THE 0MA1LA SUNDAY BKH: JANUARY 13, 1011.
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UTAH FERTILURUIT REGION
Tast Takiiuj Place Equal v.-ith that
of Colorado.
SALIXA COb'CTY BICH SECTION
Menders Are Jleliia Worked There by
h rr(rcUt Satllna Orchard
loan Compear Troogb
Irrigation.
"py Leonard towles.
SALIVA. I.'Uh, Jan. II. (Bpscial Cor
respondence of Tha Omaha liee.J You will
undrrstitru! this a grmit deal he't-r if you
will take a mt of t'tah. Ha aitogether
worth urnierrtandlng, to, because you
will caa tha unfolding of a great empire;
a transportation empire; the coming of
another Cou d'etat of the Goulds. Yoj
oee, tho Rio Grande Western, the Denir
. Itlo Grand o ami Hie Western Pacific
railways over whom fortunes our old
friend E. I Lomax I exercising1 a potent
May are all known on 'change, aa a rai t
of tho Gould ayatem. If you will look at
Grand couDty, Utah, you will aee where
the Denver Rio Grande railway, papain?
through Green river, heads north Into Fait
l.ake City. Now follow with your finjer
acroaa Emery county, and on acroaa Eevler
county, almoet to tha Mii.ard county line.
There, your finger la resting: on Sallr.ia. a
ptlnclpal town o;i the San Pete branch Una
from Salt Lake City to Maryavala. Kast out
of Salir.a. there arc twenty miici of broad
gauge, standard read built, t'.ie beginning of
the Ballna cut-off. which la to aliorten the
freight route from California to the eaat a
little lta. than WO mile. ma..in- It possible
for a Western Pacific truln load of orangea
to compete In point of time with any of the
other transcontinental llnca; very much tj
tho advantage of our former Omaha friend,
llr. B. K Lomax and hla read.
To Ur m t'rlxt lteute.
Thla "Callna cut-oft" will be a freight
route and a faat passengsr route from
California to Omaha and tha cast. It will
ave that long, weary tide across the
deserts of the Green river; hot In summer;
bitterly cold In winter; a bare apace on
the faoe of the earth which doe nnt now;
nor la It likely that It ever will support a
population of any number. The "Sallna
cut-off." however, cronees the enormous
coal bed of 3mery county, the rich beet
augar flelde of Bevier county, the peach
grovee of the Cove district, tha W.OOIO acres
of fruit land that the atate of t'tah la
reclaiming under t'.ie rime reaervolr and
canal project, and luto Millard county
where-there are llterall and actually
hundreda of thousands of aciss of laud
awaiting the coming of the settlor to make
valuea. to Improve, to develop and to matte
two blade of graae grow where but on
grew before. From Green river to Molina
I lli mile, acroaa lota. .If you make the
round trip t'r.e way the railroad gnea now.
It 1 nearer CCO mile. Take tha loaanr num
ber from the greater and you have what
will be aaved whan that tul of twenty
miiea sticking out from ftulln. eastward,
hoa grown Into the "oul-off" that mukea
for the shorter dlslanae. the ((Ulckor time,
the cheaper unproductive deaert, put In
1.000 equaro miles of the richest coal fields
In America and you have tbo reason that
f allna. ' Utah, la one of the moat hopeful,
thriving, huatllns oitlee l.i the lnter-moun-taln,
weat. And no matter what the rail
road engineer say, any on of the '"'i In
Lew la' drug ator eon prove to you with
out quadrant or transit, that the railroad
"almply cannot get out of building that
line."
Seme Road Has Been Botlt.
And, come to think of It. It dc jan't look
reasonable that the Gould eyetom will oon
ttnae to haiil It freight train from all
around Robin Hood barn, 600 mile. Just
for the fun o' the. thing, doea It? And If
Mr. Gould, aided and abetted by Mr, Lomax
ahould be careieaa about a little matter
Ilka that. It may be suggested that there
Is the Clark road, owned by Senator Clark
of Montana. Clark didn't get his money
doing things for fun. Say what you 'will,
the Hasina prophet has the best of It; espe
cially as the route has been surveyed;
twenty miles of road built and some of
the maps have the thin red Una on It that
la marked "projected."
I asked A. J. Crosier about this. Crozler
Is ' the head, . front and beginning of the
Sallna Mercantile company. Thin concern
doea a trifling business of a $m000 each
year with the farmers of thl section,
handling their produce, hay, grain and
provisions He use 400 freight cara, aa
orted slue, to get this stuff to market,
and for plain, unadulterated huatle he ha
a little I A Balls street trot that gently and
firmly ushers the "stunt maker" In thla
ectlon to a remote seat behind a post on
the diagram.
