Show Will Aid This Basin r u Extension Dep Department o 0 f T The h e i-B i v Agricultural College W Will i I 1 fY jV v Make Make Experiments rt l It will win probably be remembered remembert remember remember- t ed that at the last legislature 1 Representative pe Pope intro i luc luc- if ed a bill providing for the expenditure ex ex- pen ture 1 of by the a agA agricultural ag- ag 1 A college oll e 01 for experiment inert ment work in III the Uinta l basin 1 This bill together with seI several sev- sev I V eral era similar others carrying carding 3 j various appropriations passed the house and was sent to the senate At this juncture the faculty of the colle college e met islet with the senate committee to which v these bills had been referred J T They y stated that the U. U S. S department department department de- de of agriculture had made an offer that if the legislature le legislature legis- legis is- is lature would make an appropriation o l of the depart depart- would make a like S for the pursuit of agricultural agricultural agricultural tural experiments in Utah and requested that the several hills bills hills hills' for individual in in- carrying appropriations sections be bc withdrawn and that one bill be passed car- car x w th the thc e appropriation 4 of orZ v O lOO asked for which action action ac ac- tion w would uld at least double the f finances ranee Vf of th the extension de dc of of the college e for the following follo vo 1 two years Before w withdrawing his bill Mr Ir Pope se secured the promise of the college members present r- r That that t the h spirit of f his bill w would uld h hg complied t l ith l It l ti t f tm r rL ter ter Pope sends send pus us Js a fi a letter L jiL t received from received r fron from L vis Le is A. A Merrill 1 i director of the extension department department de de- rit soon after the pass passage pass pass- age g of the general agricultural bill bili in rn In consideration of the great I or a agricultural opportunities inthe in inthe 0 the thc Uinta basin and the need of proper development de of this new section it is proposed by bythe bythe J. J 1 the Extension Department of th the Agricultural college to assist assist assist as as- in the development of this section during th the coming two years Ve beg leave to express to you our thanks for your kindly consideration in withdrawing the bill bill you had proposed for forthe forthe the development of this of this section and supporting our general agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag extension bill which will will r enable us to do the work proposed t Our work of course is subject subject subject sub sub- to the board of trustees but if the recommendation of the president of the college and the director o of the extension work are you may rest restI I I assured that we shall render every possible assistance i tance to the new settlers in the Uinta basin There are Some dome problems problem s that will need to be solved by bythe bythe the experiment station eXI but much of the work belongs h t to I that of the of-the the extension department depart depart- v treat ment in iti giving information to the settlers and in this work I you may ma feel entirely confident we will lend our D' D best efforts |