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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER . B5SIN FARMER matter at Entered as second-clas- 3 the post office at Vernal. Utah. un-'der the act of Congress of March S. 3. 1S79. j Official organ of fre ! Uintah County Farm Bureau ! Office: Hocse-e- lt Stardavc!, Roosevelt, Utah. Telephone HO. Subscription Price, one year a land of prehistoric animal fossils t important changes in the public near the Duchesne river near j. in Changes Proposed laws. lett Public Land Lav According to the report, the total NEOLA John Burgess and 1 orlands Indian area of public and Owen started construction on t) entered and allowed during house for Roger Horrocks laatt Legislation for the preservation iginally amounted to 3,641,092 MAESER F. E. Colton can and economic use of the grazing the year which 2,298,039 acres were of acres with domain from his sheep camp lately resources of the public stock-raisin- g under the a foot of snow had due regards to the rights of settlers allowed The area patented portedsection when he left fai;1t act. homestead that and development of mineral deposits was 5,272,925 acres of which camp is located twenty miles is recommended by the commissionacres were patented under of Rangely in Colorado Park. a er of the general land office in his the homestead laws. LAPOINT William Marshall! annual report of the maue to tne scc.e.ar, chased the old Lee Searle plaet, Jim, I see that your mule bias and Mrs. Marshall will move interior. The tommissicner also proposes U. S. branded on bis right hind their new home in the spring. men at the Lee saw mill near the ejectment of laws repealing the. leg. I suppose he was an army are still logging and sawing homestead act; amend-Sam? mule and belonged to Uncle i al the iaw homestead ugh the snow is two feet t meni of the general No, suh, dat U. S. dont mean Frank and Roy Huber are ha so as to permit uelay in the establishment of re;da::"e while the nothin 'bout no Uncle Sam. Dats i brick from the Swain brick "5 land L being prepared for profit- jess a warnin. Dat U. S. jess preapratory to building new hony the spring. able culr vation; increase in tna area stand fo Un Safe dats alL VERNAL A number of sajr which ma" be soli at puolic auc-- i other and of Judge. molrCed as sugar beets raised in Ashley) vr;oi; ti:n ley were shipped to the Amalga ed Sugar company of Salt Lake! 1 recently on their request. yields ranged from 1$ to 27 toy the acre. 50c o.'k-raismg I George H. Harrison Violet Harrison... .Business Editor Manager ROOSEVELT XE1V LOCATION FOR RISEN FARMER PAPER ' Since the very first issue of THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER, it has grown by leaps and bounds, until at sfepwIburNeidJibor ROOSEVELT A representative of Utah Construction company has the present time its circulation is the been contracting ' all the available five times that if its first few issues, oats in parts of Duchesne county and is found in every part of the and storing them in the basin, it is Great Uintah Basin, and in many reported here. FT DUCHESNE Senator Smoot, other points in our state, as well as national senator, has- introUtahs in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Neduced into congress a bill to grant vada, Montana and California. We the use of Fort Duchesne as a branch can justly say that the Basins farm of the state college. MAESER A boys and girls club paper is eagerly read by fully five thousand people, while it is now meeting was held on the 15th and an authority on all a good program was given. Games lccked upon were played after the program and questions affecting the agricultural prizes and awards distributed. interests of the Basin. WHITEROCKS An office has It is with the aim in view of giv- been constructed for the Elkhorn ing its readers all the local farm ranger station a short distance from The Elk-hor- n and industrial news of the Basin here on Farm Creek. South district the comprises that we make this announcement of Central of the Ashley Naportion our change of publication to Roose- tional forest, being located partly in We feel by velt, Utah. ig so Duchesne and Uintah counties. we are locating our headqu.. ers in TRIDELL The foundation for a mere central place, which will en- - the new ward house is almost corn- able us to cover every section of the Petei- - A gcod crew of workers are in the work. Basin up to and within a few hours engaged R.ANDLETT Many of the Indian of going to press. houses are being remodeled and THE PUBLISHERS, made into neat four-roocottages