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Show Thriving Communities of the Uintah Basin LA KF, FORK v One oT the most up-to-date farming farm-ing sections in the l.asin I on the beautiful Lake Fori; bench 10 miles from Myton. As far as the eye can see in every direction from the post-ol'ice, post-ol'ice, of which Mrs. K. C. Morrltl is postmistress, arc beautiful Ik-Ms of grain, alfalfa, vegetables nl many orchards and the settlors, who a few years ago had to buy their feed for stock, and produce for the home, are now selling the surplus raised on ihclr farms at a good figure. The land Is watered ly the Dry Mulch system and the Lake Fork Irrigation company's canals. Lake fork is hut a few miles from excellent grazing land and many of the Tanners in this neighborhood are going into the stock business, ranging rang-ing cattle in summer ami feeding the product of their farms in winter win-ter One teacher is employed in Muscimol Mu-scimol at Lakefork and there is also a general merchandise store here. A Mate line from Myton carrying mail, pasongers and express runs Mirer t lines n week. -: rou. loka is in the center of proba'd.. the best develu. ed farmi.'g comm.: uity in the basin. It is four miU-north miU-north of .Myton on the bcautifu' North .Myton lencii. The farmers in this neighborhood have proved the lands of this conn ti- to bo as good if not beltei (ban any irrigated land in (he western c.Mi:itry: Exceedingly heavy yields-of yields-of alfalfa, cereals, fruit and vegeta ble ; are grown on these well improved im-proved f.nniis. The soil is of a rich il sandy loam. The land is watered water-ed by the Dry Mulch system. oka has a posiolMce, .Mrs. . K. Jukes postmistress, two well equipped equipp-ed :-(hools each with one teacher There is also a well attended Union j Sunday school. The enterprising farmers have 1 nit a phone line to Myton called it..- Da;t line and have spent mud; lime and money improving (lie ronU in the neighborhood. loka receives ' i.a! three times a week from Myton A movement Is on 'foot to maV.ci the business center about one mile o,th yinder the name of Rryan. .;. AXTKLOI'I-: ; J'.eginning at a point on the Du rhesne river eight miles above Myton My-ton a beamifuj valley called Antelope runs back many miles to the mountains. moun-tains. ; . n.o i.imiMi of this valley a school lias been established and an 1... D. S. sumlay school meets each week. The broad valley from its mouth, where some of the best improved farms in I lie basin are located, to its source in the mountains is well teltled. The upper end of the valley val-ley is principally, a stock and hay racing sedion. Hundreds of head of calMc grave there in the summer and are fed from tile prolific products prod-ucts of the valley tonus in winter. These farms are watered by private pri-vate ditches diverted from Antelope rjeck except at the mouth. Here ,1..- farms u!T under the drey Mountain Moun-tain canal, a xuvPrnnieiit project. ! :;- MLR CAP ',- v. ' ' ,s - ( Red Cap is a new lownslte recent- Jy surveyed on the Red Cap flats be-; I ween the Duchesre and the Lake Fork rivers, 12 miles from Myton. j UMiough the town is but Tour mollis o it is becoming quite a ,..n!it- A postodice lias been established. John llok-iu postmaster C. Larson is building a commodi- ux store building In which he will place a good general stock of merchandise. mer-chandise. There is a good school eu.pl. syiag one teacher and a Union Sunday school. The Red Cap canal, a governnu-.it pro'ioot. and the Curdy ditch supplies v.aler on the fertile land which i i i-iiii; nut under cultivation rapidly. 'I he upper end of this Hal is one ol ; the bent peach growing sections in j ihc-basin and many Hue. orchards are. )(.a,ing there now. C.eneral farm j erops are also raised and produce ;itiU!idantly. ( 1 lhe Red Cap country was nai.:.' 1 alter Red Cap. the head chief of the Ule Indian irlbe. who still make.