z F 32, 03 BANCROFT LIBRARY" <> THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WEALTH OF THE Uintan a s i n UTAH Price, 25 Cents :. B. COOK, Editor and Publisher, Myfon, Utah J. H. COLTHARP WM. GENTRY B. L. DART President Vice-President Cashier Ike My ton State Bank MYTON, UTAH CAPITAL, - - $25,000 A bank organized by local capital and experienced business men to build up the Reservation country. Managed by men who understand the needs of the people it serves. Inquiries regarding investments will have our careful attention. We invite Homeseekers to make this their banking home with the assurance of courteous and careful attentioB to their business. Nichols &? Donaldson General Merchandise HAY AND GRAIN Irrigated Farms and Moflat Town Lots NICHOLS & DONALDSON, Moftat, Utah THE BEST ON EARTH Studebaker Line Wagons, Buggies and Harness STUDEBAKER BROS. CO., of UTAH VERNAL BRANCH HOUSE- R. CALDER, Resident Manager Homeseekers If you want to know more in detail, about the splendid country described in this booklet, and rich in its undeveloped resources, enclose a One Dollar Bill, with your inquiry to : T. W. O'DONNELL, Vernal, Utah and you will be promptly furnished with reliable information, based upon a nine years experience and residence in Uintah County, Utah. REFERENCE by permission to the U. S. Register or Receiver of the Land Office or any business house in Vernal. DR. CHAS. HIRTH ignttat PROPRIETOR JACKRABBIT RANCH MYTON, UTAH R. S. COLLETT B. D. NEBEKER Uintab Realty and Investment Co. Real Estate, Insurance, Loans VERNAL, UTAH We are in a position to interest and serve those seeking good farm lands, If you desire a home or wish to invest in GOOD CHEAP LANDS that are constantly and rapidly appreciating in value, write us or call on us at our office. THE ACORN Mercantile Company Carries a Complete Line of Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Skoes, Hats and Caps. CL^^ e a l so handle Baled Hay, Oats, Wneat and Barley. VERNAL HONEY a SPECIALTY Shelf Hardware and Farm Implement* Xne Acorn Mercantile Company VERNAL, UTAH PIANOS Hobart M. Cable Kurtzman Kimball Sterling O R CAN S GUITARS MANDOLINS VIOLINS Musical Supplies GLOBE WERNICKE BOOK and FILING CASES LEONARD Porcelain Lined REFRIGERATORS E.W.Davis^Co. Established 1890. W. S. HENDERSON, Manager Home Furnishers VERNAL, UATH Write us Wagner Go-Carts, Felted Mattresses, Davis Steel Ranges, Iron and Brass Beds, Carpets and Rugs, Linoleum. Everything in house furnishings. Every article of high standard manufacture. The Vernal Harness Company Dealers and Manufacturers of HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, TENTS, D A r*Y ^M TTFITC EVERYTHING IN THE PACK OUTFITS. LEATHER LINE The Vernal Harness Company, Vernal, Utah Frank Croxford Elias Winn BRIGHAM CHRISTENSEN Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines Honey, Bees and Beeswax in large or small quantities ROOSEVELT, UTAH Eastern Utah Headquarters For Hardware, Glass, Paints, Oils, Chinaware, and a Com- plete Line of Sash and Doors ALL GOODS SHIPPED IN CAR LOTS and we are Price-Makers for this section of country Leslie Ashton Hardware Co. VERNAL, UTAH TELEPHONE VERNAL 10 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 VERNAL, UTAH 4 REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE John Glenn, Manager RRIGATED and Unimproved Farms bought and sold. Power Sites, Reservoir Sites and Carey I, Land Propositions handled. TWENTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN THE LAND OFFICE BUSINESS. Special attention paid to State Lands and 32o-Acre Homesteads under the Smoot Act. VERNAL and INDEPENDENCE UTAH 5 JOSEPH F. SMITH W. S. MCCOBNICK MELVIN D. WELLS GRANT HAMPTON President Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer Ass't Sec.-Treas. Consolidated Wagon & Machine Co, (INCORPORAT E D) Leading Implement Dealers HARDWARE, STOVES, RANGES, VEHICLES, CUTTERS, SLEIGHS, HARNESS, SADDLES, FEED CHOPPERS, GRINDERS, GASOLINE ENGINES SNBLLEN JOHNSON, Local Manager, Vernal, Utah GEO. T. ODELL, General Managrer, Utah and Idaho DIRECTORS : Joseph F. Smith, W. S. McCornick, Geo. Romney, Geo. T. Odell, G. G. Wright, John Henry Smith, L. S. Hills, C. S. Burton, J. H. Moyle, Melvin D. Wells, Francis M, Lyman, Thos. R. Cutler, G. Hampton. !Elk iritg Successors to Walter Lloyd Drug Company Has one of the best equipped establishments in Northeastern Utah. Service accurate and reliable. An inspection of our lines respectfully solicited. ELK DRUG COMPANY VERNAL, UTAH Newton Brothers HARNESS, SADDLES, BOOTS AND SHOES REPAIR COMPANY TENTS, TARPAULINS, CANVAS GOODS AND PACK OUTFITS NEWTON BROTHERS, VERNAL, UTAH L. W. CURRY, g General Merchandise ana Indian Trader SUPPLIES FOR SHEEP MEN L. W. CURRY Hat Bands, Belts, and All kinds of Indian Curios Ouray, Utah. Calve rt GENERAL MERCHANDISE HAY AND GRAIN, HARDWARE AND HARNESS, TARPAULINS AND BEDDING Myton, Utah ED. F. HARMSTON A. C. HARMSTON IRRIGATION ENGINEERS Canal Systems Located, Estimated, Mapped, Blue Printed ROOSEVELT, UTAH Colorado House Transient and Regular Boarders Hotel has just been remodeled and renovated Florence Shirtleff Proprietress LIVERY and FEED STABLE in connection ROOSEVELT, UTAH DAN LAMBERT, President H. J. HARDING. Vice-Prcsidant J. H. HARDY, Secretary and Manager WM. H. SMART, Treasurer Directors: William H. Siddoway, Owen Bennion, Ephraim Lambert. ^ r illiam H. Smart, J. H. Hardy, H. J. Harding, Dan Lambert. Roosevelt Mercantile Company General Merchandise HAY, GRAIN AND LUMBER Outfitters for Homeseekers and Tourists Roosevelt Mercantile Company, Roosevelt, Utah HOTEL ARLINGTON TOM FIRTH, Proprietor THEODORE, UTAH Room and Board by day, week or month at Reasonable Rates SPECIAL RATES TO HOMESEEKERS J. A. WILSON Atiornnj attft QhmttafUnr at ICate Practices in all the Courts. Has had many years of practice in the Courts and in the Land Office. Office in Coltharp Block. Phone 6 VERNAL, UTAH ALBERT HALEN, C. E. Surveyor and Civil Engineer Thirty years experience in irrigation engineering. Construction Engineer of the Ouray Valley Irrigation Co., Uintah River Irrigation Co., Colorado Park Irrigation Co. IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED FARMS FOR SALE Ideal Dairy Farm and Stock Ranch On Duchesne River, four miles east of My ton. Will sell owing to hotel business demanding my attention. MRS. H. CALVERT, MYTON, UTAH S. R. BENNION, President ENOS BENNION, Manager Established 1888 ASHLEY CO-OP. (Incorporated) DEALERS IN GENERAL Merchandise Hay, Grain and Produce SUPPLY BUSINESS A SPECIALTY 10 OFFICES AT FORT DUCHESNE AND MYTON, UTAH He Hydro -Carbon l))iniiuj Company ( INCORPORATED) Properties consist of MINES containing A , f ,, from which MINERAL AtgVlllte RUBBER is manufactured. Gilsonitc and Elatewte J^J PAINTS, VARNISHES, SHCLLACS and ROOFINGS are manufactured, and which are Acid and Weidgefite From which a SPEC IAL MARINE PAINT is manufactured. Ar^f*^f4.