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Show PAGE 5 THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER claimed Land in The Uintah Basin (Continued from page 1) ul land. lie following information, with i .3 above, should impress the av-r- e Utah citizen, and furnish ; ra backing for our own citizens. ,:re are people in the Basin yet a do not believe that this is go- -i to be one of the great farming rations of the west, and who can-- r, t see that the day is not far off Lan we shall have at least 100,-C- ;j people in these two counties.1 1 ; ase note the following: The land actually in crops in Utah, per U. S. Agriculture Year-Loc- k 1924, the last one printed, gives the following: Utah, 1,189,- 090 acres; Arizona, 604,000 acres; New Mexico, 1,413,000 acres; Colorado, 7,081,000 acres; Wyoming, 1,774,000 acres; Montana, 7,736,000 In other acres; Idaho, 2,842,000. T'crds Utah has about two acres for every man, woman and child in the state, possibly the lowest per capita acreage in crops in any of the states, less than half that which Idaho uses, and only about of the area farmed in .Wyoming, per population. The average value of poor plow Ltnis in Utah in 1921 was $40 per are, Arizona, 75; New Mexico; $28; Nevada, $42; Idaho, $42; etc. The average value of good plow land in these states is, $119. $110, $56, $85, $88. These values show :n the four years, 1920 to 192 1, inclusive, a teiy heavy cut in values in all cases except New Mexico. Utah people are increasing in population, being second, or next to the highest in the forty ciglu states. This surplus population has beei years or more going for thirty-fiv- e ta Arizona, Mexico, Canada', Idaho. Oregon, Wyoming, and is now going rapidly to California. Why? Simply because the land urea in culti-- . cess population should help to build up Utah? The only way this may be done to any important extent is for this natural increase to come to the great Uintah Basin. There is approximately fifteen acres of good land reclaimed per capita in our two counties, while the smte as a whole has only about two acres. Idaho is great today oecause she has nearly six acres per capita. Is it not evident that Utah should have more alnd incultivation? Without a railroad we have ample land and water to furnish good homes, independence, for fifty thousand people. We can do this without any more irrigation projects except the financing of those which are partly completed. But even if are this conservative we will have really too much land per capita. It is evident that we need 100,000 people, and even then we shall have in the Uintah Basin only a normal acreage per capita. These cold facts should cause our own citizens to be more optimistic, and certainly our fellow citizens elsewhere in the state should find them food for thought. The automobile and the truck, better roads, will force this country to the front, MYTON ITEMS By S. A. PARKER F. C. Gwyn is the new project 4th, 5th and 6th, recently appointengineer who recently arrived in ed the following persons to act as Myton to take the place of N. W. chairman of committees. W. A. PaxIrsfeld, who was transferred the first ton of Duchesne, advertising; Geo. of the year to Florence, Arizona. He was transferred to the Indian Philipps, reception, Myton; Ray E. Some project from Wapata, Dillman, finance, Roosevelt. irrigation Wash., from the Yakima project. of the printing has been finished This project embraces twenty-thre- e and the outlook is promising for a different canals and covers 77,009 acres. It has 745 miles of canals great convention. N. C. Wilson, who owns a ranch miles of waste and twenty-tw- o ditches. It is said to be the cheap- in the Ioka district has traded it est irrigation water in the United for a hardware and implement store States, 70 cents per acre per year. at Ordway, Colo. Mr. Wilson is disMr. Gwyn was accompanied by his posing of his goods and expects to wife and son. leave in the near future for that Aquilla Nebeker of Salt Lake City He and his wife will br who was recently appointed for the place. in missed this part of the Basin. third year as the supervisor for the Jacob and son, conJorgensen distribution of water in the Uintah finished have their contractors, Basin, arrived in Myton Sunday, on ditcb tract Mountain the Gray April 25th, to begin his work for and started work on the Taylor the season of 1926. conditch. favorable weather With According to a recently made sur- ditions they ought to have the work regardless of railroad speculation. vey by W. E. Broome of Myton, al- fairly well along in three weeks We think much of our seed crop, falfa seed inspector, the production The widening of the ditch will furfurnishing us nearly a million dol- of certified seed for the season of nish a better supply for the water lars per year, but we overlook the 1925 was 65,000 pounds net weight, users under this project. 