Show i The 1 Uinta Basin BasinI if E. E M. M I Jones T Tells e ls S Salt c ct lt Lake t people About bout th the Greatest y Country on E Earth ith 1 There is no pla place e in in the t world cn jcl that can cnn compare with y fihe the hc old Uinta reserve when it c omen comes to a n productive country cud rod ud d a n d delightful li climate The The speaker wa was Ellis M. M l Jones a pi pl eminent merchant of Myton Ny ton who is in Salt Lake Lahe on oil a business trip and he was ng to the Tri Tribune e. e jj r Few people he continued know much about our section if f Utah and I an am speaking df tali people now Why 1 the county ire in in which 1 I live Wasatch Wa Va itch satch is larger than one of the ew England states Its area aiea M square miles is only 30 This is is as great reat an area as the tate of Connecticut and au we l jave land enough b rich a agri- agri ri- ri cultural and horticultural land 6 to r to o care for fora a population n of pf a half million p people people people- and that tha t If number could make a fortune fortunen I I on n the lauds lands l Of Ot cur course ei I am mn enthusiastic c coh peer over oh r Wasatch county count over ocr the Uinta Jinta reserve everybody is isAY AY WhO ho has ever been there You Yon understand of course that the md Iii Uinta Into basin the le a t Uinta re reserve reserve re- re eI e- e I- I serve scree is in ui t two vo coun counties Va t. t Wa- Wa n- n latch F and l Uinta rind TInca and t that lat it is Ithe the i richest richest r region g in iti the world t f We Vc r raise is thirty lirty b bushels sh ls of wheat t to the acre r Y bushels I of oats potatoes e we do not f t. t measure measure tl they are leyare are 1 too loa tl thick lIC I i in inthe inthe n nI I r the the ground and as as' tot tbt fruits the lie Uinta Cinta basin will tilt ultimately ie c the gleat greatest f apple country t I in III the e world r rr rIf I If tIn In N 1 toti and at d- d dd vicinity 1 d nit 1 we ve r have ha lave about lOuO 1000 people that L Ii 1 s that number l of People of-People people defend des de de- fend end upon Mj ton for a maret mar market ket et et The headquarters of the l. l idis' idis Indian ri construction department a 1 1 nt t tn a M n- n f the government ibre heretofore l e. e at Ft ht Duchesne Duehesne has hus been ren reE re re re- E mp ed o td to N t Mi Ny 1 to ton n 1 and work up- up M n the buildings for this thi d de department It has hns begun The f fin fin- l jest rt bridge in f. f the mount inter am Un country spans the Duchesne I. I Inver river nver at our ton town ti T The Ie span t J JIS Is IS ICO feet and there is not not- nota a Piece of wood i in iii the structure mis is a nIl all s steel tee n 1 There t Mere are a number numb r of ot ir irrigation i- i gation projects projects' under way The largest one is the Lost lver aver ver f scheme a Care Carey act lct prof protect pro pro- legit lect which h will water vater tares tc Ires Fes The Dry Gulch s scheme heme I then en completed will irr irrigate te acres The government o as expended on a prot pro- pro ct t to irrigate the lands allotto allot- allot to the Indians This project pro pro- teet lest cares for acres but buthe butwill he Indians will not farm There ere is ones one tract of of- a j ties es of splendid land allott allotted d poor Lo and yet there are areat t at two Indians living roo thereon I Myton was the first town n the reserve to establish a ink fe Our school system stem is as asas I td as it can be and we want Pie pIc to conic come n and nd make their come mea mes es with us II TM About the talk of r removing moving le L States land office Ont 7 1 Vernal to Price t every try i ref resident lent on ou the reserve will ope ophe op- op hia-e hia e tt the he Ie t move nove Such a remo 11 p old uld be beau an au in justice injustice to the who n now now v have ha to travel y miles 1 es to the laud land 0 office f. f hee tAd nd were ere it removed to Price c IS stance t would be doubled and trebled We Ve want the land laud office to remain in Vernal I II I shall he be in the the city for a aday clay day or two and will wiIl then return home You can cnn say for m me c and for all the people on the theold theold theold old Uinta reserve that w we t want people and arid hundreds of them to come to our country to live li There is a home for all and ve w n we e will will give cordial welcome to those that come T Tribune Tribune i une t |