"There" no question." Bald Mr. Crosier,
"but what that, cutoff will be built. The
road would eliminate the deert, which 1
a long, unproductive haul: It would place
tha same roadbed through the center Of
the greatest coal field In America; and
would assist in the development of this
valley aa a great apple orcharding sec
tion.
Opportealtr fatr I'tah.
"You aee, I am In the commlaalon and
produce business. Lent year the crop of
the United Btatea wai 12.IWO.000 barrels
short. I had many calls tor western lipples
wl Ich 1 could not fill. Ami I felt that there
was a great opport unity here In t'tah for
some of our people to do what has been
done In the Grand Valley, the Palisades
and Clifton districts in Colorado. We have
an advantage of SCO feet In altitude over
the Coloiado valley; the soil Is exactly the
same; w use the same water, a muddy
silt-tilled stream, that replenishes the land.
and I know that we can raise as excellent
u n apple in this valley aa they can any
where In the west. Rrsldea that, our tree
lais the quantity, twenty boxea of apples
to the tree being not unimual. With ev-enty-flve
treca to the acre it Is not im
poasible for Intenalt e'orcharding to yield
1UX) to 2.000 bushels of apples to the acre
in this valley.
"We raise fifty to sixty buahela of wheat
on our dry land (arms a a usual thing;
potatoes will run from '0 to ) bushels
to the acre, and all other farm produce in
proportion.
"Oh, yes. I '.hink the cutoff will be built
all right. With '.UOOO acres of land In this
valley under a State of t'tah Irrigation
project, the Increased yield and aluatlons
will make the requirement nearer to 4,ii0j
cara er annum than 400. ho aure am I
.if this that 1 am Belting out 700 acre of
land to orchard and I believe that by the
time we have It In bearing, perhaps five
or six years, the thimih freights from the
coast to Omaha snd the east will be
stopping here nights to pick up our car
loads of fruit."
Mr. Crosier Is a young man of 3f. years
liis business of s gross volume of ftje.ooo
each year is the result of eight year a of
steady application to business. He Is turn
ins from that now to no Into the com
mercial orcharding and land promotion on
a large scale, because, like W. M. Kov
lance of I'rovo. he la aure of the outcome;
ct the future of Valine and of the Sevier
alley.
Beets Profitable
Food for Hogs and
Packers Approve
Utah Farmers Learn a Letson that
Tumi New Tide of Money
to Th:m.
OUliCX. l.tah, Jan. H.--t Speclsl -Ho;
ralnltu, onu of tha moYt profitable and.
until tecir.ll, neglected branches of Ue
e:oo!t Industries' In t'.e 'neat, !j recelvln?
much a'ttnVon In I'tah through ths stic
cf a.ih!e- ed b.' iuan farmers in feed'ng
("Cur bee's to lios. It !s flt'-irod 'hat
u'ns beets to fa'Un ro-;s T-tl! net the bvet
prowers of '.his uta!e f:i a ton.
For n.any yeurs ths pocUt:a of ths inter-
mo'jn'.a'.n region btve bten f:rc:d to ship
hoi frcm Ne!""rsJka beo :se tt" pork
la'.sed !n this section cf t!. country was
not the kind tbf.t c-otiM b? satisfactorily
used by the pscktrs. But with ths com
ing of fermers Into I'tah from the corn
belt a belter quality of hogs Is being pro
duced snd the packers a:a having to ship
In icsi" from other '.ats.
The feeding of beets haj sal' ed the hoj
raising problem In this state and the
farmers who or.ee could not produce the
deslrrd kind of ork are now raising beets
for hog feed. Hv feeding brets exclusively
one man rrnde his boss gain fifty pounds
each In one month. This Is considered a
strong testimonial to the qmilllles of beets
as a hog fnttrner.
Large Profit Made.
This farmer In question fed pounds
of lieeis per head. At the high price of
$.0 per 100 pounds for hogs, the beets
would bring this man J10 55 p?r ton. At
the usual fall price for hog of $7 !r 100
rounds, beet fed to hogs would be worth
17.50 per ton. Another farmer In this sec
tion of the state bought three tons of
S'iRar beets for $12.45 Isst summer. He
fattened eight hogs. T"hlch, for a little
over two months' feeding, gave him a
profit of $11. The beets were cooked by
this man before being used.