-, this neighborhood his home. v. IMIKI'KMU'M i; v I the center of a 10.000 arce trad or excellent farm laud the I town of Independence was located at earlv date aMef the oiening of the reservation. Rclng one ol the il settled sections the farms in his neighborhood are highly improved improv-ed and the people are becoming prosperous as they Und a ready njar- kel for the large surplus of hay, grain, ; otatoes and vegetables raised rais-ed on their farms. The laud is watered by the New Hope, ditch. The New Hope Irrigation Irri-gation district is planning" to extend this ditch to the Duchesne river at an early date as the water in the Lakefork, owing to the many ditches diverted from . that stream above them, is inadequate for their needs. Ira Bryant, postmaster runs a store and hotel at Independence and a good school Is maintained. A stage linef rorn Myton delivers mail three times a week, the poslof!ico is S miles from Myton. ;: ft. mciiRsxu -:- .k :j- j: -Ji, :- r Ft. Duchesne, for many years before be-fore the opening of the reservation, an army post, was abandoned as such In 1011 soon after which the I'intah and Ouray Indian Agency was moved mov-ed there. Albert II. Kneale. Agency snperln- l'ercheron Stallion Slasher," No. 1 ,4 !2 Owned by V, A. lif'S. Uiiosevi. It , I'tah. tendent, directs the work or that I department from this point, and! thousands of acres of Indian landj have been sold and leased to white v ind put inul'.r cultivation by the j Indian himself under his aide man-j agement. It is the intention of Mr. i Kneale to have all of the Indian land n the ba.in under (iillivation by i i the year 1 !i 1 !) and although tiiin will j be a big undertaking it will be accoin-! Iplished under the present methods of ; handing. Ft. Duchesne has beautiful build-j ' U-KS.. .inn'iy-t ' t t'.iu . hieli ul'c :vt i present vumccupUul. Tbn agency of-1, tk ials and employees make their J homes here. An excellent water sys-', . ... i . .. 1 1 loin has recently been lnstaueu aim a hospital for the care of Indians and emergency ceases under the direction of Dr. II. li. Uovd. govern-1 ment physician has been equipped. The store and postodice is managed b Robert W'oodhave and the home- like Caldwell .hotel are the only j J.usinc-ss houses. The l intah Railway i company maintains a te.egrapn. pas-j engor and freight olliie here and also large warehouses. W. II. Allen Al-len is agent. 1 One mile east of Ft. Duchesne a I considerable settlement has grown j prim ipnlly through the entorpri.e of j Wong Sing, a Chinaman of exception-1 al business ability. The mercantile 'business he has built up Is patron-: ied by farmers for miles around and a very large stock of goods is j 'carried by this establishment. Ai 'branch store or the Vernal racking! conipanv buvs and sells meat at this', .dace There are a number of gilsonito; ilaims and mines located norm oi Ft. Duchesne and Moffat, a settlement settle-ment two miles east of Ft. Duchesne. An excellent school and the Nichols & Donaldson store are located a : Moffat, and the office of the I'intah 1 River Irrigation company. The can-j als of I'n is company "over a large , tract of land in Mils neighborhood ::- ALTON. n ; Among the towns that have m'.de exceptional advances during the past year Attonah probably le.ids. A large; jiumbei' of Indian allotments were, old and about ri.OOO acres loused to I while settlers by Ihe Indian agency in Ibis vicinity. It is estimated that Jthe cultivated lands increased from ; :.0(mi lo fi.oiM) acres in that time. while he iopulaton of the neighbor-. hood Increased :Rl per cent. j There are l':i,O0O acres of tillable: land in the AUonah section most of i which is under an irrigation system, i Four canals, the Dry Gulch lrriga-j ! lion company's, the Farmers ditch,1 'the Timothy ditch and the Indian canal ussures ample water rr the' laud. R will tie but a short Mine until It h: all cultivated at Mie r.'o.M.m rate of increase. Wheat, oatts. barley bar-ley and alfalfa are MiP principal crops raised. AUonah has a school population of I : J IT r . I'oiir teachers arc employed. I The L. D S. hurch and the Fnlon Sunday school hold weekly meetings. There is also a good business representation. rep-resentation. The J. M. Millard mercantile mer-cantile company, general merchandise, merchan-dise, The Jensen Moat .Market, the ' Albert D.istrup blacksmith shop, the; (J. K. Roman furniture and cabinet j btore. a millinery parlor. Mrs. W-' Schlmegelow. prop., and the C L-I L-I Anderson law otiloe are located here. ! Altouah is also head quarters for jthe J. M. Millard Telephone com-Ipnny. com-Ipnny. This company has connection I with every town in the north west 'section and is also connected through (to Myton. Roosevelt and Duchesne. 