Show New Industries Planned for Ute Indians Stanley D Lyman Superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Agency at Fort Duchesne reo re- reports ports that the Indian Agency has received 2500 for two fea fea- fea feasibility studies I The 2500 is over budget money allotted to do two mar mar- marketing and and or or feasibility stud stud- studies ies on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation This work will be carried on over the next two years ONE STUDY a marketing study will be on the process ing of our estimated tons of prime pinon pine fire fire- firewood wood primarily for the Salt Lake City and Denver markets Provided the study justifies it the wood could be gathered processed and marketed I through the efforts of the ute I Indian people The other study is one on the possibility of building bee beehives beehives hives of plastic and Several of these hives will be manufactured within the next few weeks and farmed out to various bee keepers for testing here in the Basin Then if the hives prove practical it is hoped to have a concern set up upa upa a factory on the Reservation with the employment of Indians as a prime objective |