Show REAL ESTATE SELLERS VISIT i UINTAH AD BASIN 1 Richards Investigate gate With View TIC to lo Ope I Branch Office 9 ing CJ I u I I fI h I Alter b mu N basin country with a it view to II Dr Carlos opening up a branch office Kimball Claude Richards E. E T T. all of or Im- Im p l and n J J. A A. Capener ball balI Richards RIchard land merchants have e returned home The party part first visited Duchesne and the c famous blue bench where Jesse Knights Knight's ht's acro farm was Inspected rhe They then traveled through lr tho ho purple J n nh h section and visited Tal- Tal mage nage Altonah and other good gooI districts districts districts dis dis- which thc they report to lie lIo prom promising promis Is- Is ln ing settlements In tine CIne locations TheY The then then returned to and drove on tn to Myton ton where they went over r the tho bl bI biff Irrl Irrigation atluri on South Myton bench h In which Ta Taylor lor brothers of ot this city are arc largely lanch Interested The They also In Inspected Inspected In- In the tho Dig BIf Lot project on the same same- bench which the they learned Is s later to tobe tobe tobe be taken over O by br the government Jo Tho The HI Big Lot project contains acres f ver promising grain and oe opens up a. a very and nul alfalfa section From this point the party visited noo Roosevelt C where they saw one of or the finest sections of oC the basin In jhc he making It I Is splendidly located In n the to of ot a thriving agricultural district and bears evidence of oC splendid pro prosperity perit as lS do o all tho the other towns of oC the thc After Aller Inspecting this dis- dis the Y arty drove through Fort Duche Duchesne nc down to arid and Ild on to Ouray on the tho ban banks s of or tho the Green river Here tho the big Oura Ouray project was ex examined cx- cx x- x arid and found fount to be exceptionally promising Every Ivery ea member of oC the party part was vas as enthusiastic tle regarding the possibilities r bUllies of or this section where the soil Iol was found to be of or the thc same samo richness as that In the famous Imperial valley In southern California It was vas found that the Green river carries the rich t front from the Ourn Ouray district down downto to the Colorado river and that the latter lat lat- lat lat- ter tet deposits It In the Imperial valley This Tills process has hns been going on for or centuries and as IS a result tho the unusual Mill 1011 oll qualities of oC the two districts arem are aro similar m I liar lar From Oura Ouray the party part returned to Fort Duchesne and drove o on to Vernal ernal where they the found oun tho lie oldest olde t and best developed section of ut the entire basin The They were verc delighted with the beautiful Ashly valley and with the ho setting of oC Vernal with Its beautiful trees I It In commenting on ort life greatest needs of or C the Uintah basin a member of or the party larty stat states s that the country needs I trees people stock tock and antl transportation It has all aJl the natural advantages all to tomake tomake I make Inake It one of or tho the greatest sections in the west It is particularly particular urged cI that several M trainloads of or trees be I pl planted as soon n n as possible In the va various various va- va rious towns and communities following follow tollow- In trig ing the e example amplo of or Vernal Lombardy Lombard popl poplar r trees seem eem to lo thrive In the district As the basin comprises one- one third of or orall all th the Irrigable ble land In Utah tre arc er very much Interested In In Its Us development While the company representatives were in th the thu basin engineers were at work on tile the state highway to lieber Hober showing developments ar are aro being made The rho company la Is following up Its first hand Investigation b by keeping in touch with all the banks In the basin and with all county agents ag and former Cormer county agents agent with a a. view of ot making a thorough and exhaustive In Investigation as to all possibilities While at Ouray the members of oC this party Varty viewed Jewed the land across th the Green river where a project ct of ot acres Is to lo be opened I by the government possibly pos pos- sibly for Cor the lie benefit of or American 1108 1 soldiers |