Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-02
GREAT POSSIBILITIES
OF THE U|NTAH BASIN
Vcrnal Boosters Write to Commercial
Club seeking Investigation Oh
UudcyeIopcd Resources.

In an effort to show the great un-
deyeIoped resources OF uintah county,
ATTORNEY Thomas w. ODonnell OF YER
nal, wrote letter to Secretary Joseph
u. Game of the Commercial CLUB IN
wiling a committee from that orsahlz"-
tions 10 go over the country and ne
come acquainted with conditions there'
The letter follows:
Dear sir--I am prompt TO dictate TINS
letter to your body, not Wholly from
disinterestcd motives, but IN ,n' n"fe
that some matters herein reterteu W
may primarily direct the attention VI
your organization to the possipiHtles
and resources that exist IN the easte,h
section OF our state, and particularly
to that portion known as inc 'i'''''
Basin" ,. ,,.,.,,
For some reason. this Uintah country
Is rot receiving the attention II meits
from the business man ana the piop"-
BILE investor In Salt Lake CITY,
This may be due to two reasons
From a sense of a well sausneu pros
perity on our part, and, second irUIh
lack NJ information on the part Oh .no
resident elsewhere In Utah Tor inc lor
mer. no blame attaches to US. out the
latter can and should be overcome
while We are considerably removed
from Salt Lake city, yet the service VI
the Uintah railway, connecting WIN
the ID. 4 Il. @. at Mack, Colo-' Is suen
as to land the passenger Wltnlh ~
hours after his starting. at Ncinal.
Capital Is steadily coming IN iruHi
Colorado and other eastern states ana
plncing it's investments In the many
resources to be found In TINS seetion'
as well as in those already under mean
way. and. what Is more TO your Il'll,' s
diate point of view. the wholesaue
houses Of Colorado, in almost less tha''
two years time after their mrs, lmt ma,
| sion. are claiming this field ana WIN
| considerable reason therefor. ana nave
added the JIintah basin TO their Granu
| Junction territory, much in the same
manner as one would extend an addi-
| ton to the corporate limits OF a CITY
Your mnketing tours taken at the IN
| stance of your organization nave peeh
| of the utmost advantage 10 tllo ou,'
| Lake dealer and the retail country ner-
| chant not only In the spirit OF goou
| fellowship manifested on such occa-
| slons. but as well from hnancia
| standpoint. -.
| Don't YOU think II Is time for you &c
| send n committee of three from th'
| club TO visit the merchants OF the
| metropolis of northeastern yuan
| CITY busy every minute of the day. win
/ a population Of 1000, who enjoy the
| modern conveniences of city 20 times
| it's size, and boasts of Ave and three
| eighths miles of streets paved VIII
| asphalturn. electricity. telephone and
| waterworks. and Immediately surround
ed with a population near about 1900
Get busy Call on us! Find out tina,
we are on the map, ASK George
| Odell. manager OF the Consolidated wa
gon and Machine company, or Franz
Hewlett what kind of a country We
have and what they think OF us
Let us get acquainted, ana then le
us cement that acquaintance In bust
ness way You need us.
II you can't send committee o
three, send one, but one OF unques
toned veracity and whose reliabilit!
and conservativeness Is unquestionet
by the commercial body; this latter re
ferring to his report to be submitted
after he has visited our farms and GU
orchards and examined tho volume o
orr business Nun said Very trul!
yours THoS. w O'DONNELL