^ (Vein 122 feet thick.) Asphalttim ^ Estimated to contail j Four Hundred and Fifty-Six Million Tons. All MINES located in the Uintah Basin, which contains the richest deposits of Hydro- Carbons known to the world. For Farther Information, Address the Company at FORT DUCHESNE, UTAH I 11 ESTABLISHED 1894 (Incorporated) Dry Goods Groceries Boots and Shoes Gents' Furnishings HOMESEEKERS' OUTFITS i. p. Olflttljarjt iTOmanttlp (Ha. VERNAL, UTAH 12 Wealtk of tke TJintan Basin, Utah OPPORTUNITY Master of human destines am I, Fame, Love and Fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk ; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel, and mart and palace -- soon or late I knock unbidden ONCE at every gate. If sleeping, wake if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe, Save death, but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Seek me in vain, and uselessly implore, I answer not, and I return no more. -JOHN JAMES ING ALLS. Copyrighted 1910 C. B. Cook, Myton, Utah 13 Apples Grown in Ashley Valley (Thome Bros. Photo) 14 BANCROFT LIBRARY Introductory | HEN George Barr McCutcheon conceived the idea of his Graustark, a country somewhere this side of the settling sun, he must have been standing on a high peak, overlooking the great Uintah Basin in North- eastern Utah. His country was a dreamland, a freak of the imagination, basking under soft summer sun, canopied with blue skies, .studded with myriads of diamond stars. Through val- leys crystal streiams sang songs of joy; on hillside and mountain top multi-colored flowers ran riot. The people were contented and prosperous. The cornucopia of wealth poured products of the earth with lavish plenty. The main difference between McCutcheon 's wonderland and the Uintah Basin is that his) was imaginative, this is not. There are other differenceiS. If his mountains were high, skies, blue, stars bright, sunshine balmy, water crystal, air bracing, our mountains are higher, skies bluer, stars brighter, sunshine more balmy, water and air purer. The Uintah Basin is almost isolated from the outside world. To the north, east, south and west the territory is thickly settled, but in this Basin the population' is sparse, owing to the isolation. But when a man once enters this glorious country he seldom has a desire to leave it. Not only a,re the climatic conditions! ideal, and the earth productive of riches, but the people are hospitable and helpful. Many of them anei pioneers, who 1 crossed the plains in ox-carts. They have endured hardships and are therefore better able to offer a hand to the 1 man who is a stranger in a strange land. The lawyer usually teJls the jury in advance what he purposes to prove. Thie foregoing statements will be proven,. Let's first take a trip, part by rail and the) rest of the way overland, Thene are various routes and some of them are delightful even though tedious. Traveling from the east or the> west you quit the D. & R. G. railroad at Mack, 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 sum- mit of the Book Cliffs. A scene of this road in another part of the booklet, shows a 7y 2 per cent grade and 66 degree curves. The 15 16 road was constructed principally for the purpose of hauling the immense tonnage of gilsonite. At Mack and Dragon the railroad company has commodiouis boitels. The' distance from Mack to Dragoon, Utah, is 55 miles. Dragon to Vernal, 64 miles, a, stage relay of 20 (horses, conveys tbe passemgieir to Vernal, in the 1 Ashley valley, the most thickly settled portion of the Uintah Basin. The trip may also be made by way of Ooition or Price, on, the D. & R. G. road. Private 1 conveyance from Price, oo* stagtei from Colton, and the traveler is soon in the midst of the vast former Uintah Indiam Reservation, where many town have sprung up and where much land has been developed. Another route is by way of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific (The Moffat) road, from Denver to Steamboat 'Springs and theme e to the Basin, in private convey- ance. Occasionally a trip is made from, points* oni the Union, Pa- cific in Wyoming, by way of Brown's park and Lucerme valley. The route by way of Mack is preferable. Now you are in the Basim; look around you. It is the land of opportunity. From the summit of the Wasatch mountains on the west tio the Utah- Colorado lime- 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 and oil possibilities. The essential elements that enter into the growth of vegeta- tion are climate, soil and water. One is as necessary as thie other. The three are here in sup er-abun dance. The altitude of the Basin is from 5,000 to 6,000 feet above the sea level. The atmosphere is naturally dry and purei, a giver of health to man and beast. The sun 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 mountains, some of ithe peaks of which stand, solemn and majestic, uncovered heads white with snow, to heights of more than 13,500 feet. The wind, which would sweep down that vast territory at terrific velocity but for these' shelteirs, passes to the north of the Uintah mountains into Wyoming, and the blizzards rage in that state while over here the peaceful val- leys are kissed by a smiling sun. For a few weeks in