Show LAK figest TONI MIll DUCHESNE C A U I 1 V I 1 V 9 1 roosevelt is undoubtedly the largest large st ana and best town in the new county the town 0 of f roosevelt which ilow BOW occupies over acres in sections 15 16 21 and 22 township 2 south range I 1 west U S ed F harmston II 11 was founded by 9 in 1906 by sc ripping 40 acres of his homestead which he surveyed into a plat A of roosevelt covering the present district of the town t at f first the town grew quite slowly but is now growing rapidly in an effort to keep pace with the rapid development of the surrounding aur rounding agricultural empire and has become a pretty lusty youngster i roosevelt mccu occupies pies a commanding ang site on a pr prominent anent mesa sloping to the southeast and overlooking the valley of the dry gulch creek in the cener of the in most ost fertile best watered and lest best improved former uintah indian reservation of which it is the commercial r metropolis altitude above sea level led L the coldest ever known at othis place was 23 degrees below laro ro and the warmest was 98 1 degrees agrees above j according to the municipal census of january 1914 roosevelt bada had a population of 03 a gain of 11 in ten months i jand ind which has steadily increased i 1 since bince sf the town tov n has as a waterworks water works i i supplying supplying the inhabit j tants ants with an abundance of pure water distilled by natures laboratory oratory ab in the uintah moun j i bains ns electric lights telephone oc ac hange ange an excellent public school chool system is seat of duchesne high school no 1 has a commodious tomm commod odious i us social hall a large skating rink and moving picture I 1 show the size of this building leing eing feet the various lines of business are re well represented as follows ne newspaper the roosevelt standard three general stores one meat market and grocery store two drug stores two carriage repositories one implement store two hardware stores one furniture store one harness shop two barber shops one bank one bakery one photograph studio two blacksmith shops one hotel three lawyers two civil engineers two doctors two livery stables one hospital seven real estate offices one ice and ice cream factory three mills one roller flouring floering flou ring mill one millinery shop one brick yard office of dry balch gulch irrigation co the largest cooperative concern in the united states odd fellow and rebekah lodges L D S and presbyterian church organizations and a live commercial club we have no saloons nor pool halls and our young men are safe from being contaminated by evil associates the various trades are quite well represented such as carpenters bricklayers painters paper hangers plumbers etc this section is unexcelled in the production of alfalfa sugar beets wheat barley garden vegetables and fruits of al kinds grown in this latitude we have a daily automobile to mobile mail and passenger service in both diree directions being on en the state road between vernal and I 1 colton on en the D L R G E R R roosevelt was incorporated as a town march ma ach ah 11 1913 following are the municipal officers at present ed F harmston president of the board who is serving his second term in that posit position ti on J H hardy A birch R RS S collett and W H gagon trustees E H burgess attorney C L ashton clerk H P edwards treasurer A H whitlock jr marshal |