Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-27
Hyrum Baird OF Roosevelt Says
Denver is Getting the
Uintah Trade.
EQUAL TO THE TWIN FALLS.
Valley Has -Four Towns and 10000
Acres of Land Which VIII Soon
Re Under Cultivation.

That the Verna valley in eastern
Utah is capable of doing for this state,
all that the Twin Falls project has
done for Idaho, is the declaration of
Hyrum Baird. resident of Roosevelt.
one OF the new towns which followed
the recent opening of the uintah res
ervation.
Mr.. Baird's boast of what the ver-
nal valley is doing is followed by n
severe criticism of what salt Lake is
doing for Vernal, for he declares that
there are 20 Denver drunmers in the
valley 20 one from Salt Lake. and 20
orders for merchandise placed in Dem
yer to one placed in SAT- Lake, on
account of this neglect.
II am not merely talking hot air.
he said, when / tell you that within
five years the towns of Roosevelt, The
odore, Myton and Stockmore will have
a population equal TO that OF such
towns as Brigham City, Provo and Lo-
gan. For years Vernal has been the
center of the valley, but in the shift
following the opening of the Indian
lands these other towns have better
positions, ana will grow more rapidly.
PLENTY OF WATER.
we nave OUT III lnt NaiitN liOft
water than all of the rest of Utah put
together and we have more rich, lew
el land TO put it on. so great agri-
cultural community is bound to be ere
ated.
Nor is all this visionary of ro-
seate future" Mr.. Baird continued
with enthusiasm. There are now at
Stockmore $50 people, at Theodore. 400
people at Myton. 400 people and at
N 40
proper. although we can muster thou
sand from the ranches out in the
country
SETTLERS COMING IN.
when asked as to the present status
of the rush to Uintah and the disap-
pointment of so many first settlers. he
declared that this has always been the
fate OF n new section, but that bona
fide htme seekers and settlers are re-
placing the spectators and adventure
ers. and this Is working to the coun-
try's good, Our water is easy TO get
on the land" he continued, and we are
getting 1t there. On the Blue bench
are 10000 acres of land that can easily
be cultivated, and a water system will
deliver the water there at a cost of
$40 an acre. by next spring. We are
getting the water in the Dry Gulch
country, OF Which Roosevelt is the
CENTER AT cost OF " an acre. lNc
big crops are already being planted,
and the harvest this year win be large
enough TO make people sit up and take
notice that something Is doing.
BIG CROPS IN ORDER.
THE really big crops, however. will
be next year and the year after when
both the $4,000 acres of the Dry Gulch
country and the 1000 acres of the Blue
bench country, should begin to show
what they can do under complete cul-
tivation. Grain planted as late as June
in these sections is maturing rapidly,
and the prospect is for a harvest of 80
bushels To the acre of oats"
DUCHESNE WARD.
When asked about the religious life
| of the new communities. Mr.. Baird
said that about half the people are
from Utah and half from the east, and
the Duchesne ward has been organized
| for the communities, with four Sun
| day schools. the oldest dating back TO
last September and the youngest to last
week In the mineral field, there are
| laterite and glsonite veins still being
| discovered. and as the Moffat road Is
| planned to come through the region,
| vast wealth Is expected TO pour in
| from the sale OF this mineral.