Show 11 HIGHLAND IGHLAND ninth of our series oe booster articles on an the various towns in the uintah basili highland is located between my ton and roosevelt on the famous north myton bench agriculturally it la is further advanced than most or of the basin districts thay have a good grade school a farm bureau a sunday school the beginning of a prosperous community everything which is produced in the uintah basin Is raised in this fertile district where nearly every acre Is growing something at a profit and nearly every farmer is malting making money the principal products for export are honey alfalfa arid and clover seed beed dairy products good orchards while not numerous give evidence of what the land will do even apricots peaches and pears produce well the elevation Is about feet the increasing of dairy herds Is now one of the main questions before the people and the movement Is on foot to get two or three carloads of pure bred cows many of our farmers lar get 30 yer per month or more for milk sold to the local creameries crea erea meries merles many good homes testify to the permanency 0 of farm life and rapid improvements are being made several homely bachelors I 1 are still vainly looking for I 1 partners and judging from the fertile acres acres and good returns they should be rewarded in in the near future the prospective home seeker will find here good inducements because nearly every farmer has more land than he can rightly handle our excellent location and many advantages make us optimistic for the future and even without a railroad we can make money when the iowa and idaho farmers cannot the average farmer has from to 2000 annual seed check from to from turkeys as much as a carload of honey besides these we have sheep in ili small bands and ample beet beef and pork were it not for tile the fatt fact that myton and roosevelt two thriving communities are located one on oil the north and one on oil the south of our district only eleven miles apart we should have had a prosperous town As it is we shall soon have good community activities and a small town the state road passing between myton and roosevelt comes down through our district for a distance of six miles thus thug insuring us good mall mail service arid and convenient communication muni cation with either cither of the two towns this fertile bench Is ir fr by one on the nine canals owned and operated by the faraci carvers far vers s thia water costs us 2000 an akrc acre our canal comes from the laka foa k river where a permanent sup v y during the driest years is as asi red rd because of the storage capacity of the famous moon aloon lake larget largest one of more than a hundred likis lakes in the famous |