27 cents. Mr. The whic'h averaged cow, or neglect the animal. The rock crusher on the Federal-ai- d in cream Broome represents the state board cow is giving us now, road has been moved and set checks, nearly half as much as the of agriculture. He also reports that up on the Charles "Wall ranch west seed crop . Yet we have few proper nearly 1200 acres has been put in of Myton. They expect to take out barns or sheds for her, although she this year to certified alfalfa. 8000 yards of gravel for the road Dr. C. C. Perry of Salt Lake City bed. Trucks, teams and men are is giving us our own butter, milk, e helping to feed the pigs, in addi- acting as a representative of the busy building the tion to the cream checks. We are government, spent a week recently unit of the road. R. E. Hale of shipping in not less than fifty cars in the Basin examining cattle. He Salt Lake City is spending the sumof corn each year which we should visited Whiterocks and looked over mer here in the employ of the govIs it not humiliating to the herd at the Indian school. He ernment, and is inspecting the work. produce. admit that for four long years we was also at Bluebell, Fort Duchesne, have not grown enough wheat for Tabiona, and some of his time was our own biead? We can grow more spent in the vicinity of Myton. He than we need, but because farmers was looking for tubercular cattle. On Friday evening, April 23rd, ration would nor provide more know that when there is an excess homes. Is it not time that this ex- - the price is very low they have several of the friends of Dr. R. J. If you want to sell, buy, planted very conservatively, result- Enochs and wife from Myton and or trade a Waon, Gas ing in this great loss. We actually Fort Duchesne, gave them a surTry Engine, Auto, Etc. need twice the present wheat pro- prise party at their home. The time 25c ad in this column. a Our pigs, cows, chickens, was spent socially, and refreshments duction. It will and livestock generally need more of were served. About thirty were this product. present. Dr. Enochs left with his should wake The Uintah Basin family on Friday, April 30th, S SHEEP ' kF0R up. Even though the state of Utah Philadelphia, Miss., where he has The Original not know that the Uintah Ba- been transferred. does He takes a pom Lock Tag. Its Douklt Holt sin is of very much value, it is our tion as superintendent and surgeon. makes it superior to all imitations. Clamped on in business to inform them. But it is Charles A. Engle, supervising enone operation. It stays putt to our business produce gineer of the U. S. Indian irrigation especially more wheat, corn, and increase the service of Blackfoot, Idaho, who alSALT LAKE STAMP grade of our dairy stock. We must so has charge of the Uintah irrigaFRES A very beautiful $165 Pm d PBRFSCT BAH TAGS give the cow more care during the tion project, spent 10 days recently FOR SALE exVictrola, practically new; will sell cold weather. We may easily in Myton and the Uintah Basin oa Addrw port one million dollars worth of business in connection with his po- for $100, with good selection of records. Call or write The Uintah dairy products per year with the sition. we dont Basin Farmer. Why wat-present population. On Tuesday, April 20th, the do it? We might then need a few was turned into the Gray MounASK YOUR MERCHANT manure spreaders, and we would tain ditch. For the past three If you have a relative or friend, FOR possibly grow better crops. months a force of 25 men have been who is figuring on moving in the Fellow citizens, just think, pon- at work widening the ditch in orspring to a good country, tell them, der for a minute: Nearly 300,000 der to give additional water for the about the Uintah Basin. Send them acres reclaimed, farmed and ready to Taylor ditch, which supplies water THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER for FLOUR farm, over 100,000 acres in alfalfa, for the South Myton bench and one year and they will surely locate 132,000 acres cheap land we know Pleasant valley. The Gray Mounin this Great Inland MILLED BY will soon be ready. We now have tain ditch is used jointly for sev- vome place Impire. fifteen acres per capita, and this eral miles. e We acres. will give us twenty-onDr. J. R. Collard, an eye, ear, nose Subscribe today for THE UINTAH Millg. Co. need more people, a lot of them. and throat is who in the BASIN FARMER. It will keep you specialist, Roosevelt, Utah When the Dead Mans bench area employ of the government, has been Informed on the Basins farming is added you can see what it means. si ending several weeks In the Uintah Basin examining Indian child- problems. "IT, 3 ren. w(1i While here he visited th Inat Whiterocks and the FOR SALE 180 acres located on school dian ADVERTISE YOUR BRAND ON THE the Lake Fork river, south of Mt. hofpital at Fort Duchesne, lie also Emmons. Mt. C. II. HARTMAN, vhited other parts of the reservalt Utah. Emmons, tion. Charles W. Walker, president of IT WILL SAVE YOU MANY TIMES ITS COST the U. B. I. C., which will be held WANTED TO BUY Rendering Vat. 22-- tf 3 at Fort Duchesne this year August Inquire at this office. ' inter-mcunta- in cue-four- th w-- e . , ' j Myton-Anteolp- WANT ADS Surely Bring Results CATTLE-HOG- -- FOR SALE ei 6-- tf. UINTAH GEM toosevelt Vi ;INTAH BASIN FARMER BRAND PAGE 7-- |