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Show Eastern Utah Offers Great Opportunity to Homeseekers $ 'I A Business Block Price is Key City (Continued from page 1.) year, which will make it a paradise for fishermen in the course of one or two summers. The reservoir covers thirty-six square miles of ground, and is eight miles long at the fartherest point, by three miles wide at the greatest bredth. Range creek, near Sunnyside is one of the other feature attractions of the county and has received re-ceived large trout shipments from both the state and federal hatcheries. The Carbon County Fish and Game Pro tective association embodies a mem-i bership of. 600 sportsmen, and hasj done great service toward serving the ! sportsmen in the county, securing trout and supervising the planting! and maintaining a vigilance on the game situation in this and neighboring neighbor-ing counties. County Treasurer Earl N. Radclif f of Price is the president. Carbon county has a country club, with a golf course and tennis courts at the former townsite of Carbonville. A pretentious club house, with commodious com-modious quarters and locker rooms, a course with well-planned fairways, and several tough hazards are a part of the equipment of the club. Mat Gilmour, of Price, is president of the club which has a membership of 75 members. The course bids fair to becoming be-coming one of the most popular sources sour-ces of amusement and sport in the county. The Eastern Utah baseball league, organization playing some of the fastest fast-est semi-professional baseball in the west, is located within Carbon county. This season there are four teams, but the usual membership is six or eight teams. Price, Helper, and Kenilworth among the cities, and Carbon county at large represented through the Wanderers Wan-derers squad, are the teams in the 1928 aggregation. Elmer Young, of Hiawatha, is president of the association. asso-ciation. Price City offers seven tennis courts to citizens who are interested in that form of diversion. Numerous tennis clubs exist in the city and this phase of sport is well developed. Besides the industries, which are developed in the county one in the embryonic em-bryonic state, bids fair to rival some of the older ones. This is the production pro-duction of rock asphalt for road-surfacing material. A mountain of rock asphalt, or silica, is situated about five miles from Sunnyside. A corporation cor-poration of Colorado men has invested invest-ed nearly a half million dollars in the development of the production there, and a factory costing that amount is being constructed at the present time. A spur line of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad is being built from Sunnyside to the factory site, and will supply a ready avenue to a market. The silica deposits in this county are said to be the largest known in the world. But one other corporation in the United States exists engaged in the same line. This is at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and will be eclipsed by the factory now going up in Carbon Car-bon county. The climate of Carbon county is one of its greatest assets. The winters ' are mild and brief, the springs are early and pleasant, and the summers ' are not excessively hot. The autumns " are the pride of the Carbon county section. The average altitude of the county is 6,000 feet, and presents a range from about 4,800 to 7,500 feet Price has an elevation of 5,480 feet, lying one mile above the level of the sea. The valley of the Price river, f Weltered as it is from severe winds, by the precipitous cliffs to the northward, north-ward, ia one of the most desirable residential resi-dential sections in the state. In the valley below Price City lies the town of Wellington, with a population popu-lation of 400. On the outskirts of this town is situated an experimental farm of the state of Utah, made possible pos-sible by the appropriation of $10,000 by the last session of the state legislature. legis-lature. The farm is being operated with a view to securing first-hand data on the agricultural possibilities of Carbon county. Some of the largest herds in the state of Utah are the property of Price residents. A portion of the 600,- . 9 7.. 1.' . Branding Time in Castle Dale. 000 acres of grazing land is utilized by the stock-growers of this vicinity as well as huge ranges In Emery, Grand, San Juan, San Pete, and Duchesne Du-chesne counties. National forests are also leased by Carbon growers for range purposes. Transportation facilities for Carbon county are well developed. A branch railroad of the Denver and Rio Grande runs from Mounds to Sunnyside and Columbia. A branch line of the Utah Railway extends from Utah Junction to Hiawatha, Wattis and Mohrland, and another branch runs from Helper to the various mines and camps in the Spring Canyon region. Another extends ex-tends from Colton to Scofield, Winter Quarters, and Clear Creek. Stage and bus lines, as well 'as commercial truck lines, operate