They are Headquarters at Roosevelt Standard with screened porches. well painted and add to the attracOffice. tiveness cf our community. ASHLEY Mr. and Mrs. Luther Swett have purchased the James of Alfalfa Seed Production Winn home. Is Uttilis Loading Crop JENSEN Alf Ainge is moving the building from Mrs. Johnsons place Utahs alfalfa seed production in to his own place up the river, where 1925 is estimated at 417,000 bushels he will erect a home from the lumequivalent to 22,000,000 pounds of ber.VERNAL Recently the deal was cleaned seed, an increase of 2S per cent over the 1924 crop, it was an- closed wherein Kenneth Speirs and nounced by Frank Andrews, feder- Haller Witbeck puchased from Wilal agricultural statistician for Utah. liam Witbeck. Sr.. his Utah sheep. RANDLETT M. J. Rowan proAlfalfa seed has become a leading 2S7 bushels of splendid Rusduced crop in Utah within the past severIn 1919 the production set potatoes from one acre of land, al years. A half dozen of was about 3,000,000 pounds, or less it is reported. the selected at random avpotatoes of the 1925 prothan duction. This year Utah produced eraged 4 4. pound! each. JENSEN The burns Bench Irri46.6 per cent of the total alfalfa seed crop of the United States. The gation company met on Dec. 7 and their last years officers: United States crop this year is estimated at about 4S. 000, 000 pounds, Al Wilkins, president; W. F. Billan increase of 4.4 per cent over the ings, vice president, and H. J. Chat-wisecretary-treasure- r. 1924 crop of 46,000,000 pounds. MOUNTAIN HOME 200 Over Utahs 1925 crop was, generally speaking, grown under unfavorable cows were tested for tuberculosis by conditions. In the Uintah Basin, the state inspectors the fore part rains fell on much of the harvested of the month at this place. DUCHESNE The beard of counseed before it could be stacked or commissioners held a special ty threshed and reduced the expected on December 18, and ordmeeting somewhat. were Conditions yield unfavorable in the Milford section, ered $39,678.66 of the county road while in northern Utah the crop in bond issue be made available for Boxelder and Cache counties was the federal aid project No. 94. MOUNTAIN HOME Work on spotted. Emery countys producroad in Housekeeper Lane was the tion was less than a year ago, and The read is not workproduction from the north end cf finished up. Snake valley was less than that of ed as completely as planned due to 1924. freezing weather compelling the werk to be cut short. OURAY VALLEY Mrs. Louie If you have a relative or friend, Brought reports $50 from 8 turkeys who is figuring on moving in the shipped on a special order to a Salt spring to a good country, tell them Lake city market. Charles about the Uintah Basin. Send them Is hauling his baled hay to Knight Ouray THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER for where he finds a each markready one year and they will surely locate et s tv' rer?tr large some place In this Croat I aim.1. t 4 " 1 if Empire. vW.TC - T..o vr.'V o:. tl.o r'ad - a-- d' m one-seven- ,WWVUWWVUWWWVWWr between the waterfall dugway and The Basin town is progressing nicely with a small force of men at work. DUCHESNE Work has been progressing very rapidly on the town hall. It is expected to have the addition completed in a few weeks, DRY FORK Bert Caldwell pur- chased some thoroughbred Jerseys recently from M. M. Batty of Glines. j The stage In the! CEDARVIEW ward hall has been removed and a hardwood floor put down. The improvement gives much needed room for basket ball and other amusements. IOKA The cistern at the school has been completed and is now ready Of 133 cows tested for! for use. Send us your mail ortuberculosis here, not one was in-- ! ders Prompt service fected. and the best price alALTONAH Clyde Lambert, for- - j est ranger of Dry Gulch, reported ways. six inches of snow at the station the first of the month. Mr. Lambert will make this place his headquarters for the winter. ROOSEVELT Much work is being done to improve the streets cf Roosevelt. The new Timothy building near the Basin garage is nearing Saylor E. Dpl&ney, Prop. completion and is to be occupied by the Maytag Machine company. A GOOD DRUG STORE"! OURAY VALLEY A good fall of Phone 54 snow came for Christmas. The depth was three or four inches of heavy ROOSEVELT, UTAH snow. E. M. Chadler, merchant at Randlett, has a splendid exhibit SVVWWWWYWWWVWA Phraaq . ! ! ( i ! Th Basin Pharmacy TWO INCOMES ARE BETTER THAN th ed n, ONE Salary . fclert ! Or ( Business Income Savings fccc: . - V - UINTAH STATE Vernal, Utah bank |