Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-04
BUS PASSENGERS

Il. 9. Jensen, John H. Seeley and
other prominent southern sheep men
arc at the Cullen, having stopped over
en- route to the ogden wool growers
convention. They say IL the govern
mcnt insists on permits for winter
grazing on public lands, It will be q
severe blow to the sheep industry
throughout the west. and especially In
Utah. The convention will oppose this.
as well as any reduction of the wool
tariff Sheep in southern Utah are In
good condition, as the wintry storms
that have been sweeping over the
northern country have not affected
middle and southern Utah.
Rock NJ. Pope, representative in the
state legislature from Wasatch county,
Is registered at the Cullen. Mr. Pope
is here on business connected with
the development OF the Uintah reser-
walton country. which he says is on
the eve of an era of progress and
development the like of which the
country has never seen. Mr.. Pope
while in the legislature, INTRODUCED and
secured the passage OF bin by which
irrigation districts were authorized
and by pledging property belonging
to the district bonds could be noated
Tor the construction of canals. reser-.
Voirs, dams. etc, for the benefit
of the country. Under this law"
said Mr.. Pope this morning. four dis
tricts have been formed among the
farmers In the Uintah Basin. and
some of the good effects OF the pas
sage of the law are beginning to be
visible. For instance representatives of
four of these new irrigation districts
met at Cotton on the evening of Jan.
2s. with representatives OF eastern
capital. and 1t was decided by the
capitalists to accept the bonds of the
districts for the construction work
necessary to be done. There will be
four canals built ranging In length
from II 10 80 miles and crossing the
upper benches of the country where
the individual effort OF the farmers
has been unable to accomplish any
thing In the irrigation line. But when
these canals have been completed, the
Uintah basin will he one of the most
productive sections in the whole state.
Already apple. pear and other fruit
orchards are f1ourishing. and when
water is turned on the dry reaches OF
those fertile benches the value of the
land will increase as has that of the
Grand and Green River valleys in
Colorado and Utah. The farmers OF the
country are pulling through all right
this winter, and next spring the coun-
try Is going 10 boom"
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Macdonald of
Dulls are al lIe hnutSIoiu. IEcS nave
been touring the west and are now en-
route to their Montana home.
William jackson, a wool buyer Of
st. Louis, Il. S. Mcqueen, Joe p Rice,
and Paul Zuyn, all of st Louis. are at
the Knutsford. The gentlemen are con-
nected with the wool industry. and are
on their way to Boise to line up the
business for the coming year.
G. Il. Mcdaniel of Wallowa, Oregon,
accompanied by his Wife, is at the VIII
son. Mr.. Mcdaniel says eastern Oregon
Is growing very rapidly and that the
construction of a branch line of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation railroad
into the country last year has resulted
in greatly stimulating the vast timber
and agricultural resources OF the coun-
try.
n. l.. Wolf, formerly with the Shirley
hotel of Denver and the Mansions at
Manitou has taken a position as night
clerk at the Knutsford.