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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER fp PAGE .To? and a shepp to a high degree. The rota-- I he tion of crops Erastus Peterson and the campaign 6 t03 against noxious weeds have received .marked attention. Uintah Count y Farm Agent A,ther "as 10 Mr. Peterson has SS,I,',S 1,6 and stimulated the organization agronomist for a year. Then tv?o and activities of the ys and Girls Clubg in the county Just why a man Whose last name ith remarkable success. High jg Peterson should have Erastus for grade Plymouth Rock chickens have his first name has not been explained replaced the variegated farm, flocks But its the position to the writer. of old. th 0f a. wifeH? his s0 Went to occupied by Mr. ePterson as an imIn the Maeser Ward the club ac- 33 County Agent fcr in Currvf,eX1C? factor the Uintah building portant Uvities have increased the weekly Thnty 'With headarters at Basin that concerns this stbry, so Clovis checks from $200 to $400 dairy il from DTh,1S WaS 1917 to here goes. 1090 now they run t0 Utan n a farm at 00.00 to $1,5 atfk Mr. Peterson is another native son Richfield two years when he $2,000.00. who has brought honor to his birth- came to Vernal as Mr. Petersons work in all lines County Agent for place and has fully sustained his Uintah County. of farm problems has Tieen equally Utah birthright as a leader in the He came to Uintah valuable to his constituents and he rich in County of the agricultural development in agriulture and busi- is accepted by every citizen cf Uin-- i state and especially the Uintah experience ness affairs and Uintah tah County as a personal friend County section of the Basin. farmers soon recognized thatCounty whose advice and counsel is sound they Mr. Peterson was born 43 years had captured a prize county agent and reliable. His activities are not not he has to but and they determined to keep' him as confined to Uintah County, but ex-- i ago permitted that actend to the entire Basin where he is He activities. his has long as possible. handicap His record here is full and rich. considered an authority on commucomplished as much in that time as most men do in a life time of the Under his direction the Farm Bu- nity problems as well as farm probreau has revived and become an ac- lems. three score and ten variety. Mr. Peterson spent his boyhood tive factor in development work. Put more business into farming, days in Sevier County on a pioneer Perhaps in no other county of the is a tabloid statement of his work as county agent. farm. Attended public schools three state exists the cordial to six months a year, did some high found here between the Farm Buschool work at Snow Academy and reau and the Vernal Business Mens At the present rate of growth, it afterward cohn.pleted a course in ag- organization. is predicted that more than a milThe Farm Bureau under his direc- lion farms will be receiving the benriculture at the State Agricultural tion at Logan. College l;as interested itself in the study efits of electric light and power servHis disposition to complete thor- of farm problems relative to the in- ice by 1930. New York Times. oughly whatever he undertook is dustries best adapted to this localdemonstrated by the persistent man- ity and local conditions here. It has Salt Lake City Eleventh annual ner in which he clung to this college developed the dairy and poultry ram sale to be held here August 30 course until it was completed. He business as well as the farm flock of to September 1. equa'I)H,roni carefully Iramed bMh sessions to their capacity OPENING A TWENTY-SEVE- N NEW INDUSTRY Tinvley and Son, Myt'on seed and commission merchants, are of the opinion that growing seed peas and beans may he developed in the Uintah Basin into a great industry as profitable as the alfalfa seed production and wdth a more certain future of substantial and continuous returns. They have a number of experimental fields growing this season. They have installed a new type of cleaning machine which uses the principles of a miner's wilfley table, substituting a current of air for a stream of water. This machine i9 adapted to alfalfa seed but especially to the cleaning of beans and peas. Diversified farming is the solution of the farm problems, and this effort of Tingley and Son is being watched with much interest. i - un-It- to recently published .According figures, there are about 14,000,000 savings bank depositors In the United States about one in eight of the total population. A decade ago the proportion was about one in nine, and 20 years ago about one in 10. A century ago less than one in 200 of the population had a savings account. Bankers state that the increase in savings accounts is a result of thp great era of industrial development and quantity production of the past 20 years, and the high wages paid to