the spring there is considerable wind, but nothing to compare with many other western states. During other seasons of the year the climate is glorious. The summer day is not toio hot and the summer night is 17 18 a delight. The autumn is a dream. Ripening grain, and the yel- low leaf nod at each other in sleepy content, while the luscious fruit and red-faced wild berry pass the time of day. Thei winter is still, with plenty of snow. Now and then the weather is coldi, 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 ieiarly 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 melt later, and in/ the midst of the irrigation 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- weather conditions in June, July and August are so nearly perfect that the growth of vegetation is so rapid that only seeing is believing. The estimated area of land is 5,376,000 acres, of which 540,000 ac-reis is tillable. The portion not tillable is 1 divided into grazing, timber, oil, minieiral and "bad lands. " Of the tillable land! there is probably not moire than 75,000 acres under cultivation. The general slope of the country is east and southeast, with a fall just right for easy irrigation. Nature has performed! wonderful feats since this land was covened with an ocean, inhabited by marine life. The formations have been irregularly eroded into lofty tables, benches, mesas, radges, buttes and spires, between which lie rich and fertile valleys, waiting for the conquering hand of man. The character of the soil varies according to the location. In one section of the country 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. It would doubt- less weary the reader to mention in detail all the products of the earth that thrive here, The main crop is the fruit, alfalfa, oats, wheat, barley, rye, cane, melons, garden truck of all kinds, sugar beets. Of the 540,000 acres of agricultural land in the Basin, 394,520 are located as follows: Ashley creek, 50,000; Whitero, rising in the mountains, hurry in their mad flight, omei running into the other, until the identity of all merges into three, near Ouray, and aferwards into one, the great Green, which move on in search of the mysteries of the Grand canon 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 are in contem- plation. As rapidly as 1 money can- be raised the work progresses. A number of big irrigation projects are under way. Among these is one which provides for watering the South Myton; Bench and a valley to t'he southeast with an area approximating 50,000 acres. The United States government began building canals for In- dian lands in the spring of 1905. At the close of the year 1909 the sum of $550,000 had been expended and 122 miles of main canals, with 167 miles of laterals had been completed. There remains about 30 miles of canalis to construct. By the close of the year 1910 all this work will have been* finished. The area of Indian lands now covered is 85,000 acres. The total area when all canals are complete will be 98,360, leaving 13,640 yet to be watered, which will be done in time. The average cost of the construction of government canals is $7 per acre. The average cost of water 21 Seighert, Percheron Stallion, Imported from France. Cost $5,000. Has 250 Colts in Uintah Basin. Took Second Prize at St. Louis World's Fair 22 throughout the Basin, is $10 peer acre. Thene is> more water, even at low tide, than 1 is required to irrigate all the land'. There are a great many people who think that dry farming is a new agricultural practice. This is not true. The farmers of Utah have been raising crops on their dry lands, with a rainfall of less than fifteen inches, for more than half a century mow. Moire than that; dry farming has been practiced since the dawn of civilization ins Egypt and in India. The beginning of dry farming in this state occurred through an accident. Along in/ 1865 a little company of immigrants, most of whom hailed from the Scandinavian countries, settled in the Bear River valley, and diverted the waters from the Malad river for irrigation purposes. The waters of this stream are heavy with alkali, and it was only a matter of a few years until the lands of the settlers became so largely impregnated with the noxious salts, that crops were unable to grow upon them. In desperation the set- tlers put the( plow into( the sagebrush ground and with a hopeless hope planted seed in the soil that was not to be irrigated. They succeeded in their work, and since that time dry farming methods have been in vogue in this state. The area in the Uintah Basin upon which it will be difficult to get water is comparatively small, only a few thousand acres. Dry faTming has been successful, though the experiments have been but few. Large crops of wheat have been raised on Dia- mond mountain, north of the Ashley valley. In different portions of the country barley, rye and other grains have been raised. The average annual precipitation for the past fifteen years has been nine inches. Of late years the precipitation has been greater. Last year, on parts of the reservation, it was 14 inches. The homeseeker may secure land under the homestead act, the enlarged homestead act, the desert act, the Carey act, purchase from the state, or by purchase from individuals. The best way to secure land, in the opinion, of many people-, is to purchase it out- right, owing to the fact that it is offered at such ridiculously low prices. Improved farms, with permanent water rights, can be purchased at from $15 to $40 per acre. The law does not require residence upon land purchased from individuals. This information is given for the benefit of many who 1 have asked. The people rep- resent many nations, but Americans are moore numerous. Others include the German, Swede, Dane, Jew, Irish, Scotch-Irish. Under the title of cities and town will be found the various industries represented. 