Show we are justly proud of aur uintah basin winters there ave are four seasons but it Is all basin weather unique hermane Hir mane good goad for far mau man and abor I or beast basin winters are unusual in fact they are unique hone at roosevelt we nuy may have a night or two of sub hub zero temperature but that is ia sleigh rides are scarce in fact the old time ride over the snow and ice is just a memory of oe days of yore in fourteen years we have had one winter that furnished great hopes tor for a sleigh ride and a lew few possibly did ride in that good old way but before merchants could get sleighs and they did order them quick and a good stock the snow had zone gone the bobs were returned cretul ned to the railroad for or other course altonah alzonah Al tonah boneta and other towns up on the mesa from 1000 to 2000 feet higher have snow and elso bobs specially especially when they go into the timber but that is on the higher land and that is not typically uintah basic weather on an winter conditions in fifteen years we can testify that winds during the th winter total about ten and halt half of this en c cirac ame in 1927 almost our reputation when salt lake city and other places in the intermountain country got a blizzard wind about seventy five alvo miles per par hour houi with sleet and snow the basin gets eats a breeze it Is true in fact it wind but 10 lo when ria may bo be called a this happens in winter time we know what they are getting in idaho wyoming nevada and all the country around us they are jetting getting well you know yet it Is not hot once when wyoming got such a blizzard that traffic was stopp ed people were killed many feet cost anil and hands frozen and livestock killed ws wa got cot a breeze from that unfortunate un state and everybody who knew the basin understood stood that wyoming was getting one of her usual and typical bad ones when cold N 7 7 comes each tall fall wo we settle iown for a good hasin winter we know that st it will wili be winter but we also feel farel suie buie each time thai that it will be a peaceful winter a winter wherein people e may say it la is COC coci or even cold but still a winter that you y ou like just because it is winter it has bas a good god tang a sort of personality of I 1 its is own just jua like it was made tor for us only our winters wiit ers are quiet free ot of the mean phanes of usual gouni mountain winter weather sr a time and a place when and where men may think work eat and sleep and not be anxious for or skiing to come too soon it is a time during which we may consider how long 0 lord how long will that railroad bo be when we may wonder whether cans will hold us back another five years yes wo we may wonder why federal money Is spent on non interstate states that federal money for roads must most be spen spent i on these and no other kind of 0 roads winter is our time 0 of rest enjoyment leisure when every little hamlet hartlet has its entertainments and society comes forth in the peaceful winter time this uintah basin winter weather is a kind a variety that la is not found elsewhere it Is ideal for men and it is exceptionally goo good 1 I continued on D eight WE ARE JUSTLY PROUD OF OUR UINTAH BASIN WINTERS continued fiarn page one for sheep and tor for cattle livestock men have only one worry and that is to have mother nature drop down enough snow to keep stock out on the grass where there is no ao water close around notice thir snow is dropped down not down the only kind of snow we would know is the kind that just settles down quietly in tune with the winter we would not have a snow that comes with a twenty five mile wind and snow or sleet that came with a fifty to sixty mile blizzard like they had in zion a f tew ew days ago would ruin our rep citations and cause causa many of us to ilee iee such violation of natural conduct as it were would be infamous of 0 course we never had it dont expect it and we wont want ever lave cave it we hope our other three reasons are just as u unusual but ill all four are so our own deserving special treatment tor for zach each season that one is enough for one story one reason why we have better transportation Is that we are so busy hurtig the other three seasons that when winter comes bringing such quiet tude such blissful peace and aad a nd harmony we dont become sufficiently spunky dont get enough bussing cussing cus sing feeling we are just too contented |