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Show I WHAT CORINNE IS DOING. ' in tbig issue of tho Standard is a review ol the work" of freeing the Corinne farming district from the alkali al-kali and salt which, crusting the surface, sur-face, has made the cultivating of the soil a most discouraging undertaking. There are 11,000 acres in and around CorJnne to bo reclaimed by tile drainage. The reclamation Is well underway and by thiB time next year ncarlv all that vast area, about 7 miles long and 2 miles wide, will be prepared for seeding. The Standard, in giving an extended write up to this Corinne redemption, has in mind the reclaiming of the 45,000 acres of alkali and water-Jogged water-Jogged land to the northwest, west and southwest of Ogdon. We want our business men and farmers to realize the great possibilities of this movement, because it means so much to Ogdon and the agricultural interests inter-ests of this district. " It is estimated that, by making pos-sible pos-sible the cultivating of the 45,000 acres, the population of this city and county, will be increased many thousand. thous-and. Opce under the plough, the re- i claimed land could supply beets for : two or three more BUgar factories and ; make homes for thousands of men, i women and children. |