Show I NEW ROUTE IS HARDSHIP ON BUSINESS MEN Local Merchants Suffer I Heavy Losses in Business Business Busi Busi- ness Way Major ajor II U. P. P Myton ton deputy United States marshal returned from the Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah reservation country this morning mornin after bain having been on an extended trip through the reservation lands to summon sum flum- mon witnesses for the United States court ourt which was to have bae convened here yesterday After hain having summoned his hs witnesses Major Myton received word that the court session cession ion had been postponed and andI it was necessary for him to recall the subpoenas Many any of f these he be did in on person erson while couriers cO sent tent from Fort Duchesne reached the tho witnesses who ere w-ere at points remote from the fort All of the witnesses were found and none will make the unnecessary trip Major Mylon l says lays that tho the homesteaders homesteaders home on the lands opened for settlement settlement settle settle- ment a few years ago ao are arc in better condition than the they were a a. year ago The government is expending a large amount of money in the of ofa a gigantic irrigation system m to water the lands hands allotted to the Indians The settlers are aro securing employment in this work in lar large e numbers and the money they aro are earning in this way is doing much to improve their condition While hiie the irrigation system is primarily ly Iv for the benefit of the tho Indian lands landsen given en by allotment the settlers will have th the privilege of buying burin water that is is' is not needed by the Indians and will thus bo ho able to irrigate their own lands at comparatively little cost east This is of great value to them enabling them to put greater reater areas under cultivation cult than would be possible without this means Major Myton says that the change chango made mado in handling handlin the tho mails which are aro arenow arenow aronow now delivered by way of Dragon is working a great hardship on all the settlers settlers set set- s in the reservation district Tho The mails formerly went by way of Price Durin During the x s six years years he heas was as Indian agent at Fort the mails were wera carried by way of Price and even duning during dun dur ing inE the most severe winters they never ml missed e Pe Result Unsatisfactory Under present arran arrangements the mail mailis is bein being carried to Dragon by way of Colorado and then sent to the reservation reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion country The Tho mails are aro irregular and cannot be depended upon There have been periods of ten days' days duration when no mail was received The v freight routes for the territory traversed follow the mail routes Under the old arrangement a Utah point was uras named as the terminus of freight designed designed designed de de- de- de signed for the territory and all i fre-i freight ht was handled at Price This gave ave the Utah jobbers according to Major Maior Myton Myton My My- ton a chance at the business shipments shipments ship ship- ments bein being sent from Salt Lake City Otty Oit and direct to Price Pric from from- the east eastern producers on the order of the Salt Lake wholesale dealers Under the present arrangement the tho bulk of the wholesale business goes by byway byway byway way of Dra Dragon on and is billed from Denver Denver Den Den- ver ver the Denver wholesalers havin having an advantage e in iii the freight rate which virtually vir vir- hands them the trade on a silver platter The population which was tri tributary to Salt Lake wholesale dealers in the I reservation territory and in tho the Uintah lands generally was not less than thim Salt Lake merchants had the advantage e and supplied all of this population with the necessaries of life virtually all of I said iBid Major Myton to THE TELEGRAM TELE TELE- GnA GRAM I ioda today That was as in effect I adding persons to tho population of Salt Lake City so far as aa the wholesalers whole whole- salers salons were concerned The Tho chan change e of the mail route robs Salt Lake business interests of t this his tributary population and presents it to Denver Denver is handling handlin the business today Farmers Suffer 44 Under the old arran arrangement emEnt the farmers when times were slack dark would haul freight taking their teams from the tho farms Theu- Theu were tro thus enabled to tomake tomake tomake make a living when their farm products were not sufficient to meet their needs need Under the present arrangement with the freight fre invariably in following the mail routes route the railroad company hasa has a monopoly on the freighting business The railroad virtually owns the toll road and controls the frei freight ht haulin hauling on that road Individuals desiring to haul freight must t pay heavy hea tribute in tolls toll to the toll road ol outfit f t controlled controller con con- trolled h hv by I the he railroad and their prof prof- I I its are thus cut down to such an extent ex ox- tent that there is nothing in it for them Thus the freighting industry is killed except for tb the subsidized freight freight- ers era The The matter is one which should be betaken betaken betaken taken up bv by the Commercial club of Salt Lake City for adjustment That mail route sh should uld be changed back to to- Price and that territory which belongs to Salt Lake should be ba returned to her It is a bi big proposition and Salt Lake business men cannot afford to overlook it There is much dissatisfaction on 00 the reservation because of this and except for those who have a personal interest in maintaining tho the Dragon route general operation co-operation could babad be ba bad had in taking steps to effect this change Major Maior Myton My ton also says that under the present arrangement ment the tri trip p from Salt Lake to towns in the tho reservation requires t ent twenty twenty four four hours hour longer longcr owin owing to the greater distance it is necessary to travel HUr and owing to many delays than it was b by b way wa of Price |