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SALT LAKE HUSTLING PLACE
Everything is Big:, with Prospects of
Growing Bigger.
N. R. POUTER LEADING BOOSTXB
ONE OF SALT LAKE'S
LEADING DOOSTERS
H Una Tlaaa tar Development of Tit,
OOO trrra sf Farm Land nad Ilia
Company Promises "till
(irntfr Thine.
FY LEONARD f'OWl.Kn, SPECIAL COM
MISSIONKR OK THE OMAHA PHK.
HALT LAKH TITY, Jan. 14 Speclril
Correspondence of The Omaha Bee.) In no
other city In the world Is there a scene
llk It. I am here In the Hoston block, a
modfrn granite and steel building, twelve
stories In height. Just across Enchang"
place in the New House building, a twin
structure. Through the window to the left
there Is the main traffic canyon Main
street and along It there , is a vlnta of
clean, almost new rtrurturee; an orderly
tumble of human hives. Above them all
the. Kearns building ream Ita cream brick
and terra rotta facade: the grantto heiKht
of I he. McCornlck bank building la next:
the, general office of the Union Pacific
railway, and at the head of the street the
spires of the Tempi fling their gold peaks
against the brown and white bulk of the
Wasatch hills. A little to the right of all
this Is the really splendid structure of the
Utah hotel and below that the granite face
of the Continental National batik building.
Up from the street comes the roar of
traffic; the tinkling bells of draught ani
mals; ths hoars blare of motors; skurry
Ing bar and there; th' gongs of street
ear and th murmur of many voices; the
major not of a crowd Intent. Through
this window to th left there may be seen
tb millions piled on millions that men
bar heaped her In this plaoe; a city, in
dead a olty eager and pulsing with hope,
aspiration and proud of Its past; glad of
Ita aooompllshmenL"
Through th window to the right the
myriad of spires and roof combs; staffs
and Images of Unlhalle; the government
building of olty and oounty, are thrown,
against th snow-clad slopes of the Oqulrrh
rang; a bas-relief; a building In cameo;
standing dark and clear over the valley;
field covered; that stretches miles and
mile away to th foothills of the majeatlo
peaks. Th fcather-llke poplar trees point
Ilka fingers to a sky sunlit and clear. Little
wraiths of smoke ar mounting to ths
dome; purely blue.
everything- la Bl.
Big buildings; big valley, big. Big, BIG;
everything Is big. And her In this room
sits a quiet-voiced man thinking the big
gest things of all. l'erhaps it U the atmos
phere that does it; perhaps It is that other
men; all of them are doing the samo as
himself, or, perchance. It may b the big, big
mountains; th big, big inland sea. What
ever It Is, this Is the castle of a dreamer;
of a dreamer who Is making his visions
com tru. I asked hin if he were a state
legislator. '
"No, sir," was his quick answer. "I be
long to th dollars-and-cents side of the
world. Banking, land and water ar my
job. I'm trying to produce a little more
than 1 consume."
' Such a man is N. T. Porter, who told me
this morning that his plans ar now ma
tured for th development of 75,000 acres of
fsrm lands. Mora than that, una of the
greatest bankers In Bait Lake City told me
that Porter's plans will work out. And
Porter la a Mormon; a conservative Mor
men; a scion of th pioneer stook. He does
not promise things ha can't perform, lie's
got th land, tb water and the money.
He's financed. And just now he's making
lust as little noise as possible. ' ,
"We're not ready for the settlers -yet."
And his face wrinkles Inscrutably, while
his' brown eyes snap. "What w want is to
be entirely -ready when w begin to offer
our lands to the people. There's a greater
profit that way. If we sold our lands now
It wouldhav to be at a rock bottom
price. By holding for the development 'we
get all of that plus th Increase of values
that Is going on throughout the whole of
the lnter-mountaln .west; In Utah as well
as In every other section of this portion of
the union. Just now we are getting ready;
perfecting our plans and making pre para
tlons."
