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JlW it the larger trees are being left standing, giving the tract the appearance of a well kept park. 1000 acres, now being cleared, is being planted in apple trees, Mr. Winter being a large fruit canner, and it is his intention to build a cannery on the tract. 300 acres are already sown in wheat and 150 acres in alfalfa. Over 55 people are employes by Mr. Winter, under a manager, and &§tx 40 head of horses are being worked on the tract. A number of splendid bungalows of front four to five rooms have been built to take care of the employees, and when the entire tract is cleared a bungalow •ill be built on each 40 acres. The Manager, Mr.Latchford, is very enthusiastic as to success and both surface and artesian water is being developed. The 18 ft. well I have already spoken of is located on this tract. There are thousands of acres similar to and adjoining the Winter- wood Ranch and it is this land that the syndicate purposes to purchase. I would like to suggest that this particular land be looked into by our officials, and X ate certain that after going over the ground any proposition looking to the settlement of it would have their hearty au ppor t. The slogan nowadays is I 11 Bask to the Land* and in no place are there brighter prospects for settlers than in Las Togas Talley. Cheap rates, advertising and work, in connection with responsible parties, would without epestion bring settlers from all points into the Talley. Not only is this Ranch worthy of investigation, but there are others spring­ing up all over of which no notice has as yet been taken in pamphlets issued by the Las Tegas Chamber of Coirr erce. I also visited all of the older ranges, but these you already know of, as they-have already been exploited in various pamphlets issued by both Las Togas people themselves, and in literature of the. Salt Lake. I trust that some action will be taken on this, seeing that there will be so many colonists coming in from the East during the period, March 1st to April 15th, and it might be deemed advisable to distribute literature bearing on the Talley to colonists using cur line from Salt Lake, Yours truly, (signed) J. Cmicksh&nk