Show basin to be industrial iniss du center Is prediction vat vast undeveloped resources of uintah basin Attract attracting mg industries in all parts of the nation says dr E G peterson of U A 0 the ustah basin bin Indi trial con Vent lon which Is held each year early in august at fort duchesne Du chesno has be come an event of state wida interest it 1 is known widely that the basin la is one ot of the richest storehouses in america ot of such valuable products as gilsonite oil shale coal and corar and Is ot of course valuable for Us its timber agriculture and grazing con ceralle quantities of gilsonite made into to varnishes and hard rubber products are now being mined and it Is 13 interesting to note being shipped in quantity to great britain A recent report which may need checking states that there Is as much oil in the oil shale cf f the basin as las iss been produced from all the world worlds s oil v ells aw date there Is no doubt at all that some dav american industry will need and will come and get these thew marvous maryo aus deposit when its resources are in full process of development the basin A vin be one of our important nation continued on an page 8 dr E G peterson predicts uintah basin will bacomo national centre of industry continued from page one at centers of industry As these atea possibilities develop the people wised ir are strengthening the agriculture of the region as a a most important and preliminary step toward the devel of the industrial life of the future it la is not generally understood how indispensable i homes and farms are to in the efficient devel of mining and manufacturing the future of the basin therefore 1 li depend dependent not only upon the direct utilization of lot ita its industrial resources but also upon the stability which it can develop in ita its agriculture and its home lit lif there are na no gloomier areas on earth than those with rich deposits but without a sustain li 1 food supply and home life abich together go far to produce a citizenship of compa comparatively high order the marvel jus resources of mexico have to date produced only one tragedy after another because of the absence of an intelligent and prosperous pro rous agriculture to a aport the industry of the na tion unless the homes arc are sanctuaries of culture there la Is no strength in a nation dhesse crime and perversion in many distressing forms thrive in the mining camps of the world which are na built up in cooperation with agriculture and the it as well uell as the sociology Is important because the existence ct of an abundant food supply near industrial centers Is of 0 gnat importance aa as a stimulant to development an established agrical ture provides also a constant labor supply which Is ts of importance in in austry it 1 is I 1 interesting to remember that the partial abandonment of the textile industry in the new now england area and its transfer to the south were in considerable part due to increasing I 1 labor difficulties in new bergland and an abundance of labor in the south I 1 when the basin Is opened to the gret gre t intensive development velch clearly la Is its future and no one hlach c can ri say row winther it mill sill be nearer ten ears or nearer a hundred the bleaden leaders in this development will III have I 1 ample cause to thank think the U 11 1 I C committee that back in 1930 they were leading a 1 for better and more permanent homes which Is tre ito slogan 01 the convention year tin th cl fracter of a people not the nature of its resources determines the greatness of a nation state or a re gi glon rl the umlah basin has already a fine foundation in american citizen ship more power to the leaders there in ti tie e farsighted A ork they are do |