Show I POTENTIALITIES By Dy I. I L. L A A. A eck The rhe reserve fo force ce or 01 potentialities of oC the Uintah basin comprising Uintah Uin- Uin tah lah and Duchesne eo counties unties arc are great The present population is said to be bo anti and and some one has ilas estimated that that can be by five as a future poi po possibility lIt That is an nn underestimate for tor wi with h its unexcelled of Irrigable irrigable 1111 ed erl soil soH an and large Jarge quantities gable land Jand and plenty of or water for Cor irrigation for practically all n of this j I I land it makes the future possibilities ties of the basin exceed the calculations calculations Hons of the enthusiasts In a few years rears with modern dey development there will probably b be a population of In these heso two counties and anda a still larger possibility In sight One of the great roads of this country will run through the tho basin It is called caneel the Victory Victor highway now an anIt and It has v various rious nan names es in connecting lines Jines from front San Francisco to Jo New NewYork NewYork NewYork York but these names will all an bo he changed and vye we are a advised that the through roa road from New York to toI I San Francisco and running through this basin will be he highway No 40 with appropriate markings all alon along the road so 50 that the man mall who runs nay may read This will HI bo he a paved road in lime time and the worlds world's traffic and travel will J pass ass our doors That means easy and direct connection with the big hig centers for Cor the people of this I I basin It means that we Jwo will have lae i I I markets for everything g at good o I i prices an and it also means means affluence j jan i an and prosperity for the the p people who I are willing tt to work and acquire I I propel property elty ty It will also include a ra railroad railroad rail rail- I I t foa road in that time time that is 1 if we if-we we need one an and we will need one to carr carry J I hea heavy freight such as coal oal and other I commodities Anything that is needed needed need need- need need-I c ed by our people we will hill have because because be be- I be-I I cause an increased Increase population and and roa road facilities and markets will give us 11 power A population of people will be able t to demand and amI compel anything and iI investors will willbe willbe be begging to give ghe it to us Even Event 1 i I Inow now the basin Js is a strong potential force an and the world is sitting up an and taking notice These are matters of community prosperity but there can b be no community pro prosperity without individual prosperity Some p people sleep and dreams dream Sometimes they wake up in later life and forge ahead Sometimes they never wake rake up A A panorama ma of iy is iB passing under their eyes and the they see it not Their economic economic eco eco- I vision islon is q obscured by hy a lack lackor o of or imagination a a mental i. i indolence o enCe an and a a desire for pleasure that carries carries carries car car- ries them to the fields of extreme I po poverty vert where where they are Cou found atI at I old age in a state of fault finding pessimism for w which Ich they are chiefly chief f ly Jy responsible themselves chief I I I Land and water is cheap in the tho basin and wealth in the rough is I I at hand han but opportunity is really in the mans man's head If It his head mead is all alJ right the man here will nourish flourish like a g green geen een bay tree b but t he lie must be he ill industrious u an and well lieh behaved ved for Cor laziness and bad had behavior will ruin ruina I I a man wherever he be a I I |