| Show DAGGETT COUNTY TOBE TOBE TO BE ADDED TO STATE Becomes comes e-comes Official and J. J Legal gal Reality on January 7 7 In Accordance With Proclamation of Acting Gov Harden Len I t. t At noon Monday January 7 1918 1915 Utah's new county Daggett become becomes an official and legal reality in accord accord accord ac ac- ac- ac cord with the provisions of or a proclamation procla procla- mat mation issued November 16 by Acting Acting Acting Act Act- ing Governor Harden Bennion Back Dack of this bare statement lies a genuine story of vital Interest not only to the citizens who dwell within the boundaries of at the new county but to every citizen of Utah who desires desires de do- sires that in n so far as is within thIS the power of the state equal opportunities ties shall be afforded every citizen In the extreme northeastern corner corner corn corn- er er r of Utah there is s a great tract ot or land laud varying in character from fertile fertile fer fer- tile valleys valles to mountain ranges capped with eternal snows This tract is bounded on the north by by- Wyoming on the east by Colorado on the south by the watershed of the tho the Uintah mountains and on the west by bT Summit county j a J a WC More than a quarter of a century ago settlers came into this remote section of Utah settlements were founded ranches secured and stoc stocks z ed and within a few years was begun begun begun be be- gun the development of ot irrigation projects to obtain water for some of or orthe the large area of at arable land V E Progress and prosperity prosper attended the efforts of tho the pioneers in this section of ot the state but there was vas one serious serous handicap to proper development de- de development de dr- of or the resources In fn a manner man man- manner l ner ner er commensurate with tl the opportunities otherwise presented The principal town in this Becton of Uintah county is Manila ManIa which is centrally lo located In n one of it the l largest portions of or the arable area aiea of ot the region Chiu tn bu busy citizens o o tG region region reg reg- ion in n the northeastern part of tl the tle state h had d official business to tn CI at the county seat Yern Vernal l. l th thy sy y foun fon found 1 it literally a long long way y lo to go go In Inthe the summer and autumn the sixty sixty- five miles miles' over the mountain roads road was not so bad but for half of the ih year the heavy snowfall of tha high altitude bars the usual route u nd makes a roundabout way way- necessary Naturally enough the citizens citizens' wanted wanted want want- ed felt they were entitled to ami and finally secured a a. county whose seat which will be Manila is s to be located where it t will be easily acce accessible sible at at any and all times and seasons As the section grew in and worth in the development of oC its r resources sources so grew the sentiment that thit it should be h legally gally cut off from fromI Uintah county and the issue was I finally submitted to the voters of ot that county at ata a special electon election held July 31 1917 The certified returns as set forth forts Continued on Page Eight oft DAGGETT COUNTY AUNTY A U iTY Continued from Page One in tho tiie proclamation of the acting governor governor governor gov gov- show that the proposition as su submitted at such election electon for the creation of such new county was carried In the affirmative by a majority majori major ty vote of the qualified electors voting voting vot vot- In ing at such election electon and residing in that section of ot said Uintah county proposed as the tho new county of Daggett Dag- Dag gott gett and also by a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election elec- elec elec- elec tion and residing in the remaining portion of such county of oC Uintah I The vote within tho the section stood seventy-four seventy for none against the tho vote In n the remaining portion o of tho the county was votes for tor votes against showing ing a majority for the creation creaton of ot the new county of votes Is named Daggett Dag The new county count gelt gott In honor of Ellsworth Daggett a pioneer mining engineer and one of the trio that first developed the plan Ilan and carried forward the work of ot diverting di- di diverting di d- the waters of Sheep creek one of the main water supply sources of the section Mr Daggett is s still stilla a a. resident of Salt Lal Lake e actually and heavily interested in the growth and of the new county Daggett county Is la nine forty miles long and cl approximately seventeen miles wide this giving it an area of about square miles The boundary boundary bound bound- ar ary line flue begins at the Intersection point of the boundaries of Utah Wyoming and Colorado thence west to the 11 merid meridian n of west longitude longitude longi long tude thence south to the main divide of the Uintah mountains thence east cast to the Colorado state line lne thence north to the point of beginning At the present time it is conservatively conservatively conserva conserva- estimated that the arable section section sec sec- tion ton of the new county is in n excess ot of acres the soil soli being well adapted to wheat alfalfa and potatoes pota pota- toes There Is a great abundance of timber Umber both for fuel and lumber sawmills are numerous and easy ot of access and coal is being beng developed near the town of Linwood Manila l the tho largest town will probably be made the county seat of the new county and Linwood Antelope Antelope Ante lope and Bridgeport are among the theother theother other towns that have a certainty of or substantial growth as the region regon increases increases in creases In population and while Daggett county now has a population of oC approximately only it has every prospect for advancing far tar beyond beyond be be- I yond that figure as additional opportunities opportunities for development are arc brought by the sought long-sought and much deserved de do- served d right to centralize its activities Jr T L I |
