Show OPENED RESERVATION AND MOFFAT ROAD BRIGHTEN NORTHEASTERN UTAH J I i i I Special to The Herald v Vernal March a TIM The definite pros prospect peel pec of ot the early opening q of the tile reservation and aDd the recent action of congress nse which will open up to corn com commerce mime merce aa an important part of the great t tte te deposits of ot the tM Uncompahgre pahr reservation coupled with the businesslike movements mota of ot the t promoters sea ers and bankers backers of the Moffat railroad enterprise are beginning to attract at attention atI to the many possibilities for tor I future development and enterprise terp In Sn laI northeastern Utah I The fist first real evidence of the new era of business activity that will dawn dawni i upon lapin this hitherto Isolated but Sm SmI t I rich section of the great t west when the tile headlight of the iron bon horse horae flashes Its rays ray along the western we slops of ot the great groat range is II the recent action of the city council of Vernal In granting U to William Ochs Ochi and aDd P F M t Benedict of Salt Lake a franchise for forthe to toI forthe the operation of an a electric lighting I plant plaAt lid and railway By getting In on the ground pound floor on the proposition these t gentlemen have bave secured privileges loge leges that may be of oC immense value In la the future Vernal TUBal Promise Premise Should the route down Bear Bew River JUnr i I canyon be chosen by the Moat Ko syn syndicate SnI syndicate i for tor the line of the new road I II Vernal V will without question be the I chief city between Salt Lake and aDd Den DenIver DenI i iver I Iver ver Independent of oC this however I IJ J I Vernal to ii in the heart of a country unusually rich in natural resources I The TM Tb Ashley valley valle in Sa the u center of I which Vernal to ItI located contains at atthe atthe I the present time thus t a population well up I toward The great Ireat bulk of the i rapidly increasing population depends I Ia in a business and aad commercial sense upon the city of Vernal whose cor cot corporate corporate limits have bave for certain huh busi business ness a reasons been confined to one square mile of land upon which is to transacted the business affairs of the surrounding country The Tb Vernal pre pro precinct precinct product duct has ha a population of close up to 1000 at the present time All 11 over OYer the valley valle are neat and comfortable homes home that have been erected erect upon the home homestead stead atea until a stranger upon entering the valley and traversing tra the many lanes la lined with trees tree to W often otten led to remark that it St seems ems like our old home bome neighborhood in the eastern I states The advantages of oC soil 1011 and climate and the tim possibilities of obtaining am ample ample ampie pie water for irrigation are such that there t to S no reason NUOn in Sit the world why for tor all 11 time tilDe to come co the Ashley val vii valley valle icy ley le should not be the great peat source Murce of food supply for the whole region along the western wee rn slope siope of ol the great range between t Vernal and tile the crest ereK of oC the big br divide The agricultural possibilities are an however only Incidental as compared to the mineral mineraI wealth that enriches the city elty of oC Vernal Great Cht Hydrocarbon Deposits Deposit The immense hydrocarbon deposits of the White river country are with without without without out question the greatest deposits deposit of or their kind in the world and will be used In hi every city of or importance on this continent and in Sn Europe when the question of transportation to Is I simpli simplified ned lied by the advent ot ol the railroad fa facilities facilities At the present time Ume thousands thousand of tons ton are transported by wagon a distance of DC a hundred miles mUes and made to pay AH Ail around la In almost cay any dt di direction era are eel coal of Importance tance Close Clo e to the state line are aN veins v vet of it first arat class claM quality fifteen feet thick all 11 of which have been boon severed covered with wt I locations and aad awaiting a the coming CO of oC the railroad Within five miles of oC the city of oC Ver Vii Vernal nal au the Utah Paint It Varnish corn com company pan pany owns own 0 quarter section ou of ground around with sand asphaltum tum turn that I Is probably the Ute cheapest paving material known Vernal city I Ihas I has haa the sidewalks along alone the principal streets paved paY with this material L They I are a constant coutant source IO of oC wonderment to the visiting stranger atran r l This material to is rich in oil and the company figures that the property will willbe I be lie the basis bails for a splendid enterprise e eI in bI the future as experiments have I I demonstrated that the oil ell can caR be ex cx extracted I traded at a good pronto profit I Discovery of Gf Vanadium I Over in the northeast corner earner of tah tab county and tributary to Vernal I some startling discoveries have been I recently made An unknown mineral e baa has been known to extol exist in the Red Rid RidI Creek and Jesse Ewing districts for I some time which has baa recently bees been identified as being bel vanadium Gov Government GovI experts have hare been working en on the matter for some time past put and several Jevera noted scientists as u well and andall andall andall I I all doubts have been removed as to the identity of the mineral Another entirely new DeW mineral has hu 1 also been found foum to exist in the same me ore Oft or and aad the t several nral men of science are an now engrossed in determining what It to is The Inside IsIde facts hays have been carefully guarded regarding the dis dW discovery covery and only meagre details have as yet ret been made public In Red Creek Jesse J Ewing and Willow WillowCreek WillowCreek WillowCreek Creek districts and along the lime belt that traverses the county east t and west are numerous indications of oC cop copper copper copper per lead silver and gold all U of oC which are in easy y reach of Vernal It will be readily seen Men that Vernal VernalIs Is to destined to be a city elt of oC consider considerable considerable able importance no matter where the Moffat line Une crosses the county as aa It to s sIn isSn in Sn the center of a rich valley ncr sur surrounded rounded by a country rich in mineral resources Should the new road mad run into town however Vernal will be one of the towns in the west and anda a phenomenal growth crowth will Inflow folloW northeastern Utah The whole of northeastern Utah to ItI toa Isa a land of oC promise premise pro both 11 in an agri agricultural agricultural cultural and mineral sense Me and awaits Ita only the th magic touch of capital to place it in the front rank raak as a center of oC business and ud commercial importance Importance tance lance As an Indication what the future may bring brt forth it to Sa worthy of men mention mention mention tion that the St Louis com corn compans pans s payroll has baa been between 5 and a month during duri the past put year for assessment ment work on mining claims clah alone The TIM eomy head headquarters headquarter headquarters quarters quarter are in Vernal where prep preparation are re now being made to meet the changed conditions condition and prepare the work of oC relocation and patenting of the company property a as provided in inthe Inthe Inthe the recent receipt legislation affecting the hydrocarbon fields Taken altogether matters matter look very promising for Vernal and ud changes that will astonish the natives and follow tollow one another in rapid succession may be confidently expected in the future |