| Show improvement of reservation towns continued from page 1 bated at vernal has installed a nea building at roosevelt and put in a fine large stock the completion of the two story shurtleff hotel is a splendid addition to the town this is one of the really excellent places in the basin for elthea board or room and anyone that has been fortunate fortunate enough to register there has been a booster ever eier since there would seem to be no doubt but that roosevelt 11 Is S destined to become one of the big bi centers of northeast ein eill utah no boom ever disturbed the peace of mind of the res residents douts ind and yet today roosevelt in the common acceptation celt cep tation ot of the woid Is ia booming 11 moro more transfers in ill i eal estate are being record ed from that particular section than any othes in the uintah basin and there ale aie more people going into tile the town looking for improved honi homes than to probably any other section of several times ith size in the state the people or of roosevelt have hane laid a good foundation for their town they built from the ground up tip scarcely any effort was made 6 in settlement me nt advancement until the people had got their water ater out and paid for and their faryna farms producing now in any direction from the chosen site of tile the t jovn oin n I 1 immense m ln e rise at adeas aas of a alfalfa I 1 are in evidence and gardens and orchards ale aie thriving the result is that the roosevelt elt section is a favored spot tor those desiring to make inake faini faim loans and the ciN owners ners of land there have no difficulty in securing what financial assistance they need foi further improvement or getting title to their homesteads from the government the roosevelt banking company financed mostly by interested in the 41 he merchants bank of salt lake recently opened its doors A cement nent building will shortly be built by this new financial institution roosevelt elt is headquarters for the dry gulch Ii li companas comp anys system the most extensive in the state thousands upon thousands ands ot oi acres aaros of the states choicest agil cultural land is watered by this thir system the average cost to the homesteader has been considerably less than 10 per ike acie c almost a year ago the town was as incorporated and since it became a municipality waterworks water Nater works have been installed v d drinking fountains on the corners present a decidedly progressive spirit ed F harmston the well known civil engina engineer er of north f aftem utah engineer of the dra dr gulch irrigation com banys system was the toun foun dot of the town chich aich today gotanda N where he filed on his hoine homestead during the opening |
