Show UINTAH AH BASIN IS FORGING TO FRONT Recent Trip of Business Mento Men Mento to That Territory Gives Widespread Publicity The basin Is forging rapidly to the trout front A recent excursion of oC prominent nent neat busIness businessmen men of or Salt La Lake e. e Provo and Ogden run for tor the purpose of oC gatherInG gathering gath gath- ering ring information as to tho the country's resources has already resulted d in pub- pub 3 n J b all quarters J. J W. W Musser manager of ot the Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain Inter- Inter mountain Realty company compan handling the townsite of or located In he basin who was one of the par party while there gathered valuable data concerning tho the present output of ot the country and something of or its prospects Out of one mine the D Dyer er alone has been realized from copper Oil wells are arc being drilled and when oil Is II struck the wells arc are capped awaiting the building of railroads and the tho construe construe- tion of ot pipe lines There are arc now grazing head of oC cattle and head of oC sheep Last year car the tho valle valley produced bushels of oC wh wheat at and oats tons of or ha hay and poun pounds s of ot hone honey One store tore located sixty miles from tho the railroad received pounds of freight which had to be hauled in Fruit trees planted since the tue reservation reservation reser reser- ration wa was thrown open sex seven years ago are now producing At the thc fair held hehl at Roosevelt the tite latter part of ot September September Sep Sep- were ere exhibited such fruits as peaches peache grapes prunes and apples Some of the bearIn bearing fruit trees arc only four years ears old Seven en years ago aso alfalfa ha hay r soleat soldat sold sole at nt 36 G a ton but now it can be he bought for tor from 6 56 to a tone according according- to tn the season and andrade grade rade this condition being due to tho the planting an and harvestIng harvest harvest- lag Ing of or tho the h hay y on the ground It Is la estimated that when all aU irrigation irrigation Irrl- Irrl gation atlon projects now under way are completed will ha have ve on ono oni h hot of ot the area in the state stata of ot irrigable lands or about acres fl e DurIn During the excursion Mr MI Musser and J. J W. W Murdock visited Here they found the farms in a mo inot t pros pros- J ClOUS condition A feature of or the tho farming there this year car was au an ex exceptionally exceptionally ex- ex fine potato crop Mr Ir says that of or in lots In iii Inthe Inthe the tile townsite over o one half of or them have ha been sold within the past sixty days ays |