The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-06
UTAR'S SENATORS
GIVEN DUE PRAISE
Preparations Being Made to
Construct Bridge Across
DuCheSne River.
TO STRAIGHTEN CHANNEL
AT LEAST $4,000 WILL BE AVAIL,
ABLE THIS SUMMER.
CspeeIal to The .HeraId-Republiean.l

Especial to The ld-Republican)
Theodore, Utah, March 5.-It is very
gratifying to the people of the reserva-
ton that the Utah delegation at Congress
IS showing so much consideration to the
needs of this section. Every request for
assistance has met with a willing response
llcIn the states senator's and represen-
tatiVe. and in nearly every instance the
response has been in the way of achieve
ment of the matter asked for.
Al Myton preparations are being made
10 construct the $4,000 bridge across the
Duchesne river, made possible by the aD-
pearance of Senator SmoOt before the
committee on Indian appropriations last
July, when he succeeded in having this
sum set aside to build a steel span al
that point NJ J. Patterson of Denver
has been awarded the contract for put
ting in the bridge, and 1t is announced
that the structure viii be in shape fOI
light traffic by the time high water
sets in.
Letters received here from Represent
tative Howell state that $3.50 will De
available this summer for the straight
enlng Of the DucheSbe river channel on
the Theodore townsite. This sum also
comes from the Indian appropriation
committee. Each year the residents OF
Theodore have been obliged to build
levees and canals to protect the town
during the high wafer season. The sum
promised viii take care of the situation
and afford ample protection from over
flow for all time to come.
The bill recently introduced by Senator
Smoot, that the Carey act become OPP
erative on the former Uintah Indian res
eTVatiOn. viii prove of inestimable bene-
fit 10 this section. Possibly its value
viii not be immediate, but it is a case
of building We'll and within a cOmpaTa-
lively short time immense tracts which
could hardly be reclaimed in any Other
manner can successfully be handled by
the operation of the Carey act. Then
too, Mr.. SmOOt has been besieged with
letters from the reservation, asking him
TO in some way cooperate with the in
terror department to the end of bring
ing about legislation by Congress that
would afford a relief TO homestead set
tiers on the bench lands, where, up to
the present time, under the speSial
homestead law, it has been impossible
TO secure water.
Deserve Honor Badge.
Twenty-Five miles from the town OF
Theodore is a band of cOlOnists from the
middle west, who. for pure grit and stay
ing qualities, are entitled to a badge OF
honor. The settlers arrived last spring
from Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa, coming
here az the instigation of the Fruitland
Water company. Water was promised by
the company for $50 an acre, this amount
ments. The first payment was made by
those locating last year. when trouble
among the board of directors ensued. II
finally developed that the treasury OF
the company was defunct, despite the sew
eral thousand dollars paid in by the set
tiers. Subsequently the company made
an assignment and upon reorganization
eXtOrtiOnate demands were made of the
cOlOnists The latter "called the bluff
and refused to treat further with the
company. and, taking advantage of irrl-
CATION district law enacted by the last
legislature have almost completed their
district organization. The effect has been
the bringing of the company TO terms
aud it now agrees to put out water at
the old figure and to give the colOnists
the same period in which to pay for it.
In the meantime, however, the Fruitland
Water company is in the limelight by a
suit filed IN the district court
at Salt Lake 10y several of the Ousted
directors of the original company. who
are claiming frauu in the assignee pro-
ceedings-
The famous Blue bench, comprising
approximately 0,00O acres Of some OF
the most desirable agricultural land in
the state. viii doubtless come under
an irrigation system this year. Two
irriga ton districts have been formed
by the homsteaders, and amOst weekly
one or more engineers from outside
points have looked over the project
Within ninety days all district pre-
with SO that il will be possible to
dispose of the bonds and enter into
construction contracts.
Thomas Owens. of Salt Lake, vice
president of the ellis Construction