8. 8. Jensen, manager of the Ogden Pack
ing and Provision company of Ogden, has
been sctlve In encouraging the raising of
hogs In the lntermountaln country. His
firm has been a leader In getting the farm
er to produce a better class of pork for
use of tho packing Interests. Mr. Jensen
has followed closely all the changos in the
hog feeding problem and he has the fol
lowing to say about feeding sugar beets to
hoga:
"For years thousands of dollars has been
going oast every month for live hogs.
Packer could not get satisfactory ones In
this seotlon of tho country and they had
to ship them In from other states. Besides
Utah peaple are confronted with the situa
tion of seeing over JSOO.OCJ worth of pork
products shipped Into this state every
month. This means between $3,000,000 and
$4,003,000 a year that should be received by
local packing companies.
200 Monthly on lOO Hoga. .
"For an o:tlsy of IS for six months to
raise a hog that will sell for 12) seems un
reasonable. Ktlll this is tho very thing
which Is being accomplished in Utah at
tho present time. .A man with- a herd of
101 hogs can take In $230 each month for
his labors. ' -
"Last summer a farmer sold (476 worth
of hogs from four and one-half acre of
land. Thla land wa fenced with hog wire,
and half an acre of It wa in beet. The
remainder produced barley, alfalfa and
pea, tie let the hogs pasture In it.
"Hog- raising in thla-- section . ha been
revolutionized during the last twelve or
fifteen month. Formerly a farmer thought
It Impossible to raise a hog on anything
but grain. He I now learning, through
actual testa, that hog can be raised on
other feed at greatly Increased profit and
yet produoe as good a quality of pork.
It 1 not too much to say that every
farmer should have from ten to twenty-
five hoga to market every year. Even at
normal prices there are enormous profits
in raising hogs. Beets and alfalfa In large
proportions, and w-lth a little grain, will
grow a hog at slight expense. Farmers
have learned that peas as an finisher pro
duce an excellent, sweet-flavored pork.
These are being used In Colorado with won
derful success.
Uootl Demand In I'tah,
Farmers of thla state should remember
tint there always will be a steady demand
for good hogs In Utah, for packing plants
are springing up. The packers are enabled
to use hogs at all times of tbe year, because
of their cold storage facilities. During the
auminer months, when price are highest.
they buy large quantities. Price are usu
ally highest from July to September.
"Two young men of Ogden have decided
to raise stackers on an alfalfa field which
they have recently leased. They planned
to start with twenty sows when they
leased the land and expected to produce 130
animals the first year, which, when fat
tened sholld bring approximately $2. COO.
They have had experience In sheep raising,
but declare there Is more profit in the hog
business as the Increase in greater. The
one adverse feature la the danger of
cholera, though experienced hog men state
that the disease can be kept out by sanl
tary methods."
Where Nature's Bounty Rewards Man's Efforts
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ORCHARD NklAR SAUNA. UTAH.
In This Section of the Ktst an Excellent Quality of Apples I Produced. The Quantity Is Great, Too, Twonty Rnxes to the
Tree Not Being Unusual.
which the colony decldea to celebrate wltn
a "Wedding Jubilee."
But another explanation Is that the
twenty couples, once betrothed, grew bold
and rebelled against the law which forbid
marriage. Perhaps there was a hint of
even leaving the colony, for after confer
ence of ths leader permission was given to
wed.
According to Justice Are Weldon 11 was
"some wedding party." Seven couples were
married In the afternoon and thirteen In
the evening. The prospective brides and
bridegrooms grouped themselves In a semi
circle about a specially erected altar.
The brides wore flowing gowns of bright
sill: and satin, and the bridegrooms, with
flowing hair and unshaven beards, which
Is the custom In the colony, were clothed In
ordinary habit. Each man stood behind
hla bride.
The guests were the remaining members
of the colony. The orchestra struck up a
refrain snd at the conclusion of the piece
the Justice passed down the line, uniting
one couple and then another until he hnd
finished his work. New York World.
SUNDAY LAND show
Spreading Fame of
Omaha's Big Show
Across the Nation
AdTcrtisirg Campaign Through Thou
sands cf Tapers nnd Pamphlets
T"lh "f Piojrct.