'A new line via I'ark City will be com-jnleted com-jnleted by .ovo:.V-( 10 j'.d aiutli. c .outlet to Sajt Lake City by plume ' will be open. ! Two handsome buildings .'.re i planned ror construction this fal'. jThe J. M. Millard company will huil 1 a two story brick 2.S0 feet and the L D. S.i church a hall and meetlnt house aO.xSO feet. ARoiiah is 2S miles north of Duchesne. Du-chesne. 2 1 miles northwest of Myton and 2:: miles west of Roosevelt. A ; try-weekly mail service runs from ; Duchesne. i-H iuin. ' -'. .;: -- :!- '- On the fertile bench on the south side of Lake I'ork river fifteen miles above Its Junction with the Duchesne, the town Roneta nourishes. There are I.Ti'.S acres of land ir this neighborhood under cultlvalon ! thi year, this amount representing j only, about half the tillable land. I Five hundred and llfly-four acres jare in wheat. 1 SS in oata and the balance in alfalfa, orchards, potutocsj ;etc. The trop report from that sec-' jtlon this year exceeds nil previous : ; yields although some canal dlfTicul-' ' ties putt he crops back perceptably. i Horses, cattle, sheep and hogs lure raised and particular attention is bo;as paid to the breeding of fine! dany cattle. The Roneta country .will he an excellent dairy country j some day. Dally shipments of cream jare now made to the creamery at j Duchesne. j Many Hue orchards have also been !plinted and all are doing well. Con-It Con-It Injient to this section is one of the i largest forests of the state and a large amount of lumber used In the basin (Is sawed by the three saw mills op erating there. The enterprising citizens of this neighborhood believe in good roads and' have spent much time and money improving'them. The John Pilling Auto stage line runs daily from Duchesne to Roneta. The Roneta postofiicc, Mrs. A. O. .Mad-sen postmistress, is the mail dis-' ly, except Sunday, via the John 1M1-lins 1M1-lins Stage line from Duchesne to Roneta, Ro-neta, thence by a star route conducted conduct-ed by 11. 11. Meeehaiu. Passengers and express are also carried on these lines. Mountain Home, situated as It is in one of the best settled sections of the basin has hecome a busy trad- ' Part of Apiary of Dan II. Hillman, Vernal, I'tah. 0m0, - ft mm:zmm jj; .-::": : .-' I Rxhibil at First Cinlah Rasin Fair. Myton. HUO. 2 Walker Trophy, awarded Coo. T. f.niith. of Mytim, I'tali, for host a) fa I fa seed., :i Raled Alfalfa, on ranch of D.D.Carter, near Roosevelt mi j Yellow Pino Logs from Ashley National Forest. I trlbuling jioint for Mountain Home. AUonah, Rluebe-11 and Alt. Emmon. The Millard Telephone company maintains a station there. An ox cellent school, emidoylinj two teach-! ers tiud with an enrollment of S3 pupils is maintained. The one store, the Roneta Trading Trad-ing company, J. M. Maekelson. manager, man-ager, has grown from n very small Institution to one of considerable size and a good general Rue of merchandise mer-chandise Is handled. C. M. Marohant is soon to erect a blacksmith ,u j ' r ' . . .. ,. ' - - the town. A flour mill with a capacity of GO barrels daily is in the course of construction and will be a valuable asset in the development of this sec-! tion. as the extensive country sur-' rounding Roneta includes some of the best wheat land in the basin. ! .MOIXTAIX HOMK 'r .K :j. .j: .v.- jj. ... Mountain Home Is situated on the fertile bench between the Iake Fork river and Rock creek. It Is about 16 miles due north of the town of Duchesne. Mail reaches Mountain Home dai- ing center. . The business houses rep-reented rep-reented in the town arc the Stevenson Steven-son Cash store, the Lewis Cash store, and the Geo. A. Petty store, each earrving a general line of merchandise. merchan-dise. The Wm. D. Shirts blacksmith shop, and the Viek Vickers Sh.oe shop. Many skilled workmen also make this their home. The Farnsworlh Canal & Reservoir Reser-voir company whose canals water the 4,7 50 acres now under cultivation cultiva-tion in this neighborhood, maintains i'"jglliutat Mountain"' Home and the the citizens. The well equipped post ;ofllco Is under the supervision of postmaster