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STATE COMPLETES PROJECT
LTtah Delivering Water from Plate
Cansl and Reervcir.
LAJIGE IRRIGATION
SYSTEM
N. T. PORTER.
Prominent Advocate of Utah's Advance.
ETCHINGS OF LIFE IN CORK
Plctareaqae
Tum-b.
What Oae Man Propose.
For a paragraph let me tell you what
this man's plans are: He is the president of
the Dank of Southern Utah,, manager of
the New Castle reclamation project, sec
retftry and treasurer of the Virgin Valley
Reclamation company, secretary and treas
urer of the Kanab Valley Reclamation
company and has a luoratlve and growing
law practice In Bait Lake City ao large,
o growing that It takes the entire east
wing of the Uotaon skyscraper here to
quarter It. lie was born at Centervllle,
Utah, ten and one-half miles from his
office chair and has lived "since the day
before he wss born" In Utah. His parents
were pioneers, "forty-eeveners" they call
the very oldest ones her. And so Porter
declares, "My parents were forty-sev
aners." In the organisation of his com
panics he has gathered about him a group
of the wealthiest, wisest and most alert
men from every profession In the state of
Utah. He declares he will win. And tills Is
what he proposes to do;
Follow the line of the San Pedro, Unit
Lake Los Angeles railway from (Salt
' Lake southward. At Lund. Utah, this road
Iskes a shoot across country to ths Grand
Canyon of the Colorado, a distance of
about 200 miles. It will cross the greatest
Iron deposits In the world not In the west,
not In the United States, but the greatest
Iron deposits In the entire world will be
tapped by this railroad. And, singular
enough, at .Cedar City. It will pass be
tween mountains of coal on one side and
mountains of iron on the other. It Is at
Cedar City, now the largest city in Utah
south of Nephl that Porter is building one
of the strongest financial institutions In
the whole southwest,
. Kater the Viral alley.
At Uellevue this road will enter the Vlr
gin valley watered by the Virgin liver
(Skirting, the north end of Hurricane Ledge
a great geologic formation of the earth
sit of 100 miles long; and one of the won
deis of the earth, this road enters Kanab
valley, which It crosses.
Now listen; let your eyes bulge:
Porter and his associates control every
drop of water in the Virgin river! They
control every drop of water In the Kanab
river! And they 'own outright 7S.0U0 acres
of land! Th land Is to be watered by a
giant Irrigation system. It Is to be set
tied. And the idea is to sell the land at
the least possible price, so that develop.
ment may be iromoted; Porter and his
friends content to take their wealth from
the Inert ase in the values of the land in
th usual and ordinary activities of labor
and Industry sun to follow the settlement
of this wonder country, the land of the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado of Hurri
cane Ledge, of the far famed Vermilion
11:11s. ,
How's that for dream?
A in) he'll maae it come true.
A big banker here says so assures me
that he can't fall!
Irlnh
Keatnres of the
aa TSoted by an
American.
All sorts of uniforms you a ill see -red
teen, ulald. with a variety of trimmings ,
that only women folk can remember after
ward. And the children very often an en
the military, especially In the matter of
navy caps, with the ribbon carrying the
name In gilt of some warship. Schoolboys
generally wear the little cloth skull cap.
aa In Boston, very often a bright red; uui
many of them wear these sailor cups. 'And
no doubt they rather envy the grownup
soldiers themselves, who swing along with
lighted cigarette and nobby walking stick,
the head often topped off with a dinky
little hat about the slie and shape of ft
charlotte russe box.
Honesty shines In the eyes of the people
here, grownups and Immature. Thus, one
of us bought a ha-penny paper, the Cork
Echo, from a poorly clad newsboy. 1'he
buyer handed him a half crown, all the
change . he happened to have.
A quick word and the boy darted off.
and though we knew that lie Knew ne
would never Bee us again, somehow we
knew also that he would come back. And
he came back, with the change that he
had gone after. It Isn't everywhere that
you would have that confidence.
