Show b FOR IS ft e I THE COAST H b li tj 01 W kni l A. A li 4 I I i i PLAYTHING G FOR TI-IE TI EAST EAST UT UTAH IS ONE OXE OF Ob SEVEN SE STATES t l THAT nE BUT PAWNS PA ON OX THE TIIE POLITICAL CHECKER EH BOARD D. D t By ByJ J J. J P. P May In In The fl e Citizen l' l a S Salt Lake ic I weekly vee IY tunc June issue we e lave have ve some sonic enlightening stu on on f this Color Colorado do river and acid mid Boulder dam dam- b business An L e editorial t Cro from ll The Thc Thc re Telegram n. n o of of PIC the do t th Is q i t d and andt Tl The e C Citizen adds dds rUn ran illuminating I IH page gO or two Then Theu the weekly tes' tes Tin an d' d I editorial 1 0 nr Los Losi Angeles I Evening e I Herald r about b the IB Back d Country of L Los bs s Angeles Angeles- acid and the the 1 Colorado river Of course c Ul Arizona Utah l Nevada vada Wyoming and rand other mountain states states' are sov sw I stated S 'S tall all right but j are arc back bac k c country u Itry for fOI for Los Io Or r I we m may y s say y t that at Los Ange Angeles e is our our front country This hack back and and front stu stuff f is is beco becoming ll over done it It is rather gauling to a citizen of a sovereign ign state to be told that liat Ills his land is is the back b ck country for Cor foran foran an ambitious city down near neal the Gulf of California a city built on at ambition rather than r resources sources andin and andin in Sin a clime that is good for ease and amI comfort but hard for tor r work during the time when the white man sho should ld work Kork This city Los Angeles under I the guise of reclaiming land and I protecting the tower lower country from froIn I flood Hood w waters wants a big d dam m built at old Boulder crossing or 01 near by I But the tho Los Ang Angeles le desire goes goes goes' dee deeper eI than Ulan this that that is is the he r real realand realand and immediate Inc Incentive is getting more water water-Cor for lawns and other othero domestic domestic do do- o- o use for Cor the c city In other I I words this back country Is to g T e L- L Los Ati b s some water vat r. r or Qt co course couise i ib In n return for taking our water mater rights the they will furnish a wonderful market market marlet mar- mar ket let for Cor our farm produce and make malte us gre great t any way I II I I But of ot what advantage is it to Utah to get wonderful niall markets ets for i farm produce unless our state may ay get some m more re land to farm Utah needs needs' wafer water as much as Los Angeles 1 an and Utah cannot any more more than feed hers herself lf now Of Ot course Utah can call export a few canned goods and aud some Borne sugar but hut buys bus most of its cured meats meat and lu more more rc than h half u or of its Is pork and in in ing g good od y years ars it has s some sonic wh wheat at Wool and mutton has always lien been exported because so mu much h of our OUI state is a range Alfalfa AHal I Ira ra fa seed ee Is al another oth I specialty vl which brings brings' us s some ome cash cash sh But Butas a as as an an l ag- ag state ate Utah is e eUy Iy potato and e had to produce all the we ve consume as foods we would have little ittle to export If it If any any Less than three acres per pel capita cropped w wont nt i Give in Utah much for for ro export export except Bh sheep ep and wool grown yn OI au on O lr v t. t s areas areas' areas of owned government l land nd Pigs are arc now bought up up in Ut Utah f h. h shipp shipped to c corn corn rn states states to fat fatA t ten q and nd then returned returned e for our r own na packers kerb v or or r ship shipped ell ack back in 1 l lard rd To cans cured cured meats etc Dl Bread ad milk and anU m meats meats ts mal make e up the foun foundation tion Of f four our food supply that is Is milk and amI its its its' products aI and d meat at and its its' pro Io products it ducts ducts or or by products Y But t the interesting p part rt to to Uintah I basin people is the fact that ils as the thc T Telegram eg tm asks s. s what are are aro the facts facets facts a abut i ut U Utah's r resources resources in iii this tIlis 15 Colorado river drainage are area a and I r po so no Ito one ca can answer Some of the Vi wildest dest guessing ever indulged indulged in II sal sane e people has been printed printe from ti time e to time in our Salt Lake City I daily y p papers sp Speaking aking of the Uintah Uin- Uin j I ta tah basin the lions share of this area in Utah we m may y state without i f fear of successful contradiction j I that no data at hand in federal flies hies i Is 5 of much value Our own state I j 1 towns lowns pr practically nothing except I what it has rs received d from these federal fishing parties Under such conditions our big papers just chatter chattel about rights 0 O yes we must protect our rights Rights nights yes yes' sir they are arc sacred and must be protected j But Dut they dont don't know what they are arc So Los Angeles talk about bout the back country goes as good stuff This This Uintah basin has been mighty good pod natured in its po poverty erty and amI pr- pr U on n AVe We never ever complained d when Strawberry water ater was taken a at a mighty high price over into Utah county and really a big help to Salt SaIl Lake City ity And we have patiently endured through twenty the inability to get capital for re reclaiming reclaiming reclaiming re- re claiming lands for 1000 to per acre while all around us us' us in ili Utah Idaho Wyoming ng and other states lands have 1 b been een en reclaimed at to per acre acre V Vast st areas await ca capital ital and and the Ufe water hater I is here lIer m much lh of of it t just justs as s the l Indian has had it 1000 0 years years' aid ago ands and yet t we cannot get ge org organization ion a among ong ourselves our our- selves r real al cooperative energy to protect ourselves will always be be the le back country miles wo fight for our rights fights Is Is' Is Isit it not better botter betterto l' l I f to l. l aim aln higher ligh 1 Ho How would it tho bo hoto to I organize our two co counties countiess and arid and plan pIau front on being a front country once We Ve are now frontier but lets let's make male j I I It straight FRO FRONT T ali and let the theother theother other o lier Ce fellow lo hd have e t the lO b back awhile y ilo I |