post-master Rrlgbani Stephenson. Three teacher's are employed in ' ihe schools. The enrollment this year Is ISO, an increase of over 50 ; per cent over last year which gives the render an idea as to the growth of this section! The L. D. S. church is well established estab-lished in all its branches at Mountain Home. It has n well equipped mec-t- i ing house. The Mountain Home Commercial club with mi active membership of 2.r. reports many new residences planned for construction In the nearj future and also a number of business busi-ness houses. The Farnsworth Canal & Reservoir company is contemplating contemplat-ing the building of a reservoir on the site purchased from the Indian department In 190S and a filing has been made on four lakes to the north and west of Moon lake In which to store water. The principal industries are cattle, cat-tle, horses, sheep, agriculture and lumber. FIU'ITI, XI i'i i: .. :i rh :K Frullland represents a 12,600 aero , strip of fertile rolling country and I bench land between Currant creek 'and Red creek. The postolllce and settlement of that name is situated on the ranch of W. P. Howe. A biweekly bi-weekly stage carrying passengers, ogress and mail runs to Frullland. Mr, Howe is postmaster. Fruilland is on the Pikes Peak 'ocean to Ocean highway. It is 12 r.:!Ies to Duchesne and f.r. miles to lleber from this point. The Fruitland store, carrying a complete line of general merchandise, has grown to a thriving business un- ,lrr the management of (1. N. Rrooks, There are two modern school louses on the bench, named the F.est Fruitland and the West Fruit-Land Fruit-Land school. Two teachers are em-ploved. em-ploved. Kast school and a well attended at-tended L. D- S Sunday school uses ;the school house ror their Sunday meetings. One teacher is employed at the West school.. A well orsan-llzed orsan-llzed rnlon RHle Sunday schoot meets i here etieh Sunday. The school census shows 2 children of school ago. un I increase of 25 per cent over last 1 vear. " Two canals from Red Creek supply sup-ply this section with water for lrri-! lrri-! gat ion. The Red Creek Irrigation j company's canal, completed under the assessment system, has a carry-!inp carry-!inp capacity of 18 second feet and J WiU soon be enlarged to capacity. 2S second feet, ami a reservoir is . I planned for the near future. A smaller smal-ler ditch carrying i second feet of water from Red Creek Is alao completed. com-pleted. The Currant Creek Pioneer 'irrigation company has a canal under un-der construction at the present time and the work is being rushed to com-i com-i pletlon. The higher lands in the Fruitland j section have great possibilities as dry farms, a number of settlers are J now making excellent crops under ; this method. The crop from this (neighborhood is especially good in ;oats and spring wheat. Stock raising. both cattle and ! sheep, is one of the principal indus-j indus-j tries of this section as there Is some of the best range In the state near ut hand. The adjacent mountains are covered cover-ed with an excellent growth of pine timber and two saw mills are in operation. op-eration. An IS. 2 foot vein of coal, one of the largest veins in the United States, at the head of Red creek Insures In-sures ultimately good railroad con nections. One of the most extensive Klaterite veins in the world is being opened along the Strawberry river. Largo deposits of gypsum along Currant Cur-rant creek will some day dovelop a commercial enterprixe. -I: CKDARVIKW -v i.K .i -j: -JL ij; -.'i j. Cedarvievv is one of the best do- -vc-lopod sections in the basin. Over half the land in the Cedarvievv neighborhood is under cultivation at present and increasing at the rate of 10 per cent each year. Under two system, the Dry (lulch Irrigation company and the Cedarvievv Cedar-vievv Irrigation company, ample water wa-ter is provided for the land. Wheat, oats, alfalfa and potatoes yield heavily heav-ily and garden produce grows abundantly. abund-antly. - The raising of dairy cattle, the production of honey and farming are the principal industries. Muny fine hcids of dairy stock are to be soon on the farms in this neighborhood and there are a00 stands of bees producing honey from the extensive exten-sive fields of alfalfa