from Price to the mining towns throughout the county, and to points in the Uintah Basin and Emery county's inland towns. Carbon county has more automobiles per capita than any other county in the state. It excells and exceeds any other county in the state of Utah in the school buildings and equipment per capita; leads the state in amount of payroll per capita, and is the .1 Central High School, Castle Dale. wealthiest county per capita in the state. Carbon county has the largest bituminous coal producing district in the state of Utah, and one of the largest and most valuable in the west. Geologists claim that there is enough unmined coal in the mountain fastnesses fast-nesses of Carbon county to supply the world with fuel for one hundred years. More than six million tons of coal were produced during the season of 1927 in Carbon county, and the total payroll of the coal industry in Carbon county was more than $5,000,000. Twenty-eight mines are being operated op-erated in Carbon county, by twenty-two twenty-two companies. The Columbia Steel corporation has its mines at Columbia, Colum-bia, and the coal produced there is usea at the steel plant at Ironton. Hiawatha, Kenilworth. Castle Gate. Sunnyside, Rolapp, Wattis, Spring Canyon, Heiner, Scofield, Clear Creek, uordon treek, Maple Creek, Gibson, Consumers, Mutual, Peerless, Stand- araviiie, ana numerous other communities com-munities are exclusive coal mining towns. - The coking ovens at Sunnyside are the largest in the world. The two great tipples, those of the United States Fuel at Hiawatha and of the Utah Fuel at Castle Gate, are the largest in the world. In the heaviest season nearly 10.000 men are employed in the mines of Carbon county, it is necessary for the operators to schedule three eight-hour snuts to keep pace with the demand during the rush coal season. Hundreds Hun-dreds of miners in the county own their homes, and aside from the num ber of company mine houses in the various mining towns perhaps a greater number of persons own their own homes in Carbon than in any other county in the state. Carbon county has an assessed valuation val-uation of $27,000,000. More than three-fourths of this amount is embodied em-bodied in the various mines of the county, which pay that proportion of the county's taxes. 1 la Emery County. Undeveloped of Castle Valley Utter Opportunity to Settlers nfv Spat is Center of Fertile AJiilti J JJJliitJ u vwmiv,; Valley: Thousands Await the Coming of Are the Pride of the Community; uuisiue Capital and More Population Greatest Needs Emery county has never been much Inclined to force herself before the public eye, which accounts gTeatly for so little being Known concerning aer great opportunities ana vast stores of wealth, beyond her immediate neighbors. A stransrer unon entering our lim its for tne first time, might not be fa vorably impressed with the view, but by a second glance a third becomes necessary, and upon investigation the advantages and prospects oi our "Kingdom of Emery Becomes Ap parent. The county embraces some two ana one-half millions of acres of land, varying from the barren desert to the most fertile of farm land, from the wide open prairie to the high wooded peaks of the Wasatch range. The climate is delightful, never reaching extreme heat in summer and with mild pleasant winters, the pure invig orating air bear out its claims as a healthful and pleasant place to reside. re-side. , Great herds of cattle, sheep and horses range the 'mountains in summer, sum-mer, and the plains to the east supply sup-ply abundance of winter feed of the very best quality, which is verified by the large number of sleek,, fat animals annually shiped to a market eager to receive them. Six rivers, fed by the never failing waters of the Wasatch range, supply an abundance of water to irrigate every acre of land available, a crop failure having never been known from a lack of moisture. Corn, wheat, oats, alfalfa, both for hay and for seed, and all kinds of garden vegetables are successfully raised, a ready market mar-ket being found for the surplus produced. pro-duced. Fruit raising has also been followed since the first settlements were made in the county, apples, peaches, plums, cherries and apricots being successfully grown, as well as the smaller fruits, and the famous Green River melons have a nationwide nation-wide reputation. Very little development of natural resources has been made in the coun- ijr w uaw, uut uib lime IS nOL iar oil when these resources must be tap- ped to supply the ever increasing de mand wnicn wm make Emery county coun-ty one of the commercial districts of the state. Unlimited quantities of coal, of the very best quality, and practically untouched, underlay the entire western portion of the county, coun-ty, some of the veins reaching the great thickness of 62 feet. The grades vary from bituminous in the north to a high grade of cannet coal in the southern part of the county. The presence of oil is very noticeable throughout