Show roosevelt EVELT IS HUB 1 cm the busy center of the greatest and best farming carmino 0 section in tho tha state of utah its resources and location unsurpassed by any in the great uintah basin it ii has been predicted that somewhere within tile the uintah basin with walh 1 lu the next decade or two would be built the third city of 0 the iha state of utah tile the query Is will one of the present presa org organized a towns of 0 the former indian reservation le be that alty or Is the eito for the same yet to be selected will roosevelt be that city roosevelt townsite te was selected by tho the uintah realty company composed of 0 ed F Hirm II armston ston ward W ird E rack pack jr and J G holmes the land was purchased with land script ard and the toyn surveyed and platted by mr harmston d urine during the winter ot of I 1 1903 6 As first platted the town bore the name ot of dry gulch entering the office one day the writer criticized the name some and mr harmston turned upon him said what would you name it then th enand Vand the writer promptly replied more in banter however than in earnest name it roosevelt and so the town was named atter after our strenuous ex president roosevelt Is splendidly situated it lies upon a bench sloping to the east cast and the south the character ot of the same being ot of such a nature that the soil never gets muddy when the dry emch irrigation company was formed in vernal in december 1905 roosevelt was vas selected as the future place of business of the corporation and this has added much to the business prestige of the town from the beginning but the town is so situated that it is the natural commercial center of a larger area than any other center within the basin for contiguous to the town extended to all points of the compass from this center Is the largest irrigated area of good farm lands to be found in one body within the state ot of utah there are acres or of fand udder canal much of which Is under cultivation and now occupied by setlers sellers all within a radius of miles from roosevelt within this radius are the present thriving centers of fort duchesne and moffat on the east whiterocks Whlter neola hayden dennett bennett and cedarview Ced arview on the north and northwest bluebell al tonah loka banner and Lahe tork on the west and independence on the south cast I 1 com compare pare the above irrigated acreage with that of cache county the first agricultural county of the state which in I 1 glo 1910 the date ot of the last statistics obtainable had acres ot of land irrigated and you can form some idea ot of the importance ot of roosevelt as a commercial center to acres ot of Irrig irrigable ible lands contiguous to her and actually under canal at tilts this writing roosevelt roosavelt was incorporated in february 1913 mr ed F harmston the father ot of the town being selected as the president ot of the town board her population and importance has grown since then until it Is now deemed wise to raise her government to that of a city ot of the third class and petitions have been circulated asking th commissioners ot of wasatch county to advance tho town to a city ot of the third class roosevelt now has a population ot of people within the city limits and a country farming population contiguous to the town tawn of several thousand people the town has first class district schools a good goed high school that will this year give a lull full four years high school course the high school Is now in temporary quarters but there Is a high school building now in course ot of con the same being situated t eg on a most beautiful and conia com andias n site in the heart of 0 a th thirty airty acre campus which under the contract must be completed by the first of 0 january 1913 1915 a and nd tho the school expects to move into its its new quarters the first ot of the year roosevelt Is well represented in all line of business the Roo roosevelt revelt banking company was established la 14 august 1913 and Is doing a fine business there are two good hotel doing a capacity business all tho time the town has a very good water wa works re s ats system tem hii which 1 ach w hila now owned by private parties may be taken over and owned and control ed by the town towa at any time the town Is the first ot of the now towns 14 the basin to enjoy electric lights and nightly the streets are flooded with light from the street system looking to the growth of the future the present town board Is now securing a thirty acre tract of land in the heart of the town tor for park and pleasure ground purposes this land la is so situated that a nice artificial lake may be easily and cheaply constructed and an ideal city park laid out ont fog to the convenience and pleasure of the citizens ot of the town good brick are being made within the town I 1 limits and twelve new modern brick cottages cottages are now under course of construct lon besides the 4 large now new high school building the very finest of building stone and sand Is easily access accessible able which insures cheap substantial building in the future roosevelt Is proud to be counted a town in which saloons are not tola abed and in which whiskey Is n riot at sold save under drug store restrictions roosevelt Is a dry town since the town was organized there ia lias becea little trouble with I 1 legger egger and t the e evil effects of 0 wa th a open saloon aloon are not seen upon pur gut streets with good schools both district schools and high school with good electric lights waterworks water works the town offers the modern comforts and conditions tor for growth development and expansion Us its citizens have aimed at a high moral plane in n the foundation constructed ted the ha town while promising most flattering inducements as a business center Is essentially a home town a town where one can feel secure in the rearing ot of his family a town built upon the lines oi 0 clean environment the homo home and the school so long as these ideals obtain roosevelt must grow in importance and her future la well assured |