and clover. Cedarviow is in the center of the artesian water belt. The deepest well yetjlrAfl'r x,i and the feel d e. qa'Sebo wT g a bio 'ns" Tr"r" minute. The average flow of the wc-lls drilled so far is gallons per minute and the water is pure and tasty. A number of other wens will be drilled in the near future. Cedarvievv has comfortable, well equipped school buildings and employes em-ployes four teachers. The L. D S. church has a commodious building Is well organized in every department. depart-ment. Roing but 7 miles from Roosevelt and 12 miles from Mylmi most of the trading is done at these towns. Two blacksmith shops are j supported at Cedarvievv. A stage carrying passengers, ex-I ex-I press and mail run daily, except Sunday, from Roosevelt. Thos Robert: Rob-ert: is postmaster. It is estimated that the population popula-tion of this section has increased 25 per cent in the past year. jI HAYDKX vi v: . Ilayden is located in Ihe broad fertile fer-tile bench between Neola and White-rocks White-rocks and is growing into a live, hustling town. There are two general stores. T. T. Wilkerson and the Horricks Mercantile Mercan-tile company doing thriving businesses, busines-ses, and the Peterson hotel accommodates accommo-dates the wants of the traveler. Hayden has a live Commercial club, an excellent school and the L. H. S. church organization is well established. es-tablished. Plans have boon made for a creamery and this will be built in the near future as it is one of the Imperative needs of this section w hich is today one of the finest dairy sections in the basin. The honey industry also thrives in this neighborhood. Almost all of the well developed farms have a number of stands of bees and their product 'add perceptably to the income in-come of the farmer. The land in the neighborhood is partly under the Dry Mulch Trrlga-jtion Trrlga-jtion system and a number of co-op-loratlve and private canals. Hayden lias daily (except. Sunday) mail service from Roosevelt. It I K, miles from Roosevelt and '1 miles from Whlteroeks. -y. x TAllltV ! : 1 Tabby is located on the Duchesne river 22 miles northwest of Du-jchrsne. Du-jchrsne. A stage line from that point j running three days a week curry 'passengers and mail. ! Tubby is the center of about .'..On i (acres of very productive farm land. Throe thonsnd acres watered by the Farm Creek Irrigation company' (Continued on Tage Slxteeu) j Tiutivixc; commixitiks or THM IINT.VU 11VS1X (Continued from Page Nine) Uiich. the Tabby ditch aud the Pike canal. Along tli river bottom there are a number of Indian allotments. During the last year S00 acres of tjils land has been leased and bought by white settlers. The principal crops raiceJ are hay mid grains. Heavy yields in both fire reported this year. Horses, cattle cat-tle und sheep do well on the extensive exten-sive gra2ing lands in the vicinity. The honey industry also flourishes, there being about 300 stands of bees in the neighborhood. At present there Is but one store i Tabby, the Maxwell Cash store. Ilruce Maxwell, proprietor, is also postmaster. The only church organization or-ganization is the L. D. S. A good rehool house employing two teachers is located here. .Many new industries aud buildings arc planned for Tabby in the near future including a creamery, brick kiln, power plant, saw mill, and a shearing corral and dipping vats for sheep. Ten new dwelling houses are , also planned and the Indian departing depart-ing will construct l.r new houses on Indian allotments. -r. XKOLA rK :. .c :t- is vi yt: yt: i Ncolu, a thriving little town 14 miles north of Roosevelt is making rapid headway in the development of Its many resources. In the center cen-ter of a large, acreage of farming hnd it is also in close proximity to the extensive lumber forests of t'e north. There are four saw mills vitJiin 14 miles of Neola Large bodies of copper ore and oilier minerals have been discovered in the vicinity and this will be no ?M11 factor in the future upbulld-iiv: upbulld-iiv: of that section. T;ie land is watered by the Ccdar-Ai".v Ccdar-Ai".v Irrigation company and the T. N. Dodd Irrigation company canals. One quarter of the cultivated land in this neighborhood was worked for the first time this year. Neola will have a new four room-. d school house in the near future. The increase in school enrollment tills year is 2.1 per cent. Two teachers teach-ers are employed. The Lu 1). S. church which is well organized contemplates the erection of a fine brick building in the near future, also a 'tithing office and oilier buildings. J "V Neola MmOtammmmtmrnm na.T viliiTy mail S. 1 . l' from Kooscvcll. The Neola Grocery company, the Duncan hotel and the Averett shoe shop represent the' business end of town, A social hall owned by James Darnes who is also postmaster, helps toward making Neola a desirable place to locate. r'.