the county in several localities, lo-calities, being so abundant as to seen naturally to the surface, forming puuis wnere it may De aipped with a cup. This supply of oil insures a fu ture supply as soon as demand and transportation reach the district Ureat beds of valuable flux shale. manganese, gypsum, etc.. are located within our limits, as well as considerable considera-ble quantities of gold, silver, lead, iron and other valuable minerals and ores. Uur mountains and streams are a i; A Fishing Scene la Joe's Resources of Acres of Coal Lands the Miner; Uooa bcnoois sportsman's paradise with an abundance abund-ance of ideal camping localities. Rare and beautiful scenery is to be found throughout the county. Beautiful canyons with highly colored trimmings, trim-mings, great forests in which are found large herds of deer and elk, Indian In-dian mounds, ancient hieroglyphics on the cliffs, great wooded peaks, the vast broken desert and only recently the remains of a number of prehistoric pre-historic animals were found among the Breaks, one of which is estimated to have been fully 100 feet in length. It has not yet been determined the exact number of animals represented as parts of several are in sight, but plans are under way for excavations which will no doubt settle tfte ques tion. A chain of towns varying in population popu-lation from 500 to 1400 extend through the western part of the county, with a number of smaller communities, connected by the P. P. O. O. highway and other good all-year roads over which many tourists travel each season, sea-son, and Green River standing alone in the eastern part of the county, though far removed from her sister I cities is still one- of us, and created a On the Edge reputation for her products of which the entire county is proud. The towns of the county: Castle Dale, Cleveland, Emery, Elmo, Ferron, Fer-ron, Green River, Huntington, Mohrland Mohr-land and Orangeville, besides a number num-ber of smaller communities, are all up-to-date and busy communities and extend a hearty welcome to all who come. Castle Dale, the seat of government govern-ment of the county, is ideally located near the center of population, therefore there-fore being able to serve its inhabitants to the best advantage. Vernal Modern Inland Town (Continued From Page Three.) aervirp. are owned and financed lo cally. The twenty-acre county fair grounds. in the city, has a splendid race track and a very attractive exhibit and livestock live-stock building. It is also being put, in shape as an airplane field. Vernal was awarded the first prize for being the cleanest and most enterprising enter-prising city of the third class in the state, and is the most up-to-date city in the United States off the railroad. An average of 215,000 pounds of parcel post is handled per month through the local postoffice. The deposits de-posits in the two first-class banks are over $850,000. The public library has over five thousand books in circulation. circula-tion. The assessed valuation of Vernal City is over one million dollars, and the annual cash receipts of its merchants mer-chants are over $500,000. The best little city in the United States, without a railroad, or a tramp extends a cordial welcome to all who desire a real home. Valley ia Emery County. T.- k . h ffl 4W-$ES - Grade School Building in Ferron. Helper is Center (Continued From Page One.) C. Broeker, J. H. Harrison, Steve Gianotti and Louis Lowenstein, coun-cilmen. coun-cilmen. , . . , This move proved to be a city awakening awak-ening for the people of Helper. A franchise to a twenty-foot strip of ground along Main street was secured from the railroad company, fence, tel-enhnne tel-enhnne noles. etc.. were moved from the center of the street, and Main street of Helper was widened to mty feet. Todav. Heloer has over 3000 popu lation, hundreds of modern up-to-date residences with four blocks of business busi-ness houses on both sides of Main street. With its $15,000 White Way and paved Main street, the industrial activity makes Helper a bustling, prosperous western city, right in the very heart of Utah's greatest coal fields. The stimulus of such improvement brought many people to buy suitable residence sites and build comfortable and attractive homes, lhe coming prosperity of the town was then very much in evidence. Helper has not grown up over night irun-. w." of the Desert. as has been the case with many west ern cities. Its growth has been steadily stead-ily and healthy along with the development devel-opment of our industries, the development develop-ment of the coal mines and the railroad rail-road in this district. Helper, the Hub of Carbon county, is the center of industrial activity and nas Decome the great trading center - C TTI L - - T T i 1 v . . . vi. eastern uian. uurin? last vpar Helper received on an average month ly, sixty carloads of merchandise, twenty-five cars of building materials, xuktseu cars iooa materials, ten cars gasonne and lour cars automobiles and