Show Basin Irrigation Aid Pledged By Blood On Onu Onu u BU BI C Day Second Day Of Thirteenth Annual Convention Draws Drays Mixed Mixed- Crowd of c Li LiI I Governor Henry H. H Blood speaker Thursday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon Governors Governor's Day at the thirteenth annual Uintah Basin Industrial Convention at Fort Du Du- Du- Du chesne e. e WALLACE ALLACE V REVIEWS WATER TATER PROJECTS FOR UINTAH BASIN Governor Henry H. H Blood brought brough t a welcome message to listeners Thursday y in his Governors Governor's Day address on the second day of the annual Uintah Basin Industrial Convention at Ft Duchesne He gave firm assurance assurance assur assur- ance that the state of Utah was doing and would continue to do in its power to protect water rights on the headwaters of the Colorado river Thursdays Thursday's festivities opened with a grand parade of welcome honoring the governor Throughout Through Through- out the day and into the night serious meetings and frolics were intermingled prominent speakers addressed the throng Indians danced and sang soldiers from Fort Douglas drilled and the Thir Thir- eighth ty-eighth Infantry band gave two concerts Started Wednesday The Thc three-day three session was officially officially officially offic offic- opened Wednesday morning with William R. R Wallace Vallace chairman of the Utah water storage commIssion commission com Corn mission as the first speaker on the program for that day He outlined outlined out out- lined Utah and federal government plans for utilization of the states state's water supply and reviewed review d projects projects pro pro- recommended to furni furnish h the tho Uintah basin with adequate water Virtually the entire persons attending the convention were camped on the grounds of the government Indian agency Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- night with hundreds hundreds- of Uintah Uintah-Ouray Indians dressed In native attire atUr adding adding- color to the tho scene Sectional meetings of interest to all Uintah basin residents were held during the day interspersed with the addresses on the first days day's program A flower show and a forestry exhibit drew thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of visitors and a display of animals and and plants from th the dinosaur dinosaur dino dine quarry at Jensen was thronged thronged thronged thron thron- ged throughout the day Governor Applauded Thursdays Thursday's general assembly listening to the governor hung on these words and at their conclusion conclusion conclusion sion responded with thunderous applause There is no thought that this great fertile basin shall be deprived deprived deprived de de- de- de of any water it has been able in the past or that it will beable be beable beable able presently to put to beneficial benefic benefic- ial use Adequate water is almost as important important im im- Irn- Irn to the of the farmers and ranchers of the basin basinas as food and shelter an and had waited to hear from the lips of or orthe the states state's chief executive the words which would assure assur them the state stood squarely behind them in their ambitious program to develop northeastern TIt h Governor Gov- Gov Blood further told them The state and federal governments govern governments govern govern- overn- overn ments have shown interest in your water needs and have done one and and are doing everything c possible to insure a certainty and continuity continuity continuity contin contin- of supply by the construction continued on page 8 Basin Irrigation Aid Pledged By Blood Continued From Page 1 o of oC Moon lake reservoir which will store water for late use and by bythe bythe bythe the canal systems which transfer water from one stream to another The final design is to bring under full irrigation all available lands under these projects Addressed Indians The governor governer had luncheon In one of the old post buildings of of l Fort ort Duchesne and later addressed addressed addressed addres addres- sed the Indians attending the con con- ference His interpreter was Lester Lester Lester Les Les- ter Chapoose Indian leader It was the first time the governor had ever delivered a talk for Indians Indians Indians In In- alone He assured the braves and their squaws that the state has bas the highest interest in their welfare Utah and the Great White Father Father Fa Fa- Fa- Fa ther in Washington he said are interested in your welfare I 1 recognize recognize rec rec- rec you as my brothers and sisters President E E. E G G. G Pet Peterson of the Utah State Agricultural college was the principal speaker on Thursday afternoons afternoon's program It is as through concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- efforts that wonders are accomplished accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac he hc said and he predicted predicted predicted pre pre- an era of development for forthe forthe forthe the basin Urges Conservation Pointing out that machinery has brought more leisure time to everyone everyone ev ev- ev- ev Including farmers President President President dent Peterson asked the basin residents residents residents res res- res- res to put their spare time to good use by studying good booksIn booksIn books In the accumulated knowledge of th the world he told them you will find the solution for our present pres pres- pr present i. i ent difficulties There is too little little little lit lit- tle thought exercised today by people who should think And unless unless unless un un- less more people think the nation will find itself in a decadent state and it will follow