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Show SEVIER VALLEY HAS A GREAT fUTURE Olianges of the Last Ten Years Are Surprising, the Improvement Being- Most Marked Orchards and Fine Gardens Dairying -a Growing Industry Diversity of Industries Climate Delightful.. Sevier valley, with its Ideal location In central southern Utah, Is noted for its fertiTe land, with plenty of water, excellent climate and thrifty people. There Is nothing that the temperate climate of this Intcrmountain country produces which will not thrive In Sevier Se-vier vajlcy. , True, until recently, but little attention at-tention has been devoted to a study of crops, land, cattle, horses, etc People Peo-ple seemed content with a poor mixture mix-ture of anything. The difference then and now is not small by any means. It does one good to sec the sleek fat cows, blig round work horses, fields clean, of weeds and covered with heavy crops, fine convenient homes, etc This valloy has just started to develop de-velop jts resources. Not long since, vheat, potatoes, alfalfa and oats composed com-posed nearly the entire agricultural product of the valley. Today it not only abounds with these, but alco wltn sugar beets, orchmds n 1 Lin gardens. Anything in fact that a temperate tem-perate climate Is supposed to produce thrives here. Take fruit, for example, and find If you can any place where it will do letter than in ScIcr. Not only will It grow as well hero as elsewhere, else-where, but the flavor cannot be surpassed sur-passed anywhcic. This is a young industry In this section, sec-tion, and from present indication anybody who knows tho fruit business can soon make a fortune off a few ticiu's vi 111 iti iu:u Du1n.11 num. Dairying Is another Industry In its infancy heie Conditions could not he better than in Sevier county for this pm pose. People are learning that it pays to feed cows woll un.l sell their "products, rather tlmn to starve co and sell the hay. They are finding that the dalr business is ono of the best paying propositions on a farm. The best bred cows arc fast replacing tho old run-down stock until nearly everybody has some good cows. The fine meadow lands running through tho center of the valley furnish excellent excel-lent pasturage during tho summer months, and during winter the animals ani-mals arc housed in good warm barns and stables Instead of the old-time open corral. The nearby mountains furnish an excellent range for dairy stock and sheep, so conditions for cattle raising could not bo better. One had fenturo about the dairy business is that there are not enough people to handle tho supply of milk and cream now produced pro-duced This end of the business will soon build up, no doubt, since tho prospects arc so promising for a much greater production whenever facilities are arranged for handling the same The sugar beet Industry has developed devel-oped so much that the new factor built near Elsirorc last summer was not able to handle last fnll's crop and some beets had to be sent to the Lehi factory. This being the case, no placo can hardly expect to equal Sevier as a sugar beet producor The pulp and syrup from the beets are iiBed to feed cattlo and hogs, which do well on tho same. It would take too much time and space to dwell at any considerable length upon the various Industries which cnu and ought to be developed to support four times the population that Is now supported, and do It even bettor than at present There are nearly all kinds of mines surrounding the valley wAilch can bq developed to support a large population. popula-tion. There are nearly all kinds of minerals found a,t Marysvllle and Gold Mountain, wajting to be developed coal mines up Salina canyon, salt mjnos at Redmond, gypsum, deposit"? .sufficient to supply tho whole region at Sigurd, lime kilns near Richfield, and several other less Important products. pro-ducts. Manufacturing is beginning to grow rnuld.ly, Tho flpur miiia lecatod in tho varloua towns eu,pply this district and ship considerable to outside places, Tho Jumbo plaster mill and Kiln cement ce-ment mill, located at Sigurd, manufacture manu-facture and ship a grade of mineral in demand everywhere. At Elslnoro the sugar factory makeB a big showing. show-ing. SawmjllR owned by local people saw considerable n.ativic lumber found on our mountains. As a desirable place to make Qne's home, Sevier valley cannot be surpassed, sur-passed, surrounded by beautiful mountains: with Fish lake &nd its beauties on tho south, with tho Mountain Moun-tain View hot springs nt Monroo for bathing; with tho begt spring water piped to nearlj every town; with good business blocks, fine school buildings, comfortable homo8 anil delightful people peo-ple and climate, it is a placp with plonty of opportunities, with a bright future and a fit place for anybody to livq happily. |