Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-16
GROWING IMPORTANCE
OF U|MTAH COUNTY
sal Lake business Men Speak of the
Vast Possibilities of That
District.

salt Lake business men who oc.
casionally make a tour through Uintaf
county, bring reports OF the steady de.
Veiopment OF that district which are
surprising considering it's limited rail.
| way facilities. Recent reports from,
| the old reservation say that there ara
now 1900 families located there. when
there We're practically none five or six
years ago. It can only be a question
OF time when some enterprising rail-
road company. whose interests are CEN
tered in Utah. decides 10 build a rail-
road through the Uintah valley COM
ing out through Heber, and when IL
does, IL will open up COUNTRY sec
ond only to the Snake river ,aney in
Idaho.
a recent tour OF the Uintah valley
made by George T. Odell. general man
ager OF the Consolidate Wagon q Ma
chlne Co, with several others, demon
strated anew the growing business i'm
portance OF that district. The route
was as follows: From Salt Lake to
Mack distance of 500 miles, from
Mack TO Dragon over Baxter Pass.
from Dragon TO Vernal, by automo-
bile, the latter consuming 3 hours and
accompanied by Mr.. Francis NJ. I.y-
man with II. w. Judd. as chauffeur FIX
tensive dust and ruts caused by teams
hauling freight TO Nernal, made the
trip less pleasant than usual After
inspecting the property OF the Con-
solidated Wagon 4 Machine company
AT Nernal, Mr.. Odell returned by au-
tomobile. accompanied by Mr.. snellen
Johnson, local representative Of the
company with others, travelling TO the
new town OF Roosevelt. a distance of SS
miles. The upper road which the party
travelled, is not the best for automo-
biles, though II can be used From
Roosevelt they took the stage to Wells
and from there to Price being driven
across country by Frank Olsen local |
representative OF the Consolidated |
Wagon Machine company, by team. |
Mr.. Odell was struck by the grow |
Ing Importance OF Roosevelt. where he |
was Informed that at least 500 families |
applied during the year for supplies
and mail. He is strongly OF the opinion
that this part of the country affords
an excellent opportunity for the gen.
'ral government To aid in getting out
he water for the tillers OF the soil, on
he plan employed In the great Straw
berry project II would not only be a
great boon to the farmers but the gov
'rnment would be amply repaid for the
outlay.
Speaking OF general business In the
erritory referred to. Mr. Odell said
nat his company had made some very
eavy strides OF late. which could also |
~ said for Carbon and Emery counties.
he Consolidated Wagon & Machine
ompany maintain a large distributing
oint at Price, have q fine branch at |
ernal, and fairly good stock at
roosevelt, which will be improved ma
'rially later in the season. The spot
here Roosevelt stands was absolute
z barren four or five years ago. and IL
now dotted with homesteaders'
ibins. The people have had many
fficulties In getting the water out.
nd a strong effort will be made to
cure government aid.
There are two routes into tie Uintah
illey. one Via Mack and Dragon above
,scribed; the other by stage from
rice to Nernal. The mail facilities
EN- to be very irregular. in fact Mr..
He'll wrote letters TO Nernal before he |
n. which arrived after he did He
eaks highly, however. of the stage
Ie service from Price TO VernaL
lich is equipped with the best lot OF
rises possible. and will shortly have
rs similar To those used in the yell
Vstone park. The eating houses along
p line are also OF good grade. The
tells AT Mack and Dragon are also
III spoken or: owing TO the poor
light facilities, the Consolidated
agon & Machine company are carry
: quite a lot OF goods at those points
Itch VIII have to be carried over till
st season owing to inadequate
importation Vernal IL 100 miles
tant from the main line OF the
, Grande but Il cannot be many
hrs before that road. or the Union
cinc will realize the Importance OF
lding line TO grasp its trade.
lether those companies or the Mof-
line build 10 Vernal. the first one
! undoubtedly secure a rich plum.
there Is a regular empire there
aiting settlement from homeseekers.
he party which made the trip
axis highly OF the courtesies extend
by Capt. Cooley and Mr. Halpin of
Uintah Railway comapny. also by
r.: L. Lee Stage line The crops
look good. and there IL market
everything that the people raise,
oh shows that the present year,
the drouth, r. full OF
mise for the people OF Uintah
l.