Show Indian Department Receives Over OverA OverA A Hundred Inquiries Every Day Jt I I. I Albert H H. H Kneale Indian agent at Fort Duchesne and his various government gov government government gov gov- farmers have been receivIng receiving receiving ing over boo l letters letters e s' s per per r day from from men men all over the United d States who want war land The Tho clerks and steno raphers h have ve been bee l so bu busy y answering these letters letters let let- II they have ve har hardly l any time to todo todo todo do other work O One 1 would not believe believe be be- lieve th that t the total quest questions ons Is unless shown Some quest questions ons are II r pertinent and others are actually silly but Mr Kneale has answered them all To facilitate matters a compilation of ot questions and answers has been lat lately ly c m and it is herewith published ed Mr Kneale will send out ont out several everal thousand of these In pamphlet let form They are inter interesting and will be rea read by every purchaser and lessee lesse on by every prospective pu purchaser purchaser pur pur- chaser or lessee k r 1 Q Where are these lands located A A. These lands are located in Uintah and Duchesne j Counties In northeastern Utah 2 M 2 Q What Is tho the name of or the Irrigation project A. A The project Is known as tho the Uintah Irrigation I Project C. C Q Is it a Government project or do private companies com corn J or private corporations or private Individuals have a hand In its control I A. A It is a Government project pure and simple 4 Q Is It under the United States Reclamation r Service A. A No It is not under the United States Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation tion Service Senica It Is under the United States Indian Service I. I 5 Q How much mUCh land lies under your canals E A. A About S acres 6 Q Does Doea it all lie in one body A. A No It lies In several bodies We have acres In one body We have acres In another body acres in III another body acres In another body acres In another body acres in another i and acres In another 5 5 7 7 Q Have Hale you more than one main canal A. A Yes Yea We Ve have several main canals 8 Q What are the names of or your canals and w at atis Is the carrying capacity of each A. A Th The Deep Creek Creele Canal has a capacity of lOG second feet Farm Creek Creele Canal 32 sec ft Uintah Canal l sec feet feel Whiterocks Canal 75 sec ft Indian V Bench Canal 53 63 sec ft n. U. U S S. S Dry Gulch Canal sec see ft Lake Fork Canal sec ft My Myton ton Townsite Canal r 82 32 sec ft Redcap Canal sec ft Ft Duchesne Canal 15 sec ft Leland Canal 20 sec ft Ouray School Canal 45 see sec ft Henry Jim Canal 50 sec ft Gray Mountain Canal 67 sec ft Canal 13 sec ft Canal 11 sec ft Jasper Pike Canal 12 sec ft Ct 9 Q Are these cana canals s all In lu place and Is the water V running In them A A. Yes Yea I 10 Q Is It a gravity system or a pumping system AIt Is ie a gravity system I 11 Q From what streams do you get your water A. A From the Whiterocks River the he Uintah River the River and the Duchesne Duches 1 River of title have to the tho I water 12 Q Q What kind a you A A. A We have a primary primary- water primary water filing 13 Q What do you OU mean by a primary water filing A. A A person desiring to use water from any anyone one of these those streams must first place a filing on the water with the Stale State Engineer The man with the tho first flung filing has the first right The man with the second filing has baa what is left after arter number 1 gets his The man with 01 the third filing comes next etc By a Primary Filing FlUng I mean a first filSt hung filing which gives the holder thereof the first sight right All other water users must stand back until the holder of the Primary Filing gets his hit share 14 Q Is the purchaser or the renter required togo to V go to the main lateral or canal and construct his own Continued on Page Six Sir J. J J f f QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS V RS Continued from Page One f TA the water on theand th thA the e Government places A A. No The point and tand purchased pucha ed or rented at the highest irrigable the renter without cost to w the purchaser or ir 16 o Q Q How much water Is furnished rate of or one second WaYe the A furnished at is A A. under cult cult- 70 ncr acres S for Cor every foot toot co continuous tIo flow ration IG 16 Q Does Docs the water carry alkali A. A It does not o does the water cost the ilie pur purchaser ch aser 17 7 Q What usually usual usual- which tax A but the tho maintenance A A. Nothing be ire beAld and must J ly amou amounts amounts ts to about per acre per pcr year ear not paid Ald whether bether he be uses the water or 18 Q What does the tho water cost a renter A. A Nothing kind of or structures have o you It 18 Q Q W What Wooden structures 20 Q A A. A Q What did It cost to build these canals and laterals than one om million dollars little A. A Just a less ess 21 Q paid for It A. A The United States Government Is IB there any Indebtedness or bond 22 U Q Q bo bond d. d A A. No There Is no indebtedness and and n no water In the tho winter wintertime r rr canals canals' carry cam water 23 Q D your r time timeT A. A They do not What is the altitude 2 24 Q the feet teet oa on A A. It ranges from Cram feet to lands