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Show KINGDOM IS AWAITING IE COiJEK IN Umta Basin Holds Out Inviting In-viting Prospect to Those Who Seek Homes RESOURCES ARE MANY Boosters for Virgin Region Come to Pay Respects to Wizard of Wasatch The Llnta. reservation country w II be represented at the carnival of the Wizard of tho Wasatch by a committee of three appointed by tt e Development league an organization of ten commercial clubs In that part of the state J P May pub 1 a er of the Reco d at Myton and tl e Standard at Roosevelt arrived yesterday as one of the committee and to transact other business during a weeks visit In tie city Mr May is secretary of t e league the o ga zatlon representing about 25 000 peopfe banded together for tho purpose of co operation In advertls ng and devel op ng the ast terr tory of new farm lands Jn hat part of the state Speaking of the TJlnta country Mr May Is very enthu m a&t c about the opportunities out there, , end pred cts wonderful advancement and j Increase In population Mr May said Tl e Uinta bas n has been overlooked bv most persons who desire cheap land good homes an excel ent climate and unexcelled opportunlt es to make noney On the former reservation there are about twenty communities several ow large enough to be classed as owns, and new centers are springing up Tnese towns are found ed on actual wea th enough at hand to make each one Important In the state s a tl ties Myton for In stance is su rounded by more than 100 000 acres of good land now scarce 1 scratched as It were yet all pro ductive so 1 with a. good c lmate am pe water and no natural hindrance Resources Abundant Our forests out there support but 1 a f the catt e and sheep wh c other reserves are supporting Whi e wo 1 a e bumper crops there Is not enougl gra n raised not enough fru t grown and not enoug hay produced to meet the local demand Last ear we shipped Into that country n ore than 550 000 worth of lard and pork that should be produced there and this serves as an 1 lustra t on of the newness of things In gen eral There !s room for 100 000 addl tional population. The land and wa ter the t mber and coal and all other j requls tea are at hand all we need are the people to take hold of the re sources Vt present tl Is inland empire Is Iso lated but the time Is not far d stant when we shal have a road because at the present rate of Increase we shal soon be ab e to construct an e ectrlo 1 ne to Sa t Lake without go lng anywl ere for he p The water power s there the t mber Is close at hand and if a ra lroad does not soon commence operat ons some move wi 1 be made toward a co operative propo eitlon Chance Is Neglected Salt Lake and Utah people generally ave neg ected this wonderta d to buc an extent that the sett era out the e are not p eased at all, and mer c ants and other business men are favor ng Denver because that city has taken a e y prominent part In the only ral road operations that bid fair to open the terr tory An e ectr c 1 ne can he built and t e resources war rant Its construct on Tl e elaterlte depos ta a one 1 1 lust fy such a road and tl e t mber v 1 support it as de from the ae cu tural wealt It seems to be genera y be eved outs de the U nta bas n that the c n ate s unfavorable and that ot er drawbacks are respons b e for the neglect of t e ast resources b t i ves gat on v U s ow that we can produce anyth ng that is gTown elsewhere In the state Our c lmate Is var ed there be ng ta ble lands that are not adapted for fruit but we have . half m on acres of low ands fit for app es apr cots and peaches Waterme ons th ve In all the lower val es Any man who will so over there and invest gate these facts w i agree that no other section of the west has in the Immediate future anvthlne 1 e the advancement store for it We have ten towns eacn having enough farm land now only til ed n spots to make each one a real town in popu at on and w ea th At prese t we a e struc ng along thout a a road and w th on y one man where ve need ten men Mr May says Attorney Tom O Donnell the w e 1 know n ernal lawyer will come in with the P ke 3 peak highway excur sion next week and w jo n him here as one of the three comn tteemen se lected to do a possib e to boost the U nta bas n du ng the Carn a |