Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-22
Earnest Plea Made by a Resident
OF Heber City for Such
Condition.
SAYS NATURE HAS DONE MUCH.
Only Part Of the immense Reserve
Is Suitable for Farming - A
Splendid Summer Resort
To the Editor

Hebcr city, Utah, Aug. 2o,-~It is very
probable that next March the Ulntah
reservation WIN be thrown ope' for set.
Element. 1t is therefore an opportune
time TO raise the question should not a
part Of this great reserve be set apart
for state park2
The great Father Of Nature has Ovid
ed this reservation into a fertile farm.
ing district and a natural park, In tho
south and eastern part OF the reserve,
near the mouths Of the large streams,
the altitude and climate are such as to
permit the growth Of grain and some
hardy fruits Here, too, water is not
scarce and the soil is rich and unbrok-
en- within radius OF 20 miles. COW
ering the head OF the Duchesne, Rock
Creek, Currant Creek, and strawberry
streams, how different the conditions
When the August nights are hot at the
mouths OF these streams heavy frost
Ia falling up IN the mountain valleys
where the streams rise, making Ii too
cold TO raise even grain. But the cold
nights are followed by warm and de-
llghtful days.
what a grand place for tourists. and
how they dock 20 this natures para
disc. Should one visit the strawberry
Currant Creek and other valleys dur
ing the summer months, he would
find these places dotted with tents, oc.
cupied by people from near and far"
who have fed from the scorching days
and seepless nights Of the cities TO
breathe the cool and balmy air OF this
life giving mountain resort. A peep,
too along the streams would reveal
hundreds OF fishermen, "baggng' the
speokled beauties that jump for the
tempting bait while the crack Of the
shot gun aud rife may be heard all day
long near the foothills the home OF
the 70 bbt and sage hen.
The mineral springs. and natural Gu
riosities OF this proposed park arc
many while the scenery everywhere Is
a feast to the eye. At the hasg Of snow
capped peaks countless springs OF crys-
| tai water trckle from their hiding
| places. and creeping through grass and
| willows, unite with larger streams that
| 60 leaplng down the wild and rugged
canyons Timid birds and Wild beasts
| are found IN great numbers among the
| green valleys, around the mirror lakes,
| and IN the great dense forests that
| flourish upon the shady hllsides
To throw open this great resort would
be crime against nature and the peo-
| pie OF Utah II would mean that the
! hlilsdes would be quickly robbed or
| their timber and left parched ana bar
rem: the streams befouled the nsh
| killed the elk, moose deer aud other
game slaughtered and many thousands
OF people deprived Of z grand summer
! resort.
| And who would be benefited by such
| move? None but a few ranchers, No
one could farm the land on account or
| tina cold nights and no one but ranch
| men would II be profitable TO.
| Asa park this section Of the reserva-
| lion is priceless as a farming district
/ IL IL worthless IL reserved, countless
| thousands OF our own people would en- =
| 10Y Il FOR year. TO come and the rail-
| road now being built would fetch num-
berless tourists TO the park. Then
| again, what a source OF revenue II
| would be, The enormous sum spent
every year by pleasure seekers IN the
| National aud other parks would be
shared BY us, besides the money that
would be kept at home by our own
pleasure seekers.
AS the population increases such a
place would be all the more sought for
and all the more profitable, Through
out the state the hills are now almost
| entirely private property. As q result
mn outing here Is lastly becoming un-
desirable on account Of the land being
fenced, the hills made barren, the game
becoming extinct and the price one mas
10 pay TO enter private property,
For climate, game, fishing, scenery
water, and everything that goes TO
make an outing desirable. Utah has q
mark equal 10 almost any IN our land
let us not throw I, away, but labor
10 have II reserved and improved me
streams always we'll stocked With FISH
the game preserved tho sheep and cat
lie Kept of and the public thus bene'
fited IN preference TO few ranohmen
Judging from the expressions Of many
leading citizens, a plank IN one Of the
political platforms this fan tavorlnE
the reservation Of q state park ON me
tTIntah reserve would meet Win the
hearty approval Of nine'tenths OF the
neonle ~ Utah. II. CLEGG.