crop raising without lao tedious wait of years for fertilizing common in it tho the deserts of tho the south ARMY ip iii the conviction that there lands are ideal tor for tho the purposes pur posea of tho the government in its worn of rehabilitating tho the war vo veterans dr clements has brought them to the attention of major C R forbes head of at the veterans dureau bureau and urged their adoption under the liberal terms of the owners as a practical veterans tl onal agricultural camp from chic thair il iiii eja I 1 idlers could go direct to own farms on terms enabling them to pay for the lands from their earnings over a long term ot at years tile tho interest of senator and congressmen asborno and lin berger has hag also been oril with tlona and surveys have been beem made and it is now bel bellowed loved a favorable to ahe project has been lite result that exhaustive elamina reached with tile the concur ronco or 6 tho officials oni clala of the american legion S A greenwood representing tho the sevier river land and witter water company has also succeeded since the ho previous publication in interesting local people in tho the formation ot at tho Pa livant volley valley development syndicate which under an arrangement with tho the title holders is authorized to upon open a section of tho the bench lande comprising about acres on oil attractive terms I 1 all lands of the valley are of course not included in ili this thin proposition for all of thorn them arc not under the samo fame ont iol and it must be lorne borne in ili I 1 mind that there are upward of at 2001 1 acres ot of farming lands comoria i od ed in bri valley now cunderi under three important THI lEli DIVISIONS first conio about acres directly to the high line alno canal and its bayous provided with a perpetual how of at water from tile the sevier river nearly as many acress aro are comprised in III ae secondary condary tn ili the artesian belt where all need ed cd water la is obtainable at varying depths but assured ilow how and then the third or outer zone of bench lands suitable for dry farming and fruit raising the price of at the land varies of course ns as it lies within theao threce zones 1 As to soil and climate dr clem anta speaks in terms of highest I 1 praise there are four true se seasons agonsi alth an annagul rainfall averaging fourteen inches winters tira are mild without extreme cold but some snow apitsc are early and long and in summer there Is absence of at extreme or r heat although the entire valley including a dozen towns has now a atlon of at only there are ara 1111 iny bucce successful irful small farmei barms and tho the character of at the country la Is indicated by the fact that in this pah pali i vant valley there Is now grown ono one fifth of all the alfalfa seed marketed in tho the united states and augar leet are grown successfully tor for tho the lilg big beet sugar factory at delta wa which 1 ch Is one of the largest in tho the west all the elements for a successful agricultural center capable or of supporting anil and raising to independence a population exceeding deop lo la aro are present in this region which will grow all the roots and grains I 1 deciduous fruits borries borr loa melons melona etc with areas especially adapted to poultry hogs shoop cheop and cattle so that tha t every avory type of farmer and ranchman can find it a suitable tract and in tills this clemonts Clo monts says baya it ts la tho the only remaining section of tile tho country where lands may be hail had on anything like the terms mado made possible by the recant determination to lot down the bars and invite settlement by white americans americana of tile the homo home building types I 1 should the conclude to act on tho the suggestions oc dr clemonts clements and establish hero here a training camp for vat earns it will of course include reservation of a portion of the valley talley for or pur calles by thu the trainees when ready but it will not interfere with the other plans open to ex soldiers and civilians and it Is expected there will be something nothing in tho the nature of a rush on the part of those able to comply with the terms chief of which la Is immediate homemaking home making and cultivation not at least of course of ff the attractions tr of this now farming empire Is the tact fact that it Is traversed it entire length by tile the mian m aln line of 0 ir one or of americas geat i railroads having Us ito terminal at los loa angeles harbor rind find officered by men who havo have farsighted in generous encouragement bf at all forms forma ot of development indeed it Is an open secret that one ona of the first ot of tho new owners of the salt cdake route was waa to initiate negotiate ons faY orbIa to ta tho the bringing of this rich territory into production through the breaking down of tho the barries barr lea which ha hadl operated for its from the public eye tor for better than halt half a century |
