Show r CLUB IN BASIN BASH f. f t v 4 Forty of Zions Zion's big men made the thet j 1 t t trip by auto through the entire S length of the Uintah basin arriving b bat at Vernal Tuesday evening after having hav hay 1 ing made stops In every every i town own al along ng the state state road E Everywhere they were met by deler dele- dele r f. f gallons of prominent citizens and J i welcomed to the cities and the basin I Every town forgot any difference that Ft W. W x I the they might have with other towns and became one In boosting for the whole hole basin The personal of the party which was wired ahead assured the basin basin- ite's ites that hat it was a a. worth woith while trip and every effort was pu put t forth tt tl convince tho the delegation that It was their to help this S' S great section of the state v ai i. i A Aw At Heber the party was royally en enl l and prepared for th their lr journ journey away from the land of railroads rail raU- railroads ro roads ds Into the sage brush as they seem to think At Duchesne they were given facts Po n and figures In regard to acres of land i r. r r seco second d feet of water tons of coal f feet et of timber extent of ores number num ber bel of cattle and sheep and other re re- sources sources Members of the party were i T amazed by the vastness of this undeveloped undeveloped undeveloped un- un developed country At My Davy 1 ton the party halted for dinner dinner din din- ner ner on Monday After dinner they were taken to the he South Irton i Myton bench hench Here they learned d of the seven forty 0 thousand f of land soon to be open to entry Th The South Dayton Myton 1 ton and andi i the Pleasant val valley ey and away In the s J J distance the Carey Act land made A x Ar r great impression as all ll was explained to the them l in reg regard rd to ditches and cul cul- r t A visit was made to the Upalco 1 j f Flour mills Here again the they were J t much surprised To find in ih iii it uland u- u r j land country mill machinery as good goodas i. i as in any any mill In the United States T. T e electrically operated opera ted and tons o of flour stored stored away firmly convinced r them of the confidence men have in 1 S 'S this basin and indo the result of that con con- At Roosevelt they were met et with what looked like the whole p population population ula p-ula tion tien of the basin A great crowd cro of men men and women had gathered In hI front of oC the church hall ball and as the Salt Lake Lak men mel e dro drove in they were were ere greeted with ith shouts and waving of flags hats arid handkerchiefs andker A trip w was s made from Crom Roosevelt I to the Harmston bench Here t the e beheld a of panorama great iff beauty The lands r f l away to the north porth south east and west the showing showing the fhe vivid green of cultivation cultivation cul cul- where man had by Ills his efe effort ef ef- S e fort s subdued the desert Mr Collett related the history of the struggle made to get water out In the Dry Gulch Gulch ditches s and In closing his re- re marks cs to the crowd o d that that had gotten out of ol their automobiles to listen he said Gentlemen this country about you with with Its Us development Its many little homes Its flocks and farms Is but five years ears from the sage brush In tho the evening at Roosevelt a big banquet was spread Delegates from every town In the basin were wore present The hall was beautifully decorated and the banquet was was' wasa a rare treat Fine mountain t trout out and other tInel finely finely prepared edibles made a feast Indeed At each place was a card bearing these two lines Our Necessity Your Opportunity The toast master was President Smart From seven thirty until after after af af- ter er midnight the guests were regaled regaled regaled re re- re- re mentally and physically One of the features tures of the entertainment w was s the Airel quartette from Salt Sail Lake They made the he entire trig with the men irom from salt LaKe andall ana and I all along the line lino made a big h hit t with willI their splendid talent and fine selection selection tion of songs The singing of Mist Dora Dom Thorne of Roosevelt Roosevell- and also alst the reading by hy Miss Bird of RO Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt velt won great applause Mr l Ia May of or Roosevelt made madea a