ten cars miscellaneous materials Helper forwarded on a monthly av. erage 2580 carloads of coal and five carloads of miscellaneous: seeds, scrap iron, bottles, etc. This amount carried on oy tne railroads and that done by the extensive auto truck system, one readily sees the activity of Helper as a commercial center. Helper merchants keep on hand a Biuenuia line oi merchandise and every v.vjuiiK uue Bees ine entirn Mi n street parked with automobiles. These cars are owner by miners who come to Helper to do their evening hnn. ping and visit the various amusement P ,.ce? mTTHelPer. The monthly payroll pay-roll m Helper and vicinity reaches over a half million and with this amount m circulation business is always al-ways good. i133 an ideal climate. both winter and snmmM moV,v ; : i . ,7 ,: "'"'""6 it, a xuie place to live the year round. Lawns and gardens are planted by most residents res-idents and the city has on the resultant result-ant cloak of natural beauty, nestling as it does in the palm of the bJUs &f " a b!autifl ot and is an 4Wi7"on ior a home. .-.J11. is. ""Pie water supply for a rn V 6. "uu""tin spnngs near SS.k atly NbTuV i- costsig ?150,000. 1NO oher drinking water in t, .Vt- health316 ,th its C001. "freshing, healthful qualities. Th tji' cr has now under construction a $25 The Sheep lniastry jj Mwh f . ' ' 1 . , s " . -1 i i . - ' e - ' - ! "t' ...ry-- ,'i -IPX-. 4 ' 000.00 concrete reservoir f ,Z" million gallons capacity as a storw! and snnnlv for tha nam ing added to Helper. Thwa HOtt five new homes will be made itS tive, and its plan of sanitetion nak Helper a clean and healthy comnS Wmself Ve PP y 8nd Helper has a new $2fi.nnnivi ji. hall, $12,000 fire eneine. a city park with trees and lawn grow ing and the most up-to-date baseball diamond in eastern Utah. Helper has three dance halls, name-y, name-y, Liberty hall, Amusu and th $26,000 Rainbow Gardens, th. up-to-date dance hall in eastern Utal and a modern and up-to-date theatre! These with the baseball games farn-ish farn-ish entertainments and amusement! inrougnous me year, uood fishing boating and hunting are onto W distances from Helper. The Mormon, Catholic. Enisi.,! churches conduct Sunday Schools and hold services weekly. Their auxiliar- les are in working and do nroch to aid in the betterment of this indus trial center. Helper has a live chamber of com. merce, Business and Professional Women's Wo-men's club, American Legion, American Ameri-can Legion auxiliary and numerous lodges all working for the better-ment better-ment and growth of Helper and Utah. Helper has a seventeen room school house equipped with a sewine room and manual training department, and is modern m every respect Its enrollment en-rollment last year was 690 pupils doing splendid work in the well organized or-ganized classes under the supervision of iTmcipal A. S. Horsley. Plans have been proposed for Helper to have high school accommodations in the near future. Helper is under the Price river con servation district and is aided in her agriculture by using water stored in the mountains. The building of the Horsley dam at Scofield and storing of water in the large reservoir have aided our farmers to increase the amount of acreage cultivated and their splendid crops. Some of the best vegetables, fruits, grains and hay of eastern Utah are provided and produced pro-duced by Helper farmers. Poultry and dairy farms are growing and sup plying our needs with fresh products. Helper is the home of the commer cial traveler and tourist. Their wants are readily supplied by the numerous service stations, garages, grocery and dry-goods stores. Helper has lour modern, clean and sanitary restaurants, restaur-ants, which never close, serving the best quality of food to the hungry. Her twenty clean modern hotels and rooming house are always filled. The civic improvements, the development devel-opment of industry and the large growth of population seen in Helper the past year is very encouraging to those who have chosen this city u their home.. The end of Helper's enlargement en-largement and development is not in sight, and Helper's future is fuU promise to the homeseeker and investor. in-vestor. Four Tribes (Continued From Page Three are attracting more and more attention atten-tion every year. The Indians boa of having won a number of pnzea m competition with white fanners. Like the Indians of many otter tribes the Red men in the Uintah reservation res-ervation "are decreasing in nm?ir. Many of the young braves of the Uintah Uin-tah reservation served with me 0" the battle fields of Europe. A laid down their lives there for w and country. of fli ..: 4.1- oo nan nrrPS uable Indian land have beer i sold W ing recent years to the white larm er. Vx , AoraAeS ago is now neany iwi -since the whites began f Jtt extreme eastern part of the . The remaining portion of the d comprise an Indian reservation, fertile that for a very long.P Indian deemed it a paradise m mountain west. jr.. KaSaUia Emery y'. Prospe' |