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Stewart of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, thoroughly cov- 

 ering this -essential subject and which, through his courtesy, is for 

 the first time given to the public. 



From the foregoing and the articles following, two conclusions, at 

 least, will be reached : First, that this area offers unusual opportunities 

 for investment in drainage .enterprises, from which very exceptional 

 profits may be realized. Second, and far the more important from a 

 civic viewpoint the transformation of this, the most conspicuous 

 waste in Utah, into productive fields and gardens. 



PUBLIC OPINION 



The environs of Salt Lake City, with the single exception of this 

 area, are rarely equaled. The beauty of the surrounding scenery is 

 nowhere in the west surpassed. Particularly is this true of its many 



magnificent canyons, but, unfortu- 

 nately, the greater percentage of 

 visitors rarely spend sufficient time 

 here to visit them and their opin- 

 ions are largely based upon obser- 

 vations from passing trains. The 

 railroads leading north and south 

 from this city traverse a country, 

 the greater portion of which is un- 

 der a high state of cultivation ; the 

 fields and orchards with their back- 

 ground of majestic mountains bear 

 silent testimony to the fertility of 

 the soil and industry of the people. 

 The impression on the traveler is 

 salutary. 



In striking and disagreeable 

 contrast is the impression received 

 in traveling westerly through the 

 area under discussion. Traversing 

 its southern boundary are two 

 transcontinental lines, the Western 

 Pacific and Salt Lake Route, while 



bisecting it is the Saltair Railroad which, during the summer season, 

 carries constantly increasing thousands of visitors to Utah's world- 

 famous lake and its equally famous resort Saltair. 



The opinion which all travelers automatically form in traversing 

 this unsightly forbidding waste is justly unfavorable and one which 

 at best cannot but reflect negatively upon an otherwise progressive 

 community. 



The advertising value of favorable expression by travelers con- 

 cerning any section of the country visited is difficult to measure. Its 



