Show IOKA utah to the roosevelt Stan standard daid we continually hear a cry from those who ale aie riot not informed about the well watered area of the aln tah basin in ill last weeks week is issue you copied from the citizen of salt lake city an article immensely rich basin gold mille awaits development by silt salt lake which boasts of the thousands lf of of well watered and fertile lands lying idle due to lack of inadequate transportation facilities while all know that the main beas on for aceres of land lying idle is lack of irrigation facilities we have very extensive irrigation canal systems with their heads in dry creek beds or rather lather areek beds which had about as well be dry tor for the major part of the season because the government has appropriated the water four few the use of the indian lands there has always been those who boasted of our water supply with their adget and this one thing has done more direct harm to the uintah basin than all other forces together yes it is true that the com paia tive few who draw water f aiom i oni the duchesne river do have an adequate supply but the great masses s S of the people have water only duding the flood season and thus our agriculture is one farmer la in the roosevelt Koo sevelt section said to me only yesterday it if we only had an adequate water supply I 1 could as well have 60 aca acab As or of grain this season and all other crops be all they will be besides when a real farmer fron idaho has heard all of our boa boasting ol 01 fertile acres with an abundance of water drops in here in ill time and sees our measly little much p enters inters in ink woula be necessary to convince him that isoni something ething is not seriously wrong there is one word that will ire deem dec m the uintah basin water storage arid and any move either einer p public or private that tends to inter in ter fre re with or the storage or of i eter ter tor for the aint uintah ah byln asin country Is T i direct menace ace and a hindrance hin drane a 0 o tie development of the country 0 air ir schools and our main i oad boad tj ti silt lake have received conal idera tion tar far in excess 0 of what the home condition ot of the people have warranted or will warrant until such time as more water is made available tor for use in fit the spring and a also I 1 for the growing fic dod from alio time vie llie flood season is over until fall it appears that alie U S lezia lesla mation foicey are offering to the failers money tor for the storage of 9 w a tc l in moon lake this i money a oney is to be ii terest teres t fre hie e and to be returned during a period or oi deuty M ER years now it is yet far frem a settled thing that the will ia 2 accept tills this money for 20 years yeara past they havo have been conati constructing noting canals voting specia taxes to solve their difficulties until they are now 0 burdened to tile breaking point and they have lave largely become suspicions Dici of all public schemes only light taxes arid and more water willm will really develop the uintah ba sl it respectfully yours ROBT XI 11 C |