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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER 6 Green Kirer. him. bntjrom and ML Wilson to the west, Gilbert before made which men bU wan tbe first norUi detat ng who bare risited the regton W fjnm StM Switzerland. surpasses the necessity is for 2 n one what . a road J report On tbe evening of tbe second is of nation, dVnbffbe'rJ a I impose. day. Congressman Don B. Colton, a remedy after the land is spoiled, for thousands. You heard the gen it has beenana for a the discussion, native son of the Uintah Basin, Out in the valley near the railroad tleman from Colorado say that river r . Colorado number of years having come to the Ashlev valley where drain tile is easily procnr- - tourist traffic in eastern ta order and tributary, trenching machines af all 13 worth $11,000,000 a year, and is its largest with his parents when a very small kinds can be done with the what Know to carry road on the costs from is it available, there nothing easily child, gave m his talk his personal $25 to $50 an acre to drain the land. ing this traffic which has the ap- - Colorado it is Imperative inai ail es possible resources of Its tnhuta experiences of the growth of the The farmers of the Uintah Basin peal as would this wonderful series hunkaowabe Basin, and felt on the previous cannot stand any such charge. Most of glacial cirques with theirtimber should The tnp was made In the summerof th irrigating is done with too long dred lakes, water-fall- s, deep the Indian of Parade in morning, 0f 1922. Starting from Green Rirruns should not be run grass iandg. will Progress and the immense gather- - further than four or five rods. I that X3 there not something er, Wyo., in July and finishing at Uinthe of to an two seen for is Green River, Utah in September. witness it there farms where people new, have ing bejp develop a market an water to run The the exparty consisted of 8 men. The Basin? through attempt It is such great heart throbs. three boat3 equipment was carried inTwo periences as these that makes the furrows eighty rod3 longof with the of these farm the result type. the of Galloway that the upper part life of the average Uintah Basin THE 16 other the water-logge- d and BOATING 13 water 18 the feet before were long so THOUGH resident rich in dealing witn the CANYON AND RAPIDS should feet long. problems of life, said Mr. Colton, reaches the lower end. This GORGES OF GREEN RIVER A complete map of the river is The speaker referred to tbe be- be more practice of now available as a result of this surPlowin farminS in the Knderfd0inLrpToat0byndiYns fal1 r. WooUey, HyauMc vey, showing the topography . and Bjr iato Basm stretch of the ia s.h.ouId Jake and said it caused a heart throb account Je f&.tar Engineer, U.. S. Geological Survey, profile of this entire was also sur- elimination river river. Yampa to see the nroeress beine device a which means that weeding this same season by another the TnrtirI th.m PnimiiimPTitort Mr. Woolley states that it would veyed should be used and the land made " be rather difficult and ibou, 600.000 horsepower are anf irged .VLeiTto .toacto The farming condition of the Uin- - somewhat uninteresting to make a bj3 stretch of Green v r. ? and one of the factors I. C. for the reason tha the talk are few and relatively small. to a stage of true civilization. The which has made the home problem was illustrated and much of the the principal value of history of the Uintah Basin is re- - g(J difficult jg the probiem 0f culin- - lecture was based upon the pictures to Utah i3 for pewer, Green river with the instances showing plete de ag they were thrown upon the screen. and this fact should not be over- Iead water TWs the t0 has ary friendly attitude of the white set- In most The talk was a descriptive narrative d f culinary stream. TnnsTderine interests ed tiers and the Indians. of the areas surface wells cannot be of the trip made by the Geological m tne uotorauo river D?ohIems The early settlement of the Ash- - obtained, but good cisterns could he Survey in 1922 through the canyons ley valley was then briefly sketched placed in the ground and filled for a of Green river, by Mr. Colton. He told of the hard- - culinary supply. The cistern should The purpose of this trip was to ships cf the early pioneers, of their be made ten feet deep and from determine what the power and ir- opes and ambitions. It was a twelve to fifteen feet in diameter, rigation possibilities are along Green The habit of being dissatisfied sturdy band who first settled the Cisterns are often made rectangular river. In 1920 Mr. Woolley made a has taken hold of a lot of