| Show j. l t Y j Forty of Zion s big men made the trip by auto through the entire length of the Uintah basin arriving at Vernal Tuesday evening after having hav ing lug made stops In every town along long the state road met delegations dele dole Everywhere they were by of prominent citizens and welcomed to the cities and the basin Every ery town forgot any any difference tl that at the they thet might have with other towns townsand townsand and beca became e one In boosting for th the whole whole ole basin The personal of the party which was was wired ahead as assured the basIn basIn- ites that It was a worth while trip and every effort was pu put t forth ti tt convince the delegation gatlon that it was their to help this great of the state At Heber the party was royally roy lly en and prepared for tor th their lr I jou tourney Journey ey away from the land of railroads rail roads Into the sage brush as they seem em to think At Duchesne they were given facts and figures In regard to acres of land x nd feet of water tons of coal coat feet teet of ot timber extent of ores number number number num num- ber of of cattle and sheep and other re re- re- re sources sources Members M of ot the party were amazed by the vastness of ot this undeveloped undeveloped un un- developed country At My Myton ton the party halted for tor dinner dinner dinner din din- ner on Monday After dinner they thy were taken to the South My Myton ton bench hench Here they learned of the seven forty thousand acres of ot land soon s on to be open to entry The South My Myton ton and the Pl Pleasant valley and away In the distance the Carey Act land made a great great impression as all was explained to 10 them in regard to ditches and cultivation cul cul- A visit was made to the Upalco Flour mills Here fore again they were much surprised To find In ii i t 1 tr tr- tr land country mill machinery as good gooda goodas as a in any mill in the United States e q oo operated and tons of flour ilour stored away firmly convinced them of ot the confidence men have Inthis inthis In Inthis this basin and the r result sult of that con con- At Roosevelt they were met with what hat looked like the whole population population tion of the basin A great crowd of men tIlen and women had gathered in front of the church hall and as the Salt Salt Lake men drove In th they were greeted with shouts and waving of ot flags hats and handkerchiefs A trip was made from Roosevelt to the Harmston bench Here the beheld a panorama of great I beauty The lands away to the north south east and west showing the vivid green of cultivation cul cul- ovation where man had by his eN eff fort subdued the desert Mr Collett related the history of the tho struggle made to get water out In the Dry Gulch ditches and in closing hl his re remarks remarks re- re marks to the crowd that had gotten out of their automobiles to listen he said aId Gentlemen this country about you with Its development its many 4 Ittle h homes mea Its flocks and farms is I ye years from the sage brush In n the evening at Roosevelt a big banquet was spread Delegates from every town In the basin were present The hall was beautifully decorated and the banquet was waa a rare treat Fine mountain trout and other finely prepared red edibles made a feast Indeed At each place was a card bearing these two lines Our Necessity Your Opportunity The toast master was President Smart From seven thirty until after after af nf ter midnight the guests were re re regaled regaled re- re mentally and physically One of the features of the entertainment was the Airel quartette from Salt Lake They made the entire trip with the men from Salt Lake and andall all alJ along the line made a big hit with their splendid talent and fine selection lion tion of songs The singing staging of ot Miss I Dora Thorne Thome of Roosevelt and also I the tho reading by Miss Bird of Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt volt won great t applause Mr May of Roosevelt made a short talk on tho the extent geographically of 1 the basin The principle address was made by R R. C Collett He amassed figures and facts that were startling yet proven to be true Taking the seven counties north of Salt Lake as asa asa asa a means of comparison he stated that all of them put together had but little more mor land under cultivation than the Uintah basin He gave the number umber of sheep cattle etc the basin basin basin ba ba- ba- ba sin had now He lie stated that the of the Uintah basin If exchanged exchanged ex ex- ex changed for n money oney would meet the the- seven seven se billion doll dollar r war tion He told of the mountains of natural natural nat nat- ural asphaltum enough to pave pavo every ever ev ery er street In Utah of the billions of feet of lumber of the molybdenum and other wealth At the close he hesta sta stated ted that tha t the Uintah basin deserved a railroad and the facts proved it Responses were made by Salt Lake men F. F C. C Richmond president of the Salt Lake Commercial club made madean an address promising that the basin basin basin ba ba- ba- ba sin should get a railroad as soon as business conditions permitted He said the war was taking all the steel and that rails couldn't be bought for foran an any price now In the same strain was as the talk of the other men The basin will wilt get a railroad when the time comes Some seem to think that would be soon others thought It would be a question of two or three years rears Wagon roads road were discussed and the Salt Lakers promised to use all their influence to get good wagon and automobile roads Into the basin From Roosevelt the crowd Journeyed Journey journey- ed on to Vernal Their they saw the results of years of effort The beautiful beau beau- valley was given as an example of what can be done with the great basin The Salt Lake men finished their trip firmly convinced that the Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah basin was a a. big part of the state of Utah and should have all an the help they could give They made many promises of doing all In their power to help In the devel development of the ba sin Following Is the list of names of I those making the trip It will wilt give some idea of the strength and Influence influence I ence the party represented Julian Bamberger manager Salt Lake Ogden railway Harden Benn Bennion Bennion ion lon secretary of state W. W G. G Burton i wholesale lumber F. F D. D Cassity Z C. C M. M I. I C. C C. C Crismon assayer Jos Decker president Patrick Decker-Patrick company E. E H. H Eardley Eardley Bros company O. O J. J Grimes representative representative representative Salt Lake Tribune W. W J. J Halloran capitalist Fred S. S Hatch manager Cudahy Packing company E E. O O. O Howard vice president Walker Bros Dros bankers W. W F. F Jensen president president dent Mutual Creamery company H. H D. D Johnson C. C W. W M. M company J 1 A A. Jones Salt Lake Hardware company Dr E. E E. E Keeler or I I physician J. J David Larson Carson secretary Salt Lake Lak Commercial club Geo S. S McAllister president Manufacturers Manufacturers Manufacturers Manu Manu- Association of Utah Jos H. H Manderfield manager Union Stockyards company M. M R. R Murphy general manager Cudahy Packing company Chicago Geo T. T Odell general man manager ger C. C W W. M M. company company company com com- pany W. W C C. C Orem president Salt Lake and Utah railway and son Wm R. R Putman sales manager Utah Power and Light company F. F C C. C Richmond president Salt Lake Commercial club David A. A Smith director Deseret National bank and andson andson andson son A. A P P. manager Carpenter Carpen Carpen- ter Paper company Robt Spangler editor New West magazine F. F S. S assistant manager manager Z C. C M. M I. I Jno L. L Van Evra capitalist E. E M. M Weller er Jr Home Fire Insurance company H. H B. B Windsor Fire Insurance Insurance In In- urance Ralph Welch InterMountain Inter Moun tain Film company Arthur F F. Winton Winton Win- Win ton representative Herald Republica jean can Harold E E. Young Z C C. M. M I. I W V A A. Zimmerman Int Mountain Inter Film FUm company Ariel Arlel quartette A. A R. R Poulton manager John Bull Alvin Keddington I Arnold Poulton |
