Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah, and automobile guide .. . recently organized at Vernal, has filed onHood waters in the I^intah mountains and in the near futurereseryoirs will be built. Canals will be constructed to carrywater for 12.(t()() or acres of land in the southern andIastern jiait of the valley. Thcic are good desert land oppor-tunities under the Ouray ^alley and Colorado Park Triigationcompanies on the former reservation. The homeseeker need not depend entirely upon homesteador desert entry, Carey act, state land or enlarged are thousands of acres of land for
Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah, and automobile guide .. . recently organized at Vernal, has filed onHood waters in the I^intah mountains and in the near futurereseryoirs will be built. Canals will be constructed to carrywater for 12.(t()() or acres of land in the southern andIastern jiait of the valley. Thcic are good desert land oppor-tunities under the Ouray ^alley and Colorado Park Triigationcompanies on the former reservation. The homeseeker need not depend entirely upon homesteador desert entry, Carey act, state land or enlarged are thousands of acres of land for sale by Indians andwhites, and the prices and terms will suit. Land and water canbe bought from $10 an acre and uj). Land without water can bebought for as low as $ per acre. Any real estate man ormerchant adyertising in this booklet will gladly give informationas will the secretaries of the commercial clubs of the following-cities and towns: Salt Lake, Vernal. Roosevelt, Myton, Duchesne,Boneta. Setonah. Cedarview. Lapoint. Randlett. Ouray, Indian Bear Dance—Festivities at White Rocks, Utah, celebrating thecoming of spring. 51 WEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN, UTAH Schools and Churches The public schools of Utah are second to none. The per-centage of illiteracy in the Basin and in the state is Tliepercentage of illiteracy, native whites, School population ofthe Basin is 5,200 and of the state 120,000. A recent law, pro-viding for the consolidation of all school districts of each countyinto one district, seems to be working well. In the spring of1914 Uintah county districts were consolidated and it is ex-pected Wasatch county will soon follow suit. Among the leadinginstitutions in the state are: U. of U. at Salt Lake, AgriculturalCollege at Logan, Brigham Young University at Provo. Theleading institutions in the Basin are: Uintah Academy (L. D. S.)and Willcox Academy (Congregational) at Vernal. People of all kinds of creeds and faiths dwell in the confinesof
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