people. Basin m the late seventies and early because they are more easily con- study of the resources above Green The man or woman who is affected eighties. Schooled m pioneer life creted. The cistern should be com- - RiTer, Wyo., and several other state with it had better reform the were undaunted by the hard pietely covered and a pump install- - and federal agencies have made hit for happiness can never come winter of 1S79, when nearly all of ed to take care of the water. Iu studies of that part of the basin to the person who has it. their livestock perished by cold or filling the cistern it would he much starvation. With courage they faced better if a little ta respect hardships' be made throSgh Thich the to the early settling of Utah. Can- - water might pass before entering als were built, roads made into the the cistern. This would allow the mountains and soon a new civili- - water to stand for a little while. In zation sprang into existence where this way most of the silt carried in formerly only the wild beasts and suspension will be dropped and the Indians had roamed unmolested. cistern will be filled with clean wat-I- n those early days the spirit of er. Such a water supply is safe and ex- - wholesome and very satisfactory, brotherhood and fraternalism Announce the opening of the The Basin farmers are com isted. In times of sickness neigh- marbors helped each other. They plaining about the need for a shared each others Joys and sor- - ket. They are shipping out their rows. They made their own amuse- - alfalfa seed, their wool, honey and ments, and early formed friendships gilsonite, and a market has been that will last forever. made for these. Very little, how- School houses and churches were eTer is being done to advertise the provided and in 1905 a cultured natural resources of the Basin, Dinosaur quarry at Jensen happv people lived in the seatern is known in New York and better of Basin. the It formed the part than it is in Vernal, to of Pennsylvania the the gateway great opening Uintah Reservation in that year. Roosevelt or Myton. There is no It is now nearly nineteen years Highway to tell the people who are since settlements began to spring raTn& along that route that the 5 mounted for the season 1924-2- 5 up all over this vast Inland Empire. reaet apatasaur after from the quarries m the Uin- People came from every part of the Pasn. This animal was eighty United States and even from the . careful overhauling m length, twelve feet high, had countries of Europe. However in a in vertebrae its neck, few years they have learned each twentyne other and no better neighbors can 0UIteen vertebrae in its body, and seventy vertebrae in its tail; when be found in the Uintah Basin. of living this animal had a "pe frtven. related many jrom twejTe to fifteen tons,weight , . and the character to pioneer homes tLc?c wonid hare been no Georke TVash- ,s noT Un" heba?aa1' Washington. Ration lmaer LcTr tHrj3 ssljs: oSrer ".abi SE rat a cono Ac-cordn- ha-th- ey my eql WOOLF & HALL UPALCO ILL SSttoh,rrh.Ir anAtoaham "T,, jShiTi'U Calitornla. He paid feeling tribute to the as as the one in the Uinpioneer mothers of the Basin. They tah important Basin. Still thousands of cars had been willing to rear families 011 V ISl!vtIiesfjtW0 under adverse conditions. Some of aeasbore the best mothers in the world had es veatn depleted in the rock which raised large families on the farms coin. of Utah and deepest of the world were now hJTt beat- ing for these boys and girls. they appreciate and transmit to vTv the living conditions at the time these animals roamed the earth. The dinosaur bed in the Uiutah Basin would have the game attraction as the others if the world were t0id about it Then There is the glacial lake on tbe topg of tbe mountains. The most attractive spots in the west are located here. I have tramped over most of the spots in tfce moun-b- e tains for a radius of 300 miles, hut I have not seen one that has the attraction of the Kings Peaks Bas-th- e in. the highest point in the state and a wonderful glacial cirque. Mt. Emmons to the south. Kings Peaks Rives , Jrice,ess heritage they have In closing a strong appeal was made to the people to preserve the ideals of the home. America must kept American. Our sacred in- stitutions must be guarded. Let the youth of the land be true to standards of their fathers, to their own country, to the Christian religion and to their God. th,e HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR WHEAT GIST GLADLY RECEIVED Boct'iv ing station in Roosevelt where "wheat is received and flour delivered e aim to render the quality of service that will please and satisfy |