Show uintah basin boosters pay visit to steamboat moat oat springs tTy 01 V FIRO UTAH UT TO INDUS steamboat people on august 2 enjoyed a viejo from party of about 20 real boosters boo etore from roni the uintah habin who bad had driven up from northeastern utah in six 1 care cars to advertise the basin baste industrial convention to be hold at fort duchenne Duc hoene august 1 16 to 17 and to enlist tho the cooperation 01 routt county in efforts to advance tle interests of the tho victory high way tho the party included R N dillman loo D young II 11 M gibson ezra durton burton of it T hall dan berry burry and wife mr and mrs ch charles irles walker and mrs george phillips and daughter of myton charles neal and family of ot vernal 0 11 I 1 cook of myton wont went on to tho the site of tho the western portal of tho the moffat tunnel where they spent an inbur esting day inspecting tho the work commenced this week and gathering data regarding tho the groat great enterprise all of the visitor visitors were much in earnest in their desire to do everything possible to promote taw victory highway and to the routing of the greatest possible number of travelers tra trav volura elors over it to this end a resolution was drawn up while tho the party waa was here asking the tho cooperation pe ration of the commercial organizations izat ions of denver deaver and salt lake city to direct travel this way because of the fact that this ie is the shortest and most scenic route bo be those cities and because the road conditions aro are bettor better than on any of the other route cut but what waa was uppermost in the minds of the utah visitors was their industrial convention to bo be hold the third thard week in august at fort du chiene this Is expected 0 to o bring a gathering of people and it is planned for tha purpose of educating ing the visitors from both at homo home and a distance regarding the great resources and the brilliant pro prospects ot of the uintah basin tho the governor and many other state officials 0 of f utah highway officials heads of c colleges and universities and farm lecturers will bo be present and there will bo be a parade of indians who will have a part in the program the convention will bo be held on the grounds of old fort duchesne Du chesno and the largo large government buildings there will provide accommodations for the visitors to advertise the event copies of the program have bave been printed in booklet form band and if offers many attractions the visitors presented figures showing something of what has been accomplished in tho the uintah basin already as a result of tho the excellent climate low altitude and rich soil in spite of the fact that the nearest railroad is from 45 to 80 miles away the farmers of the basin each year abia to distant markets great quantities of many different products last year alfalfa seed was sent out to the amount of pounds netting the growl grovr ers the honey amounted to pounds and 38 cars were loaded at the railroad half a m million pounds of turkeys were shipped pounds of beet beef and mutton pounds of dairy products and pounds of wool the utah visitors were confident that construction is to proceed at once on the salt lake and denver I 1 railroad which in connection with ith ithe the moffat road and the moffat tunnel will put the uintah basin and routt and moffat counties on a direct through transportation line and the expressed a lively desire to enter into close operation cooperation co with tho the people of northwestern colorado in promoting the many common interests of this entire section all of which they pointed out is included e d in the same natural basin sentinel steamboat spring |