Show Development Development of fAg Agriculture Cattle I Industry Makes Indians Self Supporting Tho The Dream of the Indian Department to Make Mako Indians Through Industry and Agriculture Is IH Being I l cd I By C C Wright Superintendent II i Uintah h Ouray Indian Reservation reservation in the 1 The h Indian Uintah Basin now consists con of ap- ap approximately 1 proximately acres of lanThi land The most moet v pat pal pait t of this foi fot Indian use is what is known as a the Indian Grazing ri 1 cu save vc which comprises app app m acres During the present year this grazing reserve has lS fu fu abundant range f for about 35 head of Indian own owned c it tl 1700 head of white owned own cattle for lor one month about 2100 21 I 1 tad of owned Indian sheep and about the same game number of whit white Members l of the Indian Cattle Association J rounding Ul up some seine of their fine breeds From left to right Louie Ned Willie Chegup Mart owned sheep cheep Three grazing unit comprising approximately 50 ncr s e have been closed to grazing graz- graz graze grazing ing this Cal in order oder to restore It e its ite productiveness after man many year years of drouth and over over grazing i 1 he results pre lire beyond bc bey end and all al all expectations expectations since mcc in many large areas where formerly there was nothing noth- noth nothing ing but scanty sage brush the I gras Bras is I now a good stand i tand amis and andIS andis IS waving in the wind windIe Ie ne During the last fou four years a development program has been in progress es on this ran range e which ha hay put it in such condition that within a i few more years the car car car- I or ora ora a a J N Na m Nm a ids r r p R r I The Tho Indian district chapter hOU house 6 at and amI a group of 01 Indian eying ving Ing capacity for li livestock will possibly be bo doubled d More than springs hav have been developed i 9 stock toch reservoirs have been wen built have bee constructed bee 3 fOle foiest t ranger stations station constructed almost the c e area has been fenced an ani t i more than miles of roads have hate been bren bUilt including many bridges bars bars water dips and other im- im improvement im improvements provement A beautiful Indian C C C camp is being maintain about 10 miles no th no-th th of oC Altona Altonah Enrollees of ot this camp are arc still sti working on more of these ir im improvements Many visitors ar and inspectors have reported this In Indian Indian Ii dian dian grazing area to be the be hest I and the best hc t developed I range In this p part of the rocky rod roc y mountains Village and Homo Improvement I dIn In 1934 1939 the Indians of the res ree re were ere paid by the dment ment for fo a part of their lands lan which were W rc converted years n ago into the national forest foret With the funds many and semi i Improvements h a ol v c been made in the Indian villages village and Indian homes The n-conJat n records at Fo t Fo-t t Duchesne show that HI 11 new homes have been built aid 18 others have haw been remodeled 1 I and repaired Sixteen hundred 1 and twenty head of well bred Hereford cattle have been purchased pur purchased chased 50 head of good horses o ok k horses and a n large quantity of 1 household furniture and farm implements rm Cattle Corrals In addition to this two t fine livestock corrals have Just jUIt bee been 1 completed one at White Whito and andone andone ancone one at nt Ouray These corrals are QuIpped with weighing scales loading platforms branding shoots and sorting pens i It is the ambi tion of the Indian cattlemen to I hold annual sales at these Ule corrah who when mo o mo-o than a thousand head of fat cattle cattIe will be sold eold The tour four chapter houses estabi estah established I hed last year ear car on the have proven of great value and anc I benefit to the Ute The chapter I hou houses e arc are located at White Randlett rt Ft Duche Duchesne nr and My Myton ton i they rhey an arc u used d by the different I cattle associations association for meetings and nd bv hv Indian members for il s trl II anti used They tine also used by bythe bythe I the dope depa for class loom I etc During the summer bummer month months i the hou houses es which have I been newly renovate j and in some cases remodeled arc are Used fot fOl canning center Their kitchens is have been with p cookers Lookers sea sealers kettles and all II necessary equipment for cane cam jig of fruits ts and vegetables s sA A training clams claas was given at Fort Duchesne for project leave lende s from each ouch district who are arc now in charge of the canning centers center I All Indians Indian may bung h l Hulls fruits and vegetables to the chap chai chapI I S SR Sf t R f c r riI iI r 4 I I ter house houe canning centers where they will be assisted in m the prep preparation and aid canning of foods for winter use Last yea yeu the project was Just getting uner way and andover over ovel 9 tine quilts qU l ts is of food w rl canned This number will n no doubt be bo doubled this year 1 fluter System Many imp have also I I been made at ut tort Duchesne with with- within within in the flu last year Liberal grants With With-I of oC emergency funds have made the erection of a beautIful I 24 4 bed hospital modern in 10 every evelY detail and el ht new residences for the use ana occupancy of the government employee at Fort Fori Duchesne In addition to this tIu a anew anew new domestic water system has ba ha baboon been boon completed which include includes treating equipment tv t clargo 0 large filters fillers chlorinating machin y etc This print nt has been Jeen pro pronounced pronounced pronounced as a one of the finest irth in rho stag i by public health authors ties tics and other r sanitary engineers Irrigation Roads A number of improvements hive hwe also been made made on pats pa-Is of the Irritation project A con concrete concrete crete Indian weir type dam was as completed on the Duchesne river above Myton which diverts divert ate wate into the Grey Mountain and My Myton Myton Myton ton townsite canals camis Both of these thee cnn canals have hale been he en enlarged and many new structures installed A draina d system stem consisting of ofa ofa ola a number of deep key ke ke dl am a u e eI eJust ejust just being completed com on the waterlogged water waterlogged waterlogged logged lands in m the vicinity ol of Myton 1 The Indian service is also busy building load toad loads Within the last three years mote mOle than 30 miles mUs of oved impo imposed cd gl u roads road road hive been constructed in the vicinity of Roosevelt and These toads lOade include m my iny bridges of which luch hive aid culverts t ts all met the standards and been ap approved approved approved I proved proved proved by the Bureau of Public Ro d All of these thee Imp improvements rep represent represent represent I resent not only oni a great groat elop de lOt me it tt in the Uintah Basi i but butI bui furnish employment ment to I lof of men anti and women omen throughout the entire reservation |