Show resources Resource i of uintah I 1 the following letter from the state statistician was waa sent to this office by lion hon john N caylat february 8 1907 HON JOHN N k DAVIS chairman committee on statistics stalls ake house of iti representatives salt lake city utah DEAR DEAH SIR Pursuant to your request I 1 take pleasure in writing tind cind commenting ni upon the agricultural and other resources in your county as shown by rep arta to this office from 1901 to 1905 inclusive the population of urn tah county in 1008 1006 as shown by the national census was while hile I 1 estimate the population now at nearly it if not quite A it ath h a very much larg er pe of increase in the immediate dap future in 1902 1002 there A as I 1 lant ed to wheat 1838 1636 acres acrea yielding an average of 28 23 bushels to the acre while in 1805 1905 there was 2609 2009 acres yielding an average of 28 1 bushel oats oata 1002 1697 acres average 41 1 bu in 1905 2984 acres averaging 45 bu to the acre and so ao it goes the remarkable uniformity and the net that a i failure of a crop is practically unknown would make mak a U uintah county a ery desirable place for a person to engage in agricultural pun pursuits suits by pursuing the several reports from this dept of the state you will find that uintah county invariably maintained as good or a slightly better averige in production pr of the cereal and other crops than any other county in the state while in quantity you do not compare with many other counties th that atwill will undoubtedly come with the complete settlement of the reserve and other barren portions of your section you also have the unique distinction of having raised the largest number of pounds of woot wool per fleece with one exception than khan any other in estate th thee tate the fe of of uintah county owned in 1905 heal head sheari shearing nir an average of 7 41 pounds per fleece horses 1905 cattle all ages hogs hoge 1670 1570 there was 28 mercantile establishments reported in 1902 1002 with an invested capital 00 doing doina an exclusively retail business of 09 while in 1905 there were 88 86 establishments reporting with ari ah invested invented capital of av 00 n w hole aale business 0 00 nd u business dui ing that arof ar of 00 showing practically a 60 per cent increase in all lines of endeR endeavor vor in the three yen denra ri qui quoted doted it will hi kemem heil hei l that hm reserve was as op ripened enedin in the fall of and ahn the return are all a in for the year 1906 1 I confidently expect a 41 4 11 1 er r cof increase inc reeBe in all lines of business and un iiri eul cultural tural pursuits the total ne sod gad in 1902 wap wai 1219 iha taro antil asses assessed ted valuation in 1401 ato before closing I 1 woul I 1 clr rii rit attention to the valuation if thy tho n t proceeds of mines beginning with the leol 1901 in that year the not net proceeds was 00 in 1902 it had increased to 00 in 1903 to 59 in 1914 decreased to 00 in 1905 1906 decreased to 1000 00 in 1006 1906 00 what to attribute the great falling of oft I 1 do not know but I 1 believe it la Is on account of the decision of the supreme court 1 thin thim state taking that matter r out of the hands of the state bo bond and placing it tt it in the hands of several assessors very truly yours F W PRICE |