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Show Mf BUILD NORTH PROM OGDEN. " , aaa" r. The Denver & Rio Grande is missing a great opportunity by failing to build north from Ogden to the Snake river valley of Idaho. L That railroad more than once has constructed 200 miles of road Ml m order to reach some mining district where silver and gold were I being produced. Mines, peter out and mining camps disappear from the map, but a good farming region goes on producing forever in creasing in output and population. ' Why does the Rio Grande allow this rich farming country north of Ogden to remain in the undisturbed possession of the Harriman system, while tremendous energy, entailing great outlay in money, is put fortli to win over a small fraction of the trade of that part of California covered by the Western Pacific? Every ten miles built north of Ogden would annex an empire of orchard, farm and range and the entire 150 miles from here to Burlev or American Falls would pay off the cost of construction before the Western Pacific could be placed on a paying basis. The Rio Grande peonle should get a closer view of the country to appreciate the present development and the future possibilities of that wonderful farming district. Prom Ogden to Brigham is one great orchard; from Brigham to Malad are beet farms and miles of waving grain ; then over the divide are dry farms, and again fields of grain. There is not a barren spot in the 150 miles. Why a railroad at the portals of Paradise should remain outside is a puzzle. |