Show PRICE EDITOR VISITS BASIN Price people who travel the Rio Grande to Salt Lake every few weeks are sometimes inclined to smile at atthe atthe atthe the remarks of the tourists and tureens who are seeing the scenery for Cor the first time Ed Lee Frank Alger Preston Nutter and a lot of others who have traveled over the former Cormer ormer Uintah Indian reservation by foot oot on horseback In wagons a and andin d dIn In n autos for the past century may t. t smile mlle at ctt tb tl i ons of at one who vho has just seen that vast outdoors tot fot of the first time but we want to record reCord record re re- cord them Saturday morning Mr ah and atod 1 Mrs J. J T. T Tullis and Katherine and Mr and Mrs W W. H. H Cooper took out the little Buick four Cour to see If it I would climb Gate canyon the twist near Vernal the big hill just east of Blue bench and other places on roads necessary to take one to all the he principal towns of the big country coun- coun try ry to the north Over ver in the basin the Strawberry Duch Duchesne and Uintah rivers are all allon allon on a rampage and anA travel goes out of My Myton ton past the mill north of town and up over Blue bench and past the he Knight Investment company's big ig ranch to Duchesne instead of th lower road My Myton ton was r reached ached by the h bunch of travelers early Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- afternoon and the night flight was spent at Duc Duchesne Duchesne esne Coming off oft South ben bench h to the edge of the canyon can- can yon yon and nd looking off toward the town and n d the lovely valley which surrounds surrounds sur Bur rounds it with Old Mt 1 Emmons Em- Em inous mons Kings King's Peak and other high and in snow snow- snow capped mount mountains ln i in t the e background one is 18 genuinely ed It is a sight indescribable The visitor wonders why a railroad has not reached this section sooner and andoins joins the inhabitants in hoping that they will see their desires fulfilled in a short time There are hundreds of fine people more good land than fifty times the tho number could look at at water in abundance live towns for I market centers and everything that makes makes' a prosperous and productive country except transportation The Theair Theair Theair air is invigorating and there UI ro is ismore ismore ismore more ventilation than the writer ever felt to the square mile before Breezes have plenty of room to blow Vernal was visited Sunday and aud the town proved to be the prettiest prettiest prettiest pret pret- visited It will be a real center center center cen cen- ter of activity when the railroad reaches reaches it Uintah county is doing some excellent road work grading I in to the twist being first class and I with an abundance of conglomerate 1 secured by shooting down a mountain mountain moun moun- tain tarn side the road will be covered with small rock so 80 that with a little heavy travel it will almost equal pavement Another great stretch of road is the long run south from Fort Duchesne being graded and Improved by Superintendent A. A H. H Kneale and his corps It Is under the direction of the Interior department department department depart depart- ment which has control of the old ort fort site When completed this will make a much better grade grad from Vernal Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal to My Myton ton than the road through Roosevelt As a matter of fact tact the roads are good considering the kind 3 of f country through which they run and the enormous expense of making a good road in the first place and maintaining it afterward If Ii Carbon Carbo county can nna and a way to put an adequate ud- ud ad au- equate amount of money on the road from Price to the county countyline countyline line Une on the way to My Myton ton people in inthe inthe inthe the east side of the reservation willbe will willbe willbe be well able to keep In t touch uch with the outside world It is thought that the upper road from Helper to Duchesne will wUl be In fair shape over the summit by the end of the week and this will make travel good for Cor a afew afew few months The editor of the News News- Advocate has asked questions about the reservation country for tor six years has talked about and written about It Its roads and its products but it took a trip that wonderful land to make him realize its possibilities and he is not sure yet that he lie knows all about it Price News |