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Show Devoted to t fee Progress YOL IT.. NO. 46 intfte Qyeouv vmoajzimsin. &.Pevelopaeitb g? Agriculture ROOSEVELT, UTAH, FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR JANUARY 15, 1928. How Prosperity Came to a Live Community TTT ttT tyT What Others Do, The Uintah Basin Cam Do A Little Better TTT V'V'T If the farmers of this great inland empire would like to increase their yearly income, they should follow in the- foot steps of the Cache Valley farmers and. buy Dairy cows. It has been a proven fact when everything else failed in that part of our state, the dairy cow came to the rescue and today it is one of the richest sections of the state. Dairy experts from the agricultural college, located at Logan, Utah, who have visited us from year to year, during the Uintah Basin Industrial Conventions, have studied our climate and soil conditions and have declared time and time again that no part of the state has better possibilities for the advancement of the dairy industry than does the Uintah Bas- during the months when mostly needed, and the DAIRY COWS ARE in.. One unique facts discovered years ago in the study of dairy development is that in no community in the United States where the farmers had turned to dairying, was there not a precipitate rise in the value of real estate both in town and on the farms. Ilonthly Payroll Needed THE ONE THING THAT WILL DO IT. Uintah Basin Farmer - Roosevelt, Utah, I own , T 1928 acres of land in and am at the present time milking cows, and would , community of head like to pur- chase (Number and kind of cows wanted) Can pay cash i Part Payment Q Q Monthly Payments Put cross in payment plan desired o Please send me stickers on dairy campaign All cannot be left entirely to the farmers, but merchants, banks and financial heads in the Uintah Basin should put their shoulder to the wheel and help, for they play a of great part in the development our country and would reap a harvest from such returns. These men all know that the Uintah Basin needs a monthly payroll, so as to cut down heavy overheads and in circulation place more money Colton Gets Change Dry Gulch Irrigation Company Stockholders In Boulder Dam Bill Want 7500 Acre Feet Water for Uintah Side Resolution Passed to Barrow Money consideratoin of the matter the voted by a majority To Construct Canal to Handle stockholders vote of 469 to subscribe for 7500 Moon Lake Water. acre feet in the Moon Lake proof the A special meeting Uintah ject. The meeting also passed a resoside stockholders of the Dry Gulch Irrigation company was held in lution that it be the concensus of accordance with the call, at the opionon of the meeting that the hall Satur- canal to convey Moon Lake watRoosevelt Amusement day afternoon. President Ernest H. er to the lands to be served he conBurgess presided and explained to structed with borrowed money to those present that it was necessary be repaid over a period of at least for a decision to be made by the six years, rather than by direct asstockholders from the Uintah side, sessment against the stock conas to whether or not they wished cerned. The meeting was very well to subscribe for water in the Moon attended there being approximately Lake reservoir project, and upon 8500 shares represented. Quite a the construction of a carnal to number of spectators from other bring the water from the storage companies, who are also interested The total assets of the building reservoir to connect up with the in the project were present to lisand loan associations of the United present system. After thorough ten to the debate. States in wet" 1917 were $1,769,-142,1and in dry 1927 they Spells Prosperity to its Owner Dairy were 6,280,000,000. Swing of CaliRepresentative fornia, has introduced his amended Boulder dam bill. He assured Representative Colton of Utah, before introducing the bill, that he had incorporated in it the amendment for which Mr. Colton contended last session, providing, in effect, that if any application, permit or license is granted in the future by the federal power commission looking to power development cm the Colorado river, it shall be under the terms and provisions of the Swing-Johnso- n bill, if the bill becomes a law. This means that there shall be no future privileges granted on the Colorado river that do not take into consideration amd become subject to the limitations fixed by the Boulder Dam bill. -- 75 A Herd g- . Address of the Diversified Farming well-knofact that the farmer has lost more money in the past century by sticking to the one crop idea from year to year. The Uintah Basini farmers should immediately decide to change from this form and build up on the diversifying system. Dairying is the on thing which will hasten this method of farming, because it is the backbone of diversified farm-ta- It is a Basin Farmer Wants to Help If the farmers of the Uintah Basin will work with the UINTAH BASIN FARMER, we feel sure that good results may be obtained. Let us all resolve to do our bit. Why not have the starting of a good dairy herd on every farm in the Uintah Basin by the end of 1929, two years hence, it is not impossible. If you, Mr. farmer, will take the pains to fill out the following form, this paper will do everything in its power to push the dairy movement in this great Uintah Basin: NO SALE A hardware clerk was trying to talk a farmer into buying a bicycle. Theyrs good and cheap now," urged the clerk, "and they wont eat their heads off when not in use. Youd find one mighty handy to ride around on your farm. I can sell you this onfe for $35." "Thirty-fiv- e dollars! Id rather put the money into a cow." But youd look foolish riding a cow around your farm. No more so than milking a bicy-ele- ." In the Uintah basin of Utah are shale deposits which are said to contain 25,000,000,000 barrels of oil with 500,000,000 tons of ammonium sulIt phate as a is declared practically im possible to estimate the value of the hydrocarbons in the state. by-produ- ct. |