Show It Lands Lands Reclaimed and aria in in the Uinta Basin Basino 1 f. f By J. J p. p May lay jora loio time tine to time various stories Printed concerning the lands that at as well as stories the t t the lands which are yet to be ie med med in the Uintah t h basin has Over nod ad od or of years jears one is impressed impre t the e wild Mid guessing and rough ap- ap The idle actual truth is is 4 We e e want to know For the of giving Ithe the facts aid ald g guess work as much as ible hie tho the following data has 4 a secured The lie e tintah basin is generally unto un- un d 1 to be the Utah sector of much larger area which extends do and Wyoming About n Per Der cent of the area Is in inn n k lug and ana the balance of it ft is 18 it II 1 equall equally divided between Utah Colorado The foll following wing data open liven Jn on lands In Duchesne Duchene ne and h J counties Utah A Assessed Ws nis about and op PU tiou ap approximately 22 j following i f iQ t t the he reclaimed 1 In n nearly every case these tea lea J are exact but in a a. number of ofTe tery Te elY y close dose approximations are re according t to records to which winch have access IlL hl come some stances instances ale Ite filings have been assembled der to reduce the size of the 1 Declaimed J Limits Lands Acres GUlch Irrl Irrl- Co Roosevelt b t k Ouray Indian Pro Pro- t. t V ers ers' Co Co- Co Bluebell Irrl Co C Cedar- Cedar e 2292 r r 9 2 o ro k It Ili ri cd Co Co- Co 0 0 Western Irrl 1111 Co Bola Bo- Bo ta 2000 0 0 0 to la so ri Co Co io 1000 O tour Worth Ca Canal al and Re Reser- Reser r r ML Mt lt H Home me j a fork Ork I Co ce 2 2300 0 0 and d hitch DUell Co 1000 Knurl u n Ditch lan Ditch 1 0 Ditch 1500 h Independent pendent Ditch HaYden dpn G fi r rado 00 n a ado lado Park Co near let 1050 0 Dg Six Six Ditch 11 1130 a L L. D od Irr i i- i iCo Co 1 1984 Ditch White White- J i- i t 10 rocks cl s 4 The The Durrigan Dunigan Ditch Ditch Ouray Valley C Co 2500 2300 Small companies and nd private approved filing east of or Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du Duchesne chesne on Duchesne l river iver east c-ast to Antelope 2200 Sa Same on south side of Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- I chesne river 1600 1 GOO Antelope south of Gre Grey Mountain Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain ditch ditch 1400 Grey Mountain and Myton Townsite canals Taylor Bros Canal Myton n Near on north side Duchesne river I 1300 0 U Various filings on Upalco to Indian canyon filings SOO Strawberry and Fl Fruitland dis dis- 00 5 u 2 vv Willow illow creek creel south of or Ouray private filings 6 GOO Reclaimed la lands ds on Green river between Jensen Jensen and alid Ouray 1230 1 50 Jensen district several large ran ranches and in many man any small farms 1000 10 Ashley a valley 11 e six main canals I old filings f f. f v. v Highline Canal Vernal i Blue Bench Denell lira Dist No 1 1 i I or Knight Project 97 9 o Duchesne Co 1463 I West Bench Dench Irrl Co Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne 1 2 O Reclaimed lauds lands on Duchesne between Duchesne river and Han Hanna a s 8 1 14 Total Total reclaimed lands ler per i To aJ approved water filings r lands lands' lands lanus addition to 10 the reclaimed In in- in listing below helow the Ole above c as given the tho lands which have havo been some cases rases reclaimed In In n par partlY ly districts district having havon hav- hav companies or i irrigation Irrigation and I. I broke lug ing gone the canals canal ready or the he water now completed rapidlY ben being laterals and tilt lands are not cases and in other kind yet vet reclaimed or work worl of nr imp n begun C Now and Development Co Ieti Valley financed and surveying sur- sur Vernal Vernn work noW being beIng be- be for immediate Ing done Indian acres land on on White WhiteRiver Choice l' l of Ouray cheap 1 River cast c t commenced but ut rc reserved re- re not yet et rights Indians al al- al tIle the sC served and held for though there are not more than half haIr I enough Indians for the laud the land the I tribe acres I The cheap portion of or the South I Myton Bench area canal partly finished fin fin- ishell for about acres Pleas Pleas- Pleasant Pleas ant nut valley irrigation district about dmd cad ample water for land without without t I ics reservoirs The fhe average Duchesne river water July 1st is about 50 second second feet leet anti and naturally belongs on this land The choice holce part making land and water j I II cost reasonable is about acres This same bench district has an another another an- an 1 I other acres but water will cost too much for tor present land val val- I ues Taylor Bros Dros Canal c canal nal furn furnishing water for