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Show iBf IttWHi i rsvotej. to tnelVogress - TCL.' m &.Development of Agriculture BOOSEVE IT. BUCHESHE COUNTY. i f ' in t(ie Qycaifc UinkahBasin. HO. 4 UTAH. 1IAECH 1, 1928 4k The four Utes who buried Chief Ouray 44 years ago, taken at Jgnacio, Colorado, May 24, 1925, when they again acted as pallbearers. They are, left to right, Buck- the day of his Photo by George L. skin Charley (Chief), Colorow, Joseph Price, Nanees or George Norris. & Western Rio Beam. Grande Denver of The Magazine, February issue.) (Courtesy re-buri- al, ,i - . jj TATE AGRICULTURAL HEADS VISIT UINTAH BASIN a farmers Receive Valuable Information Concerning Cooperation and Taxation Harden Bennion, state commis-lonof Agriculture and M. P. Thrown, vice president of the Utah tate Farm Bureau and president of Che Weber County Farm Bureau, rere in Roosevelt Tuesday and dismissed agricultural problems with a lathering of Duchesne county citizens, chiefly farmers, at a meeting in the Amusement hall at 2:30 P. M. Edwin Butterworth representing he Btate tax commission and E. Peterson, county agent of Uintah ounty, were present and gave short ilka. The speakers were introduced y C. F. Wahlquist, president of the Duchesne County Farm Bureau, who er Business interests have always and politicians to our ideals than Roosevelt, all members of the party set prices, said Mr. Brown. These farmers themselves. The speaker except Mr. Wahlquist, proceeded to have not often been favorable to was applauded when he said there Vernal where they talked at the farmers. They felt that they had a was enough American blood in the of presided at the meeting. From c morning and afternoon sessions the Farmers, Annual Convention, held in Vsrnal Friday, February 19. Brown Talks on Cooperation. Mr. Brown was the first speaker. He traced the beginning and development of farm bureau activities in the state. Eight years ago seventeen farmers met in Salt Lake City and organized the Utah Farm Bureau. Today there are sevaral thousand members of the association in the state. right to set prices. The Farm Bur- organization to put over its proeaus of the state have gone before gram for recognition of the rights as- county commissioners, packing sociations, the governor of the state, the state legislature and even the president of the nation in its fight to secure recognition for the farmer. The association has struggled to get the president to realize that there is something wrong with agriculture that must be remedied. It must be admitted that we have had more success in converting business men of the farmer to have some voice in the setting of prices for his pro- ducts. Mr. Brown enumerated sojje of the accomplishments of thdBtate-FarBureau in the past fev) rears.- basis Division of profits on a 50-5- 1 with sugar beet companies, the, right to demand what rightfully belongs (Continued on page 2.) |
