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Show Transportation Is Greatest Need of Fertile Uintah Basin Uintah Basin Resources Undeveloped Through Lack of Transportation WMrf.Hi.'t-,. .'i,. ... v... '-.v-.,: . ' - "... .1'- ... , t. . , 1 " 1,1 m,iil,mnfii; '- - it'iihih ,i II : I ? i 3-1 -y -- ' u 4.-.T Great Area in Northeastern Utah Awaits Only the Magic Touch of Adequate Shipping Facilities Facil-ities to Unlock Undeveloped Resources; Agricultural, Ag-ricultural, Mining, Livestock and Lumber Offer Opportunity to the Homeseeker .ill w Upper- Bridge Over Price River at Woodside. Lower Bridge Ove Uintah River Near Ft. Duchesne. Duchesne Is Gateway to Great Uintah Basin and Its Wealth of Resources Hope of Development of Stored Up Treasures of Coal and Oil Spurs Citizens to Interest Outside Out-side Capital in Developing Basin; Agriculture Agricul-ture Has Large Part in Growth of Region Thus Far; Optimism is Creed of Citizens Duchesne, the "Gateway" city of the Uintah basin, and the capitol city of Duchesne county, is situated at the junction or me uucnesne and strawberry straw-berry rivers in a verdant little valley between the hills. It is also the junction junc-tion point of all roads leading into and out of the Uintah basin from the west Through this town in the course of a year pass millions of pounds of freight, including wool, alfalfa seed, honey, gilsonite, elaterite, sheep, cattle, cat-tle, hogs and turkeys, together with the incoming machinery and supplies jor me iweniy-iwo thousand people wno comprise ine population of this vast unana empire. ning at the corporate limits of Duchesne Du-chesne City on the north is the famous fa-mous Blue bench, probably the most extensive fertile and beautiful tract in the intermountain section. Tt Mn. tains approximately 16,000 acres of! Inn1 ft u;. i . I .u. jm. tins umuuiit ueiween seven and eight thousand acres are under cultivation, the greater portion of wmcn is comonsed in the Knivht in vestment company's ranch. This is one of the show spots of the basin. A modern. UD-to-date and .ffi,.;Qr, sneep rancn, where wool growing and naua raising nave been reduced to a science. To the west of Duchesne lies the . , - v ncm vi xyui-iieane lies ine The notential wealth nt fh TTJnf I entire world's mmnlv nf oiofa;n u. - viuMit , . 1 i V U1C haoiif ta 1 ! ' i 1 t . I tvifmin ...U : L 1 1 vaoin a i-nai-ntHiiy uiirnimea. ii is 1 "" w wniuu lias oeen in opera- t ha Knot wafantfl lAnfiAn i tinn ainA 1QOQ T.,. ... t: ;i AT TTtoVl. Mnnfnin yvj. .L 'A f . e f in UA w A 1 . 1 i ' . wv..( iviiraum mule uwn ouyc ui I vnc vuitani. vreH district IS all the timber; 10 of the sheep and one the largest undeveloped coal rnttla in. k ociz I fiplla in k ,..1J r i - i w iv vi vt( iiuiDca, uu 7s ui j --' wis nuiiu, vne vein nas ,,v,ivj , comuawru iyurocroon l wmcn measures loixy wooltVi of 7 finn nnn niA. . i I foot in tkinlm.. j a. l - . v.u v. v'vvv,uuu,uvu, vast niOUIl- "'i"c5 miu iu ue ine UiycBi lain f9 ennl. ..L.U..U. 1L. 1 i 1 Lnnnm in k T T : A . 1 O . w 1 14. u nniii. BnuiiaiLiiin: I n in rrrucr na.vnii Ail Lilt? ; in I'd .-m u tod coal veins in the United States; the Nearly everything that can be Dest average climate in the inter- raised in the temperate rone can be. jiuuiiwiiii tuuiury; mountain laKes ana I ",,u u--essiuny produced in this streams where fishing is excellent and vicinity. Vegetables, especially po- the scenery is unexcelled; thousands of acres of available agricultural lands wmcn oner potential homes to a hundred thousand more families x x i tatoes ana Deets, make enormous Vields. Small frnita trlol ok.,ji.. btrawbernes, raspberries, currants, uu gooseDernes produce heavily. Duchesne Citv. with . Appies, plums, melons, wheat, oats ulation of approximatelya thousand of th? faV'adint'V UCtS people, is the hub of nearlv on hlf rL.l "rms to