Show TALMAGE WAS p OVERLOOKED i iOne One section of the reservation that was persistently overlooked during the early days of homesteading was the Talmage country So little did the think of this particular particular particular par par- section that the he greater part of it was open for sale at the first government sale of lands lauds in fn 1910 There were a few that saw the possibilities of the beautiful Purple Pur Pur- pIe bench and a reat creat great de ded tl of the theland 01 land laud was picked at fifty and sixty cents an acre acre laud laud that would not now be bought for 25 25 an acre The Talmage soil cannot be excelled any anywhere where in the basin The large thick sagebrush indicates that and during J 3 the last few years many handsome lla farms and homes have sprung up Particularly is the section coming to the front as a grain producer but anything that can be raised there that thrives elsewhere in the basin The Purple ben bench h is very fortunate in its location and and altitude l having the merit of a little more precipitation during the spring and summer months than the valley country and at the same time as much freedom t k from early and late frosts One On r drawback dra to Talmage has been the almost impassable roads for auto auto travel While ether sections of the reservation haye have had the advantage of ot gasoline propelled vehicles John Fillings with his Buick truck is about the only man that ventures to tackle the heavy sand ridge between the county seat and there The bettering bettering better better- 1 ing of the roads road conditions between i Duchesne and the north country is a problem that is up to the people here hereto to take hold of with energy There is no reason why an extensive mail system should not reach from Duchesne Du- Du Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne to Altonah Mt Emmons and Bluebell Bluebell and a little operation co-operation with h those communities will make such sucha I. I L' L 7 a movement a reality |