- HMKHKLL Bluebell is located on the fertile bench about a mile west of the I)r3' (Julch creek. A thriving little community com-munity has grown up in the midst of the productive well developed farms. A general store conducted by E. L. Hancock, and an excellent school employing two teachers are located here. Mail is received from Duchesne tri-weekly. The land is under two ditch systems, sys-tems, that of the Farmers Irrigation Irriga-tion company and the Dry Gulch Irrigation Ir-rigation company. The Hluebcll section is favorably located as a fruit section and this will probably be the main industry of that neighborhood at some time In the near future as many fine orchards or-chards have been set out and are doing fine. :- HANDLETT & Handlett s situated on the west bank of the Uintah river about a mile above its confluence wtih the Duchesne, Du-chesne, and was originally located sa an Indian boarding school, which was later consolidated with the White-rovks White-rovks school Prior to the opening of the reservation the government plal-i ted a townsite here. I Handlett will some day be an important im-portant commercial center as it commands com-mands the entrance to the Duchesne valley from the east and southeast. It is on the main line of the Cintah Railway company's stage route. A 7,000 acre tract of land is watered wa-tered by the canals of the Colorado Park Irrigation company and excel-l-nt harvests of alfalfa, wheat, oats and potatoes are reported. The Ouray Valley Irrigation company is eon-uructing eon-uructing a canal that will irrigate about 10.000 acres of fertile land northeast of Randlett, and the Lee-land Lee-land bench on the south comprizes 10.000 acres of rich sandy loam that will tie watered at no distant date. Many Indian allotments in the Du-chesne Du-chesne valley have been leased and Hold to white settlers and a number of Indians are making productive farms of their allotments in this neighborhood. The Handlett townsite and the Henry Jim canals, both built and maintained by the 1. S. Indian department, water these lands. Postmaster Geo. A.shton runs a " i - general merchandise store which is growing into a ihrlTing business. Taere is n well built Episcopal Mission Mis-sion church under the direction of Rev M. J. N. Horsey and) good schools at Randlett, Dr. F. A. Irmen, government gov-ernment physician also makes his home here. I: MONARCH rM Monarch is the center of a 5,000 aero tract of fertile farm land, one third of which is now under cultivation. culti-vation. In the heart of the artesian water belt, handy to timber, lumber and good grazing land the neighborhood neighbor-hood surrounding Monarch is making mak-ing strides in development. The Codarview Irrigation company, com-pany, the Dry Gulch Irrigation company, com-pany, and a number of private ditches cover the various tracts of land and excellent harvests of grain, alfalfa and potatoes are reported this yoar. Mail from Cedarview reaches Monarch Mon-arch three times a week. A good school house employing one teacher, an I... D. S. church and a Union Sunday Sun-day school are located at Monarch. I'. " -'i -I- MT. KMMOXS v: lu y: y. yc y. yz v: Mt. Emmons, until recently known as Hanner, is situated on the Lake Fork river 13 miles from Myton. Mt. Emmons is one of our newest new-est settlements. The postollice has been established but a short time, Mrs. John Farrell, postmistress. Mail from Duchesne reaches Mt. Emmons three times a week. A good school building 2 0x64 feet, accommodates 121 pupils and two teachers are employed. There are about 10,000 acres of tillable land in the neighborhood. A majority of this land is Indian allotments. al-lotments. This. howccr, is fast be-ins be-ins leased and bought by white settlers. set-tlers. It is estimated that the increase in-crease in populaion in this section was j 0 per cent during the last year. The principal industries are farming farm-ing and cattle raising. Wheat, oats and alfalfa grows abundantly. Exeel-lent Exeel-lent yields re reported although more than half of the 2.r.00 acres of cultivated land was plowed for the first time this year. The Mt. Enimons section is under the Dry Gulch Irrigation system. :;- T.LJ.iil-; r V.: rl: r'.i :V. :.i ':!