Show it is is larger than the TV W 11 T in ten years the pop ste of rhode island tory JL E FORM A R UINTAH 9 A a will exceed that 1 of wyoming and utah it contains more agri the cultural rest of land utah than all INDIAN N 74 R 1 ELS ira combined mate er cr and a salubrious fresh wat cli by C B cook the ie what a vast empire As I 1 write these words a panoramic picture lean beau alful to look at passes along the win dow doa of my memory here la Is a stretch of level land deep in soil eoll and rich in fertility there Is a swift lolling river as clear as aa cr crystal stal with its madcap waves maves struggling in the nairn em cm brace of laughing sunshine away AN ay off to the north past south and west nest are towering mountains with nith heads capped in snow standing in bajes tic and dignified mien are gibat bench PS es whose thousands of acres of red sandy loam am will nill one day yield grain and fruits innumerable and almost immeasurable above it all Is the bluest sky this side of and at night the brig brightest hest stirs in all the world orld m A little while ao aio it was nas all a bar ren waste a howling desert the home of the coyote and wolf and the stamp ing ground of the bear and lion the prickly pears sige s ige brush and scrub cedars dotted the broad expanse here and there occasionally rustling a dead bough or leaf in a moving wind A cloud of dust once in a great many miles stirred up b bi an indian pon whose ilder was nas after some NN white hite mans scalp N was as the only sign of hu man habitation the years dragged their weary eary lengths along and the mil lions of gillons gallons of water nater wasting in the depp channels while the deceit was as perched with thirst flowed on in cea ceaseless eless suimui to the bound less SOLS the only energy needed for a spec was as the white man with his branny brainy muscle and strong beart and he came as has been his wont since civilization first dlf dif fused its glo giol ilous lous light in the east lie came and in one hand he carided can led the olive blanch bianch and in ill the other peace dut but the led man would have none of it the savage whose his tory is in blood and who hats has piled the scalps of victims mountain f high was the same then as he was in the beginning and as he will ener eer remain with a rare exception but despite that and all other obstacles the white nian man has succeeded lie ile lias has brought light of chaos ile he has made two blades of grass glow where only one diew before in fact he has mused caused the earth to be cohered with a carpet of greeff where nothing gaea before eliat hat a dif difference ferenc e in Sest yesterday erday and then a bleak and dreary drcar des ert but now the starting of what is 15 one day to be a garden spot the airth which has been sleeping for the countless ages has been turned over with mith the plow and Is coaxed into productiveness by the trickling stream the balmy breeze and the shining sun the waters naters of the rivers have been diverted front from their courses and ana hundreds of large and small canals permeate the land lioumes IIo lio uses barns fences stand where the wild beast roamed and a coba cobweb eb of good roads traverse the distances freight teams and passenger teams are constantly moving and there is life and bustle everywhere the last inet of october the proprietor of the express assigned to me the fluty of writing an article about the former uintah indian reservation its past its present and the prospects of its future to be able to do the subject justice that country t be visited end and I 1 set out on oil a horse horae back journey which lasted ten daa das s and which N took in most of the reservation tho the wonders that were revealed on that trip pile up tip so high beffie e me that I 1 feel incapable of the task set before me and I 1 am afraid the article will be deiy incomplete but I 1 hupe hope to le be able to glie ghe something Bom ething that will ill be interesting to the reader and that will nill attract the attention of the thousands or some of than in at least who are iv iely existing in the crowded cities while land ard water air and sky are for the asking almost if not quite free large fain families living from hand to mouth and sometimes wondering where the ne net t caust of bread Is coming aiom are sur suffering fering in tenement houses in over crowded cities while the beauties and ana opportunities of this gibat west are running ilot Nat waiting batting ting to be gatheren gathered in there are those even outside of the cities who do not know knon what they aie missing and who would come if they 11 hid id any edca what was nas in store for them I 1 the ai abea aiea ea of the rese reservation ration as we ae call it Is baiger than all of the state 0 of f rhode island in fact atter alter thit that state 1 iq 13 3 set inside its holders chete would be enough land left to make as 1 parks as there are in man of t the he big cities of the east Is in moie oie land in it than in all the rest of utah ahe cotil acre age Is something like 2 0 10 acres or more than 3 S mile since the opening in the fill fall of 1805 moie moi e than 2 homestead entries have been made or acres a little more than one sixth of the he entire area of these two millions and odd a large portion Is not agriculture