Show THAT PRIMITIVE AREA STill PRESSED I AS GAME REFUGE Fl r I A Uintah Basin Water Vater to go o to Salt Lake City BI Big g Watershed to be Protected and Made 1 Sanitary Moose etc for Sportsmen come coma e first Before Man I Utah leaders are getting ready for the thc big dam in Provo Pro canyon to insure Salt Lake City an ample water supply This water must come from the Colorado river wa- wa Our Grand Daddy l lakes kes among which is the well known Mirror lake feed one main branch of the Duchesne river our principal principal principal pal river that is for the Uintah Basin You see dear reader Salt Lake City has a filing on 50 second feet of Duchesne river water and some res reservoir filing on Rock Creek Evidently the leaders expect to pump the thc water part way and then use a tunnel the remainder I of the distance over into the Provo river or use either one as may maybe maybe be decided But they want the WATER A A- meeting was recently held at Mirror lake where and when some high steps were taken that mean much to the Uintah Basin because the water is ours by right of topography and taking taking tak tak- ing it into the Provo river is not hot fair to us unless we get a square deal Apparently federal assume assume assume as as- sume that acres too much land is included in that forest area At said meeting a protest was made against ret returning this excess excess excess ex ex- cess to the public domain That Thal is the group assembled at the lake want the land all an held as forest land Provo leaders were there too They saw aw- aw disaster not only to sportsmens sportsmen's recreation but to sheep and cattle men as well wen forest status At that famous meeting greater sanitation was wasa a cry or or subject and naturally a resolution on that sub syb ct was passed They want this land all aU held in the forest reserve although federal officials evidently believe a large amount should come out But they also want an Archway designating the entrance to the great scope of country which evidently evidently evidently evi evi- evi- evi dently is to be set aside as the sanitary and primitive section Big men were at the meeting Don B. B Colton our congressman was one of the speakers Dr V V. M M. Tanner spoke in favor of having a great natural wild life refuge And across the famous famous famous fam fam- ous arch he hc would have Inscribed these words The High Uintah Primitive e Area and then the regulations regulations regulations reg reg- governing that special I federal It was also urged that state fish and game people have moose placed In the area More than state officIals officials officials of of- and various leaders assembled assembled assembled as as- there at Mirror lake They had good music too Here in this Uintah Basin we should have something to say about this entire matter If Salt Lake City is going to take our water or the water naturally belonging belonging belonging be be- longing to our lands yet claimed while large tracts are sewed up i in federal proposed projects we deserve something for it As a sample of the game please note that officials are very anxious to protect cattle and sheep and yet it is proposed to place moose in the area Then all this talk about sanit sanitation up in the Uintah range eh Is it not amusing We know those I mountains are pretty darned sani few humans get up there roads are scarce and even trails are almost unknown Sturgeon n vs va Presley Timothy Van Kleeck Bacon Inv Co vs W W. K Dye J. J B B. B Harris vs Andrew A. A Adams Rocky Point Ditch Co vs VB Jerry R. R G. G Porter vs VB Edward W. W Crosby |