-. r.i X. Talmage is located on the fertile bench between Duchesne and Mountain Moun-tain Home and is the center of a well cultivated tract of land under the Farnsworth Canal & Reservoir company's canals. The John Pilling auto stage makes its first stop out of Duchesne at Talmage giving them a daily mail. Fine crops of alfalfa and grain arc rised in this neighborhood and it is becoming one of the. prosperous communities of the basin. The Thompson &. company store supplies the settler with groceries and sup-lilies sup-lilies and Mrs. Davis is postmistress. Talmage also has a well equipped school. Nir J - v,. y,, -A STRAWBERRY yc vc v: yc ix yi yi yi Strawberry is located 5 miles west of Duchesne on the Strawberry river. There are many fertile acres in tho Strawberry valley tributary to the III tie town. Water is easy of access and the settlers usually build their own ditches to their land. All kinds of garden stuff, hay and grain grow abundantly. ( Strawberry has a good school house and an enrollment, of I0 pupils. pu-pils. The L. D. S. church organization organiza-tion has laid the foundation for a meeting house which will probably bo completed this fall. Mall reaches Strawberry from Duchesne Du-chesne twice weekly. Mrs. Vaughn Jolley is postmistress. The Vs'. T. Jolley store accommodates the wants j C the neighborhood. v I'TAH.V X Seven miles above Duchesne on the Duchesne river is the little settlement set-tlement of Utahn. j The wide valley surrounding Utahn j is well cultivated. The Pioneer (inal that covers the land was one of the first ditches completed on the reservation. Today the 1.000 acres of fertile soil raising all manner of farm produce pays the farmer well l for his work. The dairy and honey Industries are well developed in this section. Two-hundred stands of bees are busy gathering honey in the neighborhood neigh-borhood and dally shipments of cream are made to the Duchesne creamery, via the John Tilling Auto Stago line. A good school employing two teachers with an enrollment of 43 :tcholars is located here and the Millard telephone station at N. M. Keel's allows intercourse with the neighboring towns. . IIAXXA Hanna is located on the Upper Dtuhesne river 33 miles from Dull Du-ll Ucsne. The mall is carried three times a week from this point. Wm. P. Hnnna Is postmaster. The principal Industry of this section sec-tion is sheep raising. It is estimated estimat-ed that there are in the neighborhood of 23,000 sheep ranging on the grassy stopes in this section. Cattle rais-infr rais-infr is also one of the principal in-dnstrles in-dnstrles there being 2.000 head on tlie range. There is about 2.300 acres of farm land in this vicinity, about one half of which is under cultivation at the present time. There are three ditch projects covering the land, the Rig Springs, the Rhodes and the Farm Creek ditches'. There are about 10 Indian allotments allot-ments in the neighborhood. About 300 acres of this land is leased by white settlers. The school enrollment of Hanna is 37 and two teachers are employed. The L. D. S. church is well organized li?rc. Among the new industries planned for the near future is a saw mill and a power plant. Abundant water power is available for these projects. IiEETOX -: Leetou is situated at tin- upper end of the Indian bench. Willord Whit lock runs a general merchandise store for the accommodation of the farmers and stock raisers in this well settled section. The land is watered by the Dry Gulch system, private canals and the government canal. There are many Indian allotments, most of them under un-der cultivation. Many of them are farmed by the Indians themselves. Leetou receives it;; mall