al of course but Is plenty left the countr surrounding theodore is well uell adapted to grazing and it la Is asti mated that there here aie head of sheep feeding in that section this win ter the theodore district outside of the glazing country comp ilses all that country do down n to the lake foi foik k rl iwen N en ti five thousand acres of land have been homesteaded homestead ed and U were nere allotted to the indians the blue bench 1 ii the principle tural section and it la Is considered first class laud land though it Is said that the fi of it will be difficult eleven thousand of this bench his been located most of the locations how ei ever er have been made on what if 14 known as tho the lower bench 1 iwo I wo or iril gation projects are well nell un tin der way and before the end of next year the lands will be under a fine state of cultivation the blue dench gation company which Is building the candal or middle canal Is ancor poi pointed abed for 31 3 and the di ditch tell will be 15 miles in length completed 1 ahe I he company expects to issue bonds I 1 next ct spring and thus seckie enough mones mone to push 41 the work norl to a rapid comple tion the high line lim ditch which Is to water atar the upper tipper put of the dixie blue bench will be thirty miles long when coin completed comil I 1 eted the rocky point ditch company has about completed a canal to water nater the duchesne bottom and the loaec blue bench the hamilton ditch on the south side of the du chesne will nill be eight miles long the 1 he lands landa mound around theodocie The is of a sina sand and gianell loam bloant character chai chaia acter ctr and is adapted to the raising of fruits and all kinds hinds of cereiss the town is adin habl located in a country of line fine V Z 4 4 A 44 4 if SCENE ON strawberry RIVER NEAR THEODORE newcomb ne Nev comb photo set iet even though acres have been allotted to the indians to bring it clearly before the mind of the leader and in order to discuss it in a comprehensive manner the reser reservation Nation in this article will be dl bided vided into sections or districts and as the story progresses each section or locality as it standi toda tin proved find and populated will be treated as it deserves at least to such an ex tent as I 1 am competent theodore district theodore Is located at the junction of the strawberry and Due duchesne besne riv ers in wasatch county and Is at an altitude of feet this town is sui rounded surrounded by a large agricultural mineral and grazing country countr ite and many other members of the hydrocarbon famili are deposited in this section but as the subject of minerals Is s treated elsewhere in a special article I 1 shall pass that over climate and an abundance of the pur est eat of water the maximum tempera ture the past two summers was said to be 92 degrees while in winter 10 degrees below beio was the lowest ionest re corded the snow fall averages about feet though it Is claimed that there Is never a foot on the ground at a time and in summer there Is a goodly goodis amount of rain the town Is soon to be incorporated already having a full set of civil officials official one of the most important organizations is the boosters boasters Bo club with a membership of nearh all the men in the immediate 1 I 1 cikity of the place the members of this club not only boost and talk but they work nork and that work Is along the line of building it a bridge Is to be built or it if one needs repair the boost ers are the first on the scene of action with mith tools and energy when assistance was nas needed on the road which the salt lake Pittsburg oil company tm 1 4 1 IV V 4 kiili ork 1 1 1 A 1 it 3 1 4 K X alt RV 7 0 r 0 alf HOME SWEET HOME typical cabin of settler on reservation constructed front from theodocie The to colton col ton the boosters boasters Bo club vas there in solid phalanx and when a dyke needed at it ans anas iundy und and NN waiting alting to help kielp let any scheme be presented ted which looks to the growth of the town or the community and all the boys pull off on their coats and put their to the wheel they du do long until the people of that section knows le be la Is there some of the finest grades of horses and cattle aie to bo be found along the strawberry in that teril tory and Is said to produce all kinds oi 01 genins and hay and fruits rho output of grain this year was 50 bushels much of this was mas raised by the dry farming methods which are nov nom in vogue in arloue portions of the roser reservation Nation owing to the heavy deposits of coal and the other intner ils which have been previously mentioned heie and in the special mining ait aitrele tele jesse knight the utah millionaire has long contemplated tem plated the building of a railroad through that countr and lie he la Is liable to begin operations in the near future 4 oft 1 3 1 70 RE CORN RAI SED WITHOUT irrigation things 1 up l in that wonderful coun by the town tonn has two stoies which cany laige stocks of mei merchandise chandise and supplies and the business trans transacted actea Is voluminous A M murdock la Is the letor of the pioneer stoie and F 0 finell duell of the duell mercantile coin pani all ali 1 murdock was aas made bishop of the theodocie The waid last summer the vt visit it of Pies president ident