The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-02
.U|NTAH COUNTY
WAN IS A BOOST
Breezy Letter Is Written to the
Commercial Club by Vernal
Attorney.
ASKS COMMITTEE TO COME
T0 NORTHEASTERN UTAH
Probable That Early Favorable
Action Will be Taken
i'm Matter.

Yernal and the Uintah country want
to know that the eastern section Of Utah
possesses great undeveloped resources
and is rapidly growing IN Importance.
Secretary Joseph e. Caine of the Com
mercial club has received boost - let
ter from Attorney Thomas w. O'Don-
nell of Vernal, Utah, in which the law
yer asks that the Commercial club send
committee Of three to investigate the
resources Of the Uintah country. The
letter follows.
Dear 6ir,-I am prompt TO dictate this
letter to your body, not wholly from DIS
Interested motives, but In the hope that
some matters herein referred TO may pri-
marily direct the attention OF your or
ganlZation to tho possibilities and re-
sources that exist In the eastern section
OF our state and particularly TO that por-
tion known as the -'Uintah Basin
For some reason, this Ulntah country
Is not receiving the attention II merits
from the business man and the probable
investor In Salt Lake CITY.
a sense of we'll satisfied prosperity on
our part. and, second from lack OF m
formation on the part Of the resident else
where in Utah. for the former, no blame,
attaches to us, but the latter can and
should be overcome.
Railway Service Good.
While we are considerably removed
from Salt Lake City, yet the service OF
the Uintah railway connecting WIN me
land the passenger within twenty-four
hours after his starting. at Eernal-
Capital Is steadily coming In from Colo
RADIO and other eastern states and placing
It's investments in the many resources to
be found In this section. as well as In
those already under hGedway; ana, 10 VIA %hmt
the Wholesale houses of Colorado. In al
most less than two years time after their
first invasion are claiming this field, ana
with considerable reason therefor, and
have added the Uintah basin TO their
Grand Junction territory, much In the
same manner as one would extend an ad-
dition to the corporate limits OF city.
Your junketing tours taken at the IN
stance Of your organization have been OF
the utmost advantage TO the salt Lake
not only In tho spirit OF good fellowship
manifested on such occasions. but as well
from a financial standpoint
Eager for Copy.
Don't you think It Is ;i,!e FOR you TO
send n committee OF threc from tho clur
to visit the merchants Of tho metropolis
of northeastern Utah? a city busy every
minute OF the day. with population ~
OF n city twenty times It's size, and
boasts Of five aud three eighths miles of
streets paved with asphaltum. electricity.
dIatcly surrounded with q population
near about twelve thousand.
Get busy Call on us, Find out that
we are on the map Ask George T. Odell,
manager OF the Consolidated Wagon and
Machine company. or Frank Hewlett what
kind OF country we have and what they
think OF us
Let us get acquainted. and then let us
cement that acquaintance in a business
way. You need us.
If YOU can't send a committee Of three
send one but one OF unquestioned verac-
ity and whose reliability and conser=-
ativencss Is unuuestloned by the cpm-
mercial body, this latter referring to his
report to be submitted after he lhas Nls-
tied our farms and our orchards and cX-
au1ined the volume OF our business. Nuff
said Very truly yours.
THOS. w. O'DONNEI,L. =