Show CROPS NEAR ROOSEVELT the uintah basin did herself proud this year slie she has raised the the biggest crop in history of 0 all classes ot of vegetables grain and hay bay cut but the tamers farmers are up against a proposition of 0 disposing ot of the stuff at a price near the figure they are getting at points along the railroad wheat Is selling tor for per bushel but the majority of 0 the farmers are holding it tor for a higher price in the spring potatoes are a drag on the market and the price Is ranging from 40 to the tanners farmers have raised a bumper crop and the consequence will be the most of 0 them will have to be buried in pits until spring tor for it is virtually impossible to ship them to railroad points at this thi s timi time ot of the year deans beans are selling on the mariet market today tor for from ac to ae per pound and it Is hard to estimate at this time tile the amount ot of the production as only a bev ew have been threshed but there Is 13 no doubt there will be in the neighborhood pounds of beans within a radius of 15 miles of roosevelt raised this year the honey crop in and around this city was way below the average in this section but the alfalfa and clover seed crop Is unusually good and it is cons ert ively estimated that the yield will reach in the neighborhood of pounds now this will give the reader reade ot what has been done in this section ot of the basin as to the raising ot of crops of 0 course we havi have no way vay of estimating the amount ot of beets tomatoes cabbage and other vegetables that were raised bu but ili atie amount was more than to supply the 66 local demand what are we going to do with 9 chur r surplus stuff that la Is the question the farmers are asking one another from all reports the roads from here to price are just about the same they were a year ago or the year before that it Is true they had the convict labor working them for about six weeks but only about 4 or 5 miles were finished and rumor now says the convict labor has been taken oil off and the people will have todo to do the best they can until next year they are still working on the helper road but tilts this route is not very feasible during the months ot of january and february tor for a freight road it the powers that be will wil I 1 give us good roads to any point along the railroad we can nearly double the amount of crops next year but the farmers are from missouri and must be shown that road promises will hardly suffice next year I 1 0 |