Duchesne, this vast section, romnri,; V tZZ ?ui inese SroPs 'one would be an tory lartrer than th mmhA TV. mP"nt .laor the markets of of Connecticut, Rhode Island and facilities' couirn?0!? trrPrtation Massachusetts. It i nw?m trt, lacuities cou d be obtained. in everv resnect with m w (: railroad from Denver to Salt system, electric lia-ht. marT, Vty horten the east j- ' . i , . ana west Bau nf thA i.ra.n k usl5.a..8cno.os' arches, stores, than a hundred B ;,V7 IV, ' uu Karats, ai me present time . . , , business houses of the town comprisl! SritoK larler Than aricutural two eeneral merchnntile stn r!0. larer. than many of our drug stores, one clothing store, one 1 W0U - afford homes harness store, a bakery, a creamery i ?S f would a sawmill, an alfulf I?7' ?.f. development to the vast min- up-to-date flour mill. a I erai Qeposits within the basin, afford rages. It is also the terminal point ior me covernment air mail anri.a . . wmcn aiso happens to be the largest rural free deliverv rnntA in ib wnrU . " nvitu. It IS the freight Hennt fnr tha lao-z. . , , - . --- --- r f- iracjtmg companies, operating through Indian canyon to the south and the strawberry vallev to th wt nA actintr as a connect in cr linV with (ha railroads sixty and one hundred miles away respectively. Duchesne has a first rlat system consisting of ten grades and ten teacners. Ml has B nrhnnl nnnti. lation of three hundred iuventv nnnili The pupils are housed in a four-room vncK DUliamst and eic-ht rnnmi nf a new modern stucco structure. th firt nropram m tha nation It motr in ly be supposed that Duchesne's school system compares favorably with the better districts of th atatA H or teachers are all eradtiates of twa-vMr normal schools and several are grad uates of modern universities. The territory contiVunua in rn. chesne comprises the fertile valleys oi ine Mrawoerry and Uuchesne rivers, the ranches and irrazirio lanrfa OI Indian can von and th Avmtimu n where thousands of cattle and vast Herds of sheep are ranged. Begin- Tho TTintfih T?ooin Ana ftf thi laflfit known, and yet one of the richest and most marvelous parts of the west, is situated In th nnrthpastern Tiart of the state. It comprises a vast territory terri-tory completely surrounded by high mountain ranges, wmcn renaerea it almost inaccessible to the early set tlors. It was isrilntpd from th ro- maining part of the state because of lack of transDortation facilities. It contains immense deposits of mineral, including vast strata of oil shale, oil asphaltum, and numerous veins of gilsonite, elaterite, ozocerite, one of the largest known deposits of benton-ite, benton-ite, and other minerals. The Basin also embraces vast tracts of timber land, and is said to contain more than one-third nf the irrirrnhlo land in Utah, and is regaded as- one of tne nest watered portions oi the state. Notwithstanding its isolated condi tion and lack of transportation and the climb over high mountains to get mere, a numDer oi enterprising citizens, citi-zens, about, fnrtv vpnra sum vcnttiroA into the Basin and settled on the banks of the Ashley River in the Ashley Valley, reclaimed a large area of exceedingly ex-ceedingly rich agricultural land, and are now in a prosperious condition. Finally, the Uintah Railroad was built from Mack. Colorado, over Rnplf. cliff range of mountains to Watson, in tne basin, about 54 miles distant from the town of Vernal, which is a prosperous town in the Ashlev Val ley, established bv the earlv Bottlers. The Uintah Railroad, a narrow gauge line, was built to transport gilsonite from eilsonite mines, and is at ill ho. ing operated to transport mineral and other products; but it did not furnish adeauate transnortatinn facilities an! settlement of the Basin was retarded Dacause of the lack of such facilities, until within the recent years, as the natural resources