b Looking Around I No matter what else is said about the Uintah one thing is Progress is being perhaps nevertheless in as a tour of the highways and will New and improved greater acreage new new canals convince even the most doubtful of progress in the Uintah We have long sung the praises of the beauty and general prosperity of upper Duchesne county and a swing along the recently completed state secondary highway from U. S. to then on to Tabiona and Hanna provides a pleasant and interesting This week we decided to investigate a section of the Basin little known to most of the people in Duchesne county the many fertile little valleys which dot the fool hills of the between Whiterocks and A trip to Whiterocks is always interesting no-matter how many times you have it's always a pleasure to visit the well-kept buildings and campus of the Indian school located And a talk with Roy Adams or some of the school officials or a visit with Talbot and a few words with Chief John Duncan or some of the old Indians who frequent the streets and buildings of the settlement should not be They always have something interesting to On the lookout for some good we saw a couple of the best collections of Indian pictures ever taken in this They belonged to Talbot and R. L. whose father's hobby was taking particularly panoramic Leaving Whiterocks we headed eastward following the foothills along the newly graveled road connecting Lapoint and A few years ago s this same trip would have been impossible except on horseback or The road today is in first class condition and for a gravel road is The of the along the mountainous route is unusual first a then a fertile then a dugway and another From the high places as you approach and leave the valleys you get an excellent view of the lowland settlements and from one end of the valleys to the the land is plowed and in some spots already green with new New barns and houses dot the One is impressed with the cleanliness of the particularly the center Tridell The weeds seem well under control and most of the land is Yards are clean and the general appearance of the little settlement is restful peace and Just as we ascend the dugway after leaving Tridell valley we saw a dozen beautiful Chinese pheasants in a field near the We stopped the climbed the fence and got within ten feet aiming a camera at them before they even attempted to The felt the peace of the Typical of the west are the badlands lying between Lapoint and Vernal and if we were filming a western we would choose tin's country for the As colorful as grand it is rough and wild and you can almost imagine a feathered brave peering over the top of one of the When our friends in Maryland and Virginia visit us this this is the place we are going to make sure they see so they will really catch a glimpse of the early west which they lament no longer This interesting trip to Whiterocks and along the j. foothills eastward will delight any visitor and it should be To Basin people it will prove enlightening and encouraging to see the progress being