Hack of the titcnha ls'ul show I a (, ;t
purpose, the tie elopmrnt of a uit cmi'itv
j of the west, to which Omaha l the t.ate
!.a. The idea of this great ciii iiie ln.lU -
itig tooU possesion of the promoter of t'ti
exhibit, but how best to lu'lntf thl.s to the
p.ttentlon of the people, was the tU: pt-ohler.i
ci.nfront'nn thrni. The udvertMut. cam
paign which has brouvht forth thin shov .
und which vlll brim; to tht cltv the thon-tand.-t
who are toming. began v.lth the .r
stns.1 presentation of this Me.i to '.he hegilt
i or the great lalle.av systems w.ilch lead
j.it of Omuhu lulu the new west
Ibis was followed bv InterentlUK govcr
nntti and prominent officials of t'ic wesuni
states through special traveling reprveonttt
thesof the Western Land Product:! exhibit
and has culminated In a:i ex'ilblt v.hicii
W. show tbe whole iest tinder one woT.
Without sparing expense, tho prorcoteia
have grasped every opportunity to ..nalin
the forthcoming l.tml show n suoee. nnd
i. .o this end they made icrtam ti ia tit. It
to the notice of Cue entire Interrstett lubliv
by various means, t'on.o of the iiiuki ,110111
Inent plans to gain attention are mated
belon :
An average of 1.400 newspapers have used
the press bureau material ench woek. Over
40O newspapers have carried Items of In
tel est to readers In the territory adjacent
t Omaha.
Seven railroads entering Onu ha ae ad
vertising the show In over 1.000 newspapers.
Ten thousand panel hangers bearing iin-
rt !r.
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linen were posted
i.f sr ei 111 Kill i s
i rsllnsv station.
csiHtKii s of I he Union I'.tclfte,
u st.rn nnd Itorllnaton bsx e sent
of Instruction to all the agents along
'i,s to un:c attendance t
i.f the
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item
ts in
the or-
I cv elopment
tnnaba Jnn-
t.anlatioii
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ilo iini'i' V'.'ilih has sent Imitations to'
the governor and prominent commercial
bulies el the vesti rn st.ttcs s.skint: them to
ci me or .n nd 1 1 pi esi ntt Ions. This Im ita
tion tins si-nt the ieiinst of the Nc
liiHska, StHte Hoard of Agriculture.
Asiiie from thl the I nlon Phi If 1c Ksll-
r. . comp:i;i uli i adv advertised thw
'.and shoiv on ii' w tobies which were
i .'.tb'.i: in d In I icccnibcr and ; a . e piibllelty
I i tl.c show on IHI.0O iluvln this month.
hi aiiilltlon to thla. the Chlcno, Milwaukee
.-. m. Paul Hallway company published
l.".at' folders.
! ot;r limulnd llllloaril m Nebraska ant
to stern Iowa display elttut sheet posters.
liver, stit, I i ' r ctn the Omaha. Council
llliiffs tiinl Mv.th Omaha lines will carry a
cMitns t.funui fli:t ili rlut, the nhow and
there will i.is.i be s,ieclal i-lsns and window
posters In i"".Rhii handled by the Omaha
lllllpostlim :iciee.
Through the i.K.daf correspondence the
outh Omsh: t mii:::lon bouses are send
ing out .'il'.A'i insert slips, while business
houris In tunnha Iiiivm catted on tho backs
of iMo.OOu nilo;vs thu news of the land
hhoW.
Gool Nriv Ifir'i tteaulvea.
li e new yi-.vr Is a semi Cme to "leftve
the low-vaultty. pnst,'' vo drop the yester
dsys. to for;t.it hltte: meinoiies, ssvs
t.irtson Swett Sutnlen in f . ess Magaxlne.
Ileeolve that when iu cross the llne
between the old and tr v.ev.- year you will
close the door on eve ,-y thug In the oust
Ihnt pnlns and cenn it help you. Free
yourself from everytMnjj which handicaps
you, keepp .'on back and makes you un
happy. Throw sway rli useless hnggntre,
drop rvervthlng that la a drag, that hin
ders your irogrees.
Enter the door of the new rear with a
clean slste i.nd a f"eo mind. Oon't be
mortgaged to the paM. and novr look
back. i
'I DlaeelTO tke t alus
stomach, liver and ktdaey troubles and
cure biliousness and malaria, take Klectrlc
Bittsra. Ouorantecd. Wc. For sale by
Uealon Drug Co.
CUPID RATTLES ISRAELITES
Michigan Meet Opposed la Marriage
Pair Off oai Wholesale
Plaa.
Ignoring a law that recognized neither
love nor marriage, forty members of the
Israelite colony twenty men and aa many
women were married at the sect s head
quarters at Benton Harbor, Mich., re
cently. Thirteen couples were married in
one party and seven In another. A local
Justice of the peace, a Oentile, as the
colonists call outsiders, tied the 'knots.