short talk on the extent geographically of 02 the basin The principle address was made by R R. R C. C Collett ollett He amassed figures and facts that were startling yet proven to be true Taking the seven counties north of S Salt lt Lake a aa aa as asa a means of comparison he stated mat that all an or of them put nut together had DU nw DUlittle little more land land under than the Uintah basin He gave the number of sheep cattle etc the ba baSill basin basin sin Sill had lead now He stated that the gilsonite of the Uintah basin if ex exchanged exchanged exchanged changed for money would meet th seven billion doll dollar r war tion He told of oC the mountains of natUral nat I ural asphaltum enough to pave every ev ery cry street in Utah of the billions of or feet of lumber of the mo molybdenum and other wealth At the close he stated that the Uintah ba basin in deserved a railroad and the facts proved it Responses were made by Salt Lake men F. F C. C Richmond nd president of the Salt Lake Commercial club made madean an address promising that the ba basin basin sin should get a railroad as soon soon as business conditions permitted He said the war was taking all the steel and that rails couldn't De be De bought for any price now In the same strain was the talk of th other men The basin will get geta a a railroad when the time comes comes Some seem to think that would b be soon others thought It would be e a question of two or three e years Wagon roads road were ere discussed and the Salt Lakers to use all alII I their Influence to get good wagon and automobile roads into the basin From the crowd I Roosevelt crow journeyed journey Journey- ed on to Vernal Their they saw the results of years of effort The beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- valley w was s given gl as an example of wh what t can be done don with witti the great basin The Salt Lake men finished their trip firmly convinced that the Uintah Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah basin was a big part of the st state te teof of Utah and should have all the help they could give They made many promises of doing all In their power to help in the development of the ba sin Following g Is the list of names of I those makl making g the trip It will give some Idea of the strength and influence Influence ence the party represented Julian Bamberger manager Salt Lake Ogden railway Harden BennIon Bennion Benn ion secretary of state W. W G G. G Burton wholesale lumber F F. D. D Cassity Z Z C. C M. M I. I C. C C. C Crismon assayer Jos Decker president Patrick Decker company E. E H. H Eardley Eardley Bros company O. O J. J Grimes representative representative representative Salt Lake Tribune W W. J. J Halloran capitalist Fred Pred S S. S Hatch manager Cudahy Packing company E E. E O. O V Ho Howard rd vice vice president Walker Bros bankers W. W F F. F Jensen Jenson president press dent Mutual Creamery Creamer company H. H D D. D Johnson C C. C W. W M M. com company any J J. J A. A Jones Salt Lake Hardware company Dr E E. E E. E Keeler Osteopathic Osteopathic Osteopathic physician J Ji J. David Larson Salt Lake Commercial club Geo S S. S McAllister 1 president Manu- Manu Association of Utah Jos H. H manager mane Union Stockyards company M. M R. R Murphy general manager Cudahy Packing com company pan Chicago Geo T. T Od Odell ll general manager manage C. C W W. M. M com com- Ian any W. W C. C Orem president Salt SaltI I Lake Cake an and Vt Utah h railway y and son Wm Win R. R Putman sales manager Utah Power and Light company F F. C. C Richmond president Salt Lake Commercial club David A. A Smith Deseret National bank and andion andon on Jon A. A P P. lQ manager Carpener Carpen Carpen- er Paper company Robt Spangler editor New West magazine magazino F. F S S. S rInger assistant manager Z C. C M. M 1 I. I ino L. L Van Evra capitalist E E. E M M. Weller Wener Jr Home Fire Insurance company H. H B. B Windsor Fire Insurance Insurance In In- In-I In Ralph Welch Velch Inter Moun tain taro Film company Arthur F F. F Vinton Winton Winton Win Win- ton ton representative Herald I Herald Republica a acan can Harold E. E Young Z Z C. C M. M I L I. W. W A A. Zimmerman Inter Mountain Inter Mountain company Ariel Arlel quartette A. A Rf R R. f oulton Poulton manager John Bull BulI Alvin eddington Arnold Poulton Free Press |