| Show BASIN STEALING ROAD nOAD The Tho Price News Advocate las last t week printed a news item with the above caption in la substance The item is as follows Whatever is worth getting setting is worth going after This seems to be bothe the motto of he the I basin road boosters and they have hatched a beautiful little scheme It Is la nothing more or less than the taking of the Midland Trail away from Price and having all travel from Grand Junction to Salt Lake routed over a new h highway hway tobe to tobe be he built bunt from Fruita Fruits to to the Utah capital connecting with Pikes Pike's Peak route Little encouragement encouragement encourage encourage- ment is being ing lent to the scheme in the Junction but the plan is so e easily started that it will r require vigilance and work on this route to keep even with the rustlers who have to cometo come cometo to Price to hear an engine toot Their very plausible reason for wanting a good road from Grand Junction into the basin is that many still get their eastern fre freight that way for the territory east o of My Myton ton and even into Vernal Their ultimate 01 object object ob ob- e t is to get get et a fine highway connecting connecting connecting con con- with Frith their through route and then thou to maintain an agency which will wUl send all possible travel travel travel trav trav- el over the basin route The b best t way to combat the scheme is into to keep up the best road and travelers will soon learn which way to go but now nov is no time timeto to to take ke a n nap p on the road road quest quest- Jon A 7 V r First the Uintah basin hasin is not tryIng trying try try- ing lug to steal the Midland trail Certain thin tain overtures have been made by Gra Grand d Junction with reference to the above proposition Second the Price newspaper r should bear in mind that the biggest biggest big big- gest Best little city on earth would have hav e remained a very small town fo for r years rears If the rustlers who have to togo togo go to Price to hear the engine toot had not gone there to hear bear the engIne engine engino en en- gine gino toot The Uintah basin has ha s been to Price what Leadville an and d Cripple Creek have been to Denver Why should Uld the tho News Advocate e play the part of the tle dog in th the e manger mauger The Midland l trail never neve r will be built and would not not be he trav if built until that miles o of f desert is made to blossom and th the fe e see see- seed have not yet been planted Has the editor stopped to think that perhaps the Pikes Pike's Peak Highway highway high way ay through the Uintah basin might t I help Price The growth of ot Price de to some extent upon the growth of ot the surrounding country Forget your Midland l trail especially espe- espe espe especially the miles of desert between between be be- tween Price and Grand Orand Junction You could and do now get more travel through the Uintah basin to Price than y you u ever will get from Grand Orand Junction the tho Roosevelt public at a aWeigh Weigh ball Tho The price of ot admission sion slon will ho bo one half cent per pound lOund for ladles Any young youg g man coming without a I pardner ardner will be requested to Le pay one ono cent coat per pound for tor- him for himself him him- self seIr The Roosevelt Tennis club have prepared l their courts in town lom and aro now now arran arranging f for r the spring tournament The Tho IJO Boy scouts will take lake their first lilko Saturday to Whiterocks The Bear Lear dance dance will be visited S Saturday evening They will wUl return home homo Sunday Regular scout meeting willbe will willbo be bo held Wednesday The Thimble club eluh met at the homo home of Mrs Ezra Burton Durton Friday Twelve members members' were present After Af At- After Attel ter tel sowing sewing for or a few selected poor children delicious refreshments served lIon Hon Don B. B Colton passed through Roosevelt on his return home from Salt Lake City where he has haa been s serving as state senator Tho Iho high school debating team has Ilan had splendid success this year having won all of ot the tho debating contests contests contests con con- tests so far Saturday Miss Mss Edna Lewis and Mr Joseph Smart defeated defeat defeat- ed the Vernal team at Vernal Miss Lewis displayed d wonderful talent as M c r. debater and also the splendid coa coaching hIng of or Mr A misunderstanding misunderstanding mis ms- understanding as to a rebuttal left lert Miss hiss t ss Lewis with no preparation She Shew w was s call called d upon and without any notice notice no no- tice Uce saved the debate by a four tour and andone one half minute rebuttal The team was chaperoned by Principal Day Coach and Mrs Flora Collett Mr Elma Dillman was visiting in Roosevelt Monday and Tuesday attending at at- tending to his business as er Mr M M. h has lias s returned to ills his teaching post host at Altonah The Roosevelt ward had the tryouts tryouts tryouts try- try outs for the stake contest Those who were winners were Miss Minnie Lewis In story tolling Miss Ole Olein Prince in public speaking Mr Ray Gagon in oration and Mrs Graham in Senior oration The Judges were Miss 1 Gertrude Gertrudo Collett Mr A. A Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son and Mr Ir Ray Dillman 0 o |