agricultural 26 6 Q How far from railroad do these lands lie 1101 A. A From 40 to SO miles mUes is nearest railroad point x Q What your 26 28 s A A. Price Utah tah on the main line Une of the D D. R R. R 0 o Ry southeast st of Salt Lake City is about 78 miles tr from m Myton and Myton Is 18 in the heart of ot the Indian Price to lands and there is usually a good road from trips over the Myton An automobile has made prade daily tally road all winter 27 Q What are are the freight rates A. A From Price From PrIce to Myton 1 00 per hundred pounds 28 0 Q Q What is the prospect for Cor a railroad built A A. Two surveys have recently been completed and the tile engi engineer eer in charge of the D. D R. R G. G Ry fly survey advised me that at no point did the grade grado exceed 2 and assured me that the road would certainly be built Both of these surveys run through the heart of ot the Indian lands The prospects are very bright that a road will gill soon be constructed These surveys both pass through My Myton tall and through the heart of at the Indian lands 29 Q How HOY far Car are your lands from the nearest towns A. A Practically none of our lands lie He more than eight or ten miles distant from good towns and many of them lie He much nearer Some lie within a half halt mile mUe 30 Q Have you banking facilities A. A Yes There is a n bank at Roosevelt one at Myton one at Duchesne and two In Vernal 31 Q Have Havo you school facilities A A. A Yes A good system of public schools the Myton Academy at Myton l the Duchesne County High School at Roosevelt tho the Uintah Academy and the Willcox Academy at Vernal all giving high school advantages s The fihe district schools are found In all parts of ot the tho Indian lands 32 Q Have you church facilities A. A Yes The Tho Latter-day Latter Saints the Episcopalians the Congregationalists and Presbyterians 33 Q How are your roads A. A The main thoroughfares are traveled by automobiles auto auto- mobiles throughout tho the year and are ordinarily fair sometimes good 34 Q What kind of mail mall service do you have AWe have two dally daily services one from Crom the west coming by v way ray of or Helper and Salt Lake daily dally papers reach almost all parts of ot the basin the same day they are printed One from the east coming by way of ot Mack I Colorado over the tho Uintah Ry to Watson Wagon Utah and thence by the Uintah Ry automobile stage 35 Q Is there an opening for a good newspaper for a good bi bigness or are there professional openings A. A T lese ese are questions we are unable to answer Consult the various rious banks or Commercial clubs 36 Q Is the land sagebrush or otherwise A. A About 60 50 0 of it is covered with sage and about bout 50 0 of oC it is covered with rabbit brush greasewood greasewood grease- grease wood clover sage and similar growths 37 Q Is your our land A. A Po Possibly 5 of of these lands sh show w alkali The I remaining 95 show no alkali 38 Q What title have havo you to these lands A. A The title rests in the United States Government 39 Q What title does the purchaser get A. A He gets a Fee Simple Patent issued by the United States State General Land Office and signed by the President of the United States 40 Q W What at does it cost per acre to take tako these raw lands ands and prepare them for seed A. A We have prepared tens of or thousands of acres of these lands for Cor seed at an average cost of ot 6 G per acre 41 Q Is the land level or rolling A. A The agricultural lands are level The rest of the country is rolling or broken 42 Q Does Docs the Government control all of the good agricultural lands of ot the Uintah basin T A. A No A very small percentage of ot It only about 1 16 of ot It but these Indian lands were carefully selected before anything was opened to whites 43 Q Is it a mountainous country A A. A We ere are In sight of the mountains the tho Uintah Range lies north of us and it is about 40 miles to the top of the range 44 H. Q What crops are best adapted A. A Grains of ot all sorts including corn roots hay in fact all crops that can be produced in a temperate climate I have ha picked ripe strawberries from the vines at Randlett in November 45 46 Q Does alfalfa do well and how many cuttings per year and what does it yield A. A Alfalfa does well We cut usually three cuttings cuttings cut cut- tings per season with a total yield of about 4 tons per acre 46 Q What kinds of fruits are grown there A. A Apples peaches pears apricots cherries grapes apes and the small fruits 47 Q What are work horses worth A. A Young sound stuff weighing g from 1200 to 1400 pounds each are worth from to per span 48 Q Are Ae there good milk cows there and what are tb they worth A. A Yes We have Jerseys Holsteins and Durhams f fand and they are worth from 75 up 49 Q What are range cattle worth A. A Last fall we bought head at 55 each all allt with calf They will be a a. little higher this spring t 50 Q What Is hay worth today oats wheat potatoes A. A Hay is worth 7 per ton In the sack oats 2 per hundred wheat per hundred potatoes per bushel I 51 Q Are groceries higher there than elsewhere A A. A There Is a very little difference between prices here and In Salt Lake City or Denver 52 Q How deep is the soil A. A It varies arles In different parts of or the country from froma a few Inches to lC or 20 feet 53 