of the Basin became more generally known and were being develoDed. it became annaront thnt the tonnage would compel the building of a railroad, esneciallv as the Ra sin con tains great fields of coal. The Moffat Jttanroaa was then undertaken and constructed across a high range of mountains to reach the coal fieUa in Routt County and in the vicinity of Craie. Colo., about 120 miles distant. from Vernal. That rnarl naacinv auhi the high Sierra Madra mountain range, at an altitude, above sen level nf ii.obo ieet, could not be operated during dur-ing the winter months on account of tne accumulations of snow, and afforded af-forded little or practically no relief to tne seiners lurtner down in the Basin. Ba-sin. The great resources of the Basin, through prospecting and exploration, having become known, the attention of capitalists began to be attracted and resulted in stena heintr taken nnrl consummated, by the state of Colorado, Colo-rado, to construct the Moffat Tunnel a bore through the mountains about 6 miles in length, and about 2.500 feet below the crest of the mountain over which the Moffat road had been hnilt That tunnel is now completed, and in use. The total cost of the Mnffnt tunnel is $15,000,000, and will, it is confidently con-fidently believed, insure the building of a railroad through the Uintah Ba sin. . Since the action of the state of ing employment to thousands. Water power is available everywhere. Millions Mil-lions of potential horsenower rnnlrl ho put to practical use. Cities would spring up Where now only sagebrush grows. Some day this is bound to come, and when it does Dnrhesno ritw holds a strategic position. The nat ural contour of the country is such that all roads must lead through this town. It is indeed the "fiaWoo City." the hospitable outpost of a hospitable country; a country whose people invite the world at la nro to come and see them, to investigate the poss'.oiuues, and to abide with them and to help them in the development of this vast empire. Colorado, and the introduction of au-tos au-tos and large fleets of government auto mail trucks going into Uintah Basin every day, and the improvement nt frho moAa frnm the tnwns nf Price and Helper, on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and from Salt Lake City into the Basin by way of the Strawberry, which is now admitted ad-mitted the most dependable road, numerous nu-merous towns and settlements have been established, and larcre areas. about 100,000 acres, of agricultural land, are now under irrigation and being be-ing cultivated, and are producing all sorts of crops which can be raised anywhere any-where in the State of Utah, or in this intermountain region, so that event ually the Uintah Basin is destined to hoenme a Groat center nf indnstrv. 'and one of the most important sections oi this state and intermountain coun try. Owing to its isolation, and the hitherto hith-erto want of accessibility and tran-SDortation tran-SDortation facilities there are vpt large tracts of land in the Basin awaiting await-ing reclamation, which lands can still oe secured at urst cost by those who have the energy and foresight to select se-lect and reclaim them, and thev will reap the advantage of advance in price wnicn win necessarily accrue by the advent of adequate railroad tran sportation facilities. It is exceedingly exceeding-ly doubtful if any lands can be found anywhere in Utah, or in this Western West-ern country, which af nresenl nffer opportunities for safer investment and realization than do the rich lands of the Uintah Basin which are vet avail able. The immense natural resources nf the Basin are rapidly becoming known and are just beginning to be developed. devel-oped. It is the largest and richest undeveloped region in the west. Its area is about 5,376,000 acres, its tillable tilla-ble land about 540.000 