Show FROM GEO GEO M. M MADDEN L Mr r. r Editor Inasmuch h as ts I have written a o go-o good 1 cony any nY letters with a n. view to try hy and the building oT of r the Dotsero cut tir q r awl anti as I t think bunk the present time opportune tuno to do something or at least learn something 1 I am tempted to tIrs trespass once mire on your space When I wrote my first letter to t-o toe r the e president I showed it to several I people ople with a a. view to get their theil ap- ap oval or 01 comments bt i t in every eory instance it was read in perfect silence and politely handed stick cack to me In Iu a few instances with fee l 1 e remark that it if can do no harm I ft It ft dOt does s' s no good Which I think clearly s that no and all allt i bought ht t that It would rould not re reach ch the p r I 1 K f However it did Ud reach the president president president I dent as I have letters to prove and It it tt brought about the hell hearing g in Salt I Ia Ealie Lake a before Mr 11 Hall aC of the interstate interstate inter inter- state commerce commission in In proof S which I ha have e a personal leU letter ea I Mr r. r McHaffie director of oC the interstate inter inter- f state sae C commerce commission notify notify- t R iD ingi 1 me of cf the hearing I did Ul not I attend this for the following follow follow- ing g g reasons I could rould not afford to tod an and d hero thero was much mu-ch more able men f I than than me appointed to do so But I IY iid Y suggest to Mr Damber Bamberger er that I lie be c stress the Uie moral obliga obligations ns due of this great Inland em cm- I EHU-I p pire ire re Lowers loe I J think the consensus i of t t opinion at that time was that I j s available c e was the only t thing I that counts tout it has not counted counte- Eo MI 0 far ar and my object In writing this I lc cr is to point out that every voter I in Iho Jio JI 1111 Uintah tah basin ran can al lend lead a hand I J Dot Dot- Dots blocking fhe building of the Doto Dot Doti i s o cutoff if he or she wants to by I 1 triply asking fj J I your u I I I how the they stand on on the otei t ef d i I e hems irni lera and registering their ther vote in accordance ac- ac c- c I with their best beat ju judgment i I 1 II the moral obligation duo the pioneers o eels eel's of or this have hav no then I think those who r favor or l the thc building of oC the Ule c Ka uld ld bo opposed cd h by the tho same tactics thai ll at held the Ule Moffat road hack back for tJ over 20 years tf I i iBy I n By hiring a good food lawyer rel I think I she the c road people pp could bo be restrained re- re 1 I I strained fl m buil building ing the tho cutoff on Oil the llie o grounds that it would ouM 1 be 0 in re- re I in t of or trade I I I I 1 will now try to explain m my views on em ii this point There are arc certain J 1 kinds of oC products that if produced in volume lumo would swamp any local mai- mai I I ct l aid md any man that tried to pro pro- pro duce 1 Iu e them About 50 per cent of or oft orl l t lie e land on om the tho basin is suite sult- sult e f. f olio lIO for fOT this crass of production but hut suitable for the tiro reduction production of l alfalfa r ra seed the main Pio InO product duct tie tio- this balm boing so the tho farmers do j I wt tr try to produce duco the following pro pro- Iu ts except home use 1120 Potatoes Inns beans e ns corn tomatoes peas Jeas onions I I t ts ic-ts cis 0 or o. all 1116 1 and apples j all alIa I products s could bo Pe Ino produced In j i I car 21 I Lad ad lots but it would hO bo lu 11 ruin ruin- US to do EO so under tinder existing circum circum- circumstances n-I n I stances and therefore the thc actual i I rt I m age e l' l of r exports Ol eXI ts from 1 11 t this am- am j 0 unity nUDity s misleading a di an-di 1111 o oven coon n I ho e trucks s haul Imul freight i I err l' l titan than a n railroad It would not nut I py s y any man toy b come came in ln here here and andt t say fay acres in potatoes n u h hp he got ot the land and UI the uso use o tarn ru fm implements for for nothing i i l I yet ct we rte h have potato to land H hero here i aI I t ta to any land in hI the tha St o of or fan ah I 11 1111 tai so fie it is l liec bei be- be lie ee e- e I I i r- r e c alt faH i Lake lH pe flo do nota not not i a what the producer gets sets tint and ml in no 1 W way WaY aY averse to a n o ra i n 2 s that that- thc they can ire re b ill 3 and l a t 11 Dot Dot- Doti Data i I a nf nr is iR built bunt thoy thoV will nil In Iii i h heir Jie-ir l' l o d In roo od I this this t t t nn I w wil 1 I ci-I cite p the tho the case of or an ati t 1 man ir-an in hI lla Roosevelt sevelt He owns ICO c co of or land 11 near 1111 ar 11 Roosevelt U. U It Is r cd d plow land well vell f fence fenced a Mall mail l c har 1 and other al substantial s nt It Lt Is land U lot Ulak fre re nir 1 Salt Rall lak- lak would r t pd ed at per l here acre acre In 20 0 ho quit u it himself au anti and 1 Er d 1 It to a a. man for 12 months in o ren lm 1 to pa pay the tuxes taxes and a 1 c he lIe tailed failed do and ard the owner owner ha had d to to