And courtesy? The children of Cork (and
of Ireland generally) will shame American
children In that respect. Wo ran across
a boy coming frorn school. Eton , collar,
nnilur hat. the words "It. M. S." on the
band, books sluag In a little sack over his
shoulder, so amusing altogether was he
that we had to stop him, and when we did
we found an Innate courtesy simply unsur
passable. Hla. "Sir" was no confession of
civility, it was mere good breeding, aim
with our camera we added his photo to
our collection. - '
Which reminds one that the children of
Ireland are getting plenty of ' schooling
these days. Compulsory education is now
the law, so that in twenty-five years "Cork
and the rest of Ireland will be quite a dif
ferent country In that respect from what
it has been under the harsher laws of the
past.
And speaking of education, we ran down
to Black Rock, a suburb of Cork, to see
the famous Ursullne convent, some of
whose scholars are today making the en
viable records in our own Wellealey back
home. It is a beautiful place, close by the
salmon fisheries of the city. Hereabout
live what the natives call "the quality,"
who sometimes pay a high price for tiioee
same salmon In the spring, as much as
2 and S shillings the pound.
In the evening the crowds swarm over
St, Patrick's bridge, the Jaunting cars run
ning in and out between the moving lines.
Now one will not see so many shawls as
before even in the two years since our
last visit here the difference is quite no
ticeable, due probably to the example of
the tourists lauding here In such great
numbers of late years. There are few
automobiles here as yet, compared to the
number on th continent.
Of course the best known trip from Cork
Is the one to the Blarney Stone, which you
will find at the ,very top of the 120-foot
castle nine miles out from Cork. A fine
old castle It Is, too, once a stronghold of
the MacCarthys. The country all about It
Is beautiful, notably on the way out,
around the pretty St. Anne Bhandon
church, where for a sixpence or a shilling
to the sexton you can hear again
The bells of Bhandon that sound so grand
on
The pleasant waters of the River Lee,
But do the Corkonlans kiss the Blarney
Stone? I put the question to one man
there. A twinkle came Into his eyes.
"Sure," said he, "what is the good at all
to be kissing an owld gray stone when
Cork is full of pretty girls waiting to be
kissed?"
Something In that, too, we thought, as
we hurried for the train that was to take
us to Klllarney T. O. Connolly in Boston
Traveler.
Forty Mile of tannic nnil Lateral
IVater Twenty Th'tnonnil teres
of ew f.ronn.1 thrit I t fry
Very llleh nnd: Fertile.
SALT CITY, i'tah. .Tin. 14. -:"-
rial Correspond' me of The ('malm Mee )
Tho state of Utah Imp Hist completi-d the j
I 'lute Canal and H-.re vcir pr!ect und Is j
now contracting In d. !iv. r water to ti e
settlers on thu Inn 'm coveted by this
JirtN) rorhtrmitJon prti.'-ct.
Thin re' lal"i!ng of lani!- In I'tah de- j
Vf loin what a state nv whn It l '.-r- j
mlttd by th ! prat Kt.nx of Its on lit ill. mi. I
Must ptrs'.ri a-.- firn II ir u th th" fa I I
that the United S 'ii-s K ,x , Miment li.iv
hf'-n roOalm!:i5 l;i.':i!-Ai .Va-'.i.:iHU.r. die-,
gin and Main, lint Tvl e In It ih tlv guv-,
ertirr.ent and the vtat are In ;h at w.irU 1
making mure Ijmli f"r v.'fv ? tilers. '
The p:ute prijict :.' It I.; ml'ul. i om- i
prises an Irrurution syff.ni of f..rty miles '
of canals, and lat' mis. ut..-lnK '.'."XI .teres l
of new ground. Jh's lum; hi... never had a
pl'iw put into it an.! Is ; u th most fer
tile of any hortli ulttiri(; end a;il'-u t rul
lands In the en!:r'! w it. Al-cnh p:ivat
dipir anles are at wm k ranting Kreal plan
tations of peach arid ii le ir.es. These
are to be sold in .sninn Jiiiieels to the set
tlers and much pr'Ki'es:s,ls li. itn. inii.le with
these sales rijjht hire uj hmne and in Halt
Lalte City, where the pripje kn.tw- vbftt the
lands are, what they wil prod i.'e and what
effect the settlement qf the lands under
this canal will have orf other land values.