The Israelite colony was established here
about eight years ago by Benjamin and
Mary Purnell. In that time there had
been only one wedding at the colony, which
numbers seveial hundred, until this event.
According to the popular Interpretation,
Purnell's faith fulled to recognise the lit
tle god of love. Teaching the Immortality
of tbe physical body, tbe Israelite doc
trine, at lea.st until very recently, failed
to admit that true happiness could only
come through haul'" wedlock.
Tbe coluny has oontlnued to grow and
Purnell has aeen bis dominion gradually
expand. Troublea have occasionally beset
the leader, and not a few who. In Joining,
gave their all as a reward for everlasting
life on this globe wearied of life at the
coluny and resorted to the courts for re
drafts. But throughout it all the no
marriage edict of Purnell haa never caused
him any trouble.
Recently one of tbe prominent members
of the sect, William Hsnnaford. an Aus
tralian, fell In love with a pretty member
of the opposite sex. Hla love kr.ew no
checking, ar.d without the girl even life
forever waa not so appealing. In the
end he married hla sweetheart and
thereby created a atlr. Meanwhile Hanna
ford'a love was not the only one at the
colony. Among the flock are many young
men and women and unknown to Purnell
Cupid plied hla trade. His labors ended Id
twenty engagements.
Now, according to a statement which the
laraellte managera make, commenting on
the marrlagee. thla la the "fiftieth year of
creation" and Is known as "Jubilee year,"
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The business i:
never supplied;
i the cleanest form of farming; under irrigation
and when YOUIt orchard is close to a CASH
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You want a commercial orchard In the west.
It is the surest form of farming. The demand is
market; it Is ths MOST PROFITABLE FORM OK FARMING.
True, the land Is high; costs far more money than land In Iowa, Nebraska or Kansas. But it's worth more.
The maximum corn production of the corn belt is S18.01 per acre. In the mid-west this production sinks to J13.77
per acre. READ THESE FACTS:
W. I-. Garrison, a farmer living near Ogden, I'tah, has one and one-half acres planted to cherry trees. Lst
spring he picked from these trees approximately 1,100 pounds of cherries to tbe tree. From one tree he picked l,ll4
pounds of cherries. He sold thos- cherries at 8 cents per pound. At that rate each tree would produce $:i5 per
tree and the acre and a half of cherry trees produced at the rate of S.1,82Q.'i0 per acre. Mr. John Pingree, cashier of
the First National bank of Ogden, I'tah, 'one of the strongest financial institutions In the west, will gladly verify
that statement.
At Monroe, t'tah, a aix-acre orchard produced as many as twenty boxes of upples to the trte. These apples
brought 75 cents per box, or 15.00 per tree. Mr. ii. N. Hayes, vice president of the J. M. Peterson bank at Richfield,
t'tah, will gladly verify that fact and give you the name of the man who grew the apples.
TblB is what a commercial apple orchard will do. Ijist year the crop of the United States was U',O00,O barrels
short; consequently a high price w us paid for the commercial varieties ufapplcs; In some Instance: a very high
price. W. M. Roylance company, carlot shippers, at Provo, I'tah. Is now buying Pacific coast apples because
the 'crop In t'tah will not supply his demands. Mr. Roylance will tell you this Is true if you will write to lilm.
Mr. Carl C. Jansen, manager of the Ogden Packing & Provision company, at Ogden, I'tah, is buying hogs In
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, that he may keep his plant running at Ogden. He cannot get enough hugs to supply
hla demands In I'tah. Last November It was feared at Ogden that it would not be possible to celebrate Thanks
giving because 'a carload of turkeys ordered from Grand Island, Neb., had been lost In transit. I'tah could not sup
ply the home demand for turkeys with home grown birds. HERE IS YOl'R OPPORTUNITY!
You can make the hogs pay for your orchard. Buy the land, plant beets between the rows, let the hugs toiage
over the place. Raise turkeys for the late winter tisde. And the hogs and turkeys will pay for your place. WRITE To
I S TODAY. WE CAN BETTER YOt'It CONDITION; MAKE tA$& EASIER FOR VOL'.
Booklets, maps, plats, all are FREE. Ak ub what you want to know. Our business Is to give you
information you require and giv It FREE. Address
J. H. NELSON, SALES MANAGER,
THE SALINA ORCHARD & LOAN CO.,
THE ATLAS BLD'G, SALT LAKE CITY
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