Show daggett county our neighbor to the north is one oue of best operated operate d reports received from manila the county seat of irett daggett county our neighbor on the other side of the uintah mountains state that flock masters catti men and farmers fared fired well during daring the past put winter the lowest temperature in manila was 36 degrees below wo zero and no excess excessive he snows visited the valleys of the county daggett county harbors approximately LIna tely sheep most of the number beina bein range sheep utilizing tha the grazing areas of the ashley na nai i dional forest in season and the bali 1 ance are farm sheep it Is estimated that daggett Oft gett county this year lear v ill clip pounds of good wool ta to dat clat no b ads da tor for the cl dp p ha have e been aze made and no pools have been ora organized the past put winter Is in sharp contrast with the winter of 1923 23 29 one of the most severe at any my time endured by residents of daggett county at present sheep on the other side of the are fat fit and in the best of shape very little feeding was required during the past winter end and look forward to an exceptionally good lamb and wool crop during the winter of 23 29 feeding of sheep began in december and continued well into march due to to exem excessive sive snows and severe temperatures during this period losses in ewes eues were heavy cost of 0 feeding was very draznin dral nin of exchequers and this adverse condition was augmented by bavy losses during the lambing season in tie wake of this severe winter however fol followed loved one fortunate circumstance cum stance daggett bouny coun has for many years been infested with unwelcome parasites in the form of wild horses and our northern neighbors in common with residents of all similarly afflicted counties of utah deem the range destroying pests a nuisance the protracted severe cold and the deep snows of that winter caused the death by starvation of con elderado Elde rajo 0 numbers of the v wold old horses and no person regrets their demise predatory animals in consid considerable Arable numbers roam room the fastnesses of dag rett county and are responsible tor for a great amount of damage done to sheep dives and colts as well as to adult animals oni nials in the aggregate this damel amounts to a far higher degree in dollars than can be endured permanently by livestock men hunters and trappers sh ild ad find daggett county a profitable field of operations as a variety of four tooted footed marauders bearing bounty are to be found predatory animals were viere particularly ticul arly active in daggett county last summer and early inter daggett county with an in arra am of 1000 square miles and A population of only about of this population residing in manila and an aw assessed valuation of Is on a cash bua no count general tax levy was made last year and the total taj tax levy of the county was only mill the lowest of any county in the state of utah the county officials are mrs ER elizabeth zabeth stanton cleric clerk aurer recorder and auditor dr I 1 W tinker assessor keith smith chairman Te heker wilt will 4 field commissioners the county 1 i no superintendent of schools ill a bennett Is representative to the state legislature agriculture in daggett county is annually ine 11 a in scope farmers ire am finding botala potala raising profitable md and each tpring spring sees more acreage allotted to crowing growing of tho the tubers wyoming towns to tho nith provide a profitable market for the product not required on farms firms and towns of the county alfalfa hay and other farm products are grown gron in quantity T lik likewise ewie li is in activity the county at presort hu his kt n rane cattle and head of dairy stock the lucero valley creamery la is operating with a ready market for all it prod products acts alxa al 1 xa at hand dairymen are axe consistently improving the standard tan dard of gaeir atack A r ab e number of are ani lually raked raised and an eager market awaits ai alts the hires birds in oreen green river and hock springs rigs wyom wyoming not many chickens are am raised in daggett county now but these flocks are destined for an increase Inc iner reuse etise in numbers in the next few years residents of daggett county are an developing their homeland on the north side of the uintah ro not pern permitting bitting c adversity to dampen theira entrust enthusiasm during the post past winter the ver nal minila road has been blocked by snow falling last october IW this tills blockade been opened directly after the precipitation the highway could hae been maintained open to motor traffic all winter as subsequent enow know precipitations ra was negligible of course ro one could forsee last october tuch such would be the case there is 13 nc nu aie tion that the agencies active in creating and maintaining this high federal road bureau the national forest service the state road commission and daggett ani uintah countie swill ultimately surmount all SU obstacles temporarily inhibiting traffic on the highway tu tui i e and mony ly engineering persistence chete the essentials required daggett and uintah counties should be in intimate and constant both md 10 lo in utah and both are trying to develop the territories occupied although the uintah mountains divide the two counties they are confronted with identical problems |