Show CO CONGRESS GnESS WILL BE nE ASKED TO 4 V ABANDON TILE PROPOSED GREEN RIVER RESE RESERVOIR PROJECT Roosevelt Correspondent Saturday a number of the prominent prominent prominent nent men from Duchesne motored to Roosevelt at the invitation of ot the Roosevelt commercial club There isan Isan is isan an effort being extended to draw both communities more closely together and do away with the present feeling feel feel- ing lug of antagonism The Duchesne delegation vol voided voiced ed themselves as beIng being being be be- ing in favor of retaining Roosevelt in Duchesne county and establishing theline the theUne theline line Une where it has been supposed to be A committee was appointed togo to togo togo go to the State legislature to see what could be bo done along this line Une and to work with senators and representatives rep rep- from this district to have the line so 60 established Hon Harden Bennion secretary of state has extended an offer to do all he could to assist In the matter The matter of ot the government Green river reservoir reclamation project was also discussed The lo local local lo- lo c cal l club was authorized to appoint a committee to draft a suitable petition peti peti- tion to the tho state legislature asking that body to petition congress tl t to abandon this project because of the great damage It will do the Uintah basin Besides taking approximate approximate- approximately ly acres of good land from the basin and converting It into a storage reservoir It will cover much of ot the present gilsonite deposits and obstruct the present railroad surveys besides making impracticable the eastern outlet to the reservation coun country try try- Much was accomplished in this meeting toward uniting the two towns so lets all follow tolloW the Idea and get together and work for a bigger bigger bigger big big- ger better and richer Uintah basin n- n |