workingmen. Richfield Central Utah Motor Company erecting new home. ttjBem Good Dairy Stock Sheep Poultry Intensive Diversified Farming Are four big U. B. . C. letters to remember Uncle Sam carried the brick. Let him carry your deposits to VERNAL, UTAH The son of Utah have constantly before them the inspirational achievements of their pioneer ancestors as a spur to, greater accomplishment and ability to meet discouraging conditions with a determined fortitude which finally leads to success. Luke Clegg iwas born of pioneer parents at Heber City 32 years ago and whatever measure of success has been meted unto him is based upon this inheritance of the pioneer spirit which laughs at misfortune and proceed to use its discomforts as an aid to final success. Mr. Clegg was educated in the Heber City public schools and gradWasatch High uated from the School. He has completed a commercial course in mathematics and bookkeeping, has been a student at the University of Utah, B. Y. U., at Provo, and at the State Agricultural College at Logan. With this educational equipment he dared Dame Fortune for a race. He had several years business experience, but his liking for educational work kept calling him to the educational field as a teacher. He came to Uintah Basin in 1914, where he has been identified with educational work ever since, but has also developed a decided liking for farming as a'pastime. He iwas six years in charge of the schools at Altonah and during that one period he cleared and Geveloped of the fine farms of that locality. He was specialized in fine stock here and a decided in developing instrumental toward leading of Altonah farmers farms. on their high grade animals Mr Clegg later served two years the as a member of the faculty of and School Duchesne County Hign La- three years as principal of the point schools. Since first coming to the Duchesne considCounty High School he hasHe owns ered Roosevelt as hi home. one of the substantial cortage a homes faun of Roosevelt and also owns town. near he During the past school year school Wilson the of was in charge of its a position .selected because home. roosevelt his convenience to success in his of secret The of the school work is the disposition mto energy whole man to put his his and tackles he task toward ideals of citizenship his pu- which he constantly directs Jh establishing a county season and the citi high school thi of desirous are zens there of Mr. Clegg to take Sarre of it. basing their desire on for the the high regard they havehis three work he did there during work at Lapoint. PiLapolnt la years ago Mr. Clegg was elected as the Roosevelt member of the county school board and in his service there he has been able to give the county the benefit of his long years of successful teaching. He is able to view school problems from educational standpoints as iwell as financial and for this reason he is a most valuable member of the county board. In addition to his other scholastic preparation for his race with Dame Fortune, Mr. Clegg took a course in developed his journalism which character along the line many-side- d of expression and style of putting his of thought on paper. In the exercise this phase of hi character he has developed a concise style of expression which when applied to the preparation of papers and discussions for teachers meetings and conventions brings requests from educational ofpublications and higher school to for permission reproduce ficial Two i 'ligious work in his community as well as educational matters. He is jan active member of the L. D. S. church and is one of the Board of Governors of the Roosevelt Com'mer-- ! cial Club, which organization is one of the most efficient in the West for any city of its size. apple crop this year mateu at 896,000 bushels. I Eureka good ore showing. Eureka Lily mine esti- - has Last year Utahs mines had assvn luation of $85,114,793; this year, $104,926,062. ';, d Utah estimates sugar beet yield at 647,000 tons this year, on 71,000 acres. Contract awarded for 8.9 miles of highway from St. George, in Washthe articles. all from ington County. Mr. Clegg rather shrings comand rarely of forms publicity Available funds for Castle Gate-Nola- n plies with requests for publishing his road total $1S0.000. addresses. disJust how a man of his retiring of ore from Tintic mines position ever managed to success- forOutput of 1926 totaled 4,835 first half fully court a wife is a matter of car to 4,507 car loads, compared but his friends, speculation among last same loads year. period ns f:r of three a has and family he did. fine children as are found in Utah. San Juan oil field activities stead- They, too, have inherited the spirit in ,lv iwill time and increasing. Numerous companies of the pioneers in field, and new ones on. already carry rein civic and in . ing .a Mr. Clegg is active |