Fnormona l.Jil Profits.
It is calculated th:U)rhe SH.trti acrr s of
lands will uld o er t4).,!irl (,f wealth to
imney more tlsn eicht times. And the'
"I en'nc of this roi.s't provides the tie'st j
spienrtiil oprnmir f..r yorn men and onien
In the west t .day.
J H. Nels. n. vecr't:irv sn-1 treasurer of
the Sa'ina ti'-.tiar-l and I... en onii.anv. ilr-
.iar's tins th Ian ! will be sn'Ut'-rt tip
ry i I I v t.v pot le from Col -rn '. Mali ,
r.vi Utah: people n In Know what tho in Is i
if the w-st wl'l produce and h,.w nvuli 1
they are worth r.s in est m. lit s 'Some c.f i
inese lamis. cHvii.pirt into m.hanl prop
erties will s,i fir ns high as per acre,"
srI.I Mr. .Vels. n. "There Is son,., farm
lands m d r the canal not siil'e.l to orchard
ing en n romm-relnl scale fn.l that land
will sell for ns low us per a. re. which
will include water rights. T'-e allev Is me
of the mi st beautiful In Utah ar.l the land
din n .t lie surpassed for fertility in n'l of
the west. Pome of the lsnd has been pur
chased as low as ST TO pfr acr". but that
was a l.miT while aiio. Such lund has lately
been 'turned' f r as hl;h as $r, per acre.
It Is all tommy rot to fii.' that the oji
pei tunilles of the w est are all itone. In
died they are just beKinninit and the one
best, sure place all the west today Is
I'tah and its alleys "
Mr. Nelson Is at the hen I of an orchard
couitanc which Is reclaimm over l.Jafl
ncrs of limd under this canal, lie Is a
i 1 1 n r man and Is locating people under the
canal every day.
the state. " snln that this phi ase was
li .thinii but a "rhetorics! flourish'' which
a.l. Ie, riothlnx to Ihe indictment, arid, of
course, did trot prejudice t.tie aicusod. In
a more tec. nt ease, decided Jrtiiui.rv 1
U'li the supreme ou t '-ef ised to t e et se
a i run . lion for the in i.lyeni.nt otnls-.-ion
l the tiial court to nriHik-T. the ac-
us-d an.l enter a pi. a for, him. Wiscon
sin has a stamte. enacted In is . widen
re.juires tlie supieme eout"t, to disregard
r rii's that do nm effect the substantial
rights of the accused; ami also a statute.
COMMON SENSE IN JUSTICE
Wisconsin li pre roe toart Puis (;r.
rrl Terhnlenllly n the
Itetlre.l 1. 1st.
State Land Hoard
the Mate of I'tah. Tb
in making this Improv tnrnt, investlnK the
money required to bull this project .calcu
lates that the state would recover Its
In a recent number of the Journal of the
Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology,
J. W. Carner given some detnlls of th
record the supreme of Wisconsin Is mak
ing; in administering Justice without re
gard to technicality. He tays In part:
In a recent Isstin we called attention
to a decision of that court in which it
refused to reveose a conviction for an
error which consisted in the omission from
on Indictment of the useless but sacrosanct
phrase, "against th peace and dignity of
enacted in l:'. which di dares that no ,
criminal .Judgment sha'l lie set asld. or j
h ti ial gianled for an ei r- r In Ihe nd-mi-sion
of i idence iinU-ss tl.e substantial .