23 24 Hints to Homeseekers Every citizen of the United States, over the iage of 21, is en- titled to make entry upon government land, under the homestead law. A married woman, upon whom depends the support and maintenance of the family, is entitled to make entry. Sailors and soldiers in active service are mot entitled to make, entry. The pecrson who make a filing on 160 acres of land, or less, and abandons or relinquishes the claim, whether by contest or voluntary action, exhausts his homestead right. Any person who abandoned prior to February 8, 1908, can get his right restored. The homesteader who filed upon less than 160 acres and made proof is) entitled toi make an additional filing. Residence must be established and maintained just as in the case of the original fil- 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 land for fourteen) consecutive months and must improve and culti- vate the; land. At the time- of filing, the homesteader is required to pay to 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 expended in improvements on the land. Fourteen months in which to make final proof is not compulsory. Five years' time will be allowed, but even in that event the entryman must reside upon the land fourteen consecutive months at some time during the five years. The above is a synopsis of the homestead laws and con- tains, in brief, all the information the homeseeker needs. 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,, but residence upo'n the land is not required. If at the end of the fourth 25 26 year, the entryman- has failed to get water on the land and shows that be has complied with the requirements of the law, he) may have an extension of time not to exceed three years. Am entry- man of the states named in section one of this act under the provisions of sec- tion twenty-two hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes, but no person who has made entry under this act shall be entitled 29 Eld 30 to make homestead entry under the provisions of said section, and no entry made under this act shall be commuted. Sec. 6. That whenever the Secretary of the Interior .shall find that any tracts of land, in the 'State of Utah, subject to entry under this act, do not have upon them sucTi a sunicientl supply of water suitable for domestic purposes as would make continuous residence upon the lands possible, he may, in his discretion, desig- nate such tracts of land, not to exceed in the aggregate two mil- lion, acneis, and thereafter they shall be subject to entry under this act without the necessity of residence: Provided, that in such event tire entryman on any such entry shall in good faih cultivate not less* than one-ieighth of thei entire area of the entry during the second year, one-fourth during the third year, and one-half during the fourth and fifth years after the date of such 'entry, and that after entry and until final proof the entryman shall reside within such distance of said land as will enable him successfully to farm the same as required by this section. HYDRO-CARBONS The tonnage 'of gilso'nite in the Uintah Basin is estimated at thirty-twoi million tons. This does mot include Elaterite, Wurtzil- ite Weidgerite, Tabby ite, Ozocerite and other members of the Hydro- Garb on family. The estimated value of Hydro -Carbons in the Uintah Basin is seven 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 eastera boundary of the Uintah Basin as- phaltite deposits begin and extend westward to Fort Duchesne and Pariette, and then on to the elaterite deposits of Indian, Lake and Sam's canons, fifty miles southwest of Fort Duchesne; the total area being estimated at about ten thousand square miles. The value of gilsionite is about $40 per ton, and the value of elat- erite $65,00 per ton; the freight rates are excessive, owing to poor railroad facilities. At present all the Hydro-Carbons shipped have been by wagon haul, either to points on the Denver & Eio Grande railroad, or to Dragon, Utah, the terminus of the Uintah railway. A large acreage of land containing these deposits is owned by the Gilson Asphaltum company, and the American Asphalt asso- 31 Q a I O o 32 elation. Many locations, however, have been made by other in- dividuals, and a number of companies have been incorporated. The origin 'of Hydro-Carbon is largely conjectural; one sug- gestion having been made that it comes from the oil of extinct fishes. The uses to which gilsonite and elaterite are put are varied, but as above stated it has- been discovered that more than fifty by-products may be made. One of the principal by-products is mineral rubber, and today there is a shortage in the/ world's sup- ply 'of that commodity. The consumption has increased at the rate of fifty per cent in the last five years, and there seems to be no 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 the 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 mountain in Austria. From Tabbyite, paint is also made and from Ozocerite paraffine wax. A late discovery of material something similar to Tabbyite has been made: two miles south of Myton. It is called Arguilite and from it mineral rubber is manu- factured. Second gradie gilsonite is used in the manufacture of paving cement, by melting it with 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 kmown 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 batneships. It is also used for pipe coatings, reservoir coatings, floorings, roofings and railroad coatings. Mr. W. E. Parker, in "Mineral Resources of the United States/' gives the following otheT uses of the Hydro -Carbons: 33 Oil Rig at Powder Springs 34 For preventing -electrolytic action o attracted my attention for years, because it is classical ground in geological work, by reason of the old King and Powell surveys in the 60 's and early 70 's, which have been the foundation of much work of economic value. I shall not give specific and particular conditions as to the oil possibilities, only that the surface displays favorable indications and the beautiful exposure of formations lend an easy solution to their problems. The country is most unusual. California capital is earnestly awaiting an opportunity for investment in the propositions this territory suggests. ' ' Dr. Ochsmer visited the Powder Springs and Rangley oil field and made a careful study of the commercial value. His report has not been made public so far as has been learned, but it is given out on good authority that he ranks it with) the purest oil of the country. He made the statement that this oil is just what is needed to mix with the California oil, in order to bring that up to the desired unemesis. The Rangley 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 necesisary. It is situated in Raven park, in the extreme northwestern part of Bio Blanco county, Colorado, 10 to 15 miles from the Utah line, the eastern boundary of the Basin in Utah. The field occupies a basin which is a broadened portion of the lower White Biver valley, Rangley postoftice, from which the oil fields takes its name 1 , is the center of the scattering settlement along the immediate valley of the river, which skirts 1 the southern margin of the Basin. The town is 23 miles from Dragon, Utah, the present terminus of the Uintah Railway. Three oil domes that ihave attracted world-wide attention are, the dome in thie Ural mountains, the dome in Texas and the dome in the Rangley field. The formations are similar in character. A synopsis of Bulletin No. 350, United States Geological Survey, by Hoyt S. Gale, is given below: "The Rangley Basin is irregularly oval in outline, its longer dfiameter extending from northeast to southwest with a total length of about 15 miles. The valley itself is bordered by an escarpment rim, averaging about 500 feet in height, which pre- sents a steep scarp or cliff facing inward toward tlhe Basin center. This innermost escarpment edge is locally known as the rim rock and is easily recognized as the upper limit or cap rock otf the oil- 37 MAP OF TH. BAS/N bearing shale, from which the park has been eroded. Beyond the rim rock the ridges dip away in more gradual slopes, rising in successive steps upon cliffs of the higher sandstone strata. Higher steep escarpment bluffs above and beyond the rim rocks face in- ward in eeoemtric arrangement rudely parallel to the margin of the park. Sharp rocky canyons intersect the surrounding ridges, draining into the central valley. 1 ' The rocks exposed in the vicinity of the Rangley field repre- sent a large interval im the geologic time scale. On the great axis of uplift that form a part of the Uintah mountain system north and northwest of Raven park erosion has exposed the oldest rocks that occur in the region. On the southern, flanks of Blue mountain, rocks as low as Carboniferous are brought to view and from Blue mountain southward a thickmeiss of more' than 7,500 feet of tilted Mesozoic strata is exposed in detail. The beds underlie the in- completely exposed section of Palezoie rocks and in turn are cov- ered by a similar thickness of Tertiary strata toward the south. "The Dakota sandstone does not come to the surface in the Raven park, but is well exposed inj the foothill ridges at the southern edge of Blue mountain. The formation lies at the base of the oil-bearing shale and has been supposed by many interested in the development of this field to offer 'highly favorable condi- tion for the storage of large bodies of oiL It has tlhus been the objective point for most of the deeper wells drilled in this field. The remarkable persistence of its lithologic character and its continuity of exposure over such extensive areas have led to the acceptance of the Dakota sandstone as a key rock for the correl- lation of widely distributed stratigraphic sections of the Meso- zoic rocks, both above and below the horizon. "The formation next above the Dakota is the Mameos sihale, a thick mass of homogeneous clay shale with a few more sandy layers. It is considered here as a single unit. The Mancos in- cludes all that has been previously termied Colorado and also a part of what has been classed as Eox Hills, by White of the Hay- den survey. It thus includes also the Bent on, TsTiobrara and a part of tftue Pierre formations. In brief the Mancos is intended to in- clude all of the predominatingly shaly strata above the Dakota and below the massive sandstones of the next succeeding or Masa- verde formation. 40 ' l Raven park is eroded on the Man-cos stale and it is in this formation that tihe oil of the Rangley field has been found. The basal part of tihe Mangos shale may- be naturally and readily dis- tinguished as , will appreciate the fact that the article in this Basin is so heavy bodied t/hat 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 more delightful than that of the much-praised whitei clo way to most 'parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. Many e in a great while some white man is sent to the penitentiary for "boot legging " liquor to Indians. In time all this vast acreage of land will fall into- the hands of the white man. At present a portion of it is for sale and a portion for lease. Before this booklet) is in circulation to a large extent, much of What is known as ' ' dead ' ' Indian land, or inher- ited Indian land will be -offered for sale to the highest cash bid- der. The bids must be sealed and delivered to the Indian depart- ment at Whiterocks, Utah. It is not known, just What the mini- mum price will be, but in all probability not less than $25 per acre. A bid of $11 per acre for a tract near Myton a few months ago was rejected. The title to the land also carries a title to the water, and the canals are already built. The "dead" Indian land to be offered for sale in the near future amounts to 45,000 acres. A large acreage of Indian land can be leased at reasonable terms. The* time is from one to ten years. Unimproved land can be leased for a period of one year for $1.50 per acre. The price for a ten-year lease is $2.75 per acre. The rental can be paid in part or in whole in improvements consisting of house's, barns, fences and alfalfa. This is cheap in comparisoni with many other state. In Washington the rentals run up to $10 per acre, while the price of baled hay is as low as $4.50 per ton. Here baled hay sells at from $12.50 to $35 per ton, the price depending upon the season of the year and the location). SHEEP, HORSES AND CATTLE Sheep raising is the principal live stock industry. The esti- mated number of head of sheep in the boundaries of the Basin, is 200,000 and the annual wool clip will average 1,600,000 pounds. The flock-masters are gradually improving the breed and there is tenfold more money made in the business today than in former years. The best breed of bucks to be secured are imported from year to year. The prevailing breed is the De Laine*, the C'otswold and the Eamboulette, costing all the way from $75 to $100 per 47 Strawberry Vine, 28 Inches Across the Top ^Thorne Bros. Photo) 48 head. Sheep associations have been 'organized in various parts of the Basin and thoroughbreds are being shipped in by the car load lot. There are two distinct classes of sheep the mutton sheep and the wo>ol sheep. On the former of these the wool is not so thick or heavy and the amount lost to the owner in wool is made up by the gain in mutton,. While the wo
    p, one livery stable, one social hall, one physician, one civil engineer, one mining engineer. Qood school and church building. 57 WHITEROCKS AND OURAY Indian agencies. Whiterocks located near junction of Uintah river and Whiterocks creek. Two Indian trading stores, a hotel, blacksmith shops, carpenter shop, laundry, Indian school. Fine fishing in canons. Some have predicted that Ouray is to be the Pittsburg of the West. The map will show that it is locked -at or near a point where all the streams of the emitine Uintah Basin meet. Gilsonite, copper and other minerals. lite-land Copper company plant near. Thousand of acre of agricultural land on benches and in valleys. FORT DUCHESNE Government post. Located on Uintah river, six miles above where it joins the Duchesne, im Uintah county. From 100 to 150 cavalry soldiers on duty. Under command of C. G. Hall, captain Fifth regiment of cavalry. The 1,400 Indians, scattered over the reservation, give but little trouble. The posit is headquarters for the Government Irrigation service, H. 0. Means*, superintendent. RANDLETT G'O'vernment townsite, formerly Leland. Located near Du- chesne and Uinitah rivers, in Uinitah county. Some of the finest fruit, grain, hay, sugar beet and melon land on the reseravtion lies near this town. Uintah Eailway and "Moffat" road have both made surveys. Population of about 100. Onie store, one real estate dealer, government physician, government farmer, good school and church buildings. MOFFAT Located near Uintah river in Uintah county and embraces what was known as the " strip. " Town of about 100 population. In midst of large fruit and agricultural area. Abundance of wood for fuel. Gilsonite veins near. Oil land between Moffat and Ver- nal. School and church buildings. Social hall. One general store, one restaurant, one rooming house, one feed -stable, one real estate office, one civil engineer. Headquarters for the construc- tion engineer of the Uinitah River, Ouray Valley and Colorado Park Irrigation companies. 58 INDEPENDENCE Townisite in Dry Gulch, about half way between Myton and Fort Duchesne. Was organized at opening of reservation by Colorado people, but has been of slow growth, owing to lack of water. New Hope canal now being completed. Deep, fertile soil adapted to fruit, grain, alfalfa, sugar beets. Large, hotel building now used as general store and rooming house. JENSEN Small town, fourteen miles southeast of Vernal, on Green river, at mouth of Ashley and Brush creeks, in Uintah county. Two gemeiral stores, good church and school buildings). Large acreage adjacent to town especially adapted to raising alfalfa seed. Coal in plenty. Placer gold along the Green river. New state bridge to be erected. Public highway between Utah and Colorado to be improved. DRAGON Small town. Terminus of Uintah Railway. Few business houses. Good hotel. Gilsonite mines and oil wells near. Daily stage to Vernal, 64 miles. Surrounded by pasture land and some agricultural land. 59 MISCELLANEOUS The distance from the Union Pacific railroad on the north to the D. & R. GL railroad OOD the south is 200 mile. For twenty years the people have been looking for another road. The survey of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific (Moffat road) runs through the heart of the Basin and on into Salt Lake City. Thie road is n/ow finished from Denver to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, a dis- tance of 214 mile, and only a few miles from the Utah -Colorado line. For some years the progress of the work :has beiem slow. It is now pretty certain that the spring and summer of 1910 will wit- ness active operations and that within two or three years the road will be finished into this undeveloped country. This road will shorten the distance from Denver to Salt Lake close to 200 miles. The distance by way of the Moffat road will be 555 miles, and by way of the D. & It. GL the distance i 742 miles. Aside from thie Hydro -Carbons there are other minerals. In many parts of the country there is plenty of copper. Some gold and other precious metals. From, the Dyer mime, on the Dyer mountain, $800,000 worth of copper has beem shipped. The mine is now idle. Operations may be resumed soon. Along the Green river placer gold mining has been conducted successfully. It is claimed tine values are high. In other portions of the Basin min- eral is said to exist. The coming of a railroad would mean devel- opment. Coal is abundant, especially in the Ashley valley. Veins have been discovered to the west on and near the reservation, but it has not yet been opened up to any great extent. There is a vast quantity of pinon pine and cedar in easy access to all settlements. Timber for building purposes is plentiful and there are numer- ous sawmills in the mountain. About three-fifths of the Ashley National Forest and about one-half the Uintah National Forest are located in the Uintah Basin. The area of the Ashley is 947,490 acres, and the area of the Uintah is 1,250,610. There is approxi- mately 2,000,000,000 feet of timber standing. Free permits are granted settlers. One man is allowed $20 of timber per year. He is charged at the rate of $2.25 per thousand for green and $1.50 for d&ad. The cost of sawing and transportation would add con- siderable to this. A man with his own team can well afford to spend a few days in the mountains, then the only actual cash out- lay would be the cost of sawing. The price of lumber at the vari- 60 cms yard in this cioumtry is from $30 to $35 peT thousand. Many cement block and brick boiildings are being constructed. There are brick yards and cement block factories at a few points. The freight rates, after the material leaves the railroads, are from 75 c emts to $1.25 per hundred. The present rapid increase in population makes good prices for products. Alfalfa from $7.50 to $35, baled; oats, $1.50 to $3 per hundred; wheat, $1 per bushel; corn, $1.25; potatoes, 50 cents to $1.00 per bushel. Peaches, $2 per bushel, Apples, plums, pears, apricots, and strawberries bring fancy prices. At the heads of all the streams; in fact, all along the water courses, are ideal power sites, some of the/ finest in the West. To particularize would be useless. Also there are ideal reservoir sites. This is a paradise for the fisherman and the hunting is fairly good. When a man gng and half a mile wide. The depth is unknown, as the bottom has never been reached. 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) 20,000 61 School population 4,250 Assessed valutatkm (Uintah county) $1,840,239.68 Assessed valuation (Wasatch county) $2,324,626.67 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 3,000 Number acres land under cultivation 75,000 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 MILrES OF CANALS Total mileage government main canals 122 Dry Gulch Irrigation company 35 Ashley Upper Irrigation company 12 Ashley Central Irrigation company 9 Kock Point and White Wash .... 6 Burns Bench 6 Union 5 Upper Burns Bench 4 Utah Development and Irrigation company, proposed canal on South Myton Bench 30 Ouray Valley (incomplete) 25 Colorado Park (incomplete) 15 New Hope (incomplete) 20 Uintah Irrigation (incomplete) 15 Whiterocks Irrigation (incomplete) 25 Upper Blue Bench (incomplete) 13 Blue Bench, District No. 1 (incomplete) 14 West Bench (incomplete) 8 Fruitland (incomplete) . . . '. 26 Lake Fork Western (incomplete) 4 FarnswoTth (incomplete) 14 62 PACTS ABOUT UTAH Area in square miles 84,990 Area in acres 54,393,600 Extreme breadth., mile " 275 Extreme length, miles 345 Population 350,000 Number families in .state 75,000 State rank according to population 43 Forest reserves in acres 7,436,327 Revenue to state from forest reserves this year $ 32,681 Horticultural products 1,700,000 Grain crop 8,000,000 Dairy products . 2,200,000 Poultry and eggs 650,000 Sugar besets. 1,900,000 Woioil 2,520,000 Sheep, number 3,115,000, worth 10,000,000 Live stock industry 17,936,000 Dividends from mimes, 1909 8,000,000 Dividends from mines since industry started . 90,000,000 Coal output, 1908 2,951,000 Contents, Utah coal fields in tons 196,548,000,000 Cement output in 1908, barrels 630,000 School attendance 81,553 School population 98,660 Salt, product, 1908, worth $169,000 Eighth largest state in Union; admitted to Union January 4, 1896. Sego Lily is .state flower. Enough for Breakfast 63 THE LAND OF HOPE When you ciome from the east and' land out west, Where there's room to breathe and the climate's best; When you come from the prim, staid east, I say, With a purpose, 'half evolved, to stay, And you meet a man a whole-souled chap And a hundred more same kind, mayhap And each says: "Shake, new friend of mine; Come right on in, the water's fine. "You're from the east, and so were we; But we're living now, as you can see; And you'll be, too, if you stake your claim In this man's town., and you don't go lame. Just clamp your claws i on the topmost roost. Crow with the rest, and boost and boost. Just get the spirit; leave the rut, And wealth is yours no ifs or but. ' ' I say, when you come from the east, out here To the land of hope, glad hands and cheer, And you mieet real men, and women, too, Who'd Share their last red cent with you It's then you .smile, throw out your chest Oh, what's the use? You know the rest. You'll stick? You bet! and your lot you'll share With the western folk, for they're on the square. Author Unknown. 64 Calder Bros. Ice Co. Ice, Ice Cream Soda Water VERNAL, UTAH The Willcox School, Vernal, Utah Established by The Congregational Education Society. Well equipped. Thoroughly trained teachers. All grades, from Primary to Eighth grade ; and a four years High School course. Tuition very moderate. Address, LUDWIG THOMSEN; Principal. Post Card Studio and Taxidermist Shop First- class work in all lines connected with our business. Custom work given special attention. Deer heads, rugs and other natural history specimens always on hand. Satisfaction guaranteed. THORNE BROS., Vernal, Utah 65 Potato Field Wheat Field 66 THE WAY IN To those contemplating a trip into the Uintah Basin 1 , it would be well to keep in mind that the 'horse is depended upon for a greater part of the trip. The most convenient, as well as the short- est and most economical route is by way of Mack, Colorado, and Dragon to Vernal, one-half the distance being rail, with first-class hotel accommodations .all the way a two-days 7 trip. The round trip with team from Vernal to all the principal points on the reservation can be made in from 3 to 5 days, the nearest point being 28 miles. This route is unquestionably the only practical way of entering the Great Uintah Beservation without hardship or serious accidents. For further information call on or write the Uintah Livery, furnishers of first-class conveyances for reser- vation use. Uintak Livery Static SUMNER BROS. Horses Boarded by the Day, Week or Month at Reasonable Rates First-Class Homeseekers' Outfits for Rent or Sale Vehicles and Horses Bought, Traded and Sold " Topper " Saddle Horses a Specialty HOME OF IMPORTED STALLION 67 Uintah Abstract Co. (INCORPORATED) REAL ESTATE ABSTRACTS INSURANCE CONVEYANCING RENTALS PROMOTIONS Practice before the U. S. Land Office, and State Land Board Enos. Bennion, President Win. H. Smart, Vice- President Herbert Tyzack, Secretary Wm. H. Siddoway, Treasurer DIRECTORS Enos Bennion Wm. H. Smart W. H. Siddoway John S. Hacking John N. Davis Edward D. Samuels Address: UINTAH ABSTRACT CO., Vernal, Utah OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Delicious Tke Queen of Quality Apples As "Sterling" is to silver, so is "Stark" to trees. Trees cannot be stamped with an imprint as can silver, but if you buy "Stark" trees you are sure of Sterling Quality. C.The "Start" Way is to do things just a little bit better than anyone else. "Stark" trees are the best trees grown; if there was a better way, we would grow them just that way. C,An Orchard is what you want and need, don't wait, but write today for catalogue, price list, etc. Qf/irlr Rvs\c NURSERIES oldrK orOS. & ORCHARDS Capital Stock. $1,000,000, Paid up. General Offices : Louisiana. Mo. Paul Roseberry, Salesman MYTON AND VERNAL, UTAH UINTAH BASIN 68 'The Denver fe? Rio Grande Railroad Scenic Line of the World THE ONLY WAY to Reach the GREAT UINTAH BASIN Canon of the Grande /gSSplplj*, Canon of the Gunnison Eagle River Canon Garden of the Gods Wagon Wheel Gap Manitou Springs Glenwood Springs The Royal Gorge Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers To DENVER, ST. LOUIS and CHICAGO S. K. HOOPER, General Passenger Agent, Denver, Colo. For folders, booklets, etc., address I. A. BENTON, Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept., Salt Lake City, Utah 69 Uintah Railway Company ONNECTIONS AT MACK, Colorado with D. & R. G. Rail- road. Daily trains between Mack, Colo, and Dragon, Utah, 54 miles. Daily stage from Dragon 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 Rocky Mountains. Climb- ing Baxter Pass from south, trains travel 24 miles to cover actual distance of 6 miles. Makes 7^ per cent grades and 66 degree curves. Prompt and careful Freight and Passenger Service. For further information, address M. W. COOLEY, General Manager, Dragon, Utah 70 THE HOMESTEAD Tke Favorite place in Vernal when Hungry. Private Dining Room for Families. Good Beds . . in connection Opposite Livery Barn HARRY WOOD, VERNAL, UTAH DAN H. HILLMAN, Editor and Owner $2.00 Per Year Best Weekly Paper in NORTHEASTERN UTAH 71 VERNAL MILLING &> LIGHT COMPANY (Incorporated) Capitalization, $50,000 OFFICERS President S. R. Bennion Vice-President W. H. Siddoway Secretary Herbert Tyzack Treasurer J. K. Bullock DIRECTORS C. S. Carter John C. Bates High Patent and Straight-Grade Flour Specialties Generate Electricity for Lighting and Power Purposes 7 Cents per K-W Hour for Power. 20 Cents per Month for Each 16-Candle-Power Light Electric Energy Generated by Water Power Location of Plant in Ashley Canon, 9 Miles Distant Absolutely First-Class Service, Due to the Latest Improved Machinery and Capable Management Connections Are Being Made to Every Part of the Ashley Valley Address: VERNAL, UTAH 72 THEODORE JOC ATED at the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne Rivers, in Wasatch County. Fifty- two miles from Colton and seventy-five miles from Heber, the county seat, the two nearest points on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, town is so advantageously situated that there will always be abundance of pure mountain water. There is no chance for a pollution of the streams. ^L There are many ideal power sites in the vicinity, and splendid opportunities for a good grist mill. {^Soil, climatic conditions, sunshine and shelter make the surrounding country invaluable for fruit, especially apples. All kinds of small grains, Irish potatoes and garden truck grow luxuriantly. C, Nearby mountains furnish excellent pasturage for cattle, horses and sheep. 4L The famous Elaterite beds, located in nearby canons. C, 75,000 acres of tillable land contiguous to the town. Cost of water, $2.50 to $20 per acre. Excellent opportu- nities for homeseekers and all classes of business. PUBLIC SCHOOL BU1LDING ^L For further information, address SECRETARY OF THE COMMERCIAL CLUB. THEODORE, UTAH 73 IRRIGATED FARMS Secure My Mortgages, which are first lien on land and water rights. High interests, long time loans. Correspond with, C. T. BEGGS, Myton, Utah REAL ESTATE WE BUY AND SELL Real Estate, Town Lots, Mining Properties, Bonds, Mortgages, Etc. Bureau of Information for Homeseekers. Foreign correspondence solicited. References: All Business Men of Vernal. OFFICES IN COLTHARP BUILDING. PHONE 6 Vernal, Utah J. A. WILSON Homeseekers' Association Lawyer and Notary Public W. M. INMAN, Mgr. FURNITURE & STOVES BEDDING, CARPETS, WALL PAPER, LAMPS, VICTOR TALKING MACHINES we guarantee to sell them at same prices as they are offered for sale in New York, Chicago, Salt Lake or San Francisco L. H. WOODARD VERNAL, UTAH 74 Tents and Tarpaulins Homeseekers' Outfits, Hardware General Merchandise Fresh and Cured Meats "/ don't want to tease you But I know my line will please you ' ' J. M. COLTH ARP, MYTON, UTAH I. W. ODEKIRK General Merchandise HAY AND GRAIN IRRIGATION IMPLEMENTS MYTON, UTAH Roosevelt Horseshoeing and Repair Shop General One Block West of Colorado Avenue Frederickson & Cook, Roosevelt, Utah 75 ROOSEVELT ' UTAH ' In the center of the oldest settled part of the Reservation. Ideal Fruit, Sugar Beet and Grain Land. 1 05,000 acres. Abundance of water at average cost of $5 per acre, more reasonable than in many other sections. Cedar wood and coal within a few miles. Patented land, with permanent water right sells for from $1 5 to $30 per acre. Soil, red sandy loam. Splendid School and Church Buildings Dry Gulch Irrigation Company, one of the most gigantic concerns of the kind in Utah, has 35 miles main canals and 185 miles of laterals. 500 stockholders. For further information, address SECRETARY COMMERCIAL CLUB ROOSEVELT, UTAH 76 Vernal Drug Comp W . LLOYD Manager Uintah County's Leading _ PRESCRIPTION