Show Uintah Basin Problems Presented at Meetings Held in Roosevelt Packed House Greets Publicity Development Commission Saturday Night Commission Gets Picture Of Uintah Assures Help Thousands of basin citizens who had cherished the thought that March 7 would be the i awakening of their dreams when the Uintah Basin j Planning boards in connection with the committee of seven who t were selected to present proposed j projects to the governor and his J and Development com-l mission at a meeting held in were very much pointed when they learned that i the governor was unable to at-i tend the meeting due to pressing business and that the representatives of the development commission were unable to make any concrete promises for I the immediate the officials representing the governor and the commission did prom ise to exert every effort to aid the local agencies in development I of suggested Banquet at Duchesne Duchesne county commissioners met the members of the Publicity j and Industrial Development commission at Duchesne Saturday j noon where they were entertained by the Duchesne Lions club at a j banquet held at the Mission j Speakers at the noon day lunch-eon stressed the importance of 1 great deposits of and the Red Creek coal Members of the commission 1 who made the trip here from Salt Lake City were Ora H. J. Plumhof and Sheldon A. S. chairman of the i commission was unable to make the trip due to I Muke Trip Over Blue Bench After the luncheon the commit-I tee was taken over the Blue i Bench district in order to give them a bird's eye view of this vast uncultivated From the Blue Bench they traveled through the upper country to where a meeting with the boards of Uintah and Duchesne counties and the committee of seven was held in the Roosevelt L. D. S chapel at 3 o'clock in the Committee Outlines Projects C. C. superintendent of the Uintah-Ouray Indian reservation and chairman of the committee of seven for the Uintah in his introductory remarks after introducing the personnel of the explained the nature of the meeting was to acquaint the commission of the problems of the Uintah basin in and to seek the moral and financial support of the State of Utah in the development of this great inland He also made it known that he accepted the chairmanship purely as a citizen of the basin and not in the capacity as Indian superintendent Wright further explained that the first and most important project set up by the committee of seven was the Echo dam power project on the Given river near and called upon Jesse Cheney of Vernal to explain iu the commission what had been done up to date in order to get the project He told of the correspondence his committee had had with the congressional representatives in and also with state and government officials in Colorado in an effort to have this project injected into the congressional bill for the construction of the Dewey reservoir Other Projects Lined Up Wallace Calder of Vernal presented the scenic wonderland project with beautiful pictures to prove his many points of He explained that it was the desire of the state Centennial committee to make the Uintah basin the scenic and sportsman's haven of the The Uintah mountains surpass any playground in the Calder and if we can get some development on roads leading into the high we will give to the state of Utah something unheard He suggested as reasonable projects a road of 15 miles to the beautiful Moon a Uintah canyon road of 15 miles and a 17 mile road leading into the upper Dry Fork More Fish and Game David president of the Roosevelt Fish and Game recommended and outlined several projects desired by the sportsmen of the Leola bottoms wild fowl the development and enlargement of the Whiterocks fish building of a series of large rearing an extensive fish planting purchase of storage waters in several beaver planting in the higher planting of elk and moose and making Lake Bohren a recreational center for the Asphalt Roads B. Wall is of presented the potential possibilities of the largest deposits of rock asphalt found anywhere in the located and running through the entire He stated that if these deposits could be worked it would supply labor for hundreds of citizens who are now compelled to leave the basin seeking a livelihood in defense Indian Culture Presented Ray E. speaking on the possibilities to be derived from the Indian culture to the State of explained to the commissioners that the state could well afford to build a state museum in this part of t he-state for the purpose of keeping and caring for collections of natural and scientific curiosities of our pure native American Dillman who has spent years collecting Indian invited all present to view her collection on display at her Publicity for Basin Roy of Duchesne in presenting a publicity project injected some humor into the meeting when he said that inasmuch as the governor had set up the commission represented at this and started it out with a title of that we need to Page Uintah Basin Problems Presented At Meetings Held at Roosevelt i from Page no fear to seek help from them pertaining to He suggested that they give assistance to this part of the and that when any books or pamphlets 1 were placed in circulation that the Uintah Basin had which had not been carefully handled in the Room for Small Reservoirs Harry district conservationist of the located in presented a map showing the necessity for the building of several small reservoirs within the Uintah basin which is one of the problem areas of the the map diagramed thousand with a population of He cited the Chipeta lake project of the Whiterocks Irrigation company that has been authorized as one of many that should be constructed within the next few Evening Meeting Well Attended state government recognizes the problems confronting the Uintah more than four hun dred citizens of Uintah and Duchesne counties were assured at the meeting held Saturday even- attended by member's of the I t j I j and industrial Development The meet- ing was conducted by C. 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Wright of Fort chairman of the sponsor-ing committee who explained that the urgency of discussing lems vital to the Uintah basin has long been felt by leaders in the state as well as the counties Governor Herbert B Maw sent a message of sincere regrets that unavoidable circumstances pre-i vented his attendance as He that ho was very much interested in this district and the solution of our and that he would stand behind recommendations of the Publicity and Industrial Develop-i ment A considerable amount of publicity has been given the recently proposed suggestion that the Uintah basin be opened to enemy aliens who are to be evacuated i from defense areas Wright explained this movement was j suggested as a means of supplying j labor for increased production I and development in the Uintah I 1 Investigation that there would be in direct proportion to I j the amount of capital available I for development and the I committee had taken no further action in sponsoring the relocation American Citizen f Japs Attend j Quite unexpectedly the meeting was attended by a delegation of Japanese men who were extended the courtesy of expressing John a native of Salt Lake City and Fred I. representing Japanese people in Frank En-do of and Roy N. of showed appreciation for the fine It was their they to find a part of the country where a large number of Japanese not yet evacuated from the defense could live and sustain themselves until the war is Purpose of Commission It was explained to those in attendance that the State Department of Publicity and Industrial development was created to investigate possibilities of developing the resources such as minerals and potential to stimulate the promotion of various industries in the Ora Bundy of the state commit- 1 told of a plan that has been studied over a period of years w-hereby the waters of the great Colorado river could be harnessed brought through the Uintah mountains and dropped down where it is needed to serve a portion of the State of Such a he would furnish an adequate supply of hydro electric power to develop mines and many industries heretofore un-thought of for the And for the Uintah basin such a project would among other saw mills where the finest of lumber could be finished for ultimate It would provide sufficient water for grazing land and the growing of corn and other feed would make livestock a paying This is a Bundy and it is up to the who are most vitally concerned to ultimately achieve such a Sheldon who is in charge of fairs and exhibits in made an appeal to the commissioners of Uintah and Duchesne counties to bring in exhibits and other interesting material to the state which would give the Uintah basin invaluable publicity throughout I he rest of the state and help to preserve a spirit of unity and fine regard among the people of Perhaps the thome of the meet- j ing was expressed by H. 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Plum- j hof when he have come j out here to determine what your conditions and what as I a committee created by the legis- I I might do to assist I I Although our first effort at the present time is to win the and regardless of the restrictions on travel due to the strategic j importance of Mr Plum-hof recommends that the of our primitive areas and the advertising of our scenic attractions to tourists and would have gratifying results As a the Basin is not without strong appeal because of the Indian influence which is focused Another which should not be foreign to a district such as the Uintah is the operation of dude Plum-hof Such ranches in Wyoming and other sur rounding states have proved to be profitable he It was also pointed that the Uintah Basin is perhaps more suited for agriculture and raising of livestock than for many other The people of Uintah and Duchesne counties were commended by the slate committee for their interest in problems at hand and for the fine spirit of cooperation manifested at the |