joseph 11 smith of the chuich chinch of latter da dai saints there are two to one conducted bs b S 11 dean and the other b roy cook though lie he accent IS leased it to mr and mrs clarence IN ivle lc e are tn two 0 first class hotels the pioneer by mrs sutton button and the Ai lington b mrs katle katie workman the litter having been completed the past fall there aie two tao saloons one by steele and the other by andrew At murdock S P dean the rest guiant am ant man also runs a butcher shop W C la Is the of a ding store and stationery store an and john hafner owns a livery and food feed stable joe lewis his a blacksmith shop the social hall which was built by bv a local company compans Is modern and commodious the public school Is in III session in this hall for the reason that work ork on the handsome public school building was as debated owing to a lack of building material prof ashburn Is the principal of the school and Is ably assisted by miss dora murdoch are about one hundred pupils enrolled the three church organizations hold their services in the hall the congregations are always large and atten attentive the C C clapper andrew johnson david breedy D B J hill man judge cassidy and others are heavily interested in mines in the indian canyon and have done con sid erable prospecting and do development work dining the year perry beasly Is the manager for the wainer quinlen asphalt company of syracuse which company owns bans sixty three claims on the Str strawberry auberry some of the best and most desirable homesteads were located near theodore noah balylock Bald lock of colorado roi daniels of provo justice claire winslow and miss lulu hood are right near the town tonn limits miss aliss hood alood Is a brave little woman she was a resident of oklahoma when hen she drew her number and soon afterwards she and her mother went nent out to the unsettled country where the young aids lad established herself on her claim and b began egan operations she lid did much of the work of proving ug on her claim end and sone so no time ago she N was as rewarded by securing the receivers miss hood Is now in her ok lahoma home but will eventually return to utah as she lately refused a good round sum of money for her prop erty much more could be said about the hardships ps that this young oung woman endured before she got a title to her ber lands she is greatly admixed by all who aho know her 1103 ro daniels secured first choice at the opening and noah baldock second both of whom located adjoining the toNn townsite site te up th duchesne river about thirty five miles from theodore Is the town of Stock more and the country between the tl two 0 o towns Is rich in agri cultural mineral and grazing lands some prospecting for go gold id and other precious metals has been carried on the town toan of Stock more Is yet in its I 1 infancy nf ancy but has a bright future the one store Is owned by C P phelps 01 denver associated with nith whom la is wil WH hain Alc mccullum Cullum formerly of lea leadelle anille colorado mr mccullum mccollum ili ii a success ful business falness bu man and it will not be along the duchesne river on either side la Is a benall valley nalley called the 1 I ittle N valle at the southeast point of the blue bench an liri litigating gating com coin pan known ay as the duchesne irilda tion alon company Is at work nork on a canal which Is to voter nater that section C W smith of aiton Is the president of the conceio myton district the mi ton district Is the cal center of the agil cultural area of the entire basin the government town of anton is situated in an ideal country and la Is at an altitude of 5 feet in lound numbers the climate can not be excelled and thu the summers bummers aie long and not excessively warm chete was no frost in that vicinity this vear ear until the first of november the dry fanning faiming anas as very cry satisfactory in the vicinity and some line fine sped nicais of potatoes barlev barles oats oata und and wheat on exhibit at the stores not until latell latel has it been known that the soil was nas suited for the calsing of corn but mr C T deggs planted a small acreage more for an experiment than anything else and ho he was astonished at the result some of 0 tle the ears cars measured fourteen fou fout iteen teen inches and were well filled out this of 0 course was not by the dry farming method but no doubt it could be raised without ith a bit of irrigation the government allott allotted cd the best lands everywhere to the indians and when it Is known that are moie euch allot monti monts around myton than any other settlement there will be no argument as to the splendid location of this town at least twenty thousand acres belongs to the indians some people who do not seem to be posted on the question decharo that myton Is handicapped for blat tl at reason but the correctness ness of 0 this Is s subject to argument ahe indian land la Is for lease and will be for sale in fact the land of the dead indians 1 li 14 4 now for sale and under the head bead of leasing and sell ing this will bo be as good a time as aa ani to alne out some valuable information on that subject I 1 am deeply indebted to captain C G hill ot of the I 1 fifth cavalry and acting indian agent of the ouray and whiterocks Whlter agencies for |