Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-24
THINKS THE MAJOR
HAD COLD FEET. 7"
Uintah Indian Reservation Not
10 The Awful "FrIgid
Zone
IT WILL Be A CROP COUNTRY"
But Persons Cant Get There 10 Pull.
MAJ csoehes and They Won't Find
Canals and Reads Built for Them

A Salt Lake paper Of July 10 publish
os an Interview with II, i, Myton In
which that gentleman proceeds TO give
prospective settlers on the uintah In
dian reservation some pointers, roa-
tive to tho value or rather worthless.
ness OF tho land IN this country II II
seldom that more misleading article
" published The facts IN tho uaso
ARE that the agricultural lands on the
reservation are no better and no worse
than those Of the balance Of tho urd
west, Tho diltioulllos TO be encounter
cd IN bringing this land under cultIya.
ton are no creator than those Incident
10 opening up any desert country for
settlement, People who came here ex /.
peoting TO find canals ready built and
crops waiting 20 be harvested are sure
10 be disappointed, but those who came
with u knowledge of what desert
country IN VIII succeed IN wrestling
this land from tho elements and max.
ing comfortable homes Who over
heard Of this country being In the
grasp OF the frlgld 10 lo before The
gentleman must have had cold feot'
during his residence on the resorya.
iion, Tho truth Of tho matter In that
there In no part OF the reservation
that can be oultlNat III NJ all which
viii not produce oropb common TO this
western country, Instead Of the eli.
mate boing cold II Nv warm Tho WRIT
or has seen corn, squash, Watermolons
grown on the Duohosno, Thorc IL no
part Of the reservation excepting
strawberry valley alone on which all
Kinds OF fruits apples, pears, plums
and IN some localities peaches cannot
be grown, In f0ct climatic conditions
are ideal excepting Of course the arid.
ness,
II Is true the Florence ana Raven
Mining compunys have had the eSclu.
siVo privilege Of exploiting the mln-
oral wealth Of the country--a condi-
ton by the way whichh Mr., Mylon
was very active I'm helping 10 bring
about, but the sexual win show whom
the proper time COmos that this gigan.
Tie outrage has met with only partial
success,
Now nv to the facilities for entering
this country, people who expect 10
como IN Pullman coaches VIII be dis.
appointed OF course but the thousands
OF people living IN Uintah county hayo
travelled these roads for the last thirty
years and their flesh ~ not wasted
away nor their nerves wrecked, IN adj
dltIon TO the roads through Straw.
berry valley and the Price road thoro
Is the ulntah railroad from Mack on
the u, g. r. O., 10 Dragon ana the
automobile line from there 10 Vomol
This road viii probably handle many
times moro passengers than all the
others combined, People who 80 TO
Cotton expecting 20 take stage from
There VIII be- greatly disappointed for
there " no such stage line,
AZ stated In the commencement Of
this article moro misleading lot Of
statements than those given out by
MIR, Myton would be hard to formus
late Tho people here are making pre-
parntlons 10 accommodate tho expected
crowds and many OF those who como
VIII Of course succeed IN making COM
Portable homes and many no doubt
viii be disappointed