the route of old Rome Thursday evening Franklin S. S Harris Harris president of Brigham Young university spoke on What the Proper Use of Water Vater Can Do Doto Doto Doto to Stabilize a Community Mr Harris told his audience that he was familiar with the basin country country country coun coun- try prior to 1905 when it was thrown open to white settlement He expressed the opinion that it had a rare future in store But in the past too much attention attention at at- has been paid o 0 land which is as free as air out here and not enough to water I urge you to strive to conserve your Water water water wa wa- ter supply Without intelligent information information information in in- formation much of your soil willbe will willbe willbe be ruined Moon Lake Praised In Wednesdays Wednesday's main address Mr Wallace Vallace pointed out that work in the Uintah basin on the Moon Lake project has been rapid and that the project will make the section one of the states state's most important important important im im- im- im areas He recalled that in the early days a number of projects projects projects pro pro- were started but that in inmost inmost inmost most cases more acres were sold than the available water could supply For that reason most of them were failures It will be different with the i Moon lake project Mr Wallace asserted for a comprehensive I soil analysis of the basin ed authorization of the project Re Regarding arding Utah's right in the Colorado river Mr Wallace said he had been asked ed if they would be bc adequately protected Such rights tights he said would be fully protected protected protected pro pro- and he pointed out that the only possible of danger was from the state slate of Arizona The situation however was such that Arizona could do little dam dam- age Chief speakers V Wednesday afternoon afternoon afternoon af af- af- af were Charles es H H. H Skidmore state superintendent of public in instruction instruction instruction in- in and K C. C Wright chief engineer of the Utah state slate road commission U. U S. S 40 10 Scenic Route Mr Skidmore reviewed briefly the history of the basin declaring that the development de of the area still lies in the future although a solid foundation for such development development development devel devel- has been laid He predicted predicted predicted pre pre- that the development of a railroad d for the basin is still far farin farin farin in the future but that the development development development devel devel- of roads will serve residents residents residents resi resi- dents until a railroad can be built He predicted that U U. U S. S 40 will vill be developed in the near future as the greatest scenic highway across across across ac ac- ac- ac ross Utah and Colorado A long time education program has been launched for the Uintah basin schools the speaker told his nis audience During the depression the schools here her showed a 23 per percent percent percent cent increase and it is his belief that in the next 10 years an 80 per cent increase will be shown He announced that the state superintendent superintendent superintendent sup sup- of recreation and health Miss Bernice Moss would soon begin to pay regular visits to the basin Roads Necessary Under an equalization plan the outlying schools in Utah would have the same opportunities for tor educating their children that the schools in populated centers now have Mr Wrights Wright's subject was in regard regard re re- re I gard to better roads for eastern 1 Utah He outlined the history of transportation and pointed out that man progresses only in keepIng keeping keeping keep keep- ing with the progress of the roads Only lack of funds has prevented prevent prevent- ed more rapid improvement and development he said Roads built 20 years ago are now completely com com- completely obsolete and large amounts of money ar are needed to put them in m shape for handling present-day present traffic Dr A. A L L. L Beeley of the University University University sity of Utah the principal speaker speak speak- er tr r at the evening conference spoke on Community Problems Under the Irrigation Ditch Advises Count County Change One of the principal difficulties facing counties now is the matter of county divisions he said and he urged basin residents to send representatives to the state legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature to work the redistricting redistricting redistricting redis- redis of the state slate He suggested the formation of one county which would Include Daggett Morgan Carbon Duchesne and Uintah counties to cut down the overhead and the cost of operating five governing governing governing gov gov- bodies And he gave the following statistics to demonstrate the need for a remedy Duchesne county stands twenty-eighth twenty out of the 39 counties in the matter of taxes levied and in the collection of school taxes it is one of the highest in total assessed valuation its tax rate is the highest in tax ta delinquencies ies it has collected only 50 per cen cent t. t The counties in the basin he said have the greatest proportion of population on federal relief 40 out of each persons receiving receiving receiving ing relief The 29 counties were established establish establish- ed in 1896 because of poor transportation transportation transportation trans trans- he continued Now they arent aren't necessary Because I I you live here you should not be deprived of privileges other sections sec see lions enjoy Why cant can't an equalization equalization equalization equal equal- program be carried ed to other other other oth oth- er matters beside schools |