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Show EASTERN UTAH " : MGHOOM E. D. R. Thompson, Register of Land Office, Talks of Conditions. EARLY COMPLETION OF . . MOFFAT ROAD HELPING Countrj' Is Prosperous and Outlook for the Future Is Bright. Thai the assurances of the early completion com-pletion of tho Moffat railroad have resulted result-ed In nn Increased demand for Irrigated land in the Uintah basin and a renewal of business activity throughout the northeastern north-eastern section of the state Is tho substance sub-stance of an assertion, made by E, D. R. Thompson, register of the local United States land office, who returned yesterday yester-day from a trip to Fort Duchesne. Mr. Thompson, who was present at the opening of bids for the last lot of Indian lands sold at auction in the basin district, dis-trict, traveled by way of Mack and Dragon, and went to Fort Duchesne by automobile. During his trip ho alBO passed through the Dry Gulch country, and went to Roosevelt and Myton to examine ex-amine a tract of 11.000 acres belonging to a Salt Lake syndicate between Antolope and Cottonwood creeks, southeast of Country Advancing. "I found tho country, on what is known as Indian bench, In the Dry Gulch country, coun-try, further advanced in improvements and having a larger area of cultivated lands than any other part of the reservation," reser-vation," said Mr. Thompson last night. "Considerable progress lias been mado around .Myton and Theodore. There aro 50.000 acres of excellent lands on tho lower Myton bench that will be brought under a ditch to be constructed by the Nowland company, and this project will probably be completed this year. "Many new buildings are being erected erect-ed at Myton. The State Bank of Myton has Just completed a two-story cement business block and a Large amusement hall now under course of construction will le completed and ready for occupancy within a few weeks. The government, is now erecting fine headquarters for the government irrigation force which will be moved from Fort Duchesne next month. "Every stage is bringing land seekers from the cast and the Irrigated lands now being offered by the government arc being be-ing more eagerly sought than ever before be-fore since the reservation was opened. The citizens of the I'lntah basin realize that the Utah Development league Is largely responsible for the Increased Interest In-terest In the agricultural opportunities of Utah, and despite the fact that Denver business men are making strong bids for tho business of that part of the state the merchants and business men arc loyal to Salt Lake and the rest of the state and, other things being equal, they will do their business through local houses-Future houses-Future Looks Bright. "Tn the building of the Moffat road there is every reason to hope that Utah capital capi-tal will become interested in the project, inasmuch as there Is going to be strong competition for the business of the wonderful won-derful new empire that Is being opened up. "Many Indians are leasing their lands to the whites and it is estimated that not moro than 10 per cent of the Indians who own lands are actually cultivating their farms in person. The government is spending large sums on the irrigation systems and the work Is being done in the best possible manner. Many new orchards or-chards are being planted by Denver Investors. In-vestors. While In vernal I was informed by II C. Means, superintendent of tho government Irrigation work, that there was a total of more than 700.000 acres of irrigable land within the'llmlts of the fomer Indian reservation. This In Itself is one of Uio greatest agricultural districts dis-tricts of the west." |