Show I Might Pay in Utah The Los Angeles California Herald says that Col Melvin Mudge of Comp ton has been experimenting with some of his alkali land that is so thoroughly impregnated with that salt that it has heretofore been considered worthless un less a market should spring up for alkali when lie would have a mine of wealth His experiment consisted in planting these lands with the roots of Bermuda grass which he irrigated to give it a good sendpfl The grass sprang up like magic and in a short time the runners sent out small roots that fastened to the earth and in turn sent out more runners until the whole tract is completely sodded and likely to make these alkali lands immensely im-mensely profitable The Colonel is of the opinion that the worst alkali lands in this country can be easily reclaimed with gated Bermuda grass where it can be irri I I |