acres now cul ethl- cultivated 1 but work done clone and canal nearly ready for an additional 10 acres I New Hope Irn Dst D defunct but nearly half haH of work worl done Land is very deep soil three to five miles south of Roosevelt one of our best farm sc sections acres Ouray Valley Co cast east of or Ft Duchesne Ample water is available at not over p per r acre until about bout July 1st but after that late dite reservoir water is needed or a canal and tunnel constructed to bring Iother I other water to the tho land The total cost will not be more than per I Iacre acre for complete right in iu either case But nut a reservoir reser for stora storage e of acre feet is already at t hand I I ILa I La a natural basin near the land and andt water filing for for this is now being t pul published Tho total area of this HIls high grade land low Jow altitude long season leaser is approximately i I 1 acres Willow creek creck lands for which I. I water is at at hand very YOn cheap just dams and small canals along alon the I j creek being necessary about abou 2500 2600 2 00 acres I J Upper Blue Dist work Jl partly done clone nearly all of the lands hands landsi i homesteaded fairly good goodwater water right secured and waiting wailing for more mare cam cam- tal although it ft is evident vide t that the I project will bo be ted in the very vey near rear future reg or a railroad d. acres i 1500 I Total cheap lands lauds ready In somo som somo I II at comparatively low cases and all I rest cost for first cl class s. s water wafer r rights and ami I choice land low lo v altitude j ja I c I a acres I Dead Mans Man's bench a a mammoth r y tract east of Green river and north I 1 of White river to be irrigated from froma om oma a large volume of i 1 water in tho the White and Yampa rivers riv riv- liers rivers I ers excellent soil soU altitude I feet or less cx excellent ellent drainage To irrigate the maximum will require considerable reservoir work in Colorado Colorado Col Col- II I orado but there is about I acres that will be c comparatively 1 cheap cheal land and water The fhe total th that t may be reclaimed at fairly fairly- cost is acres acres s. s 1 I This area Irea may ay be ber increase acres Acres Total of oC all cheap land not reclaimed recIa mcd Reclaimed Ja lands ds fetal fatal in the two two counties reclaimed partly ready for use and lands yet ct to be e fern furn furnished i hd with water atm and ancl on which no work is yet done Several years ears ago ago go many of the farms were over ilI over gated Oftentimes Often Oftentimes Oftentimes times the Ule farmers Carmels had never had al all I the lie water the they wanted before and I when they came came out here and lad had a steady flow they used too much o of it ft Sometimes times cia day after day dar water wo would run on the same ground g Adry A dry year car 1919 and another in 1921 j compelled us to hat 1 we ouM do lo with much less water than Lila formerly form- form formerly I erly and Isis thiis has been a word wonderful train training ing I Nearly all all' of this is from to feet Meet In altitude hence the seasons permit we tue e 1 best t kind of farming fanning ruit F-ruit t corn melons mel mel- 1 heel ons etc ma may maybe be grown over o a all 11 0 of C the great central sections Irom i Duchesne lo to the Colorado line Colorado line In Inthis In Inthis this lower and central district spring I work is generally commenced a lit 1 lit lit-j tie earlier r than in Utah Uta l county Wo We i have some wind In Jn the spring arid a cl summer not excessive When cold weather comes in tho the late fall we lie e I know enow that no more moro w winds will blow until spring time comes Our Uin Uintah tah talc mountains our our northern with the Wasatch range range on the woe wept V t ke C cp ep out ont the cold wintry wintry- blasts known known elsewhere In the Intermountain t tale tain district I Besides more than half bulf lf the water ater In our state that may bo be c used for o ir it irrigation h we have two-thirds two of ail aJl j l tho the timber In the tle state coal veins all nil along the foot of hills iron oro dro ro and anil vast ast d posits of or h hydrocarbons ons A lu 1 I wall could be put C round around the basin and end we could get along without tI the e j jI I I rest of the world Near ear Fruitland J I a a 40 vein yein cf cf coal little known i a wide area are Capitalists Capitalists' 1 t of Virginia wn a large block of iti it i and t part of it it is still government I II I property It is near the Wasatch divide di cli- cli I vide Yide east of the Strawberry reservoir reser reser-I reser i I voir and such a thick vein will make mal mining costs low and its nearness to toI I the west summit insure cheap