Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-09-09
u,N1AH RESERVATION.

~ rubbish mas peOn P eao, I1ir
liable ror regarding the former i'm
I be papervation and it's opening Tor
/ lob re Se, that the general public is
sttlenlenn'd orv, First of all, the TrlD-
10 Qlian guam tbe absolutely idiotic cry
@e i ISl' United States government Of
tbal wv who had charge OF the open
tciaIs T .be reservation and who con
hg Oh t th plan of allotting the lands
lucIeu . tnu into a conspiracy with
BAD en. church to apportlon the
l.st lands to Mormons' ana tnaC r o.n
st ,od no chance. To men ana wom-
~ ,iaI any degree of common sense
E ,I,locv Of such statements was APP
ne la''' but many people are devoid
rren u,mon sense and prone to believe
Cvinn' boor Next it was stated time
y 'r ogain that the reservation was
lu .I aSs Wilderness, incapable of re-
%p ro,icn This statement is as false
'I ho one about the government and
y Mormons forming a conspiracy.
~ soct is that there is much OF as
n"a land on the reservation as any
. JUS in the world, which only needs
,.,or n make it a garden spot, and
s..o ie an abundance of water in the
Irors and streams which abound. The
NSbosne and Strawberry are noble
Irors each with water enough to ir-
Icsto many thousands of acres. Then
Sorp are many smaller streams, such
!, Lake Fork. Currant creek, Red
nook Trout creek and many others.
The waters of all those rivers and
rppks are easily available and at
Moderate expense can be turned on
the land. A trip over the reservation
both instructive and enjoyable.
From Heber to Vernal is about $50
niles and with a good pair of horses,
Ike those of w. A. Smith of Heber,
the trip across can be comfortably
made in four days, giving time for
observations and a few shots at the
prairie chickens and other game
which abounds in places. During the
past two or three weeks all the roads
Fading to Vernal have been thronged
BY great variety Of teams, wagons
and pack horses. Some of the home
seekers bring their cattle and house
bold effects with them, intending to
settle upon the land as soon as they
have made their filings upon it. Yer
IA, where the land office is situated,
Is full of strangers, far beyond the
capacity Of the hotels and various
obstetrics to take care of. Nearly ev-
ely vacant spot in the city proper is
covered with tents where the strang-
tIS sleep and eat The land Office Of
aclals, Messrs De Noise, Cotton and
Vaplaln Whaley, are conducting the
'Oik OF Hing in a most expeditions
ana Ousiness-like way and to the com
pe'e satisfaction of the public. Yer
aal and the entire valley surrounding
Is lovely spot, which has been
transformed from a barren waste to
productive and smiling region af-
w'gihg homes for over 10000 people,
suu providing grain, fruits, hay and all
U me necessaries and many of the lux
u T,es oi lie. 1t is a fair sample of
'Hs' much of the reservation will be
S M ue course of few years. In Yer
SS,u .lere are fourteen companies and
%f s,.luuals whose business is to give
'V nlnta,tion to settlers and aid them
making selections of land. The
r r1otcl Development Company, the
\ 4 pa Realty Company and Hubert
s,, - aye are the largest concerns en-
6e SrI III mat business. The Wasatch
drad E'' ls Company has had hun
r ~eus OF surveyors and others on the
have ,a'ioh Tor many months and