from Ft. Duchesne from which point a stage-carrying stage-carrying mail. pas c iii'ors and express ex-press runs a distance of 12 milos. wiiii i:i:ocivs : Whlteroeks, icil oi the Indian schools and for !c.r;y years the agency of the Uintah and Ouray Indian In-dian agency, is situated between the Uintah and Whiiorockfo n acommund-ing acommund-ing site sloping rij idly toward the south. - Here the IuU:.n k,i rt incut " 1 spent cOnslderai'T - money 'io'r .J 1 building and niaiiatainanco of schools for the education of the Indian. The R. L. Marrlmon store carrying a large I stock of general merchandise is locat-Jed locat-Jed here. Many fertile aires of farm land, mostly under small private ditches diverted from the Uinlah river and the smaller strc-nns. raii-e abundant crops of cereals, alfalfa and vegetables. vege-tables. Many fine ore hards now coming into in-to bearing in this neighborhood demonstrate dem-onstrate the fruit-growing possibilities possibili-ties of this section. -:- -: r. OURAY y; yi j- .. .k Ouray, located at the junction of the Green and Duchesne rivers is one of the oldest settlements in the basin having been an Indian trad-lug trad-lug post for years before the open-lug open-lug of the reservation. Large tracts of Indian land not yet under irrigation surround Ouray. Many herds of sheep winter graze In the neighborhood. There are many patented gilsonite claims in this section and the Ute-land Ute-land Copper company, whose copper mines are at. present being extensively extensive-ly developed, are five miles from Ouray. Many placer claims with excellent prospects are In the course of development on the Green river. Gold and platinum are the principal metals found. Ouray is the home of the Curry Mercantile company. The Roosevelt-Watson Roosevelt-Watson stage line of the Uinlah Railway company stops here and also al-so this company maintains a tele- phone station at Ouray. i IU.r.MEsA X Rlumesa is the only town at present pres-ent located on the Illue bench. With the completion of the Rlue Ilench Irrigation district No. l canal by Jesse Knight and the cultivation of the land the townsite was laid out and is growing daily. The town has an excellent water supply. A well was drilled and a wind mill pumping water to a large tank supplies the citizens with thc best of water. The Rlumesa Mercantile ompany supplies the settlers and citizens with everything in the general merchandise merchan-dise line. The school this year win have about 50 pupils and the L. d, s church is well organized. LA POINT I,a Point Is a new townsite platted in the Deep Creek basin by j, c r Hacking and Dernie Coltou. There is one store and a postoflice. The soil on the many productive farms around La Point and Taft which is one mile to t he southeast, Is a ridi red clay loam admirably adapted to the cultivation of cereals, fruits, alialfa and vegetables The mountains north of LaPoiut contain a good vein of coal similar to that in (he Vernal district, and two mines are operating tnere. Cop per, lead and other mi icrals are also found in the Uintah mountains iTear by. The I'intah-At .cns Mining Min-ing company has done considerable development work on tl.? coppers claims in this neighborhood and expect ex-pect in the near future to operate on a large scale. LaPoiut is on the old atc road. It is said that this road is shorter by 50 miles than any other road from Vernal to Salt Lake The Thoroughbred Sheep company has large holdings in this neighborhood neighbor-hood and YV. II- Uurton and son of Vernal have a well improxed farm upon which heavy yields of hay and grain arc reported. mii)ii:v Situated on the southeast end of the Red Cap Hats and extending to the Duchesne river is the Mid view Section. Well developed farms surround the little settlement, which is X mile' from Myton. A tri-weekly stage lirej carries mail to the postollice lo-at- ed there. A. Ilergner is poslmuster. A school employing 011c teacher is maintained. The fertile hind which product; excellent crops oT alfalfa, grain, vegetables and fruits in abundance is watered by the canals of the Duchesne Du-chesne Irrigation company. Many fme dairy cattle are being raised in this neighborhood and the honey industry Is being built u extensively ex-tensively j |