Show HELLO FELLOW CITIZENS ANOTHER YEAR AT HAND S B y al A A ral lanill let et s check up on 1929 19 29 it s about time VO A hat has the year brought Us what does 1 the new year indicate ca ito roosvelt roosevelt has haa tasted some of vie tae sweets and some ot of the bitters during this anno domini our town own has grown IT lo 10 population many new homes important business additions ind and worthy wo rby all testify 4 to to prosperity and pro pros less ieso amidst this success therie thene has b fcc ean cn xa an element of the other extreme the year 1928 was the hardest evier ever experienced because ot of the long houa from about my may until september four long months we toad had mighty few clouds 4 and very little practically no ILO rala rain tile the lack of conture was not so hard on us a as ithe continued dry wea wealthier luer thier old sol beat down un day alter day after week and month after and during Jur ins the ibe time alme when we ased n at d ed only modest sunshine but despite the long spell ot of hot dry weather we liavaa havi survived we havo have passed through the he worst season ever known not only cheat but bug and animal azil mal known to us in the basin ihas has been out in tull full dress I 1 a r complete lack ot of manners or fairness fairuz as alter after such an am experience it is Inde indeed iid gratifying to know that we came through ditl IBS injury financially and aad otherwise than we have thought possible had we known thi th facts eight months ago 7 therefore Roo stevelt efi and the many communities surrounding it should feel justly that a big battle was forced upon us by natures unforeseen un forseen demands and ws have come out ot of the struggle feeling that fighters have hav a right to be we have lost about a halt half n allars vl lars of our usual alfalfa seed sed l while there is enough grain for or our 4 manas there Is not elou 1 I tor for care of our aur dairy stolk hai ha is ample and conditi conditions ois ge geraldy rally ara good aside from this drop in our ready cash hut tz als territory has ben lilt hit hard b bhore bore never quite such a heavy le loss ss ani and we cai stand stalla up and bu men after the at because we have many ahin bilings s for which wa va must teel feel grateful grate tul our dairy business ihas has become morg more stable the grade of stock im and the of 0 caring lor for abern has imen betE bet siad ivd milk and butter now furni sli us more moire cah in th the Rocse verri territory torY than icban we received ivel lr aromi m all other sluices ten tea alears ago pretty good eh and we aig are slug sinis fairly rabidly in Ws this industry tm tie small email bands of 0 sheep kave have inci cased in number cumbe r the prices tor for wool and mutton are very goods good and this elph BAag sAag 1 ET ea ETA A ETE ani tills this helps hapa hom homes es be ca baue ue u e the small herds have glown rapilly ira in ill kumur r our range cattle are ae now back to the old position wherein the owner may mike m in ike a fair profit hence the cattle man aa feeling good ouri rai nigle cattle are not as many as wei we had in days ot of yore tnt tho number is grow 21 an S our national highway ihas been considerably extended the victory highway or edral route no mo au las L is been greatly improved west of duchesne Duche sae end and will bs ful uit ther fler ini improved proved ix year right A tile city limits tze luie new project extending bendi east eastward wara is almost completed to the ainah river bridge further east a laige amount of work lias been dome and is still going for forward forwark warl so as to make a completed road from vernal to antelope in the new year we expect to see ee the antelope duchesne sector commener comme neW it is theire fole very pleasant to know that one bis big victory has been nearly won and afeld complete success very near and ithac Is ui in having one main maim highway extending through gili this inland malie e and it will soba be lecog as the best besl national highway over the line rocky mountains mount alna from denver deliver to ito salt lake city this highway will cause many a local citizen to smile as st it is aheady very pleasant it will put us on oil the map as nothing else would do many signs of stability are aire to Ve more tall fall plowing was done pa fall than ever before even though that was tar fir less than iian should have apen eone when the record drouth did break lain porel parel down iday day af atar ate day just right tor for soll soil absorption C editions m were ere ideal lor for tall fall fa laii 1 arl rh and spring work will slave ur unusual assistance matuie evident lr tried triad to make up for lost time f ir r unfair treatment the new year beair 1 is 3 promising better than average conditions despite the dry weather wo we had enouch water to jo prevent awe es in ia nearly all districts our experience is valuable because we have been staught a good lesson or awo and this tead binz will not aaa 2 L be without immediate value 0 roosevelt has grown tu to tion and wealth against adversity our community has shown growth it we dont have quite quit as much leady cash we have more conal dence and thit that is the element we f need moat anost our schools indicate ad van cement in numbers as well as I 1 in education A larger number of young mea and women have ngone 1 to universities for higher education 5 our city has every reason to be 61 ai ambitious when our farmers hold A oh on valiantly ly against such a liard hard y s s TI reason surely aur our town should shoula show I 1 1 signs of pep action JV that a bigger roosevelt a n better town it is 13 quite bulte certain 1 1 i that evidence of pushing forward i is liere here e we welcome the now new year 1929 and we say farewell to 1928 with in victory in ill work well done the future looks looka bletter belter for roose velt and the acres of 0 re claimed land surrounding us with its communities and farm arm homes than any new year ever indicated 8 f t s be before foTe another big gas well was biou glit in mear inear vernal and we have near us operations that may 1 l e deiy important that tha railroad ra ii raad seems little nearer neaner but w we sale becoming bisgeir and in a tc few f ow t tears at this rate wo we will do some I 1 st if thin ourselves perhaps but th 8 future appears bright the mitat basin can go eo only une one way viz forward roosevelt Is in the center of this progress benco roosevelt may do only one thing viz GROW hall 1929 we ate are ready tor for business by J P MAY |