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Show ~>M.ILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, JULY 201923 PRESIDENT GRAY OF.U. P. SYSTEM VISITS HERE Carl Gray. president of the Union water system; passenger trains dlPaciflc sy,s tem, H . M. Adams, vice rect from Milford t9 Cedar Cit)" ; president, and W. H Comstock, gen- better train service between --!!!t eral manager, a n iYjld in Milford Lake and Milford; el1largement of early ·Sa!.lll:Sl.a.L morning on a social ~·ards and coaling facilities; agrlculvisit. tural agents in Eastern towns recomThey were shown over the valley mending the lands in southern Utah by Dr. Huntcr, president of the lo- beautiful depot grounds laid out, and cal chamber of commerce, assisted by an experienced land 8cape artist; in Dr. Addison Bybee and Karl S. Carl- creased shop equipment and an enton. Cars were furnished by the Ev- larged pay 'roll. These are just a few of the go<J:d er-Ready cafe, Dr Hunter, W C. Catthings In store for this town and thla es and the Milford Pharmacy The guests were first taken up the valley. Minersville canyon to view , the large ~-------...- - - - -- - reservoir, where 25,000 acre feet of irrigation water Is now stored; then over the pumping district, where they were shown many welIs where water was being lifted to the surfnl'e Ilnd distributed over the rich, fertlIe acres. ·At the Jo. Hiclfman well much time was .pent Inspecting the equipment and measuring the flow of water, Innumerable qucstlons were asked and answered, showing the vast amount of interest tf. ken by the Re influential visitors, and as the water was rURhillg from a six inl'h pipe, Mr Adams termed it a six Im,h river; and surely it did look lik" a river a~ it flowed out to the alfalfa field in a beautiful strtoiuu. Mr. Gray as he looked at the water and the fields remarked, "There Is the solution. yes and the salvlltion .nf thh: cou:ltry." ,Many gravity water farmM were also Visited and admired. • Atter their n.turn to town the 1 :::7,- ':.,~ui., Lhe Dest on the entire Salt Lake system, was Inspected and admired From the talk of the visiting ralIroad officials, it would appear that they had the utmost confidence In the future of MlIford and as orie of them expressed it. "Vlhy did the U. P . put , so much money into a new depot. Actions "peak louder than hot air." In reaItiy that IIn!lwer~ a lot of qUP.!ltlons alld puts a lil t of f'C!Ofic!"n ('c In I - the tnwn . · " Th oy HuggeRtc(l a lot of Improvpments which wprp eoming hut 110 (le"-1 nlte time was set as to when-ro'r In- i 8~nce a $25,00 Improvement in their L.!-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ |
