F 832 .U4 C72 Copy 1 WEALTH OF THE UINTMI BASIN. UTAH REVISED EDITION PRICE 25 CENTS Myton State Bank J. H. COLTHARP. Ptes. W. G. GENTRY. V-Pres. B. L. DART. Cashier Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits $30,000.00 This bank was established Nov. 1 1 th, 1 909, its stock- holders (mostly all residents of this community) had con- fidence in the country and put their money and business experience back of it to make it a success and to build up the tributary territory. Our steady growth shows they were not mistaken and by careful business methods and caring for their depositors, are now building up one of the strong banks of the state. Homeseekers are in- vited to write for detailed inforiration and to make this their banking home. "THE BANK OF SAFETY AND SERVICE" EDWARD MACKIE U. S. COMISSIONER Real Estate and Insurance INVESTMENTS AND LOANS Myton, Utah Uintah State Bank Building completed 1914 Uintah State Bank VERNAL, UTAH 97-54 ORGANIZED AUGUST 17th, 1910 CAPITAL $50,000.00 SURPLUS $5,000.00 TOTAL RESOURCES $260,000.00 This bank has been designated as Depository for Postal Savings Funds, Indian moneys and Special Disbursing officers by the United States Government. You are cordially invited to place your bank account with this strong institution. Special attention given to deposits sent us by mail. WE PAY 4% INTEREST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND TIME DEPOSITS BRACKEN MERC. CO. when you come to the GREAT UINTAH BASIN Yon will find Roosevelt the central and leading town, and Bracken's tSe leading store in Roosevelt. We extend to strangers the same treatment we do regular trade, and give good honest merchandise at reasonably low prices. BRACKEN MERC. CO., ROOSEVELT, UTAH Get It At The Rexall Store NO MATTER WHAT NO MATTER WHEN If You Get It There It's Right WALTER LLOYD DRUG CO. VERNAL, UTAH W. U. GAGON, Ouray. Utah. JOHN GLENN, Vernal, Utah. AUGUSTINE KENDALL, Rock Springs, Wyoming. Owners of ANGORA RANCH. Breeders of Registered Angora Goats. Learn how to buy Irrigated Farms on Denver and Salt Lake R. R. at $10 per acre. Home- steads and Desert entries, Stock Ranches, Coal Mines, Oil Lands, Gold Placer, Power Plants and Business Locations. Ask JOHN GLENN of Vernal, Utah who has had 27 years experience surveying and Abstracting titles in the Uintah Basin J. Winter Smith, Civil Engineer VERNAL, UTAH IRRIGATION ENGINEERING A SPECIALTY INVESTIGATIONS, SURVEYS. MAPS DESIGNS. ESTIMATES, REPORTS Reliable Information Furnished. Homeseekers Located. Pianos - Player Pianos - Victrolas Everything Musical Buy on Our Easy-Pay-Plan HENDERSON-BARTLETT MUSIC CO. VERNAL, UTAH Utah Representatives of Knight-Campbell Music Co., Denver, Colo. The >A^ay to Reacn 1 ne Uintan Basin is by way of the DENVER F^DIOfiPSMDR "SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD'' Either rrom Denver on tne East or Salt Lake City on tne AA' est. 1 nree trains daily carrying tnrougn Standara and i ourist Sleepers between St. Louio, Kansas City, Omana, Cnicago, Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salt Lake City, Ogaen, Oakland and San Francisco. Detailed iniormation tree on request: E. L. LOMAX F. A. WADLEIGH Asst. PassV Traffic Manager Passenger Traffic Manager San Francisco Denver I. A BENTON, G. A. P, D., Judge Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah VERNAL ROOSEVELT Distance 33.3 miles Automobile tires, tubes, oils, gasoline and other sup- plies always in stock at both places. Carload shipments of building material of all kinds make it easy for us to supply your wants with every- thing necessary for building a home. LESLIE ASHTON HARDWARE CO. Vernal and Roosevelt, Utah GEO. E. ADAMS Outfitting Homeseekers and Tourists a Specialty FULL and COMPLETE LINE OF TENTS, TARPAULINS and BEDS. GENERAL MERCHANDISE, CLOTHING and SHOES. Hay and Grain VE^RNAL, UTAH Post Cards and Stationery, Pop Corn and Peanuts, Home Made Candies Ice Cream and Soda Water VERNAL CONFECTIONERY Siney Lewi*, Jr., Prop. VERNAL, UTAH THE BEST ON EARTH me 7^^ STUDEBAKER^ Wagons, Buggies and Harness SXUDEBAKEIR B ROS. CO.,of UXAH Vernal and Roosevelt Branch Houses— R. Calder, Resident Manager Woodard -Curry Furniture Co. VERNAL, UTAH Quality Furniture Majestic Ranges and Free Sewing Machines Coltharp Stores Company RANGLEY, COLO. GASOLINE. OIL, AUTO REPAIRS POST CARDS OUTFITTERS for HOMESEEKERS AND TOURISTS STEAMBOAT SPRINGS COLORADO Indoor Plunge Bath, Sulphur Water 103 Degrees F. Steamboat Springs is situated 159 miles West of Denver, via Government Auto Highway over Rabbit Ears Pass. It is the largest town between Denver, Colo., and Vernal, Utah. Auto travelers and visitors will find their '-Haven of Rest" at Steamboat Springs. Auto supplies, best hotel (■'The Cabin,") accommodations, with an endless variety of health giving mineral waters to bathe in and drink to the "limit" of their desires and Cabin Hotel— the Joy of the Tourist capacity. Every steamboat must have its "Cabin" to care for the needs and comforts of the traveling public. Here, Mother Nature is giving out to "Father Time" an Eternal demand, the warmth (103 deg. F.) of Her Love, the waters of Life and Health, at the indoor plunge pool. L. W. CURRY M. W. CURRY. Jr. Curry Mercantile Co OURAY, UTAH General Merchandise and Indian Trader SUPPLIES for SHEEPMEN Navajo Blankets, Bead Work, Hat Bands, Belts and all kinds of Indian Curios Calvert & Waugh GENERAL MERCHANDISE HARDWARE AND HARNESS TARPAULINS AND BEDDING ^ Myton, Utah Uintah Basin Realty Co. ROOSEVELT, UTAH We Sell Uintali Basin LANDS Send for Free Literature and Price List Pick-up Lands trs^ G. M. Pickup ROOSEVELT, UTAH Special Representative National Co-Operative Realty Co., Washington, D. C. J. M. RUSSELL INVESTMENT CO. ROOSEVELT, UTAH Real Estate a Specialty Tour Gfiecking Account \Vill be welcome at this bank, wbetber large or small. Every help and accommodation consistent -with safe, sound banking will be accorded you. Our tvorkinf; force is ample and com- petent^ assuring ijuick and accurate service. We provide deposit slips, bank and check books free of charge. There is no better way of protecting ones income than by depositing your earnings in this bank and payirg your obligations by check. It is the dignified, impressive, credit-building method of handling your financial affairs. // is the one saje ivay. You ha-ve a complete record and get a receipt for payments made. Roosevelt Banking Company ROOSEVELT, UTAH W. A. MILES. President C I. JOHNSON. Vi«-Pr«iacrt HOMER P. EDWARDS, Cashier ROOSEVELT REALTY CO. ROOSEVELT [Incorporated] UTAH PIONEERS IN THE REALTY BUSINESS Have placed and sold 360 lots in Roosevelt, center oi the famous Dry Gulcn District. West Park sut-division, just on tne market. IMPROVED FARMS FOR SALE WALLACE CALDER Aftorney at Law VERNAL : : : UTAH THE FARM SHOP ED. F. HARMSTON ^ SON ROOSEVELT, UTAH Dealers m Uintah Basin Farm Lands W rite Them for Free Information For FARM IMPLEMENTS go to Leading Implement House m Utan, Idaho^ Wyoming and Nevada A. STREBEL. Branch Manager VERNAL. UTAH C. I. JOHNSON. Branch Manager ROOSEVELT. UTAH Ducnesne City UTAH IOCAXED at junction or Ducnesne ana J Strawberry rivers. Fifty-two miles from Colton. Daily auto service, Ducnesne Sta^e ana Transportation Company. Many ideal power ana reservoir sites nearby. Famous Elater- ite beds. 125,000 acres tillable land adjacent. Excellent opportunities for bomeseekers, and all classes of business. For furtner information address Secretary or the Commercial Club \A^e ITave a Home m the Uintan Basin Tor You Mofter-Bracken Realty Co. ROOSEVELT, UTAH We make a specialty of Colorado Park lands. On permanent survev of Morfat Railroad INDIAN TRADER! Beaded Moccasins Purses $1.00 io $3.00 25c to $1.50 Navajo Rugs Hat Bands Belts $2.50 to $25.00 75c to $1.50 75c to $1.50 R. L. MARIMON Whiterocks, Utah ORPHEUS HALL ^r^^'^ C. W. SHOW ALTER, Manager VERNAL, UTAH Moving Pictures Theatricals Dances Roller Skating Only spring floor in Uintah 6asin McKie's Dry- Cleaning Works VERNAL UTAH Ladies ana Gents Clotning :: Navajo Rugs, Lace Curtains, Portiers, Sweaters, etc. :: Gents Hats Cleaned, I51ockea,Triininea Agent for ED. V. PRICE CLOTHING CHAS. A. SMITH Consulting Engineer (Irrigation and Land) 504 Jacobson Bldg., Denver, Colo. btop at Jensen for Gasoline and Oil JENSEN MERCANTILE COMPANY 'Gate'way to the Great Uintah Basin* JENSEN, UTAH W. p. Coltharp Mercantile Co. : ESTABLISHED 1894: We Lead in Prices and Quality GROCERIES. DRY GOODS BOOTS AND SHOES FURNISHING GOODS MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING JOHN B. STETSON HATS LADIES' 1 COATS MISSES' SUITS CHILDREN'S DRESSES We are Competitors of Catalog Houses W. p. COLTHARP MERC. CO. VERNAL, UTAH REVISED EDITION Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah and Automobile Guide CONTENTS Fage Wealth of the Uintah Basin 15 Physical Features of Uintah Basin lit How to Get In 25 Precious Metals and Coal 27 Dairy Farming 31 Timber in the Forest 33 Hydro-Carbons 37 Alfalfa and Sweet Clover Seed 40 Oil in the Basin 41 Story of Wolf River Apples 43 Map of Uintah Basin 44 Indians and Indian Land ' 47 Hunting and Fishing- 48 Hints to Homeseekers 49 Schools and Churches 50 The Honey Industry 53 Sheep. Horses and Cattle 55 Hogs and Poultry 58 Towns, and Territory Tributary to Each 59 Map of Auto Highway 70 Log of Auto Highway '^2 Facts About Uintah Basin 74 Miles of Canals 75 Facts About Utah 76 COPYRIGHTED 1914 CjI B. cook, vernal, UTAH \^ <^ V^^^ JIJN 12 1914 #.^ @Cl.Aa75545 Wealth of the Uintah Basin Readers of George Barr McCutcheoii's Graustark have won- dered if he visited Northeastern Utah before he wrote that wonderful novel, telling of a beautiful country and a happy and prosperous people. The Uintah Basin is the biggest and richest undevelop country in the West, and offers the homeseeker and investor the most flattering opportunity. Land is cheap, water is plentiful and climate is perfect. Mountain and plain hold untold mineral wealth. The fame of the Hydro-carbon and oil fields has spread abroad. The timber in the forest is abundant and valuable. The estimated area of land is 5,376,000 acres, of which .540,- 000 acres is tillable. The portion not tillable is divided into grazing, timber, oil. mineral and "bad lands." Of the tillable land there is probably 100,000 acres under cultivation. The general slope of the country is east and southeast, with a fall just right for easy irrigation. The character of the soil varies according to the location. In one section of the countiy is the red sandy loam and in another is the gray clay. The low country is "made" soil and is anywhere from five to fifty feet in depth. It has been said that if the Uintah Basin were cut off from all the rest of the world, with no means of ingress or egress, it would be self- supporting. It would produce everything with the exception of tropical fruits. The main crops are fruit, alfalfa, sweet clover, oats, wheat, barley, rye, cane, melons, garden truck of all kinds, and sugar beets. It is the best watered country in the West. In order to get an idea of the number of streams the reader is invited to refer to the map. The rivers and creeks, rising in the mountains, hurry in their mad flight, one running into the other, until the identity of all merges into three, near Ouray, and afterwards into one, the great Green, which moves on in search of the mysteries of the Grand cauon of the Colorado. On another page is a table of canals which will be of interest. Many private canals have been supplying water for some years. Others are under course of construction and others in contem- plation. As rapidly as money can be raised the work progresses. The United States government began building canals for In- dian lands in the spring of 1905. At the close of tiie year 1913 the sum of $850,000 had been expended and 142 miles of main canals, with 175 miles of laterals had been completed. The area of In- dian lands covered is approximately 100,000 acres. The average cost of the construction of government canals is $7 per acre. The average cost of water throughout the Basin is $10 per acre. The altitude of the Basin is from 5,000 to 6,000 feet above the sea level. The atmosphere is naturally dry and pure, a giver 15 WEALTTT OF TIFE T f X T A TT T^ A S I X. I'TAII of liealtli to man and boast. The snn shines in whole or in part. 325 days out of the 365 each year. On the west and northwest. from whence come the spring winds, is a shelter of lofty moun- tains, some of the peaks of which stand, solemn and majestic, uncovered heads white with snow, to heights of more than 13,50(1 feet. The wind, which would sweep down that vast territory at terrific velocity but for these shelters, passes to the north of the Uintah mountains into Wyoming, and the blizzards rage in that state while over here the peaceful valleys are kissed by a smiling sun. For a few weeks in the spring there is considerable wind. During other seasons of the year the climate is glorious. The summer day is not too hot and the summer night is a de- light. The autumn is a dream. The winter is still, with plenty of snow. Now and then the weather is cold, but the average for the winter is not severe. The cold season is comparatively short — a month or six weeks at the most. The snow in the lowlands melts early in the spring and long before the farmer is ready to begin active cultivation the ground is in good shape. In the mountains the snow melts later, and in the midst of the irriga- tion season the streams are filled to the brim. The average date of the first killing frost in the autumn is October 4 and the last in the spring is May 4. The Aveather conditions in June, July and August are so nearly perfect that the growth of vegetation is so rapid that only seeing is believing. From the summit of the Wasatch mountains on the west to the Utah-Colorado line on the east, average distance 120 miles, from the Uintah range on the north to the Book Cliffs on the south, average distance 70 miles, total 8,400 square miles, total acreage 5.376.000 acres, is a territory rich in agriculture, stock raising, mineral, oil and coal. Cozy Corner, Fort Duchesne. Utah, showing asphaltum pavement 17 \yEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN, UTAH Physical Features of Uintah Basin (By Earl Douglass) To those who have spent their lives in the Uintah Basin its physical features seem quite matter-of-fact. The stranger sees it as a strange land indeed, a chaos of rocks, hills, buttes, bad- hinds, valleys, caiions, benches, foot-hills and mountains. Those wlio have an eye for the wild and out-of-the-way, the beautiful and picturesque, who are weary of cities and artificiality, revel in its wildness. The practical man sees the billions in money-value in its gilsonite, asphalt, and other hydro-carbons, in its prospects of great oil-outputs, in the forests and minerals of its mountains, and its great engineering possibilities which will make "streams of water in the deserts," causing them to "blossom as the rose," and in other sources of wealth and progress too numerous to mention here. The man whose chief interest is in human progress sees in vision a land transformed, sees hundreds of thousands of farms and pleasant homes, with the greatest diversity of farm products and home comforts, with fine stock and finer people, these homes threading the labarynths of the hills, spreading over the benches and climbing the mountain sides. But in spite of the industry of man he sees ever in the background of cultivated lands the background of the mountains, bad lands, buttes and benches, the ancient bulwarks of primeval nature, which will ever appeal to the feelings, instincts and imaginations of man and help to shape his character. "But how does it appeal to the man who has made the struc- ture of the earth his principal study?" This, virtually is the question which the writer is asked to answer in this short sketch. He may see all that others see, and more. He sees how an intelligent, common sense study of the physical characteristic of a country, especially like that of the Uintah Basin, would save a vast amount of time, worry, and disappointed hopes, and would be an immense aid in the healthy growth of the country and the development of its unnumbered resources. If we are dealing with the earth — -and that is the source from wliich all our wealth comes — we will be benefitted directly by knowing more about the earth. The occurrence of precious met- als, oil, hydro-carbons, etc., are directly related to the rocky structure of the earth; and though prospecting oiten requires large expenditures of money, the amount expended need be only a fraction of what it usually is if the prospecting were done on a true scientific basis. No one is more dependent on geological conditions than the farmer — in fact the whole future prospects of the country depend 19 WEALTH OF THE UINTAH ?■ A 8 1 X. UTAH on its physical and geological conditions, for its soil, local climate, the conditions for profitable irrigation, the division into farm and grazing land, what crops will grow best in certain localities, depend on geological conditions. Do YOU know that the Uintah Basin stands by itself? that liiere is no other region like it in topography, climate, physical, and geological conditions? No other rocks in the world have yielded the remains of fossil animals like those of the Uintali deposits along Green and White rivers. No other region has yielded such an abundance of nearly complete skeletons of the huge Dinosaurs, no other country has such deposits of hydro- carbons, and there is no other country which will give tlie same iiiunber and range of agricultural products. The details of geology like those of other sciences are com- plex and it requires patient work and skill to understand them; but some of the main principles are comparatively easy and are of great practical value besides giving zest and pleasant study for every excursion out of doors especially in a region like this. We can here give only a few principles hoping that in the near future it will be practicable to publish a booklet on the physical geography, and geology of this region, which will be interesting and profitable to the pupil in the schools, to the laborer on the farm, the promoter of great engineering projects, and all who are interested in the development of the resources of the region and in making it their homes. If you stand on the Uintah mountains in the region north of the Ashley valley and look to the southward you see a maze of rocks, buttes, benches, canons, valleys, etc., that seem a chaos which admits of no rational explanation. Beneath your feet ai-e red sandstones or quartzites. A little farther to the southward the outcrops of rock are of hard lime- stones which contain the shells of ancient sea-animals. Still farther to the southward and forming the shoulder of slopes of the mountains are hard sandstones. Then come red beds a thousand feet or more which weather into cliffs and slopes facing the mountains. Beyond these are sandstones again weathering into buttes and massive architectural forms in the foothills. Then there are sandy shales containing more marine shells then bad- land deposits and sandstones confining bones and skeletons of huge Dinosaur then more sandstones and south of these a sea- deposit of soft shale a mile or so in thickness which, weathering into plains give us the Ashley valley, then sandstones and shales again beyond these beds of alternately soft and hard rocks con- taining asphalt, veins of hydro-carbons and the bones, teeth and skulls of fossil animals different from anything known today or found in rocks in any other part of the world. 21 WEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN, UTAH In glaiK-iiiji' o\('i' this scries of rocks yon luivc hi'cn gazing all tlio time on ncwri' and neAver rocks. All arc "older than the hills" into which the elements have carved them, but newest are young compared with those which lie at your feet. Here the rocks slope away towards the southward, leaning up against the mountains. Go to the north side of the mountains and you will find in places the same beds dipping the other way or leaning against the north slope — at least you would if more recent deposits did not cover then. Evidently there has been an upheavel of the rocky^ crust of the earth in a great wave, and time and the elements have slowly worn oft' the crest of the rocky billow. But the earth waves, like those of the sea are not perfectly simple long upheavels, but they are more or less complicated by smaller waves. If this were not so we would see straight lines of buttes, parallel with the mountains, carved from the heavy sand- stone layers, and cliff's of the red beds extending like a red band from east to west, etc. But these smaller folds or waves compli- cate matters and make a formation that seems to dodge in and out or turn to the southward to get around the smaller uplift. The rising of these waves which form the Uintalh mountains was evidently no sudden dramatic catastrophe for it has risen across the course of the Green river which, as the uplift rose slowly cut its way down into its rocky beds keeping its right of way without changing its course. Wliat has the upheavel done? It has raised the altitude, in- creased the precipitation of moisture thus making the streams that have cut canons into the mountain sides and made valleys below. Soft rocks have been washed away making valleys nar- row or broad, depending on the dip of the rock. It has given the grade to the streams which makes irrigation, and great utili- zation of Avater power possible. It has compelled streams to pass through a great series of rocks and carried down the mineral constituents of all and deposited it in the valleys. It has made thousands of combinations of soils of local climatic conditions and of topographic features. ^mmffi ^^'^^<&tom»« Restored Brontosaurus. This animal lived in Uintah Basin millions of years ago. Complete skeleton recently unearthed at Jensen quarry by Earl Douglass, of Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh, Pa. Twenty-six four-horse teams required to haul bones to railroad. Animal was loo feet long and 20 feet tall. 23 TRIO OF STEEL BRIDGES I — $25,000 Government Bridge across Duchesne River at Myton. on auto highway. 2 — $15,000 Government Bridge across Duchesne River at Duchesne. 3 — $33,500 State and County Bridge across Green River at Jensen, on auto highway. w K A L 1 n OF T Tr ]■: [ i \ t a 1 1 p. A s I X. r v a h How to Get 111 Transportation facilities are constantly improving and it is expected that before the closing of the Panama Exposition the Denver and Salt Lake (MoH'at Road) railroad will penetrate the Uasin. Trains are now running from Denver to Craig, a distance of 256 miles. Craig is 135 miles from Vernal, in the Ashley Val- ley. An auto freight and passenger service between Craig and Uintah Basin points is being established as this booklet goes to press. Work on the railroad from Craig westward is to be |)ushed to a rapid completion. An obstacle in the way of this load is the James Peak on the main range of the Rocky Moun- tains. In February of this year the taxpayers of Denver voted in favor of a bond issue of $3,000,000 to aid in the construction of a six-mile tunnel through the mountain at a cost of $4,500,000. The railroad company is to furnish the balance of the money and work on the tunnel is to be pushed. It is believed the tunnel can be completed in two or three years. The Denver & Salt Lake road will shorten the distance to Salt Lake about 200 miles. The automobile highway, a link in the ocean-to-ocean high- way is now practically ready to travel from Denver to Salt Lake through the Uintah Basin, both via Steamboat Springs and Craig and Glenwood Springs, Rifle and Meeker, merging into one road near the Utah-Colorado line. See auto map and log on other pages. Homeseekers who desire to travel to the Basin by team will find the auto road very desirable. Going in from Salt Lake or other parts of Utah there are two choices, one via the StraAvberry project and one via Colton, both roads merging into one at Duchesne. There are other routes and some of them are delightful. Traveling from the east or the west you quit the D. & R. G. rail- road at ilack, Colorado. The Uintah Railway train is made up and ready to start on a wonderful journey, through valley and canon and across the Baxter pass at the summit of the Book Cliffs. The road was constructed principally for the purpose of hauling the immense tonnage of gilsonite. The distance from Mack to Watson, Utah, is 65 miles. Watson to Vernal, 54 miles. From Watson autos convey the passengers to Vernal, in the Ashley valley, the most thickly settled portion of the Uitnah Basin. The trip may also be made by way of Colton or Price, on the D. & R. G. road. Private conveyance from Price, or auto from Colton, and the traveler is soon in the midst of the vast former Uintah Indian Reservation, where many towns have sprung up and where much land has been developed. Occasionally a trip is made from points on the Union Pacific in Wyoming, by way of Brown's park and Lucerne valley. 25 W K A T. T H < > F T H E UINTAH I'. A S I X. V T A H Precious Metals and Coal It is claimed that two-thirds of the Uranium and Vanadium ore of the United States is found in Utah and Colorado. Most of the Utah deposits are in the Uintah Basin, and the Green river country. In the Blue Mountain country, in the Eastern part of Uintah Basin, along the Utah-Colorado line many claims have been located. On Skull Creek, in Colorado, near the state line, in Brown's Park and near Rangely, claims have also been located. Considerable prospect work has been carried on. With shipping facilities, the mining of these Radium-bearing ores will be carried on extensively. Utah mineral experts have announced that a vein of this ore extends from Independence, on the former In- dian reservation, to the Wasatch mountains. Recent discoveries have been made near Ouray. The ore is found principally as an impregnation of the sandstone and lies in any part of the same near the surface, sometimes immediately underneath the con- glomerate, at others on top of the shale. The conglomerate is sometimes the source of valuable ore and occasionally the quar- tzite shows a slight mineralization. The principal mineral is the canary yellow carnotite, whose color is often obscured, and a variety of earthly minerals usually accompany it. The various minerals present a startling array of colors; black, all shades of green, yellow, blood red. The black is sometimes glossy, like coal, sometimes talcy, and sometimes dull earthy. These are usually the best grades of ore. Radium as put on the market, comes in the form of a radium- barium chloride, and not in the metallic state. A certain amount of radium contained in a relatively large bulk of the salt is just as effective as the same quantity would be in the metallic state, and in addition some bulk is given the radium preparation so that it is easily handled, divided or applied, and the useless cost of producing the pure metal is avoided. The price at which radium sells at present ranges from $120 to $180 a milligram of metallic radium. The banks of Green river for many miles are rich in placer gold. Near Jensen a great amount of work has been done, and much money has been expended in the installation of machinery. Up to date there has been but little money made in placer mining, but fortunes are sure in store along this stream, and will be made when saving processes are perfected. (4old, copper and zinc discoveries have been made in Blue ]\Iountains and Brown's Park. In the Green River gorge there is an abundance of high grade copper. Near Ouray the Uteland Copper Company, Col. Geo. F. Timms, manager, has been oper- ating for a number of years. Recently work on the property was 27 WEALTH OF THE UIXTAH P> A S I X. UTAH suspended, but is soon to be resumed. In the \Miiterocks and Rock Creek sections, on the former reservation, there is said to be gold, copper and silver. From the Dyer mine, on Dyer Moun- tain, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of copper were shipped years ago. The ore ran so high in values that it paid to haul it by wagon to the railroad. The vein either pinched out or was lost and for a long time the property has been idle. The mining of precious and semi-precious metals will be carried on extensively when the railroad comes. It is claimed there is enough coal in the Ashley vallej' to last 150 years at the present rate of consumption.. The mines are located near Vernal. Coal is delivered for $4.50 per ton. In the Wasatch Mountains, near the survej' of the Denver & Salt Lake railroad, there are immense coal beds, containing millions of tons. Discoveries of coal have been made near Roosevelt, Myton and Duchesne, and some shipments have been made from at least one mine near Roosevelt. Photo by R. Caliler. Vernal, Utali. Moonlight on the Duchesne — Scene near Myton. Utah. 29 \y E A T. 'r H o V T ] T 1-: i' i n t a it b a s t n. t t t a h Dairy Farming Thousands of dollars annually could be made in dairy farm- ing even before the advent of a railroad. Calder Brothers, en- gaged in the creamery business in Vernal, have a standing order from Salt Lake for 1.000 pounds of butter per day. Dairy farm- ing is conducted on such a small scale that the orders can not be filled. Recently, however, the farmers have become interested and are improving their herds. During the winter of 1913-14, W. E. Broome, of Myton. shipped in a large number of Jersey cows and calves from Iowa. The entire number was soon disposed of at good prices. One cow in this shipment has a Vecord of 60 pounds of milk per day, which tests 6 per cent or about 4 pounds of but- ter fat. One man can attend to 15 cows, and 15 cows of that kind would produce 1,800 pounds of butter per month, which, at 25 cents per pound, would amount to $450. This particular cow is exceptional. But suppose the herd yields only half that amount, there is still big money in dairy farming. "May Rilma," a coAv owned by E. B. Bassett, of the Chester Brook farm, near Philadelphia, gave, during the year 1913, ten tons of milk. The gross earnings of the animal for the year amounted to $1,200. Many farmers in various parts of the country report net annual profits of $100 per cow. Will it pay me to go into the dairy farm business? Can I get the cows ? Can I find sale for my product ? These are some of the questions the farmer asks himself when dairying is suggested. It will pay. You can get the cows. If no other Avay is open, there is the way of raising cows. With a few good ones to start with and the services of a desirable bull one can soon build up a herd. An important item in connection with dairying is that of proper feed for cows. The department of agriculture recently concluded a series of interesting experiments to determine the efi'ect on the flavor of milk of feeding diflferent kinds of rations to cows. The department has decided in favor of bran and corn as producing the finest flavored milk. The experiments were conducted to ascertain the correctness of the theory of some dairymen that the feeding of crushed oats to coavs would improve the flavor of the milk. Six cows were used in the experiments and the various kinds of rations were fed to them. In all 50 opinions Avere passed on the various samples of milk from these eoAvs. Of these sixteen shoAved a preference for the milk from coAvs fed on crushed oats, twenty-five preferred that from the bran, and corn ration, Avhile nine expressed no choice. The Uintah Basin is a great country for Avheat, corn, oats, alfalfa, SAveet clover and sugar beets. 31 W K A I. T II O !■' T HE UINTAH J'> A S 1 N. U I' A 11 Timber in the Forest SmroiiiKliiig (he I'iutali ISasiu in a si'ini-ciick', or luH'st'-sliue shape, (lie Uintah and Wasatch moiiiitains form a- natural i-ini, till' Cintali mountains lying to the north and tin' Wasatch to 1 he west and southwest, making one continuous chain around the vast bodies of agricultural land on the lowlands of the basin. 'I'o give the reader a good idea of the location of this mountain chain with regards to the agricultural land, stretch out your left hand palm upward, pointing the second linger directly north- west, bending all of the end points of your fingers and thumb upward a little to represent the mountain crest. This illustra- tion will give you a fan like basin that represents Uintah Basin. All of the drainage from this entire mountain chain on the inside comes to a point in tlie southeast corner, emptying into Green liver, where it breaks through the Book cliffs. The elevation of these mountains varies from 6,000 feet to very nearly 14,000 feet above sea level. The water supply is well distributed and both mountain systems pour large volumes into the basin from all directions, except from the southeast, coming from springs and pei'j)etual snow banks. This entire mountain chain is clothed with a fairly dense growth of timber and brush, varying in character from the black sage and schadscale of the plains country to the Alpine fir and ]-]ngleman spruce, adapted to the highest altitude that tree growth attains. This wooded growth forms natural belts according to the altitudes, to which they are best adapted. The lower hills are covered with cedar, pinion, scrub oak, clierry and chaparell, forming one belt, or type. Next above comes the Western Yellow pine and Aspen types. Next in order, the Lodge pole, Douglas fir and Aspen; Engleman spruce and Alpine fir, growing to an elevation of 11,000 feet above sea level. Above this, along the rocky ledges and under the brinks of the mountain crests lie large banks of perpetual snow that feed the streams continuously. In volume of production, lodge-pole pine predominates, form- ing probably 67% of the entire forest production of this moun- tain system. The estimated amount of merchantable timber approximates a volume of three-fourths of a billion feet board measui-e of wood that can be sawed up and manufactured into lumber suitable for building purposes. One billion feet board measure of material that will make ties enough to buld two road beds across the entire North American continent from east to west and maintain them indefinitely. From the saw timber, lum- bei- of very good grades can be made and at the present time ten dirt'erent lumbering concerns are manufacturing it into build- ing material, all to be used for building purposes in the Uintah Basin. 33 W !•: A I- 'I' (» K UK IT TNT ATT I*. AS IN, I'TAII r]i(iii this same inoinilaiii aica, wliicli comprises appi-oxiiualc- ly one and one- I'otirt h iiiillioii acres, valuable forage tor stock iiidws ill profusion. ii|ion wliicii. at tlie ]ii-eseiit time, 200, 000 head ot slicep. -JO.OOO head i.t cattle and 10,000 head of hoi'ses are being grazed during the .sunuuer season. Tiiese grazing })rivileges are allotted by the forest service to the resident ranch owners, living u|ion agricultuial land upon which hay and grain is raised foi- feeding [lurposes during the winter months. The forest range is made a part of a rotary system, whereby stock are fed from the products of ranch property in winter time, grazed on the low rolling lands in the s|ning time and on the higher mountain ranges in the summer time, creating a system that enhances the \aliu' of rancii projierty and gives the farmer greater returns for liis products. Yellow Pine Logs from Ashley National Forest. 35 WKALTfT OF THE U TNT ATT BASIN, U1' A H Hydro-Carbons Tlu" toiinago of gilsonito in the Uintali Basin is estimated at tliiiiy-two million tons. This does not include Elaterite, Wurtzil- ite, Weidgerite, Tabbyite, Ozocerite and other members of the liydro-carbon family. The estimated value of hydro-carbons in the ITintah Basin is seA'en billion dollars. Scientists have discovered that there are twenty-six members of the hydro-carbon family, and that the total by-products will exceed fifty. At the eastern boundary of the Uintah Basin as- phaTtite deposits begin and extend westward to Fort Duchesne and Pariette, and then on to the elaterite deposits of Indian, Lake and Sam's caiions, fifty miles southwest of Fort Duchesne; the total area being estimated at about ten thousand square miles. The value of gilsonite is about $40.00 per ton, and the value of elaterite $65.00 per ton. A large acreage of land containing these deposits is owned by the Gilson Asphaltum Company, and the American Asphalt Asso- ciation. Many locations, liowever, have been made by other in- dividuals, and a number of companies have been incorporated. The consumption has increased at the rate of fifty per cent in the last eight years, and there seems to be possible increase in the production of tree rubber. These hydro-carbons are now being manufactured into a mineral rubber. It unites perfectly with the tree rubber, thus permitting a very large reduction in the amount of the latter used, cheapening its cost. Other by- products of gilsonite and elaterite are paints, enamels, varnishes and roofings, which are acid and alkali proof. From Weidgerite is made a special marine paint. One of tlie most valuable by-products of this material is Icthyol, used by the medical profession and on sale in drug stores. This by-product is found only, as far as is known, in one other place in the world, the Ural mountains in Austria. From Tabbyite. paint is also made and from Ozocerite paraffine wax. Second grade gilsonite is used in the manufacture of paving cement, by melting it Avith petroleum residue, and mixing it with ground asphaltic limestone, and the requisite amount of sand. Gilsonite is also manufactured into varnishes, lacquers, water- proof paint for guns, gun carriages, and steel and woodwork of every description known to ship building. When manufactured into paint for ships' bottoms, it prevents barnacles from attaching themselves, and it is likely to be largely used for this purpose for battleships. It is also used for pipe coatings, reservoir coatings, lioorings, roofings and railroad coatings. Hydro-Carbon may be used for preventing electrolytic action on iron plates of ships' bottoms; coating barbed Avire fencing; coating sea-walls of brick ami nuisonry ; coating paving brick. 37 > ° ui-:.\L'rii oi-' iiii': iixtaii i; asin. itaii ;iriil-|ir()(il lining Nil' cliciii iiM I tniiks: i-tinlin^ |iitili; iii.^iiliil iiij;' clci'tric wires: smokcst ;ick iiaiiit ; cdntili^' |)()lcs. |i()sts ;iihI tics; liibrii'ant t'oi- lica\y iiKicliincry ; t('i('(l()-|)r(i(il pile coatinir; covci'- iiiy w oo(l-l)lock ]i:i\iiii^: l)in(l('|- pitch loi- ciiliii in niakini;' ci^ycttc and hiifjuctte coal. Tlie Elateritc, Wurt/.ilitc. Tahbyitc. Ai-i;\ilitc and otluM- ma- terials of like nature are used to make flexible and lieat-piool varnishes or paints, wliich owing to their great resistance to acids, alkalies, fumes and vapor attacks, and to their elasticity for cdii- tiaction and expansion, they are invaluable for coating slnift and tunmd timbers, for painting hemp and wire hoisting rojx's. pump columns, pipes, cluiins, ore cars, and all steel and iron woik where the surfaces are exposed. Also for coating vats, tanks and ]ian co\ers used in chlorination works, smelters and relineries. and in the cj'anide process. ( )n iion work it prevents corosion. and ic- sists great heats. On woodwoik it prevents absoi|)tion and delies the elements. IMiotn liy (leiirse L. Ueiim, l>. iV: It. i:. R. K. Oats in Ashley Valley, near Vernal, Utah — Oats yield in Basin as high as 100 busels to acre. Average price, $1.50 per hundred pounds. 39 Alfalfa and Sweet Clover Seed A picture of the Walker trophy is printed on this page. This trophy was won by Uintah basin alfalfa seed, wliich took first prize at the Uintah Basin Fair, the Utah State Fair, and the National Irrigation Congress, in which twenty- six states competed, 'llie seed was raised by George Smith, of Myton. His farm is located in tlie Lake Fork country. Soil and climatic ciinditions are ideal for alfalfa seed. The average yield is about six bushels 111 the acre, though occasionally twice and three times that amount is raised. The price of the seed is from 10 to l-54c per pound. Figuring 60 pounds to the bushel, an acre sliould yield to the farmer 36U pounds, which give him $36 at the rate of 10c per pound. No water should be used after June 20. To insure the best crop tlie seed should be planted in rows, ti) allow cultivation bi-lucen the rows and to admit of plenty of sunshine on the plant. Seed may be planted in the fall or spring. A few years ago the average farmer was afraid of the sweet clover. In fact, he was as an-\ious to get rid of it as he was the Kussian thistle or H!rable weed. But loday he is Just as an.vious to have it grow. The sweet or bull clover yields more seed to the acre and is a more certain crop than alfalfa seed. And, what is better still, the price of the seed is higher. Sweet clover will grcnv where nothing else will grow, and it is said to make a bet- ter fertilizer than alfalfa for the rea- .son tlie roots are larger and longer. Not only that, the liay, when plowed under, quickly enriches the soil. Sweet clover comes unce from the seed and once from the roots. It is claimed that clover, if cut at the right time, makes hay for win- ter feed tliat will tempt a cow away from a stack first cutting alfalfa. There has been a big demand of late for the seed. I — Exhibit at First Uintah Basin Fair, Myton, 1910. 2 — Walker Trophy, awarded for best alfalfa seed. 3 — Baled Alfalfa, on ranch of D. D. Carter, near Roosevelt. WEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN. H T A TT Oil in the Basin The oil output of the Basin will one day be enormous, be- cause of the high grade and immense quantity. The oil fields arc attracting capital from the East and West. Tlie experts are con- stantlj' coming and going and their reports are most flattering. There are numerous wells scattered throughout the land. In Cali- fornia, whenever a vein of asplialtum, .six inches in thickness, tapering to the thinness of a knife blade, is discovered, there is sure to be oil underneath. There are thousands of such veins here and the geological conditions are somewhat similar to those in that state. The Rangeley oil field is not in that part of the Uintah Basin shown in the map in this booklet, but is so near that a discussion of it is necessary. It is situated in Raven park, in the extreme uortliwestern part of Rio Blanco County, Colorado, 10 to 15 miles from the Utah line, the eastern boundary of the Basin in Utah. Tlie field occupies a basin which is a broadened portion of the lower White River valley. Rangeley postoffice, from which the oil held takes its name, is the center of the scattering settlement along the immediate valley of the river, which skirts the southern margin of the Basin. The town is 23 miles from Dragon, Utah. The color of the Rangeley oil is a clear bright red, with strong green fiourescence, closely resembling that of many of the Penn- sylvania oils, although perhaps slightly darker than the average. The odor is like that of kerosene, much resembling that of a refined oil. It is apparently free from sulphur. It has been suggested that the Rangeley field may be com- pared to the Kansas-Oklahoma oil and gas fields. In those dis- tricts, the oil, though occurring in much older formation geolog- ically, is said to be found in sandstone, interbedded with shale, in linticular bodies or completely enclosed reservoirs. The Colorado-Pacific Development company and the Emerald Oil company, the latter of Vernal, have done the principal work in the district. The Colorado-Pacific people have sunk 30 to 35 wells and the Emerald people, 11 to 12. One of the wells of the I'oriner company has been sunk to a depth of nearly 5,000 feet. In the Emrald wells it is said that oil is standing to a depth of 300 feet. The Uintah Development Company, composed largely of Cali- fornia capitalists, has been operating near Vernal for several years, and has expended more than $100,000. Indications are very incouraging. In 1913 E. H. Corse and others of St. Louis and Chicago, located more than 150,000 acres of oil land a few miles south of Vernal. At the time of going to press with this booklet no de- velopment work had been done. 41 To|) — Yellow Transparent Apples, raised by S. P. Dillman, Vernal, Utah. Center — Melons, from George Slaugh's ranch on Green River, near Jensen. Bottom — Prize Winners, fruit and corn, Uintah Basin Fair. WKALM'II OF THE I' I NT A II I'. ASIN. irPAll Story of Wolf River Apples A t'niit grower of tiic MmsI was making iiKiiiirics about ilic adaptability of tliis I'ouiitry to tlu- i)r()(liU't ion of a|)|il(s. Tlic man witli tlic land to sell cxliibitcd a Wolf Itivrr apple. The eastern man insisted tliat it was artilicial and would not be con- vinced to the conti'ary until lie liad tasted it. A fiiiit dealer from the L'intah Jiasin was in Salt Lake during State l''air and Cliurch conference. He asked one of the leading merchants on ^lain Street to allow him to use a part of the window space for the exhibition of sonu' apples. Tiie merchant indignantly refused. Tlie fruit dealer from the Basin reached down into the dicss suit case and pulled out a Wolf River. The merchant's eyes bulged out in astonishment. He ha\$v]CTyv5ii?T\ . ^ •'^ ' O f- n .. v.. wu Vv V o /^ / /V G , t>E: W i: A 1> 'I' 11 OK THE IT NT AH I'. A S T X. UTAH Indians and Indian Land Tlicro are 1.200 rtc Iiuliiiiis in tlic riiitali liasiii. A Iar<,'(' majority of them live in tliat i>art ol' tlu' country known as tiic former I'intali Indian reservation. Tliese Indian.s are divided into Hm-e tribes, the Wluterivers, lintahs and Uncompahgres. A large number of them are self-s>ipporting. while others are de- pendent. A fe\v are making money in eattle and sheep. The Indian is gradually improving and devidoping. but he will never reach good eitizeiislii]). 'i'he Indian agency is located at Foi't Duchesne, and the (h-partim-nt is using every ett'ort for the better- ment of the red man. In 1911 Congress appropriated .$3,;iOO,000 to pay oft' a claim against the United States in favor of the Confeder- ated Utes. This money has been placed to the credit of the Utes. and is to bear interest at the rate of 4% per annum. The ex- penditures are to be made at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. It is proposed to spend a great deal in the improve- ments of the Indian farms, in the jmrchase of horses and tlie ((piipment of farms. A number of modern houses and barns lia\(' I'ecently been erected. Uefore the reservation Avas thrown open to entry in 1005 the Indians were allotted 112,000 acres of laml. Immediately the De- partment of the Interior began the construction of canals for these lands ami up to the spring of 1014 approximately $850,000 h;id been expended on this \\oik. Today more than 140 miles of main canals are ready for use and will supply water for most of this land. About 45,000 acres is known as "dead," and non- com[)etent Indian land. From time to time this land lias been olfered for sale to the highest biddei'. pioviding the l)id is n(jt less than the appraised value, which ranges from $10 to $30 per acre, including carrying ca])acity in the canal and a right to the water tiling, which is first class. Arrangements have been made whereby the purchaser may pay one fourth cash and the balant'C in one. two Ol- tliree years. Several thousand acres of the land lias been sold and more will be offered from time to time. A large acreage of Indian land can be leased on reasonable terms. The man who docs not care to purchase' land at this time, wlio wo\ild like to secure land for farming would do w(dl to investigate this leasing proposition. Full information about purchasing or leasing Indian land will be furnished gladly by the Indian agent at Fort Duchesne. Utah. The prospective pur- chaser of Indian land may and should see it before hand. Teams and ii-uides will be furnished at the agencv free of charge. 47 %^^ ^:-^'', HUNTING AND FISHING There are hundreds of lakes in the moun- tains where the game mountain trout revels in his glory, and there is a regular cobweb of rivers and creeks filled with the speckled beauty. The Moon Lake, to the northwest, is one of the most famous resorts in the Basin. Nearby is Brown Duck Lake and the Yellowstone country. Lakes in the Baldy Mountains are favorite spots. Streams in the lower country are filled with white fish, cat- fish, hump-backs and suckers. Ideal camping places are to be found. The mountain alti- tude attains to heights of nearly 14,000 feet. 'Tis the huntsman's paradise. In the higher country deer, elk, bear and other game is found. In the lower country grouse, sage chickens, quail, ducks and geese. There are numerous ideal spots which would make glad the eye of the tourist and sportsman. In the Upper Duchesne valley, near the town of Stockmore, there are many waim springs, which remain at the same temperature summer and winter. It is a mineral water, and the Indians go for miles to get what they call "medicine" water. The many little hamlets at the foot or base of this mountain system contain small stores and trading posts, where all kinds of mountain equipment, guides, horses, etc., can be obtained at reasonable figures. -Bear trapped in Uintah Mountains by Ashley National Forest Rangers, Photo by Wm. M. Anderson, Vernal, Utah. 2 — Scene on Rock Creek, Photo by L. H. Allan, Vernal, Utah. 3 — Fishing in Ashley Creek, near the Gorge, Photo by Charles J. Neal, Vernal, Utah. WEALTH OF T H E U I N T AH BASIN. U T A H Hints to Homeseekers Every citizen of tlie United States, over the age of 21, is en- titlfd to make entry upon government land, under the homestead law. .\ married woman, upon whom depends the support and iiKiiiitenaiice of the family, is entitleii to make entry. Tlu' liomesteader who filed upon les.s than 160 acres and made pioof is entitled to make an additional filing. Residence must be established and maintained just as in the case of the original lil- ing, unless the tract adjoins the original tract. The homesteader is allowed six months from the date of filing, to establish resi- dence. Before he may make final proof he must reside upon the hiud for fourteen consecutive months and must improve and culti- vate the land. At the time of filing, the homesteader is required to pay the government the sum of $16 on 160 acres. When final proof is made he is required to pay the government $1.25 per acre and $6 fees. An absence from the homestead of not to exceed six months may be allowed providing the money earned is expeiuled in improvements on the land. Fourteen months in which to make final proof is not compulsory. By the act of June 6, 1912, the period of residence, necessary to be shown in order to entitle the homesteader to patent, is reduced from five to three years, and the period within which liomestead entry may be completed is reduced from seven to five years. The three-year period of residence is fixed, not from the date of entry, but from the time of establishing actual permanent residence upon the land. Any person who, prior to February 3, 1911, made entry under the homestead or desert laws, but who, subsequently to such entry, from any cause, shall have lost, forfeited or abandoned the same, shall be entitled to the benefits of the homestead or desert laws, as though such former entry had not been made and any person applying for a second homestead or desert entry shall furnisli a description and date of former entry, provided that applicant's former entry was not canceled for fraud and provided lie did not relinquish for a valuable consideration in excess of the liling fees paid by him on his original entry. Under the Desert Act a citizen is entitled to 320 acres of land. Residence upon the land is not required, but the entryman must improve the land to the amount of $1 per acre per year for three years. At the end of the fourth year he must have the irrigable portion of the land under cultivation and irrigation. The entryman must be a resident of the state in which the land is located. If at the end of the fourth year, the entryman has failed to get water on the land and shows that he has complied with the re- (luirements of the law, he may have an extension of time not to exceed three years. 49 ri:i>t(i liy U. Culdcr. \'ciiijl, flali. A Load of Cauliflower Raised in a Vernal Garden. I'hoto Ijy (iec.rge L. Ream. I). & K. C. R, K. McAndrews Lake, on Uintah Railroad, North Slope Book Cliff Mountains. This road crosses Baxter Pass, making sixty-six degree curves and seven and one-half per cent grades. 50 WKALTJl OF TIIK UINTAH I'.ASIX. I'l'AII I'luler the Carey act, eaeli state in tlie arid regions is allowed to dispose of 2,000,000 acres of land to settlers. The dis|)Ositi()n is to be made by the State Jjund Commissioners. A period of ten years is allowed in whieli to reclaim and get the land under eulti- yation. Tlie final jjroof is similar to that of desert claims. The purchaser is not required to reside in the state where the land is located. An Act of Congress proyided for the making of lioniestead enti'ies for areas of not exceeding 320 acies. This act is known as the Enlaiged Homestead Law, and the land must be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as non-mineral, non-timbered and non-irrigable. Full information as to this and other land laws nuty be obtaiiu'd from tlu' registei' of the land ollices in Salt Lake or A'ernal. Homestead land in tlie L'intah Basin is getting scarcer all the while. There are many good desert land opportunities in the Ashley yalley and on tlie former I'intah Indian reseryation. An irrigation company, recently organized at Vernal, has filed on Hood waters in the I^intah mountains and in the near future reseryoirs will be built. Canals will be constructed to carry water for 12.(t()() or 15.000 acres of land in the southern and I'astern jiait of the valley. Thcic are good desert land oppor- tunities under the Ouray ^'alley and Colorado Park Triigation companies on the former reservation. The homeseeker need not depend entirely upon homestead or desert entry, Carey act, state land or enlarged homestead. There are thousands of acres of land for sale by Indians and whites, and the prices and terms will suit. Land and water can be bought from $10 an acre and uj). Land without water can be bought for as low as $2.50 per acre. Any real estate man or merchant adyertising in this booklet will gladly give information as will the secretaries of the commercial clubs of the following- cities and towns: Salt Lake, Vernal. Roosevelt, Myton, Duchesne, Boneta. Setonah. Cedarview. Lapoint. Randlett. Ouray, Ilaydeii. Indian Bear Dance — Festivities at White Rocks, Utah, celebrating the coming of spring. 51 WEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN, UTAH Schools and Churches The public schools of Utah are second to none. The per- centage of illiteracy in the Basin and in the state is 2.5. Tlie percentage of illiteracy, native whites, 0.4. School population of the Basin is 5,200 and of the state 120,000. A recent law, pro- viding for the consolidation of all school districts of each county into one district, seems to be working well. In the spring of 1914 Uintah county districts were consolidated and it is ex- pected Wasatch county will soon follow suit. Among the leading institutions in the state are: U. of U. at Salt Lake, Agricultural College at Logan, Brigham Young University at Provo. The leading institutions in the Basin are: Uintah Academy (L. D. S.) and Willcox Academy (Congregational) at Vernal. People of all kinds of creeds and faiths dwell in the confines of this Basin, but there are only four church organizations, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Congregational, Episcopal and Presbyterian. The Latter-Day Saints, or Mormons, as they are commonly known, outnumber the other denominations more than two to one. All the denominations mentioned, except the Presbyterians, have handsome church buildings, and that denomination is now erecting a house of worship in Myton. The Episcopal church has houses of worship in Vernal ancl Duchesne. At Vernal this church has a handsome brick building, "The Episcopal Lodge," for the accommodation of girls and young women attending school. The Mormon Tabernacle at Vernal, dedicated in 1907, was constructed at a cost of $40,000. The new Uintah Academy building cost $30,000. An addition is soon to be built for the Willcox Academy. At Roosevelt, a site of 22 acres has been purchased for High School District No. 2, Wasatch county, and a building to cost perhaps $40,000 is to be erected this vear. riioto by L. U. Allan, Vernal, Utah. Beauty Spot on Rock Creek. 52 W i: A T- T H OF THE U T N T A T[ BASIN, Tl T A 1 1 Sego Lily State Flower of Utah The Honey Industry The honey bee industry qf tlic Uintah Basin is of a great deal more importance than many suppose. Last year's crop brought about $40,000 into this Basin from other states. That's worth while. This industry represents an investment of $60,000. There are about forty apiaries con- taining about 5,000 colonies or hives of bees. Last year they averaged better than two cans or 120 pounds of honey to the colony. This is a low estimate. That means 10,000 cans, 600,000 pounds or 300 tons of lioney. The 40 apiaries are owned by 2.> men. Bees are free from disease and the association will endeavor to keep them that way by discouraging shipment of colonies from other parts of the country where there is mvich foul brood. An increase in the average of alfalfa and sweet clover will result in the increase of apiaries, and in the near future the honey crop should be worth $100,000 annually. A large part of the honey shipment is made by wagon haul to the nearest rail- road station. A number of the beekeepers and merchants have recently been shipping by parcel post. Uintah Basin honey has no superior. It wins the prizes wlicn placed upon exhibition at county, state and world's fairs. More tlian once has it been awarded first prize at the annual convention of tlie International Bee Keepers' Association. This is one of the most ideal sections in the United States for bee culture. The climatic conditions make it such. Sweet clover and alfalfa are tlie two principal sources from which the busy denizens of the hive gather the delicious nectar that is ripened into this product of high quality. Man}^ farmers of this country who do not pre- tend to make a specialty of bees, produce a great deal of honey for the market. The specialtj^ of a certain farmer is alfalfa. The blossom of that growth contains the very best nectar. As a result many farmers are raising bees and making money from alfalfa and honey at the same time. Those who know what good honey really is, will appreciate the fact that the article in tliis Basin is so heavy bodied that it weighs twelve and one-half pounds to the gallon. The color is what is known to the trade as "water white" and the flavor is 53 WKALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN, UTAH moiT (Icliglit fill tliaii that of tlio imicli-i)raisod wliitt^ cIovit honey of tho casteni states. A little -wliile ago the honey from one of the well-know 11 apairies in the Ashley valley found its way through the cliaiiiicis of trade ti) llamhurg, (xei'uuiny. Tlie dealer took the atldicss frcnn the lahid and wrote to the manager of the same apiary to aseeitain if lie could obtain honey from that source regularly. Toda>' the honey from this ]?asin finds its way to most parts of the rnitcil States and to many foreign countries. William rowell. (jf, I'liion. enjoys the distinction of being the hist man to import bees into the Uintah Basin, ■which he did some time during the early eighties. His first colony, however, proved to be affected with the dread disease, "foul brood;" this colony of bees, together w itli all lixtuies. was consigned to the flames, and since that time there lias not been another case of "foul brood." The dealer wlio furnished the bees to JNIr. Powell replaced them free of charge. The next importation of bees was made soon after that of Mr. Powell by Bishop George Freestone and consisted of three colonies. William Ashton also brought one or two colonies of bees from liis old home in Pleasant Grove. Utah County. An- other impoitation was made in 1887 by C. C. Bartlett, who also brought three colonies. Those few hives of bees were the small foundation ujiou which one of our most protitalilc and proiiiisiii;^' industries has been built. Pliiito by (ienrge L. Heaiii. I>. iii: K. (J. K. R. Part of Apiary of Dan H. Hillman, Vernal, Utah. 54 \v E A T. 'I' II OF Till': r I \ I' All I! A s r N. r r a ir Sheep, Horses and Cattle Slicc|) raisini;' is tl:r |iriiici|)al li\c stdi'k iiidustry. Tlic csli- niatc(l iiuiiihcr of licad ot slicc|i in the Ijoumhi lies of (lie llasiii i- i^OO.DDO ami tlic annual wimjI dip will average 1 ,()()().(«)() poiind.s, 'riic lloi'k-inastt'is arc <;ra(lually ini|iro\iny the breed and tlu'i-c is tenfold more nioiiey made in the business today than in former yeais. The best breed of bucks to be seeuicd are imported from yeai- to year. The prevailing breed is the l)c Laine. the Cotswold and till' Ramboulette. costino- all the way from .^T") to $100 per head. Sheep associatioirs lia\'e been oiyani/ed in various parts of the Basin and throroughbreds aic beiny sii'iipcd in by the car load lot. There are two distinct classes ot sheefi — the mutton sheep and the wool sheep. On the former of these the wool is not so thick oi- heavy and the amount lost to the owner in wool is made up by the gain in mutton. While the wool of this class is lighter, it is longer and for that reason the animal is kept away fi'om the tim- ber to prevent loss from undergrowth. The ^lerino wool is much Inu'r in (puility and thicker, though shorter. This class of shee]i lan pasture in heavily timbered country without loss of wool. A large amount of line tpiality wool is exported for the reason it is far superior to that of many other sections of the \A'est. The cli- mate is very dry and thei'e is but little wind, especially in the winter season, to disturb the sands and dust, which is so damag- ing to wool in other countries. The owners here are experts in the business and they take every precaution to avoid loss and exert every eflTort to produce the best. The grazing is ideal both in summer and wintei'. Most of the snows fall in the mountains and the winter snows are necessary for summer grazing. The (di- matic conditions on the winter ranges are most always favorable and there is seldom much suffering and loss. Once in a great while the flockmaster has to feed hay. The public grazing lands are usually fully occupied and for awhile it seemed as if there would be a limit to sheep raising. Of recent years, however, the farmer is paying more attention to the industry and luimerous flocks fi'om 100 to 500 can be seen scat- tei'ed over the country. The farmers figure that a surplus of alfalfa can be fed to sheep to good advantage. -Although the cattle industry was at one time far ahead of the >hri p industry, the decrease in the piice of feeders at that time practicaly forced the cattlemen out of business and there is now (inly a remnant of the former vast herds that roamed the hills. Instead of the larger herds of cheaper cattle of former days, there are now smaller herds of better grades and more attention is paid to the pioduction of milk and butter. There are ideal spots in this great country foi' dairy farms, and riches are await- Photo furnished by William M. Anderson, Supervisor Ashley National Forest. There are 200,000 head of sheep in the Uintah Basin — Annual wool clip about 1,600,000 pounds. W E A L T IT O F Til ]■: U I X T A 1 1 I'. A 8 I X. U T A H iiig the iiK'ii who L'ligagt' in that busiiic'Srt. On another pagi' \\ ill be found an article on dairy farming. There was a time when not a horse in the Uintah Basin weighed 1,"200 ])oiinds. The "bad lands" were dotted with Indian ponies, which were gradually thinned out by shipping or killing. The government started the improvement of horses for the In- dians. Today no country can boast of better horses than are owned here. The largest horse in the Basin weighs perhaps 1,900 pounds, while the average work horse will tip the scales at 1,500 to 1,600 pounds. ^lany horses, crossed with pure bred sires and native mares are hardy and healthy, the sire giving the size. With such an ancestry as that and with unexcelled climatic and range conditions it is no wonder the Uintah Basin horse is in demand today on all the markets, especially in the East and South. There are 22 pure bred stallions in the Ashley valley alone, and many more mares. The stallions are divided as fol- lows: Percherons, 10; Clydesdales, 2; Shires, 3; Standard-breds. 5; Thoroughbreds, 2. x\ll these are registered. In addition to these there are dozens of "grades." "Siegbert," a famous Percli- eron stallion brought in here a few years ago at a cost of $5,000, took second premium at the St, Loius World's Fair. It is said this horse has 500 sons and daughters in the Basin. The mule crop is growing. There are two good Jacks in Ashley valley. Photo by Meyer, Vernal, Utali. Feeding Alfalfa Hay in Southern Part of Ashley Valley to Colorado Cattle. ^YEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN, IT AH ji^^^l^''^^^'-"^ -m^: ■■ ''^ W * ^/A Hogs and Poultry One hundred thousand dollars annually is the amount of money that lias been sent out of the Basin for meats and canned goods. The business men and farmers have long since realized that the biggest part of this money should remain at home, and for the last few years thousands of pounds of meat have been cured by raisers and dealers of hogs in various parts of the country. Plans are now well under way for a big packing and cold storage plant at Vernal. With pure water, pure air, plenty of sunshine and soil that will produce hog feed there is no more ideal hog country in the West. Disease is practically unknown, and while cholera is mowing them down in other places. Uintah Basin hogs are flourishing. If the turkejr is raised in the Uintah Basin it finds a ready market in Denver, Salt Lake, Ogden and other nearby cities, ^lany farmers are making big money in turkeys and chickens. One wonders how there is a profit to be made when shipping facilities are so poor, until he recalls that Uncle Sam"s parcel post will handle large packages. The favorite turkey in the Basin is the Bronze, and many have been shipped in during the past few years. The breeds of chickens include the Bufl" and Crystal Orphington, the Rhode Island Red, the Cornish Indian Game. At the Uintah County Poultry Association exhibit in Vernal last winter were many pens of fancy chickens. But the Ashley valley is not alone in the poultry industrj'. Farmers in all parts of the Basin are raising fine turkeys and chickens for tlie market. Occasionally there is almost a poultry famine in the towns, as the outside demand cleans up everything that is marketable. Plintd by I'liarles Carter, .Jr., Venial, Utah. Hunting Deer in Sowers Canon in October — Saw Tooth Mountains in distance. 58 WEALTH OP^ THE UINTAH BASIN, UTAH Towns, and Territory Tributary to Each VERNAL DISTRICT Topography. — This section comprises the valleys of the Ash- ley and Brush creek and the Jensen-Alhandra section of the Green River valley, together with the adjacent mountainous areas, and unirrigated lands. Historical. — Ashley Valley was first settled by white men during Fremont's early explorations of the West, and was named for one of the early white explorers. It was first settled near old Ashley by Capt. P. Dodds, in the early 70's, soon followed by other pioneers who settled along the Ashley creek, the largest influx of settlers occurring about 1879. Soil. — The soil of this section varies from a light sandy loam to a heavy clay well adapted to the production of alfalfa, ce- reals, vegetables and all kinds of fruits grown in this latitude. Live Stock. — Vernal is the center of a very extensive live stock industry, consisting principally of slieep, cattle and horses. The care exercised in the selection and breeding of live stock is very noticeable; the Cotswold and Ramboulette sheep, the Jer- sey, Durham and Hereford cattle and the Percheron and other leading breeds of horses present many of the finest specimens to be found anywhere. The excellent summer ranges in the Uintah mountains, the fine winter ranges in the foot hills and benches, and the facilities for winter feeding aff"orded by the valleys combine to make this an ideal section for stock growing. Agriculture. — As agriculture becomes more intensive, the wonderful possibilities of the soil of the section become more ap- parent. Wheat, oats, barley, rye, alfalfa and vegetables of all kinds grow to perfection; the yield is heavy and the quality unex- celled. Horticulture. — AVhile the lack of transportation has prevented the growing of fruit on a commercial scale, the many fine private orchards have demonstrated the possibilities of this section as a fruit-raising district; all kinds of fruits common to the tem- perate zone thrive here and produce lavishly of the finest colored and flavored fruit grown anywhere, Avhile certain localities pro- duce peaches of excellent size, color and flavor. Minerals. — The hills to the north and northwest are seamed with veins of excellent coal, while the hills immediately to the west contain large deposits of asphaltum. which has been ex- tensively used in paving sidewalks in Vernal. The Uintah moun- tains contain extensive deposits of copper, lead, gold, silver and limited quantities of vanadium and uranium. Irrigation. — The Ashley Valley proper is watered by the Ashley Upper, the Ashley Central, the Rock Point and Steinaker ditches. Tlie valley of Crush creek is comparatively narrow until near its mouth, so that a number of private ditches are used to irrigate the farms in this section. The Burns Bench and Upper Burns Bench canals irrigate an extensive tract lying on the south 59 WEALTH C) F T II K UINTAH BAST X. U T A H side of Brusli creek and west side of Green river, using Mater from Brush creek. Extensive reservoir systems have been phxnned for tiie Ashley Valley. Vernal. — County seat of Uintah county, was founded in 18S2. and has grown steadily ever since, until it is now a metropolitan little city of 1,200 inhabitants, elevation 5,330 feet, and is the most important commercial center in northeastern Utah. United States land office located here. The city has water works, elec- tric lights, telephone and telegraph, daily auto mail service with Watson, the terminus of the Uintah railroad, and Colton, on the D. & R. G. ; many excellent public buildings and private resi- dences, and will soon have a $50,000 Federal building to house the United States land office, postoffice and office of supervisor Ashley National forest. Rural delivery routes radiate from Vernal postoffice. Streets and sidewalks paved with asphaltum. Educational center. Uintah Academy, Willcox Academy, public schools. Public library. L. D. S., Episcopal and Congregational churches. Handsome court house. Orpheus hall. Uintah gym- nasium. Assessed valuation city property, 1914, $450,000. Popu- lation tributary to Vernal, 10.000. A list of business industries: Two banks, five general merchandise stores, one hardware store, three hotels, two bakeries, one creamery, four restaurants, two jewelry stores, one bottling works, one taxidermist, one news- paper, one brickyard, one shoe shop, two harness shops, two drug stores, two undertaking establishments, two planing mills, one livery stable, three meat markets, two millinery stores, one music store, two garages, three lodging houses, three blacksmith sliops. one express office, one tailor shop, local lodges I. O. 0. F. and W. of W., one photograph gallery, two flour mills, close to city; three implement and vehicle dealers, one clothing store, two barber shops, one tin shop, one bath house, architects, brick masons, painters, plasterers, real estate dealers, insurance agencies, dentists, civil engineers, doctors, lawyers, skating rink, picture show, confectionery, lumber yard, laundry. The Vernal Commercial Club, with eighty members, is the most successful organization of its kind in the state. Other Towns and Postoffices. — The other towns in this dis- trict are: Jensen, on the Green river, fourteen miles southeast of Vernal, at which point the state and county constructed a substantial steel bridge; Naples, four miles southeast of Vernal, on road to Jensen and Alhandra; !Maeser. three miles northwest of ^'el■^al. DEEP CREEK-WHITEROCKS DISTRICT Topography. — This section lies on the east side of the Uintah river, and consists of extensive valley and bench lands, watered by the Whiterocks and Deep creeks. Historical. — Until the opening of the Uintah Indian reserva- tion, in 1005. it was for the most part situated upon the Indian reservation and inaccessible for exploitation by the white man. Some efforts were made to divert water fiom the reservation to the adjacent bench lands, but were thwarted by tlie Iiulian agents. Whiterocks. — Seat of the Indian boarding school and for about forty years the agency for the Uintah and Whiteriver 60 WEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN. UTAH Utes. is situated between the Uintah and Whiterocks, on a eoni- nianding site sloping rapidly to the south. Here the government lias expended considerable money in the construction of school, agency and buildings for the Avhite employes of the government. A trader's store, which carries a large stock of general merchan- dise, and a postoffice comprise the business not stricth' con- trolled by the Indian bureau. Lapoint. — This is a new townsite platted in the Deep Creek basin, about one mile northwest of the village of Taft, which, it is understood, will be removed to the new townsite. Soil. — The soil on the benches consists of sandy loam, in many places covered with cobble rock brought from the canons by glacial action, but Avhich produces alfalfa, timothy, vegetables and fruits abundantly. The Deep Creek valley consists principally of a rich red clay loam, admirably adapted to the cultivation of cereals, fruits, vegetables and alfalfa. Live Stock. — The same conditions prevail here as in Vernal with respect to adaptability to raising of live stock. Owing to the newness of the country as a white man's home, this industry is comparatively in its infancy. Agriculture. — The^ Deep Creek basin is not excelled in the quality of soil by any other part of northeastern Utah, and, although agriculture is yet in its infancy, sufficient development has taken place to demonstrate its fertility and adaptability to the production of all staple cereals, alfalfa, vegetables and grasses common to this section. Horticulture. — An orchard set out by Ed. F. Harmston on the grounds of the Indian boarding school at Whiterocks in 1891, although neglected, has demonstrated the fruit-growing possi- bilities. Another young orchard, on the farm of John Merkley, at the head of the Deep Creek basin, has demonstrated that peaches and apricots, as Avell as apples, can be successfully giown in this district. Minerals. — The mountains to the north are full of coal similar to that mined at Vernal; two mines are being operated on a small scale for supplying the settlers and government em- ploj'es. Copper, lead and other ores are found in the Uintah mountains near by, though never mined extensively as yet. Irrigation. — Irrigated by the government's Deep Creek ditch, the Whiterocks Irrigation Company's canal and the Ouray Valley canal. The latter company has filed an enlargement upon the government's Deep Creek ditch and extended it to cover lands in the Ouray Valley, east of Randlett. A Carey act project is planned to irrigate the higher bench lands. Its construction is still, however, in the future. RANDLETT DISTRICT Topography. — This section occupies the valley of the Uintah river, in the vicinity of Ft. Ducliesne. the bench lands to the east and southeast of that place and the Leland bench and lower Ducliesne river bottoms. Historical. — Ft. Duchesne was established as a militarj^ post in tlie early 80's and is now used as an Indian agency, same having been removed from Whiterocks in the spring of 1912. Here the government expended over $2,000,000 in improvements while used as a military post. The future of the place is prob- lematical. It should be tuiiied over to the state of Utah as a 61 ^^^ E A L T H F T 1 1 E U I N T A II V, A S I N, U T A H site for a biaiu'li of the Agricultural college and agricultural demonstration farm. Randlett. — This place is situated on the west bank of the Uintah river about a mile above its confluence with the Du- chesne, and was originally located as an Indian boarding school, which was later consolidated with the \^'hiterocks scliool. Just prior to tlie opening of the reservation, in 1!)()5, the government caused a government townsite to be platted here. Some day this Avill be an important commercial center, as it commands the en- trance to the Duchesne Valley from the east and southeast and is surrounded bj' large tracts of excellent land, much of wliich is as yet unirrigated. Moffat. — Tills village was founded in 1905, just prior to the opening of the Uintah reservation; located three miles northeast of Ft. Duchesne, in the center of an extensive agricultural sec- tion, which will soon be developed. Soil. — The soil of this district varies from sandy loam on the benches to heavy clay and black river loam in the bottoms. Vegetation. — The natural vegetation of the benches is largely shadscale, cactus and buncli grass; of tlie river bottoms, sage- brush, greasewood, rabbit brusli and squaw brush, while cotton- wood, willow and box elder fringe the streams. Live Stock. — Is well adapted to raising live stock. The same remarks will apply as made regarding the Deep Creek section. Agriculture. — Owing to the wide range of soils, it is well adapted to the cultivation of all grains, grasses and vegetables grown in this latitude. Horticulture. — Will undoubtedly produce apples and all the more liardy fruits to perfection, the winters being somewhat colder, will perhaps not be so well adapted to peach culture as the Deep Creek section. Minerals. — Gilsonite and placer gold are the only minerals found in paying quantities. Much gilsonite has been shipped from the mines near Moffat and above Ft. Duchesne which is of an excellent quality. Irrigation. — In the country immediately tributary to Randlett the lands are irrigated by the United States irrigation survey under their Randlett townsite and Henry Jim ditches. At Moffat the Uintah River Irrigation Company waters the lands, and the large bench section to the east of Randlett is watered by the Colorado Park and Ouray Valley canals. The Leland bench, to the southwest of Randlett, containing a large area of excellent land, is not yet irrigated. ROOSEVELT DISTRICT Topography. — Occupies the country from the Uintah river Avestward and is best known as the "Dry gulch" section, and is made up of both valley and bench lands. The lower portion of the country, on the west side of Uintah river, is. however, included in the Randlett section. Soil. — The soil of this district is for the most part com- posed of a rich sandy loam, with more of an admixture of clay in the valleys, and its adaptability for culture of alfalfa, cereals, vegetables, especially sugar beets and potatoes, as well as fruits, has been demonstrated beyond a doubt. Vegetation. — The natural vegetation of tliis section consists, on the mesas, of shadscale. sagebrush, cactus and grass; in the 63 WEALTH OF THE UIXTAH BASIN. UTAH vallfys. of sagebrush, white sage, greasewood. oanaigre and rabbit brush; the streams are fringed with a growth of cottoiiwood. Live Stock. — It is especially well adapted for winter feeding of live stock; with better transportation facilities this will be- come an important industry, and while at the present time less interest is manifested in this business than should be the case, each year sees an improvement in the number and quality of the live stock owned. Agriculture. — Because of the adaptability to general agricul- ture and the fact that water for irrigation has been available for a greater length of time than elsewhere in the former reservation, this section has made greater advancement along this line. It is producing a large surplus of alfalfa hay and oats that find a ready market in the nearby sections which are as j^et producing less than the demand requires. With the advent of a railroad a sugar factory will be among the early industries to be established, as the adaptabilitj^ of the district to the culture of sugar beets has already attracted the attention of the beet sugar people. Horticulture. — Apples, peaches, pears, apricots, plums, cherries and all small fruits flourisli and bear abundantly in this section. A number of small orchards have demonstrated this to be a suc- cessful fruit section. Hayden. — This town is located ten miles northeast of Roose- velt in the midst of a section fast coming to tlie front for the production of live stock, dairy products and honey. Daih' mail from Roosevelt. Cedarview. — Is located six miles northwest of Roosevelt in a section rapidly becoming improved and noted as an agricultural, live stock and fruit growing district. Daily mail from Roose- velt. Neola. — Is a new town located ten miles northwest of Roose- velt in the midst of an extensive sagebrush bench section. Daily mail from Roosevelt. Irrigation. — Most of this district is under the sj^stem of the Dry Gulch Irrigation Company, which has its office at Roosevelt. The Indian Bench, Nephi Bench, Hayden and Neola sections are largely occtipied by Indian allotments, irrigated by the Bencli Ditch, Uintah Canal and No. 1 Canal, owned jointly by tlie Dry Gulch Irrigation Company and the United States government. Several small irrigation companies water lands in the upper sec- tion; for instance, the Big Six, Uintah Independent Ditch Com- pany, T. N. Dodd Irrigation Company and Cedarview Irrigation Companj-. In the south part of this district the New Hope Irrigation District owns and operates jointly with the government the Dry Gulch ditch. The townsite of Independence lies in the territory irrigated by this ditch. Roosevelt. — This is the largest town on the former Uintah Indian reservation, and is the commercial center of the Dry g>ilch section. It is an incor])orated town, with water works, electric lights, telephone exchange and excellent schools, including high school. Unlike several other towns on the reservation, Roosevelt is not a government town, but was platted by private parties in the spring of 1906, and, although never boomed, has had a steady growtli. Population, .525. Elevation. 5.050 feet. List of business industries: Three general merchandise stores, two meat and grocery stores, one farm machinery and implement store, two drug stores, two hotels, one bakery and restaurant, two livery and 64 WEALTH '>! illK nXTAH B A 8 1 X. UTAH feed stables, one garage, one hardware store, one furniture store, three bhicksmith shops, one bank, one barber shop, two civil en- gineers, eight real estate offices, one harness shop, one amuse- ment hall, two millinery stores, one roller mill. Dry Gulch Irri- gation Company, two doctors, one ice cream parlor, brick masons, plasterers, jjaperhangers. carpenters, brick manufacturers, lodges, 1. O. O. F. and W. of W. MYTON DISTRICT Topography. — This section includes the bottoms of the Du- chesne river from the vicinity of Independence to the mouth of Antelope creek, the benches on the north and south sides of the Duchesne river and, for convenience in classification, the Carey Act lands to the southeast of Myton. Soil. — The soil of the Duchesne river bottoms is mostly a heavy clay ; that of the benches a sandy loam ; the soil on the south side of the river is a lighter color than that of the nortli side, which is a reddish loam similar to the Roosevelt and Deep Creek sections. Vegetation. — The natural vegetation of this section, in the river bottoms, consists of greasewood, sagebrush and rabbit brush; the benches, shadscale, cactus and grass; along the streams, cottonwood and willows abound. Live Stock. — This section is well adapted for the live stock industry; many thousands of sheep winter on the benches south of the river and the Carey Act lands, most of wdiich are owned by Heber sheep men. These ranges should feed the stock of local owners, thus adding materially to the wealth of this section. Agriculture. — So far as under cultivation, this section has proven to be well adapted to agriculture, the nortli bench espe- cially being an excellent agricultural section. This will, no doubt, prove equally true of the south bench and Carey Act lands when irrigated. The lands along the river bottoms are heavy and more difficult to subdue, but Avill, no doubt, in most cases, prove very durable soils. Horticulture. — A few young orchards in this section indicate tliat this will prove to be well adapted to growing all kinds of fruits, except, perhaps, peaches, which will, no doubt, thrive in certain localities. loka. — Is a postoffice located on the North bench, three miles nortliMest of Myton, surrounded by an excellent agricultural section. Midview. — Is located on the north side of Duchesne river, about six miles above Myton, and is on the D. & S. L. Ry. sur- vey. It is surrounded by a large area of fertile soil. This is sure to be a good town. ^lany men of means have purchased lots. It is an ideal location for a town. Minerals. — The only mineral of importance found in this section is gilsonite. which has been extensively mined at the Pariette and Castle Peak mines, twelve miles southeast of !Myton. Addenda. — The Red Cap Flat might properly be added to this district. It lies on the west side of Lake Fork creek, east of tlie P>lue bench; is a clay soil; produces alfalfa and grain successfully, and is under the United States Red Cap ditch, the Uteland ditch. Smith ditcli. Extension of Purdy ditch and Duchesne Irrigation Company's ditch. Irrigation. — :\Iue]i of tlie land in this district belongs to In- dians and is under the system of the I'nited States irrigation 65 WEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN, UTAH survey. Tlif Dry (.iilili ditch from Lake Fork, the Grey Moun- tain Pahoease and Myton Townsite furnish water for this Indian hind. The North Myton bench is under Class C canal of the Dry Gulch Irrigation Company. A choice area of land lies on the Soutli Myton bench, in Pleasant Valley and Wild Horse flats. In 1009 a group of Colorado men organized the Myton Canal and Irrigation Company and began the construction of a canal. Work lias been carried on since that time and water is now ready for 15,000 acres. The system will be enlarged and extended until an additional 12,000 acres will be covered. The water from tiiis canal will cost approximately $16 per acre. The company offices are located in Myton. The Lott canal is planned to cover a part of the South Myton bench as well as the Carey Act project to the southeast. Myton. — An incorporated town, located on south side of Duchesne river, about three miles below Lake Fork river. Govern- ment townsite and seat of LTnited States irrigation survey, for which commodious buildings have been erected. Population, 475. Elevation. 5,125 feet at bridge. Cement sidewalks, telephones, electric lights in near future, local lodges Yeomen, I. 0. 0. F. and W. of W., Presbyterian, L. D. S. and Episcopal churches. List of business industries: One bank, two weekly newspapers, one magazine, three farmers' supply houses, three hotels, two res- taurants, one opera house, one laundry, one mill and light com- pany, social hall, six general stores, one millinery store, two meat markets, one livery stable, one feed stable, one garage, two blacksmith shops, one auto repair and machine shop, one drug store and another contemplated, one hardware store, two saloons. LAKEFORK-BONETA DISTRICT Topography. — This section comprises the higher benches on both sides of the Lake Fork creek, with some small valleys on either side of said stream and the valley of the Lake Fork. Soil. — The soil is principally sandy loam, with occasional tracts of clay, and has proven its adaptability for culture of alfalfa, grains, vegetables and fruits. Vegetation. — The natural vegetation of this section is prin- cipally sagebrush and scattering cedars, with cactus and grass; the bottom of Lake Fork creek is largely covered with a growth of Cottonwood, willow and brush. Live. Stock. — Well adapted to the live stock business. The excellent summer ranges on the Ashley and Uintah National for- ests, the winter ranges available, together with the opportunity for raising forage for winter feeding, make this an excellent sec- tion for this business. Live stock of all kinds are particularly free from the dis- eases prevalent in the Eastern and Middle Western states. Agriculture. — The benches on botli sides of Lake Fork, which are a red sandy loam, covered with sagebrush, are well adapted to tlie culture of alfalfa, vegetables and grain; on some of the liigher benches potatoes and corn have been matured without any irrigation water. Horticulture. — Apples, cherries, pears, apricots and berries of all kinds do well, and jieaches flourish in some localities. Minerals. — Asplialtum has been found in the mountains to tlie north, and coal is known to exist in the same localities. Irrigation. — A large body of land on the Lake Fork bench, on east side of the creek, is allotted Indian lands, for which canals 67 ^^^ 1-: a t. t b o f t m e i' i x t a h p. a s i x. i' t a h have been constnieted by tlie government. Tlie remainder of the land on east side of the creek is under the Dry Guleh Irrigation Company, Farmers" Iriigation (.'ompany and tlie Lake Fork Irri- gation Company. The lands on the west side of the creek are under the Lake Fork Western Irrigation Company and Farns- worth Canal and Reservoir Company's canals. Mt. Home. — Is a new town on the west side of the creek, on the upper bench, in the midst of an excellent agricultural section, which is rapidly becoming improved. Mail from Duchesne. Boneta. — Is a town on the lower bench,, on west side of Lake Fork, surrounded by an excellent agricultural section. Mail from Duchesne. Winn. — Postoffice on the Purple bench, in a new but excel- lent agricultural section. Mail from Duchesne. Bluebell. — Is a town on the bench about a mile west of Dry Gulch creek, in an excellent .agricultural section. Mail from Duchesne. Banner. — A new townsite in Sec. 31, Tp. 1 S., R. 3 W., sur- rounded by excellent agricultural country. Has a bright future before it. Altonah. — A new town on the Dry Gulch Irrigation Com- pany's canal, near north end of the Lake Fork bench, largely sur- rounded by allotments. Mail from Duchesne. Lakefork.— Store and postoffice in Sec. 31. Tp. 2 S., R. 3 W., surrounded bv an extensive agricultural countrv. Mail from Myton. DUCHESNE DISTRICT Topography. — This district comprises the valleys of the Strawberrj^ and Duchesne rivers for a distance of about ten miles from Duchesne, and the valleys of Indian creek and Ante- lope creek, together with the Blue bench and West bench and the mountainous country intervening. Soil. — The soil of Antelope and Indian canons is a decom- posed shale mixed with vegetable mould. The soil of the Straw- berry and Duchesne rivers varies from a sandy loam to heavy clay,, and, except where too heavily mineralized, is very produc- tive. The soil of the Blue and West benches is principally a sandy loam of excellent quality and depth, except near the rims of the benches, where tlie soil is shallow and quite stony. Vegetation. — The natural vegetation of Antelope and Indian canons is largely greasewood; that of the benches, sagebrush, cactus and grass; of the river bottoms, greasc^wood, sagebrush, rabbit brush, with cottonwood and willow along the streams. Live Stock. — Is well adapted to live stock, containing con- siderable good summer and winter ranges, and well adapted for winter feeding in the valleys. Agriculture. — The better soils in the canons produce cereals of excellent quality and weight. The Blue bencli. tlie lower por- tion of which is being watered for the first time this season, will imdoubtedly prove a good agricultural section. Alfalfa and vege- tables, especially potatoes, do well throughout tliis ' fll' '/)/.' I/,,,' ^^-'•^^•^ : ?\-^-^ ;>^ X - -l^Xr ^5^_ \ >f ^-^-^ -■^■^7^5^ \'t^ ^' — 1<-' . i^^^^- " / cyo^/oj '^^1£> WEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN, UTAH Log of Auto Road from Denver, Colo., to Salt Lake City through the Uintah Basin Legend : H — Hotel. G — Garage. O — Oil and gas obtainable. M — Stores. N — Nothing obtainable. S — Some accommodations, but generally doubtful. P — Population. E — Elevation. R — Rail- road station. Distance from last station shown thus — 14.5 Golden. Denver, E 5,280, P 245,523, outfitting point, everything obtain- able ; is the state capital, has many beautiful boulevards, parks and drives, remarkably well lighted and is well supplied with garages, hotels, restaurants and places where anybody can enjoy many pleasant and instructive hours. Denver to State Bridge (140 m.) : D 14.5 Golden. E 5,603, P 3,000, H, G, M, R. D 25.1 Idaho Springs, E 7,540, P 2,500 H, G, M, R. D 7.6 Empire, E 8.600, P 250, H, M, O, R. D 24.5 Eraser, E 8,560, P 350, H, G, M, R. D 20.6 Hot Sulphur Springs, E 7,665, P 350, H, G, M, R. D 18.2 Kremmling, E 7,322, P 200, H, M, O. R. (Rabbit car cut-off from here to Steamboat Springs now building. See map. ) D 29.3 State Bridge, E 6600, P 30, H, O, R. Roads branch here, one to south route, other to north route. The road from Denver to the State Bridge is a fair mountain road, winding through canons and over mountain passes. The driver should be cautious regarding his brakes, as several steep grades are encountered at high altitudes. Passes through many beautiful and prosperous towns. South route, from State Bridge to K Ranch (212 m.) : 14.2 Wolcott, E 6,965, P 100, H, G, R, M. 10 Eagle, E 6,588, P 250, H, G, M, R. 8 Gypsum, E 6,315, P 225, H, G, M, R. 7.3 Dotsero, E 6,157, P 25, S. 18.2 Glenwood Springs, E 5,750, P 2,500, H, G, M, R. 13 New Castle, E 5,555, P 500, H, G, M, R. 15.7 Rifle, E 5,300, P 1,100, H, G, M, R. 42 Meeker, E 6,250, P 1,000, H, G, M. (A road starts here for Craig (48 m.), on north route. See map.) 45 Angora, E 5,500, P 25, S. (Road starts here for Mobley (9 m.), on north route. See map.) 20 Rangley, E 5,370, P 25, H, M, O. 18 K Ranch, S. A grand scenic trip with fishing and hunting along the way, an older country than the north route with towns inore numerous. Glenwood Springs is one of the best known resorts in the United States, with beautiful hotels and bath houses. The Glenwood Hot Springs and Hotel Colorado being especially popular. Rifle, where you leave the railroad for Meeker, is a great out- fitting point. Meeker, one of the largest cities in Colorado with- out a railroad, is prosperous and in the center of one of the finest stock-raising and farming countries in Colorado. Rangley is in the heart of the famous oil fields. North route. State Bridge to K Ranch (205 m.) : 32 Yampa, E 7,884, P 350, G, H, M, R. 29 Steamboat Springs, E 6,680, P 2,300, G, H, M, R. 28 Hayden, E 6,340, P 450, G, H, M, R. 14 Craig, E 6,185, P 500, H, G, M, R. (Road starts here for Meeker (48 m. ), on south route. See map.) 33 Maybell, E 5,900, P 100, H, M, O. 4 6 Moblev, E 5,700, P 25, S. 23 K Ranch, S. This is a very scenic trip, passing through some wild country, abounding with game and fish. The towns are mostly new and growing and inhabited by live and up-to-date citizens, especially Steamboat Springs, with its beautiful hotels and bath houses, sup- plied with the wonderful waters that bubble forth from neighoring springs, numbering over 150 and containing wonderful powers. Steamboat Springs is getting more popular every day and is well 72 WEALTPI OF THE UI N T A ]i BASIN, UTAH worth visiting, it for only a day. The Cabin hotel, just completed, is one of the finest in Colorado. K Ranch to Duchesne, Utah : 18 Jensen, E 4,700. P 200, H, G, M. 15.4 Vernal, E 5,330, P 1,200, H, G, M. 25 Ft. Duchesne, E 4,990, P 150, H, G, M. 7.7 Roosevelt, E 5.050, P 525, H, G. M. 11.4 Myton. E 5,125, P. 450, H, G, M. 20.7 Duchesne, E 5.515, P 500, H, G, M. (Junction of north and south roads to Salt Lake.) This route crosses the famous Uintah Basin in northeastern Utah, which is one of the most resourceful parts of the United States, with abundant coal, hydro-carbon and precious metals, be- sides being very fertile and well adapted to all kinds of agriculture, stock raising, honey, etc. Vernal, in the Ashley Valley, is an old city and the largest city without a railroad in the United States today. Roosevelt, Myton and Duchesne are new towns on the old Indian reservation and are rapidly growing and afford excellent opportunities to settlers. For detailed information relative to this territory see other pages in booklet. Hunting and fishing are abundant, hundreds of well-stocked lakes covering adjacent lands ; game of all kinds inhabit the moun- tains close by. South route, Duchesne to Salt Lake (145 m.) : 51 Colton, E 7,170, P 200, H, O, M, R. 15 Tucker, E 8,200, P 150, H, O, M, R. 17 Thistle, E 5,050, P 200, H, R, M. 13 Springville, E 4,555, P 3,500, H, G, R, M. 5 Provo, E 4,500, P 9,000, H, G, M, R. (Road to Heber, 27 m., on north road starts here.) 9 Geneva, E 4,480, P 350, H, G, M, R. 4 American Fork, E 4,563, P 3,000. H, G, M, R. 3 Lehi, E 4,550, P 3,000, H, G, M, R. 12 Riverton, E 4,400. P 600, H, G. M, R. 5 Midvale, E 4,365, P 1,800, H, G, M, R. 4 Murray. E 4,310. P 4,100, H, G, M, R. 7 Salt Lake. H, G, M, R. This is the preferable route, as the roads are good and many fine cities are passed through. There is considerable attractive scenery, besides beautiful farms, covering the land on both sides of the road most of the way. In making your schedule allow some time for a stop at Provo. North route. Duchesne to Salt Lake (12 6 m.) : 22 Murdock's Ranch. 37.5 Daniels Pass. 19.5 Heber, E 5,560, P 2.100, H. G. M, R. (Road to south connects with south route at Provo, 27 m. ) 14 Park City, E 6.700, P 3,500, H, G, M, R. 33 Salt Lake, H, G. M, R. This route covers new country and generally hard traveling. The famous Strawberry project of the reclamation department of our government and extremely beautiful scenery are some of the attractions. Salt Lake, P 109,530, E 4,250, is the capital city of Utah and the home of the Mormon church, which has a beautiful temple and tabernacle famed for its wonderful organ. Salt Lake is well equipped to supply the tourist with all the conveniences he may ask for, and on its beautiful roads and drives, both in and out of the city, he can enjoy many side trips, including the great Salt Air beach. Ft. Douglass, smelters, mines, cjinon resorts, besides many public institutions. Hotel Utah, Cullen, Semloh, Wilson and Kenyon are among the popular hotels. WEALTH OF THE UINTAH B A S I X. UTAH Facts About Uintah Basin Miles long 120 Miles wide 70 Total area in square miles 8,400 Number of acres 5,376,000 Number of tillable acres 540,000 Population (estimated) 25,000 Number of people to square mile ? Number tillable acres to every family outside of cities and towns 300 School population 5,200 Assessed valuation (Uintah county) $2,500,000 Assessed valuation (Wasatch county) $2,850,858 Average altitude, feet 5,500 Average number days sunshine in year 325 Average annual precipitation, 15 years, inches 9 Hydro-Carbons worth $7,000,000,000 Number head of sheep 200,000 Annual wool clip, pounds 1,600,000 Number colonies of bees 5,000 Honey output worth, 1914 $40,000 Number acres land under cultivation 100,000 Number acres Indian allotments 112,000 Average date last killing frost in spring. May 4. Average date first killing frost in autumn, October 4. Mean annual temperature 46 Mean maximum 62 Mean minimum 33 Average days maximum above 90 31 Average days with minimum below 32 163 Total miles of canals 445 Number incorporated towns 4 Total annual exports, tons 50,000 'total annual imports, tons 25,000 Number Indians 1,185 Percheron Stallion "Slasher," No. 13,492 — Owned by W. A. Miles, Roosevelt, Utah. 74 W E A L T II ( ) F ^1^ TT E U I N T A TI B A S 1 N. UTAH Miles of Canals Total mileage government main eanals 143 Dry Gulch Irrigation compan_y 35 Ashley Upper Irrigation company 12 Ashley Central Irrigation company 9 Rock Point and White Wash 6 Burns Bench 6 Union •'i Upper Burns Bench 4 Ouray Valley 25 Colorado Park 15 New Hope 20 Uintah Irrigation 15 Whiterocks Irrigation 18 Upper Blue Bench (incomplete) 13 Blue Bench, District No. 1 14 West Bench 8 Fruitland (incomplete ) 6 Lake Fork Western 6 Farnsworth 14 Uintah Independent 5 Cedarview 12 Farmers 15 Lake Fork 9 Big Six 5 Myton Canal & IiTigation (incomplete) 25 Photo by H. C. Mean.s, Myton, Utali. Government Canal, showing drop — Indian Department has expended $850,000 in construction of canals for Indian lands. 75 W E A L T H OF THE l^ I X T A H B A S I X. U T A H Facts About Utah, 1913 Area in acres 54,393,600 Area in square miles (gross) 84,990 Land 82.184 Water 2,806 Extreme breadth, miles 275 Extreme length, miles 345 Population (U. S. census estimate. July 1. 19141 414,518 Increase since 1910 41,518 Number cities in Utah 53 Total population of cities 248,710 Total rural population 165,808 Number persons to square mile 5 Percentage of illiteracy 2.5 Percentage illiteracy, native whites 0.4 U. S. Percentage illiteracy 7.7 Number families in state 83,000 School population 120,000 Population Salt Lake, (U. S. census estimate. July 1. 1914) 109,530 Assessed valuation, state, 1914 $223,859,715 Output precious and semi-precious metals $44,000,000 Grain, worth $9,000,000 Sugar beets, worth $2,500,000 Hay, worth $9,000,000 Dairv products, worth $2,200,000 Wool, pounds 19,000,000 Poultrv and eggs, worth .' $1,000,000 Sheep,"worth $8,800,000 Live stock industrv, worth $15,000,000 Total value all domestic animals $31,000,000 Fruit output, worth $2,000,000 Honey output, worth $100,000 Output metals since 1S77 $569,000,000 Dividends from mines since 1877 $120,000,000 Contents Utah coal fields in tons 196,548,000.000 Forest reserves in acres 7.436.327 Revenue to state from forest reserves this year $34,000 Average value per acre farm land $29.28 Number farms 21,676 Total value farm property, including land, buildings, machinery, live stock, poultry and bees $150,795,000 State flower Sego Lilv Utah admitted to Union 1896 Number counties in State 27 76 7Amimmj. idll Horses Boarded by the Day, Week or Month Uintah Livery - Garage Ed. C. SUMNER, Proprietor VERNAL, UTAH Automobiles for Hire, General Black- smithing, Gas, Oil, Spark Plugs, Tubes and Casings and all other auto supplies. Auto Repairing Hotel Colorado GlenMrood Springs, Colo. Cuisine and Service unexcelled Mineral Baths and Outdoor Swimming Pool open the year 'round. Tennis, Golf. Po!o. Flshinc, Trap Shooting, Hunting, etc. Automobile side trips over the finest of moun- tain roads. LOTS IN LAPOINT The newest townsite in the Uintah Basin. Plat approved April 6lh, 1914. 1 00 acres platted. Center for 30,000 acres of farm lands Favorably located in the fertile Deep Creek- White Rocks Valley. Lapoint will become the center of one of the richest agricultural districts in the Basin. Canals furnishings water for 20,000 acres of land are now completed. 1 0,000 acres addi- tional withdrawn under "Carey Act" project now being organized. Unimproved farm lands, with full water right in constructed canals, sell at $1 5 to $30 per acre. Lots in Lapoint a good investment — a desirable location for the home builder. Write for prices and further information to either address below. Byron 0. Colton, Jr. VERNAL, UTAH James C Hacking TAFT, UTAH HOTEL UTAH SALT LAKE CITY 500 ROOMS, FIREPROOF There is an abundance of Large Sample Rooms Rooms without Bath $1.50 and $2 per day. With Bath $2.50 and up Under the management of GEO. O. REILF You can acquire land m Uintan Bajsm by direct purcnase, '" DIRX CHEAP, or oy nomestead and desert entry, :: 540,000 acres irrigable and tillable. Vernal district 75,000 acres Roosevelt district 125,000 *' Myton district 15-5,000 " Ducnesne-Stockmore-Fruitland districts 165,000 Deep Creek, Randlett and otter districts 50,000 '' Best watered country in tne West. Average cost or water per acre, $10. In addition to irrigaole and tillaDle land tnere are tnousands or acres or grazing, timoer, nydro-carbon, coal and oil land. For full and free information write to the Secretary of Commercial Club of any to-w'n in Uintah Basin: W. C. Stark, Secretary Salt Lake Commercial Club; or to the Passenger Department D. isf R. G. Ry. Co.. Denver or Salt Lake; Denver and Salt Lake (Moffat Road) Ry. Co., Denver; Uintah Ry. Co., Mack, Colo. Uintah Abstract Company [INCORPORATED] REAL ESTATE ABSTRACTS INSURANCE CONVEYANCING RENTALS PROMOTIONS Enos Bennion, Pres. Geo. A. Davis, Vice-Pres. Herbert Tyzack, Secy, and Treas. DIRECTORS Enos Bennion John S. Hacking Geo. A. Davis John N. Davis W. H. Siddoway Edward D. Samuels Address: UINTAH ABSTRACT CO., Vernal, Utah $2.00 PER YEAR ESTABLISHED 1890 The Vernal Express VERNAL, UTAH Leading Weekly Newspaper and best equipped Job Office in Northeastern Utah and Uintah Basin — Eight pages all home print^ — All of the news concerning development and progress of Uintah Basin, given accurately HYRUM B. CALDER PONTHA CALDER Quality J» Our First Thought CALDER BROS Ice, Soda Water, Ice Cream and Sherbets Pasteurized Creamery Butter Full Cream Cheese VERNAL. UTAH FOR RELIABLE INFORMATION on lands and investments, you are invited to call on or write us. No hot air artists — we list the bargains and give you a straight, honorable deal. Irrigated Farms, Stock Ranches, Town Properties, Investments. Reference by permission Bank of Vernal, Vernal Mylon Slate Bank, Myton PIONEER REALTY CO. MYTON, UTAH J. W. MUSSER. Pres. B. W. MUSSER, Vice-Pr«. GEO. B. STANDING, SecV-Treas. FARMS WE SELL UINTAH LANDS Inter- Mountain Realty Co. TyiE FylRM SHOP Suite, 205 Templeton BIdg. Salt Lake City, Utah Florence Charles DeVeaux "the: SHURXLEIFFS Colorado House It^H'^^'t^.T:: .?r.:::"! Roosevelt, Utah livery. Repair Shop. Auto for hire Th e Umtah Railway Company pNNECTING at Mack, Colorado with D. & R. G. Railroad. Daily trains be- tween Mack, Colorado and Watson, Utah, 63 miles. Daily stage from Watson to Vernal, Ft. Duchesne and intermediate points. Only railroad that reaches the Uintah Basin. A novel and unique trip for the homeseeker and tourist. Road crosses famous Book Cliff range of the Rocky Mountains. Climbing Baxter Pass from south, trains travel 6 miles to cover actual distance of 2 miles. Makes 71 per cent grades and 65 degree curves. Prompt and careful Freight and Passenger Service For further information, address M. W. COOLEY, General Manager, Mack, Colo. When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them. Buick cars are used by the Uintah Railway Co., and the Duchesne Stage & Transportation Co. in the Uintah Basin. Randall-Dodd Auto Co. =L't'd — Distributors: UTAH IDAHO WYOMING Dealers in Supplies and Accessories Day and Night Shop and Garage Service BOISE, IDAHO SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH W. E. BROOME THE PAGE FENCE MAN BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, HARD- WARE, FARM MACHINERY. WOVEN WIRE FENCING BRANCH OFFICE. Vernal, Utah MYTON, UTAH The Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Co. "MOFFAT ROAD" THE BEST AND QUICKEST WAY to reach the Uintah Basin is via The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad TO CRAIG. COLORADO and thence via Auto Stage to Jensen, Vernal, Ft. Duchesne, Myton, Duchesne, Randlett, Ouray and other towns in the great Uintah Basin. This new standard-guage railroad is projected to be the shortest possible route from Denver to Salt Lake City, Utah, now completed and in operation to Craig, Moffat County, Colorado, a distance of 255 miles from Denver, survey having been made for further ex- tension west of Craig in the near future. The opening of a new empire to the homesteader, homeseeker and business man in Routt and Moffatt Counties, Colorado, and the famed Uintah Basin of eastern Utah. A vast and magnificent domain yet in the very in- fancy of development, surpassingly rich in agriculture, stock growing, mining and commercial possibilities, with almost unlimited resources in both bituminous and anthracite coal, gilsonite, elaterite and other hydro-carbons, only awaiting the touch of transportation facilitifs now being provided and planned, and financial enterprise. Literature and Information upon request W. H. PAUL, G. F. & P. A. First National Bank Building Denver, Colorado Hotel Arlington Thomas Firth, Prop. Tourists Headquarters On the Auto Highway Duchesne, Utah Recently Remodeled 24 Rooms Colton-Duchesne Stage Line J. R. WILSON REAL ESTATE AND LOANS Duchesne City Lots DUCHESNE, .-. UTAH Odekirk & Company Duchesne, Utah "The Quality Store TEN BARREL GASOLINE TANK OIL Outfitters: Tents, Tarps, Wagon Covers Farm Implements General Merchandise A. F. MAXWELL Oeneral Mercnandise Canned Goods Gasoline ana Oil MYTON, - - - UTAH I.W.OdekirkS^Sons MYTON, UTAH Groceries^ Fresh and Cured Meats Ice Cream Parlor and Luncn Room m connection D. J. PEARCE J. F. BABCOCK Real Estate We make a specialty or Uintah rarm lanas and My ton City lots '"'TtriTesf '"^ MYTON, UTAH xA^ Ducnesne Record The Paper that covers the great Uintah Basin Subscription, $2.00 per year. Get a good paper and keep in toucn ■with tne rapid development or tne larg- est undeveloped section in tne United States Published at Myton, Utah J. P. MAY, Editor WILLCOX ACADEMY VKUNAI.. ITAIl I'.stablislu-d ..i l!l();! by tlie Coagifffationiil Kducalion Society. All grades from the Primary to tour years Hit'li School course. Tuition veiy low. Well (rained teach- ers aud good equipment. Address Geo. A. I>c»vvii<>y, VrliKi(ial Auto Supplies and Indian Curios at Myton Bridge Store C. T. BEGGS Myton, Utah Pioneer Livery and VJiXlil^C A. LIDDELL, Proprietor Myton, Utah Indian Curios Candy and Cigars Post Cards Magazines Drugs and Sundries W. C. PERRY, Duchesne, Utah Transients Rates by Week *'""^ Calvert Hotel °"°"" Myton, Utah A II the Comforts of Home MRS. S. M. CALVERT, Prop. The Reservation News Published weekly at Myton, Utah in the heart of the Greatest Undeveloped Empire of Northeastern Utah Learn of the vast resources of the Uintah Basin by sending $1.50 for a year's subscription to THE NEWS MORTON ALEXANDER, Editor and Publisher MYTON, UTAH Get m Right W' itn Quality and Service Moline and Deering farming implements, tne kma that bring tne smiles wnen you use them. Building material of all kinds, tney put a nnisn to your home. Sner-wm- Williams paint, it covers the eartn, and Drightens tnmgs up. Tools that are made to do things witn and you can do things "witn tnese tools. Stoves that make Jack Frost look sick, and cooking a pleasure. Quality and Service to you Sir. Dintah Builders Supply Co. MITON, UTAH L. H. ALLAN. General Manager Vernal Drug Co. (Incorporated) Stores in Vernal and Roosevelt, Utah Eastern Utah's Leading Prescription Druggists AGENCY FOR EASTMAN KODAKS AND SUPPLIES FINE CANDIES TOILET ARTICLES TOURIST SUPPLIES A. D. S. PREPARATIONS IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS Our Soda Fountain is the most modern equipped fount between Salt Lake City and Denver and is open the year round. CHOICE STATIONERY, MAPS AND AUTOMOBILE GUIDES When in Vernal or Roosevelt call and see us, or if you can't pay us a visit, mail or phone us your wants and they vv^ill receive immediate and careful attention. Don't hesitate to send us for anything in the drug line, as w^e have a very com- plete stock, but if we haven't it on hand, we will get it. TheVERNALDRUGCO. VERNAL, UTAH "THE BUSY DRUGGISTS" LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 017 063 784 7 BANK UJt^ VERNAL Oldest, Strongest, Most Conservative Bank in the Uintah Basin ) 4% interest paid on Time Deposits. Money transferred to all parts of the world. Checks and drafts collected for our customers without cost. We invite the homeseeker and investor to come to this land of wond- rous opportunity and start business with us. We assure Safety and Protection Capital, surplus and undivided profits $60,000.00 and growing daily J. H. READER, President H. BENNION, Vice President N. J. MEAGHER, Cashier W. H. COLTHARP JOHN N. DAVIS PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BANK OF VERNAL, Vernal Utah