rights of the compUini'ig- p.irly have been ,
nfleeted. 'i he a-'cusul in llos case, who I
had bet n coiiviettd of s.tliiig li uer. and1
who li a singular oeislglit iia.i tuu leet
foimally aiiiusncd. t iok an appeal on the
ground that the cmlss.oii lad woik.'d an
injurs I i his iiise. He kut w peifectl well
the otietiM' with which he was chargvil
and was ullowed to make bis defi nse as
fully an.l ef ;'. ctn ely as If u plea of tint
uuilty bad Im en entered, l ie was aware oi'
the failure to arraign him. but remained
silent and made no objection at the time
Tire court held that th silence of the
defendant, especially in iiuncapilul crises,
should be considered as a waiver of the
pi'hiiogo win n it appeal's that he Is fully
informed as to the charge Ui-uinst him iyid
is not otherwise prejudiced by the omis
sion of that formality. It declared that, the
old rule which considered arraignment and
plea as essential had its origin In an age
when the accused could waive nothing,
when bo could not testify in his own bejiulf
and was ttot allowed counsel. The rule
may have been justified then. th court
went on to say. but "thanks to the hu
mane policy of modern criminal law, all
these conditions have changed," and the
reason which in seine measure Justified
the former altitude of the courts has dis
appeared, s; .ve perhaps in capital nises.
"The accused is entitled to every con.'ititu
ttonal right, .but he should not be allowed
to Juggle with them, lie has no rljht to
be silent and then after the decision lias
cone acalnsf him raise the plea that )e
was not given bis rlirht. Should he lie al
lowed to plav his came with loaded dice?
Shot,;, justice be allowed In travel with
leaden heel l cause the detendant has se
crctU stor.il up some technical error not
affecting tie mei'iis. and thus secure a
nrn trial bi cause. 1'orsooth, tie i-ln waie
nothing " W e t i nk not. We think that
sound reason, good sense and the interests
of the public demand that the ancient rule
framed originally for other conditions tie
laid aside, nt hast m far as all prosecu
tions for offenses less than capital are
concerned. We believe It lias been 1 id
as -le In fact by the former de
cisions of tiiis court. It bebeved that
this court has limfotmh attempted to dis
regard mere formal errors aid technical
ohlections not affecting any ' suhslRnt.nl
iluht and to adhere to the spirit of the
law which giveth life rather than to the
letter which klllrth."
This decision overrules a long line of
laiiler decisions by the W'lsron in supreme
court an.l is al-o contrary to the doctrine
laid dow li by the i tilled Statis supreme
court in the Cram case, that arrnlKiiment
and plea are essential. Tl.e court an
nounces that it purposes to administer
criminal Justice without regard to imma
terial errors or Inconsequential defects, and
we are certain that th enlightened stand
will commend Itself to fairmiiuled lawyers
und laymen alike ns Ix ing In accord with
reason, common sense, and the public Interest.
LAWYER'S GRAB GAME FAILED
IHsclostire l.lkely in Knd the Holdups
of Mniir- r w lork
A I lorner.
it has remained for Mis. Mary Copley
Thaw of Pittsburg, in defending her purse
from pirru . to develop a disclosure of
facts which will call a ball on the out
rageous practices of an element in the
New York Ciiy lar which is a disgrace to
the profession of the law. In the United
States circuit court In the metropolis, a
Jury releeted Ihe claim of ''If I '
llartrldc". an attortie. suall st M
for $';! (mo for fi-es and exiiensess
In defending her son, llariy. ' '
already bud hiin paid t 0 .') for -h
and aside from his claim that he
titled te the additional sum for -
sued was the ipiestion whether Mrs.
who did not retain hltn nor autho'
cmphn nunt. could be held liable'
Judge (leorge Holt, who Irlt
case, after receiving the verdict. In.
stelv ordered the papers sent to the d'
attorney with a view to Harttldge's p
ration for perjury.- lie also Intimated
If llartridge had spent money to bribe
nesscs not to testify In the Thaw irnl
rase, he ought to be prosecuted for f
strurtlhK Justice; and filially, directed t '
when the district attorney was tbrou
with the papers, disbarment proceed! n
should be eiitiT.sl aaralnst llartridge befa
toe liar association.
