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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER Agriculture in Duchesne and Uintah Counties Discussed Evan Phillips, winner canals and laterals in use sufficient of C. L. Ashton Medal D. H. S. and to reclaim 84,000 acres, per original but so far, because of lack contestant for U. B. I. C. Loving armers, little more than half U CUp Oration-b- y The subject which I have chosen and Duchesne and This is only the Basin and is only total area. is present in future agriculture Uintah counties, Utah part of the 40 per cent of the The entire area of the Basin is 25,000 square miles. Its greatest length, east and west from Heber city to the wTest portal of the Mof- fat tunnel is 275 miles. Its width north and south from rim to rim of the Basin is about 80 miles. I shall deal with only the Utah part of the Basin, mainly Duchesne and Uintah counties. Which is as have stated before, 40 per cent of the Basins total area. This part of the Basin is an ideal agricultural center, anything may be grown, which can be grown in a temperate climate. We have all varieties of land. Land where good orchards are grown and can be grown. Land where good meadows are available for the promoting of one of our resources, namely the dairy industry. In other places we find high, low and mediuA land where produce of almost every kind and color can be But hovever grown in abundance. . . a11 1S 0ootJ1nniand t u?eVne have in and about 438,000 more to be put At the time ot the open- into use the year thf Reservation, in was given 1905, to the Indians; this amounted to about 84,000 acres. In 1905 Uncle Sam reserved the 84,000 acres of farm land for his wards supposing that we had possibly 2000 Utes, in- eluding mixed bloods. A few years later it wras discovered that there were less than 1000 Indians, and this left a large surplus of farm land. Nearly 30,000 acres of thi3 surplus land has been sold to the white people. Our generous government spent over $900,000, nearly one million dollars, in reclaiming this Indian farm land for his Indian wrards and furnished prime water rights for approximately 72,000 acres, part of which is owned by white people and part by the Original Red Man. But of the tribal farm land, most of it, is tilled by the pale face. On White river, 16,000 acres of choice land is still reserved, yet un claimed, for the Uncompaghre Utes, another family of the same tribe. These Indians, who have their headquarters at Ouray, do no farming of importance. They count their wealth largely In cattle. This large tract of high grade farm land on White river we hope will soon be re- claimed, so that, if the Indian does not farm it, the white man may be given the opportunity. These In- dians were driven from Colorado, and they were participants in the Meeker massacre. Headquarters for the Uintah Utes is at Whiterocks. with principal of- fice work done at Ft. Duchesne, whore Superintendent F. A. Gross and assistants reside around the campus old military picturesque where soldiers once held forth as guardians to see that Indians reand mained on their reservation that the white man kept his nose out of private affairs. It is said that the native Indians are decreasing, but that the few mixed bloods are increasing in unm- - actually reclaimed and in use. TS company was named Dry Gulch because its lands are largely in that section travered by two dry gulches, long old water-wayform- crly rivers, that run back into the great Uintah range on the north, and come together just below the Roos- evelt city limits. This is an example of what men may do who start out to do some- thing definite, worthy and remuner- ative, who hang together and stick The farmers elect their own officers! have all their canals, laterals and ditches completed and paid for. Some reservoir work is contemplated to guard against dry years, other-- I wise it is completed and paid, . . t uJtiMte as llo Uintah given jn acres: u g Indian land 70,000 Dry Gulch with nine canals.. 44,000 s, above sea level, or about the same as main street in Salt Lake city. Without our coal, oil, elaterite and gilsonite, which is estimated by officials to be worth government over 10 billions of dollars, we have enough lard already reclaimed to supply 50,000 people, while at pre- sent the total population of Duchesne and Uintah counties is only 20,000. It is evident that much of our land is on'y partly farmed. When all of the good land of which we have spoken is in use, we shall have 200,000 people in the Utah This number part of the Basin. can live on agricultural wealth Unlike much of the irrigated west, the Basin has excellent drain- We do not need to worry age. about expensive drainage for in time all alkali will be washed away, never t0 return again. No soluable sas or alkali is yet found, which a, (Continued INDIANS Service are here to serve YOU! "We Come and consult us regarding Real Estate on page 6.) REGISTER AT FARMER ENCAMPMENT LOGAN, July 16. Among first to register at the Fourth Every camper to the Ashley or Uintah National forests surrounding the Uintah Basin should make sure his camp fire is out and then bury it. INSURANCE the An-Alm- Fire Hay ost nual Farmers encampment were the followinS Indians from the Uin- tah reservation: Juan Cesspooch, Coney Sharanux, Charlie Traves and Patchy Shavavanux, Randlett; Charley Nick, Slim Jim and Jim Wash Eccawinna, Myton; Fred Merts, George Sereeeh, Whiterocks; Carter Tonegates, Ned and Ralph Red-foand Lester Chapoose' of Foi;t Duchesne. Accompanying the Indians are following white farmers: Bruce Maxwell, Whiterocks; C. M. Brendt, Fort Duchesne; George El liot, Myton; Hugh Owens, Randlett. ' Crop Life ot Whiterocks Irrigation Co Ouray Valley Co Colorado Park Co Ashley Walley, old filings Hlgh L,Ile 2,500 5,000 2,000 40,000 ,, As?Ulalley MILLER & THOMAS Vernal Utah ZZZZ 400 Knl llt r lM and inde. pendent filing in Uintah county and actually in SmaU cultivation 16,000 Total about 220,000 Land yet to be reclaimed: Indiau land on White river g The Upalco Mill offers you its Service bmali "tracts . 10,000 Total for which water is available at mod-eracost, about ..463,000 Total iand in the two which counties water rights good may be obtained ....683,000 In three years we should increase cultivation at a very low a J Land in b ut 250,000 acres. be countries t which may ,wo t . water A an grade pp i3d to 50 per cent of any Wt equalelsewhere in the state, 0f all the tw0.thirds n about Btate that may be us- J irrigation. On the north wegt rimg q the Basln we have .vn thirds of all the timber in and iast year (1923) we of all the alfalfa d raised geed grown jn Utah. The is great p0Wer which we have TO GRIND YOUR GRIST te TO MARKET YOUR GRAIN TO FURNISH YOU WITH 4 , Ther7e U , city s street, uw, a w bas nf the farm- feet Roosevelt 5 050 feet on main f tbe land is as lg a large 4,550 t0 4,800 feet. ci 2 4 i I i 4 8 6Next of Vasin ilUaCcSora-Dr- y great Importance is thea Ouray the enthe company, Gulch Irrigation farm. and farm.er' fnJt Sfstrict feet mutual, farmer-bui- lt 4,500 about being owrned irrigation system, that ha3 The Upalco Mill LONELL BABCOCK, Miller ' A ilej Products 4 one-thir- - High Grade Milling I i Operated by WOOLF & HALL |