Show railroads discussed at businessmen s lunch thursday at the business mens lunch lanch last thursday a lively interest was displayed in the applications of various railroad companies tor for a franchise to build a railroad through the uintah basin the matter furnished the major subject tor for discussion the majority of those present expressed the opinion that the D R G was not serious in its proposal to build a branch line and that a through line would be 0 of the greatest benefit to the basin it was decided that roosevelt should be strongly represented at the railroad meeting to be held in vernal on oil the the guests and principal speakers ot of the occasion were dr V L wildermuth investigator in charge of the government laboratories in arizona and dr 1 I M hawley entomologist tom of the state experiment farm these gentlemen discoursed interestingly on the eradication of 0 the chalais fly and the alfalfa looper two pests that have already teen been introduced to the basin john W carlson who is in charge of the experiment station at fort duchesne talked on the help the local station expected to be to the raisers of alfalfa and other crops in the basin A good representation of roose belts businessmen were present |