acres the hol ance of its domain consisting of great areas oi pasture ana timber land, and mountains of imtnM mineral ..wiiviMi rr vaiblii Its hydro-carbons are estimated tn ho worth $7,000,000,000, and have become iamous aDroad. Its discovered veins of gilsonite have been estimated at 150.000.000 tons. that in 1926, 85,000 tons were shipped to foreign markets from the Basin. Oil drilling is now in progress, and points to one of its imDortant enminer indna. tries. Its coal tonnage will increase and will be immense hpvnnd ate estimate. The Basin has an ideal climate and an abundant water sup ply, and with the large areas of the richest soil, insures great agricultural and horticultural wealth. For these reasons, it may be asserted, that the Uintah Basin is the land of opportunities oppor-tunities unexcelled anywhere in the west. Amoner the on land that has hpon roiaimAi its desert character, are alfalfa, wheat, oats, barley, corn, sorghum, beets, po- laiues, sweet potatoes, peanuts, melons, mel-ons, squashes, tomatoes and oil .a. of root crops and garden vegetables. Ihe soil is rich and all of the different dif-ferent agricultural crops and vegetables vege-tables ETOW lllYlirianHir J - - v.j emu bic as productive as in anv nart nt - - TT. , . -" v. ,uc ovate of Utah or intermountain country. There are large fields of alfalfa which produce three crons nor voov n.i .u reported yield is from 5 to 6 tons of nay per acre. Kecently, however, many of the farmers have been cutting cut-ting the first crop, which yields about Z'4 tons per acre, for hay and permitting permit-ting the second crop to mature for ,2e rePrted value of the yield of alfalfa seed per acre, above all expenses, is $30.00 to $60.00, but some farmers, it is reported, have cleared as high as $100.00 per acre from alfalfa seed. All grains yield large crops under proper cultivation. The TTintot. - - vuivuil &JUS1II, generally, does not con-mare with - - 4 uu touill of the eastern states as a corn coun try, out in some parts of the Basin, especially in the Ashlev Vj.hq v. ' . - - ' J , wit; corn yield has been as high as from i " v ""-J The Seed Sacked Ready for Delivery to the Seed Plants viuiuisuii ivaiicu at .rcama, ixear' Alyton, At the Oritt . . . - t . .! - V ' - . V ill-' t , y - a v - t U ..ivi. Threshing Scene at the O. A. Dart Ranch, Four Miles Northeast of Mvi " V U..V 1 3 JL.UE3 j II nil X1I1S V1JI. My ton District Offers Much to Agriculturalist; Cheap Land and Water Alfalfa Seed Industry Beckons to the Farmer Who Would Become Prosperous in Few Short Years; Myton Bench Has 15,000 Acres in Cultivation; Cul-tivation; Certified Seed Industry is Well Established Es-tablished and is Source of Much Revenue 70 to 75 bushels ner acre anil in 1Q92 it Was nubliclv nnnnimce that nno tanner, on tne ureen Kiver below Vernal, Ver-nal, produced an average of 80 bush- eis oi sneiiea corn per acre on twelve acres. Wheat vields are rennrtrfrl oa hirvh - v - -f as ou Dusneis per acre; oats, up to 80 bushels per acre, with a maximum reported re-ported yield of 115 bushels per acre; potatoes yield, as reported, from 100 to 900 bushels per acre, depending on proper cultivation, and it is reported that frequently single potatoes weigh from 4 to 5 pounds each. The dairy industry of the Uintah Basin had its beginning in the spring of 1900 in the Ashley Valley. The first creamery known as the "Uintah Creamery" was a stock company. It turned out a product of butter and cheese that sold well in Utah, Colorado Colo-rado and Wyoming. Later this creamery cream-ery was purchased by Calder Bros, and United With the 1 - , . xt i ,--" - "ram piant at Vernal, w-hich is one of Ashley Valley Val-ley a leading industries. The great drawback m the beginning of the dairy X- . ,uaa Deen overcome by sinppine in from the ,.t j:r. vuiifc KUUU UdiX y cows and a number of good bulls. Better Bet-ter cows means better care and more . 