Show Prompt Action Urged to Save Wheat Hogs Near Vernal Face Disaster Unless Disaster Unless Crops and Sto Stock k Are Transported ted to r Rail Rail Stations J II NESS plans are con completed d speedily for the e hauling a I to S shipping i ng centers either by wagon or o by motor truck of m more more re than bushels pf of gra gram grain n the of the of-the the Vernal Venial al di district in Uinta id Duchesne che ne counties Utah farmers will face a loss of several thousand dollars according to o Ar Arch h M. M M. M Thurman rm n secretary state council of defense Also thousands of hogs the form of livestock raised in the Vernal district must h hl he l I market or a large additional loss will result Uinta inta and Duchesne counties raise about 10 to per cent of the thelt lt the crop of Utah according to estimates and unless this is isain rain is hauled market to-market to market before the snow flies it must remain ph fields to rot u until til spring Storage facilities in the Vernal i are limited and the grain must be taken to a a railroad b before fore in sets in or an almost total loss will result 7 FEED EED WHEAT During Curing ng a recent ruling of the sited States food administration tot seat not accessible to a railroad may fed to to livestock As the principal led nn ot livestock in the Vernal dis- dis let ct is hogs It will wUl not be profitable feed wheat heat to them since they cant can- can t t be driven to market arket bu but must be be Bled aled y wagon or mOtOr motor truck Also Alsoe e e keeping of the hogs through the b be of considerable expense 7 U Manderfield chairman n of the transportation committee s ritten to the motor in n a committees of Uinta and aid esne Duch-esne unties asking them t tonne toline f ne up the nation in the Vernal district and dermi de- de the number of ot wagons J and that will vill be be needed to lUhe grain and hogs to market r together with Mr unman will will- tour through the Vernal strict soon in order to loo look over the nation n and determine the best and st methods to 10 be carried out in grain and hogs to market repair work on on the roads n necessary before the hauling nJ n be started j. j ted r HAULAGE P PROBLEM K t be be-a- be a a big problem to get wheat el especially in this this' dis- dis Kt Robert ri o ot Price states a letter to Mr Thurman The rea- rea w III folio follow orth of Price lies a big wheat belt c in the Ashl Ashley y valley with alt the starting point miles W aY Between Vernal and Price e the former Uinta re reservation se five meby by ninety miles in area area To ToJ Tot t J either elther point from the Denver I o o Grande railroad one must cross by bye e U nta railroad which is frequently ked by sn snow w In Jn the winter for ten IT to a month at a time The al- al native maUve Is by by bythe the Willow Creek tent road which leaves the valley Castle Gate and travels over over overa a range feet higher than the old road Adan via ia tn IMbUe n lle canyon and Wells Yells Stage tt log o k which ras a record of three ors frs ervice by wagon and delivery and delivery of ill more than twelve hours 1 son only y once In fn three years WW TO BUCK rh r 5 lower road Is the only only- one onea a n be traveled all winter with sf d amount of hardship and a ae e amount of repair work with Continued on page 8 8 8 I PROMPT ACTION C Continued from page 1 I. a reasonable amount of snow to buck But the powers that be have decreed that about 90 per cent of the road I mane money shall be used on the Willow Creek Creel road 2000 feet greater el elevation where loads in winter must ba changed from frem auto to wagon from wagon to sleigh and then back again on the theother theother theother other side of the hill It is often Impossible impossIble impossible Im im- im- im possible to get over in less than three days The lower road Mr l McCune declares deClares declares de de- clares is the only road that can be traveled in to winter during the heavy heay I snows and repair work on it is very very- e essential before the snow flies tIles if the wheat is to be hauled out of Uinta this year The lower road he asserts is needed heeded to get wheat to the rail read from the north north and no matter what the cost It should be repaired and all bridges given attention |