This action of Hnrtrldge. Judging by
evidence adduced In the circuit court, W
u bold and ruthless holdup under the do
of professional usage, apparently
upon the assumed ability of Ihe Tbnw
pax and their expected unwillingness
undergo further unpleasant publicity. Ssi
prislhtily enough, llartridge found sevei
supposedly respectable lawyers who hi
the temerity to testify In his behalf i
to place extravagant estimates upon t
quality of his service for Thaw and tl
. Ize of the fee he was entitled to und
the circumstances. Hut the evidence on tl
other side, both as to the facts and wl
regard to the repute and standing of la'
yer witnesses for the defense, defeated t'
game of grab.
Judge Holt plainly Is in no doubt
the whole proceeding, which has been
shame to the legal fraternity, and he hi
taken prompt and effective means of puri
Ing the roll of the ltar association At
punishing- llartridge. For the latter the,
will be scant sympathy, no matter ho
humiliating his fate. Pittsburg . CsTettt.
A Ounrantee o.' lluslness Prosper. ty
Thn Persistent and Wise Patronags (
Tho Pee Advertising Columna
obod r la Tsa Old
to learn that the sure way to cure cough
or cold U 'ltn l)r- King's New
Discovery. and IIOO. for sale by
tfeatoa Pruf Co,
A REAL BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE
A safe, in the form of a perfect sphere,
sealed on a metallic standard which con
tains the mechanism for its operation, has
been designed by a Vancouver, D. (.'., In
ventor. The sphere Is heavily armor-clad,
the armor being much heavier around the
door than at other part. It revolves itpon
Its base, so that, by a quarter revolution,
the door can' be turned downward and the
sphere lowered Into th pedestal, making
It perfectly tight around its entire peri
phery. In th turned and lowered position the
sphere presents a solid surface. The under
surface. In this position. Is heavily
weighted, making it practically iininxuilbin
to revolve ihe sphere from the outside. In
the Interior of the mil. ere Is a box for al
uables. hung cent rally on trunnions ami
weighted on Its under side so that It will
not revolve with the bpheie, Lut will re.
main la a normal position.
In the standard Is a secret door, giving
accearj to the interior mechanism. Tl.lu
consist of hydraulic cylinJcis for ja.is.nu
the sphere, so Uai It can e revolved to
bring Us door In position. The means for
admltti.ig wster to the hydraulic cylinders
are locaied' apart from the safe and
rately locked, the lock bring provided with
a burglar alarm. The key or wrench for
operating the geaxing to turn the safe Is
also kept In a separate place. Popular
ale-haii!c.a.
f ' gfS-y i. w.S"'ii mm y,'1"' 'tT!!"'" ' ' ' "CJXUilKUS !"" "" 1 I"" wjsi .ii I jipin .. u i., i.. " 1
'k ' ts ijAis.ie "",'ll"" " i yj j
?' M HiMllli 1 II s,age f"'h travei, the land controlled by these companies liuvo Iwn virgin vallp; valley untouched since the I 1 T lim llftf' MWr 7 s I
1 1 i in i iv ii u .a i
cs mn w am in
-vir -si ill intiiLU j ji in i)r i
:
Far off the beaten track of travel, unpionel by any railways and, for yearn, imrcacluible ave by tortuous
stage coach travei, the land controlled by these companies have brtMi virgin valleys; valley untouched since the
beginning of the world. The climate, not to equaled In all tho world; soil of unbelievable fecundity; and rivers brim
ml lift; with water, ready to be turned into tho laterals which would bring the lands to high state of productivity, them-,
virgin valleys have awaited the coining of the railway; huve awaited the coming of the man with the hoe, the rake
and the implements of a farmer's life. -
WRTTK TO ME TODAY! I
want to know if you want to
come weet; when you want to
come. I am not ready to have
you come yet; the lands which
we have are to be developed
and we will want men to work
for and to work with us so
soon as we start the actual
labor of definite development.