make J ho tho deficit d fl H. H Since then ho lIe ha harZ has s f tt t f rZ 1 It every ery year on the same sames 1 t ms s with like results and this ia ft s i t. t U MEETING llO BOARD OP P EDUCATION I The board of or c education met at at regular session Tuesday with all members m present including member r L Lional onal J Jensen Jansen of or COla Xe-ola In place of or Louis Allred resigned C discussion was bathon had bath hadon hadon on matters coming coining before the board mostly mOlly informal The transportation routs route front from M 1 vin vinto r to Myton I iton was changed to t. t Transportation tation 0 of C high school 5 students as well veIl as the Ule grades will be made to Roosevelt lt Monarch route was changed to o leave Jel the Monarch p i instead from l m the tho Anderson on dugway Hayden eola route has been changed d to start from the county lino line Instead of or three quarters I at a amila amilo milo mila west wet i I I I I I land that would probably abl yield of or potatoes toes per acre Vh Why is this so It is simply because bc- bc cause tru trucks ks cannot ii b ba run at a profit to the large centers s 's of ot population population tion as the demand for perishable products is constantly shifting shirting from one center toOl to an another If U you ou tie down clown any community to a limited market the s sumo same me conditions wille will have ht oil ail the tic Uintah basin e exist as we on Another r very c exigent gent reasons why the flue people of or the should s-boud have a a. railroad has never been a mooted mooted mooted moot moot- ed to to my nil knowledge In my opinion the closing of or Is Hi-Is link Jink ill fir a transcontinental trans trans- continental system would have haye a a. avery avery very err great and far reaching nation nation- national al tl Imro It is im e that j jall I all railroads cut down downgrades grades and rotten horten di distances t n s t enable them to I It j t ra rato tte h t the tho growing tendency j jo to 0 o revert to water travel and possibly bl bly solve olve tube the le farm problem em r of or railroads s is Tho elec electrifying e I 1 and is not in iii the experimental stage jit j I it has been beon proven beyond Jerond icy and all doubt I I that electricity when applied to railroads rail- rail roods roads is more efficient and econ economical cal than steam but the change from front i sham stam to electricity is is costly cosily hence I the thc caution and delay la but lut it is bound to come conic some time when all the adI advantages ad- ad vantages of or elech electricity are mc fairly I 1 known and considered I 1 II II l The Hite Uintah basin offers ofors an ideal SIte sHe for fora a demonstration un unit t as ts itIs itis it is cheaper to apply appl a new system on onn onn onn n new now road than on an old one and could be tho advantages of ot electricity fully demonstrated I 1 A compromise compromiso between tho trio ing interests might bo ho effected by I building a road from Craig Colo COlD to tollice to Price Utah and connecting with Hh the thell ll D. 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G at Price Irice I I I I j I i There Therm is absolutely m no n s serious rious engineering en en- difficulties between Craig Crai and Price Some of the things th that t coul L bo ho if we we had an all electrified transcontinental t road from Now New York to San Fron i CI Switching crews could be he eliminated by the the- h tion of turn t tables instead of switches S m and d each cach train crr v could OI 10 lo do thi th Ir c cn n switching or or n Oilier er r t 1 Jt practically cut the tho T Tt Ip operating I expenses in two The completion of or orthe 1 the Moffat tunnel offers an r tun tunny t to Initiate a change c that must Igo done llone lon gradually a and ld must u be bc done on i i I i Gomb f I I I Volume f d be written rl on cm this tIL i subject v but one o one c article will not permit v f- f I If th the l majority rl j-rl r o of or t the tC 1 people W want wanta lt a n railroad the ol only h. h w way to gat It it sto s sto to block ihs th-s building of C tho the rols Dotsero ro cutoff at lea least leaE until a road loal is assured assured assur assur- ed through the basin It can can be bo bloch blocked if Ir the people rc realign tl want it In the C courts if no nece e e e- ary sary r for far r to permit it t m under e existing exist exist- ing Cir noes cs would be be un unconstitutional n tend and in restraint of oC trado trade Vo No o of equity equit coull hold other other- rI r- r I wigo If th thereal merits of the nie case were we which has litis in industrially in- in been n cam camouflaged r for over orr 20 years ABut A But nut If u there Is no protest gt ag t tit it ft and the impression get abroad that the tho p lna v aple do rho not want wanta Pont I a Kill Kill- i- i fl road U then ll you loll will wilt never jae JWO and can cm you Oll it I would su fin Rest Best that the Ute ao clubs call calla n fl public meeting and try and anU get the sense of ot the p people on en this subject I GEO MADD MADDEN lI l Roosevelt Utah |