Show radio ia broadcast salutes uinta basin NN rand and IF ac delegation bids visitors igi to industrial convention fi and indian fair 1 vat uinta basin self styled a land of destiny and one of the 1 states richest farming livestock and mineral centers was honored n wednesday night by the tha tribune telegram in another of a series 0 of f radio salutes to intermor inter intermountain mou etain communities ral 1 I at the same time a delegation sq tot azof basin residents who made the trip strip to salt lake city for the ra e adio 14 dic program invited utahna to the i annual industrial convention and ac indian andian fair to be held at fort duchesne august 23 24 and 25 a cradled between the uinta mountains on the north and two large plateaus on the south the ferelle basin country one of the stat states ea largest and most progressive indian colonies 74 t amicable relations with the in I 1 it dian tribes were established in 1 B 1886 when the order ed four companies of soldiers from ked p fort fred steele wyo to build wa a fort in the territory since then the basin area has I 1 grown rapidly under the influence of white settlers extols merits extolling the merits of the basin on the radio program were dr it Q warnock president of th the industrial convention and C C wright superintendent of the YI uintah ouray indian agency other participants were helen A of roosevelt who won first prize in the regular know tabi 11 your intermountain west quiz contest harold eldredge of duchesne and charles bingham of vernal who tied for second place and loya benson and leonard burgess of roosevelt and lola almane arie nash of vernal k of the land of destiny sn dr r warnock declared the basin h has as tun undeveloped developed resources more extensive than any similar are in she the united states it is a territory of vast wealth just waiting for the time when man n finds it necessary to at when hen he does the uinta basin will become one of the most productive centers in the united states I 1 vast ast mineral resources conservative estimates place mr r untouched coal beds at 65 tons our gilsonite at 2 tons and our ammonium sulphate at tons in addition to our mineral wealth our virgin forests forest S could yield feet of lumber and our irrigable land totals more anor athan an acres U ys moon lake project which is expected to furnish needed wate gaor for the basin is the largest water development attempted in eastern utah he ha said and should make ive he e country literally bloom with illi ps when it is completed the edview dam is part of the pro ct COW and d our wealth of natural beauty 1 comparable to that of our nat ed effal resources and our mascol miscol n i points of interest are lt rany y ur dr warnock Warno elt added th national monument and col he e uintah reserva ion on have long fascinated ids of tourists all ou our leading communities mal ernal fort duchesne roosevelt aton ton and duchesne have been five in making civic improve bents ants in the past two years and a a result we consider uinta asin in an exceptionally exceptional lv fine place 1 be mr r waight lauded the enter rise e shown by indian tribes and lid d they h have become acome fine cattle sey farmers gardeners and H clod pod canners Wi tribune bune |