Show THE LAST CHEAP LAND by J P MAY alay Only Large body of farm land low in cost left in the west there is cheap land in mexico considerable on the canadian prarle prarie in theland of the far north and we have cheap faim lands cut over acres in our southern states and this is all cheap and will produce good crops but where except here in the uintah bisin da aln is there a halt half million acres of excellent land and ample aa aiple water low in cost cheap with altitude and latitude at just right tor for the white man I 1 in a U S A 7 the white man grew and developed in that rigorous clime whole he was work work produced vigor ot of muscle nerve and brain on the nile on the titrus and Eup hatres in greece and in rome civilization developed and died and the remnants of those empires are dusky those that have survived there but auf all the main vigor the pep came from roin the northern stock that where it developed the climatic conditions that give ease and comfort are in the warmer latitudes where vegetation is most luxuriant but in such euch environment and permitted such ease the whito man mail retrogrades here in the uintah basin is the last large body ot of cheap land left in our country that Is land that is ia most like pioneer times when men got land and water for little k more than the labor required to reclaim it by this is meant farm land furnis furnished bed with water rights tor for 1000 to per acre according to location state of develop ment grade grad 0 of soil etc and this 1 is a white mans climate I 1 know of a good farm sold cold recently tor for per acre 80 acres 70 acres in good shape 32 acres alfalfa a fair home out bul bildings dings trees and well fenced excellent water right two miles to c hurch church and school and on twenty years time at 6 percent interest I 1 know of acres of deep soil dry gulch water ater rights right fenced all undeveloped that sold tor for on the same terms and near the state road only tour four miles from roosevelt the water right shares enough for acres Is today worth the price paid in five years it will be bc worth it the labor and ana improvements are given it land bargains here in the uintah basin ara so like thirty years ago in idaho or 25 years ago in the big horn tact I 1 wonder viander some sometime timea it it is really ally in utah in 1927 it Is said paid that farming is down that is it is under a cloud but mighty forces are working A national consciousness is slowly but sure surely I 1 5 awakening that will favor the he farmer farming agriculture continued on page tour four THE LAST CHEAP LAND continued from page one and stock raising has passed into a new era or epoch farming la Is now a business or it te Is nothing the day ot of the expert has come to stay and the time ot of the guess system has about gone never to return in this country only as a 0 science may farming progress on firm ground under conditions condition that are rapidly assuming ling definite litte force the farmer armor will receive for his labor ibor as much per day as the skilled professions pay and interest on his large investment our farm era em demana better living and they tire are going to have it 11 it if thae rational mind will hold firm when rationality develops personality develops too A man may be an egoist or 01 a an n egotist and have strong duality but these qualities do not imply or prove that there la is als j rationality above the average or that there Is personality more that than there was in his class a thousand years ago our great country is growing fast another generation wilt will see much that wo we eat cat imported F farm arm lands are demanded more each year the increase in population ir in the U S each year is as much or equal equa to the total population of utah idaho arizona new mexico nevada and montana and a little more in tact enough more to populate wyoming about as well as it Is peopled today may the basin long remain dewed up as a it were that tunnel will soon be ready for business in our two counties we have acres CC c land and water for it it if we to please the skeptic claim only of this as excellent farm arm land we still have enough tor for people and pasture sufficient tor for a few sheep and cattle but it wu do more than that wo need more people leopla we must have more people and we need more boosters boasters bo mani alan of us were failures failure 3 when we came to tills this isolated section with litell or no nc cash down hearted when we wc got here and we have had a hard time lets wake up and fight tor for ourselves workers fighters ar ari I 1 in a dozen ways liere here oui hundreds of lakes in the giant uintah range and our many streams of water vater with these vast areas of good land make us independent lets protect and enhance this in dependence lets build homes like we meant business construct good barns and study agriculture an and d stock raising like scientists thi will eliminate gloom bring more people and make us more happ amidst natures bounties and iu ill white mans land sirs airs beulah mathews la Is on the sick list also her baby daughter who is suffering from an abscess mart alart allred of clay basin la is III with tick fever johns john X anderson Is in arcadia working on hla his lease there several teams started on friday morning hauling sand band from the river it Is for the new school house that is to be started soon |