There are climates to suit
every mortal In these three val
leys; condition of soli to suit
every sort of agriculturist.
These three valleys are the
richest of Utah's soil. Tlidie
are 75,000 acres of lund to be
brought under cultivation. Tlie
average holding will not oe
over 20 acres each, save with
grain, or hay farms. Orchards
require such intensive cultiva
tion that no efort Is made by
the experienced farmer to do
more than bring 20 acres un
der cultivation. There Is room
enough for all and to spare.
INFORMATION 13 FHKK;
ABSOLUTELY FREli. You
can learn of Utah at The
Omaha "Western Land-Products
Exhibit." Ask any one
there what he thinks of these
valleys. Write to us for full,
free Information.
TH W KANAB VALLEY ' of
southern Utah, close to the
proposed linn of the Salt
Lake ' &. Grand Canyon Rall
way, now being constructed
from Lund, Utah, to the tirand
Canyon of tho Colorado, Is one
of tlie most temperate climates
In Utah. Stone fruits of every
character grow litre with the
utmost profusion and produce
with the greatest fecundity.
Enormous crops of peaches,
apricots, piums and prunes
have been grown here experi
mentally and although no con
siderable area of land. Is un
der cultivation, as yet. our
own experiments have proved
beyond doubt that we have
heie the most tiplerulld body
of land for the purpose named
In all of the great West. Tills
soil regularly produces four
cropa of alfulfa and hay and
all the grains grow hero with
the utmost ease. Production
statistics show that the yields
In this valley are not to be
surpassed In all of the West.
I WANT YOU TO WHITE TO
ME TODAY. Let me give you
th figures. No booklets; no
hot air. I have oniy a letter to
tell you HOW YOU CAN BET
TER YOURSELK.
THE VIRGIN VALLEY In
southern Utah, on the line of
the Salt Lake Grand Canyon
Rallwuy, from Lund, Utah, to
the Grand Canyon .of the Colo
rado, la one of the few semi
tropic valleys we have In this
country. Tho soil and climate
are such that great crops of all
the fruits, grains an.l grasses
peculiar to the semi-tropics,
are grown with ensu and pro
duce with astounding; fecund
ity. Six crops of alfalfa or lu
cerne are grown every year;
cotton grows on the lowlands,
and almonds, figs, pomegra
nates and raisin grapes are
planted and have been produc
ing for a number of years.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS A CROP FAILURE; the
Virgin river is one of the
largest streams of water in the
West and supplies every need
of irrigation. This valley HAS
1 1 i i.ii and Is one of the
moat beautiful spots on earth.
Write for Information. It lb
free. We have no elaborately
printed booklets: Just honest
Information written In an hon
est way for th man who wants
the PLAIN TRUTH WITH
OUT FRILLS. You'll do better
THE ESOALANTE VALLEY
of southern Utah, traversed by
tho main line of the Salt Lake
& Orand Canyon Railway, now
building from Lund, Utah, to
tlie Grand Canyon of the Colo
rado, Is one of the temperate
valleys of Utah Sugar beets,
commercial apples, and hay,
wheat, barley, oats are among
the products of this valley.
The farmer who has been ac
customed to a temperate clim
ate wll find here at Kscalante
tl e most attractive spot on
earth. Owing to the fact thnt
It has been Inaccessible until
now, .tlie land, save In spots,
has been untouched. Write for
free Information concerning
this great section of Utah.
PEE UTAH AT THE WEST
ERN LAN D-PRODUCTS EX
HI HIT, at Omaha, and then
write to us for full, free In
fomatlon about thia new' won
der land of the West.
I'LEASE, PLEASE write
ami ak for Information.
Wi) will need men. lab-
onrrs. and there will be
a limited opportunity
for a .ew to gain a
plice. In th work
of prosecutl ig the
reclamation
WRITE TODAY
FOR F V L L
FREE 1N-
F O H M A-
N. T. PORTER, Fiscal Agent
021 to 024 Boston Block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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. , UTAH-the
You Will Do Better in
Best of
the West