Show GOOD DAYS r By I. I L L. A. A Hollenbeck It has hns been 17 or 18 years sine the opening of ot the Uintah basin People flocked to the basin iron fron everywhere e In search of or a get rid rich riel proposition They knew lenaw that li it 3 1892 there wera many to get quick In Oklahoma and the they though the tho basin was another opportunity But the tho conditions were different Had the railroad come there would have been a quick ce 10 le- of or substantial wealth bu but several circumstances among others other s sc the war postponed the tho Immediate c coming of or tho the railroad with other In inn Incidental thereto How Ilow However However ever the war brought a lot of ot prosperity prosperity pros pros- parity and people who lo before had si no credit suddenly had more credit credi t than they thoy knew what to do with and they used It In buying livestock and other property at In Inflated prices price s and In many cases were ruined ruined- Th The e fault tault was partly the conditions of the country and partly tho the Inexperience inexperience of or the tho Investors Some are struggling out oui of their difficulties while others have o lost out It was always thus and It h 1 i better belter for people to make maIm none and property moderately without too much greed and that Improve both the morals and the tho soundness of oC the mans man's judgment When i t Iman iman man has lost out or nearly nearh so and ano j d paying for bitter experience the tha 5 no time for a man to lose his nerve and get pessimistic antI and cuss the country nn and move tc h t her lo locations A failure opens ai m. opportunity A man man has better judgment than he halt had that is ii he se sees seas s r and if he sees wrong and is mere merely y given over oyer to th tilt the U o-U wants UIS s then he is in bad shape to win anywhere The facts remain reman that thai the Uintah basin has has great abundance abundance ance of cheap land and practically practical and 1111 aiRed water for irrigation It If a an wants to develop here lucre is the place He can get a foothold here and If he Is a poor man and goes on the outside he will get merely r chance to work for moderate wages and with his ambition gone he wit wll never rise from that condition Let the poor man be wise and do a littie little lit lit- tie tle thinking This Is a country that will make him if he will go cheerfully cheerfully cheer cheer- rull fully to work and do a n lot of th thinking think think- ing along with it and will buy a small tract of land and improve it it will make him a good home and anda a comfort and support for himsel and his family 1 |