Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-09 | Page 16 | Governor's Party Arrives in Vernal

iiffslir ARRIVES1N VERNAL Start to Be Made Today for Coal Lands Over State Line in Colorado. iSpecial to The Tribune. VERX.M., June S. Governor 'Bam-bcrser 'Bam-bcrser and his party, touring the terri-torv terri-torv alone the lino or the proposed railroad rail-road rrom Salt Lake Into the Lintah bajjin. with a view to ascertaining the resources and cletcrnilnins the feasibility of the construction of the line, arrived here this afternoojl at 4 o'clock from White Rocks. Before dinner the parly paid a visit to the coal mines in the vicinity. vi-cinity. . .,, Earlv tomorrow mornln? the party -will leave for CraiR. Colo., where the time, Including Tuesdav. will be spent in visit-Ina visit-Ina the coal res ion in the vicinity of that town and llavden, Colo. -Wednesday the party will return to Vernal. Thursday will be spent Inspecting the oil sha.o formations alone the White river. Ouray. 1'iah. will he visited and the nicht will probablv be spent at Fort Duchesne. The party expects to arrive in Salt Lake on Saturday. The territory so far visited has given j evidence of great agricultural productivity. productiv-ity. The hay and grain crops on the two reclamation projects Inspected look espe-; espe-; iallv promising. The party visited the ; Indian service project in the north part of t'intali county and the Lry Gu'.ch project north of Roosevelt. Both arc well developed and settled. A visit was paid to Cedar Butte at the mouth of White Rocks canyon, today, on the way here. In order to inspect the property, on which a large plant is being be-ing installed to work the oil sands.