trans trans- h ns I We Te hear Bear much about the thela la large ge coal fields near Craig Graig Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado hut but this Utah coal th the nearest to Salt Lake Is little known i i In giving the lands above we have we-have have been conservative conservative in every Instance w where the the exact figures are not at hand The Indian reclamation 1 project pro pro- originally called tar lor water for more moie than acres aeres and und the Dry Gulch Irrigation Co for water t f for acres cres In these cases as asin asin in others in making n final proof on the water demanding beneficial enci l use S the original filing was reduced This reduction was caused by two factors viz vir First ninny many farmers did not need the water waiter thoy oar laG Bargained for because they could file on return How lion w water ter Springs showed up In Inmany many litany places and anti permanent streams appeared in formerly dry channels and this water soon became fit for farm use and Is now taking tho the place of the tho original rl water stock stoel These are not included in our totals Second rough lands ands were were- left out some of or these lanes arc arc- hood good and will be used at some sonJe future date clate I I j The average flow V i i of or water in the Duchesne river er July 1st l t Is from to 00 second feet This na naturally helon belongs s to tho thin South My Myton ton bench On the high In hp the is Moon roon lake Jalc Tho The Dry Gulch Irrigation Co has filed flIed on all feet of storage In this lake laJe The cost for this including everything everything everything every every- thing will not exceed l 1500 l 15 00 OO per acre Tho rho a average el ge season will permit per- per mit tho the filling of this natural reservoir reser reser- reser- reser reservoir voir yair twice insuring one supplementary tary irrigation for Cor late Into use This is much l' l than titan the tue Dry I Co can use and tho the excess will bo he sold to reclaim im Additional acres aeres r IThe i iThe IThe The above In information should im- im impress impress i press the Utah citizen Utah has has- more mare people than Ith Idaho io yet jet et not not half haIr as much farm land in I ri i use uso There t. t is only about two acres per capita in actual farm farmland farmland iii hi ou our state use as land the lowest pei per capita of or any state in the mountain inter country for which we have hale data including Colorado and California In over acres of or l land nd in Utah j which is farmed 20 per ler cent is in Duchesne and Uintah counties Our pel per Der capita area of land actually re- re r which water is ready antI and ample is 18 about out fifteen acres more moreland moreland land lanel than we can handle with pres present ent population If we increase this to acres Wh Cl must be bedene bedene dene long we will have nearly nearly near near- ly one half of all the farm land in hi our state even allowing for th tha j Weber o River Project tb the thenice rice nice river liver project i hucl nd lIY aty O other T reclamation projects which no no seem possible ie ding Amu-ding to U. U S S. S Dent of or agriculture year rear b book ok 1924 the last one printed the following is taken taJ In 1924 Utah had acres 3 L T I I j i i In crops Al' Al Arizona zona ou n Mexico l Colorado Wyoming Montana Idaho Utah has bias only about two acres for foi every everyman everyman man woman and child Idaho nearly six acres Wyoming about the same ume 1 eight acres acre or or a fl little HUle more perhaps 1 A Average value per cr- cr acre for plow land landin lamlin in 1924 was U ih l Arizona yew New Mexico 56 Idaho I 85 35 etc Utah population is rapidly increasing o-ar o state being second con second 1 m among tho the forty eight in increase relatively This natural increase has hee been J populating a lot of or land outside oft om state It Is time that it should be directed t to the Uintah ba basin basin hasin ha- ha sin tho the largest t body hody of cheap Irrigated irrigated irrigated gated land Janel left in U U. S S. S SA AIs A A. Is It not time that our Utah pe people should drift towar towards s the Vintah Uintah basin basin basin ba ba- sin more rapidly Are Arc the opportunities opportunities hero here not greater geater than those In Inmany many sections of or tho the country tt to which our people have gone gone Tho The time is close at hand when wIlen i it will lf r b he too late for the man of make malee himself J means to hill At present for ore who know ho how hoto to use UH wat water r ave will wUI- th im- im n- n insure Injure ure il lug ins to build hones nd nce superior selves of thatto that t to all oth and mad Ot h Im- Im home fr e t Em I 7 7 r IJ-r f f ri |