Show DUCHESNE THE JUNCTION TOWN Commercially Important Because of Lo Lo- Lo Location cation and Vast Natural Wealth Farm Lands Oil Mineral Timber and Center of Livestock Industry i Duchesne the County Seat of the New County of Duchesne is ambitious to become a town of importance There are many reasons reason why Duchesne is ambitious ambitious ambitious am am- besides the natural spirit of progress everywhere to be found in eastern Utah Here is the junction of three large drainage drainage drainage drain drain- age systems the Duchesne river the Strawberry river and Indian Canyon These systems all join to form the Duchesne river at the County Seat all three coming ming together within a city block Duchesne commercially has a Strategic value No railroad can get in or out of the basin without coming this way w y The large upper country Fruitland Boneta Bonet Mt Home etc will wiIl find Duchesne is js their natural center All can come here because it is the center of a avast avast avast vast and wealthy section by I nature headed towards Duchesne I as RS the center of business Wh What t is true of the railroad holds with any other kinds of roads Duchesne independently of i the county seat would ere long I be an important town in fact i it would d be a metropolis Around the town are large larg tra tracts is of very good land awaiting water Several canals that are projected are y yet t to be built altho the laneis landis land lane is all owned Citizens canno cannot t live on t lands until water is supplied even tho the water wate costs no more than to 15 per acre With about acres tributary and yet unplowed ed but which must soon be farm faun eq ec the citizens of Duchesne are r highly justified justified-in believing their I town has a bright future Coal beds as yet untouched are close by and Utah's largest larges forests can be brot here by floating floating float float- floating ing the timber down the river deposits west vest of town are worth ten billions There are good reasons reasons for believing that oil will be found in this vicinity and natural gas is now to be noticed in several places With V such natural wealth now scarcely developed at all anc and with lith the wonderful advantages of hear henr position Duchesne is justly ambitious The locating of the seat here only adds to be already great advantages I |