Q Is it bottom land or mesa A. A About half and half 54 SM 54 Q Is It rocky A. A In r mo parts there are considerable cobble In some rome parts part there are no cobble stones no gravel 65 66 Q What Is the nature of or the soil A. A It varies In different parts from Cram a light sandy loam to a hea heavy clay All An tastes can be bo pleased 56 6 Q Is there much leveling necessary A A. A. A Very little 57 Q Is there much cle clearing necessary A. A Very little 58 68 8 Q If It a person lias used his right does docs It t ma make e any difference A. A Nit in the tho least 69 Q Q Mt Must Mst st a person reside on the lane purchases I p I r f i A. A No I 60 Q Ara Ar 3 any A. A The Government Go requires no Improvements but it is necessary from the view-point view of the tho purchaser that ho make beneficial use of his water prior to 1919 61 Q What do you mean by beneficial use A. A No person can acquire a title to water until he ho makes some use lse of It The Government sells you with these lands a Primary Filing and a carrying capacity Inthe in inthe inthe the Government canals and the Government will wUl place the tho water on tho the land you fOU buy at the highest Irrigable point but you must make mako use o of the tho water by producing some kind of a crop 02 62 Q Is there any timber Umber In the tho country A. A Y Yes 3 The hills foot of tho the Uintah Range flange arc are covered with pine fir and cedars This timber Umber is located from one or two miles to fifteen or twenty miles fro z 1 the tho agricultural lands 63 Q Are Arc there any saw-mills saw In the country A. A Yes Many 64 Q What Is bu building material worth A. A Undressed lumber Is worth at t. t the mills 1400 per per M M. M I 65 Q Are bricks manufactured loc locally locally A. A Yes 66 Q Is there good building sand r A A. A Yes 67 Q Q Is there there plenty plent of cedar for Cor fence rence posts A A. A Yes Yea 68 GS Q How about fuel A. A There Is an abundance o of both wood and n l coal and plenty plent of oC coal mines Coal at the mines is worth from to 30 per pcr ton 69 Q How about water for tor domestic purposes A. A In tome some par parts Irrigation water is used In some parts artesian wells have been secured at depths o of from 50 to feet In some somo parts dug wells wens have been secured at depths of or from Crom 10 to 40 feet 70 Q Is farm produce shipped to the outside markets A. A No Nothing but hut dressed poultry lucerne seed clover seed honey and thing things of oC a a. similar nature 71 Q How are the local markets A. A Excellent 72 Q Are Arc cattle and sheep driven en Into the country for winter feeding A. A Yes 73 Q Does this dill effect tho the price of farm arm produce A. A Yes It tends to keep the prices s up 74 Q Is tIns thus land subject to taxation A. A Not until after the UlO Fee Simple Patent has been heen issued 75 Q When must a purchaser r begin to pa pay taxes A. A When ho he has made his his' final payments and has secured his full title tWe 76 Q How are aro taxes A. A There Is an excellent raw acre SO-acre tract lying about three miles mUes east of f Ft Duchesne It is not Indian land The Tho taxes on it last year ear were 2044 77 Q many many I days do do you rou have each season season A. A 13 on an average 78 73 Q I H II v man many days clays of ot sunshine do you average each season 1 A. A on an average 79 Q What Is your our annual rainfall A. A From om six to nine inches SO Q Hov Hu long are your winters and what months A. A Th-co Th co months December January and February 81 S1 Q Do Du you have much snow A. A Not as a rule yet et we have plenty for winter wheat 82 Q How lIow deep did lId the snow get this f bast ast winter A. A Eight inches S 'S 83 Q When does docs the spring open open up II A. A In earl early March 84 34 Q How cold floes does it g get t in winter A. A As low as 15 below 85 35 Q How hot does It get in summer A. A As high as 93 above 86 56 Q Does the wind blow A. A In the winter no In the tho spring wo we have hav occasional winds In the summer S no wind and in the theall therall tall all no wind 87 Q Q How many people in the tho Uintah Basin today A. A A A. out souls SS Q How flow many of ot these are Indi Ind Indians aris A A. About 1150 t 89 Q What nationality are most of hf your settlers A. A Americans 90 Q Hew v can a man get in there A. A Tl There re are three routes most In use uso a Mack Colo on the main line Une of ot the D. D R R. R G. G R Ry 18 miles west vest of Grand Junction from Mack Colo to Ft Du- Du Utah the fare Is the first 75 76 miles being vcr over the narrow guage Uintah Ry and the last 63 miles aver ver the Uintah automobile stage line Trains leave Mack lack about 8 00 a. a m. m Stage reaches Ft Duch Duchesne Duchene ne about 6 00 p. p m. m dinner at Watson b Helper Utah on the main line of the D. D R. R G. G Ry about six hours bours southeast of Salt Lake City From Helper we have havell ll da dally nt- nt s stage go tot to all p parts arts of the country Train leaves Salt Lake City soon aCer night midnight and arrives at Helper about fj 00 a. a m. m stage leaves Helper about 7 30 a. a m m. m and re rc ru ches Ft Duchesne about 7 00 p p. p m. m fare tare one way c Price Is about 10 miles southeast of ot Helper on the main line of the D. D R. R G. G Automobile Automobile Automobile Automo Automo- bile stage tage leaves |