7 . , 10 im3 end silos were constructed and barns built which marked another -t . .. dairy indusiryT iurwara the ha?iif ys, thls Sreat industry til f1 w,thieaPs and bounds, until un-til now many of the farmers receive -ryStwofweel&and " sin3 PPprtation out of the Ba- ket, eaSsthelFied to reach mar-Rets mar-Rets east and west t- j - owoet I " . tons oi v -.Vh T smPP?d to Den- y, reaching those The n,,t,WeutnoUgh for cream! the ereato" ; " "7 Will be " "-"un ot me state. ':' 1 IS iU.5Tj ' ' !r-i-Iirir ' i Iji prrnn4' i fi m n TT-" - -I I ... f ! i II I . ' ' 1 - - . it 11 li 1 M "I"- li Mtl I Stw School Building at Duchesne The Uintah basin is the largest and richest undeveloped country in the west and offers the home seeker and investor the most flattering opportunity. oppor-tunity. . The estimated area of land is 5,-376,000 5,-376,000 acres, of which 540,000 acres are tillable. Located in the center of this great area of tillable land is the town of Myton, which only a few years ago was a trackless prairie. Besides being advantageously situated sit-uated in this large agricultural and mineral area, Myton is located on the survey of the proposed Salt Lake and Denver railroad, the Victory highway, favorahlv located at. the junction of fho T nlAfA-l. 1 r..l.AnMA MtlAH ATI wiv; uanciUllk CM1U JJUCUCOUC lliwo, a government townsite, and is readily accessible from all directions dj splendid roads. Located about two miles south of Mvtnn la tlio -famous Smith MvtOIl ww.. .vi V.' A...UVI KW "- bench, where 15,000 acres of the very best farm land in the west is now be- ; . a i . mi 4a ing put unaer cultivation, ine section is being sowed to certified ) ffllfa fioorl on1 molrna MvfATI in flddl wvU U11U (VVivl J "v tion to beins the center of the com- i i j i l au- liocm. iiiua aiiaiia seeu grown in o the leading certified seed section of the state of Utah. The question of soil, climate, crops, etc., in this great section is set forth by Mr. J. W. Nelson, Nel-son, who for 15 years was connected with the United States bureau of soils, with the division of agriculture of the University of California and the United states department of agriculture. agricul-ture. Mr. Nelson purchased a farm on the South Myton bench, and has the following to say: "Before purchasing I carefully examined ex-amined the soil of the basin and agricultural ag-ricultural possibilities of the entire region. I used a six-foot auger ana think I understand the region pretty well. After sizing up the entire region, re-gion, I finally concluded that my choice lay in the mesa region soutii of Myton, so I purchased there. TM Part of the basin resembles closely the Uncompahgre valley of Colorado, which I covered in a soil survey lor the government. The two regions almost identical, except that ttj Uintah basin has several advantages. To the north of Myton is the famous fa-mous Ioka tftid Highland sections oi the north Myton bench. To the west Antelope, Midview, Arcadia and LP alco. Tn the onet Wnnda and Rana" lett. All thriving and prosperous district... dis-trict... urhnaa haw. alfalfa Seea, grain, turkeys and honey is excelled. excell-ed. The above mentioned territory' with its vast wealth of agncuiw livestock and mineral possibilities, assures as-sures a stearic cmwth and stab"11' for the town of Myton. Myton affords good mercantile -blishments. schools and church or ganizations. Three of the targe Seed cleaning nlanta in the basin " the center for seed buyers. Myton ie center ior seea Duyers. also the receitriner station for laTgf quantities of dairy products. S. Indian irrigation project and Indian In-dian denartmont maintain large M well facilitated quarters here, The Myton commercial club invites inquiry and is pleased to give any ? all information relative to this oB' trict |