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Show Ill and Salt Lake City, 120 miles west of Price.. All products must be freighted 80 to ICO miles to tha railroad and then shipped 50 to 12 3 miles to reach a market, v?hare they must oompete with localities raore favorably situated. Por incoming freight, the process is reversed* This is a mo st serious handicap for all activities in the Basin. The farmer must buy at a high rata and after local demand is supplied, sell at alow one. It practically limits farming operations to the production of forage and grain orops and suoh produce as can ba consumed locally. Tho population of tho entire area embracing the Uintah Pro jeot does not exoeed 14,,000, of whom 1115 are IndLane . A3 the total population of the towns, which would b a dependent on local production does not oxoe«d 2500, it ia evident that the local market is "not of great importance. On the other hand, the Basin is of necessity practically self-sustaining. Assessed Valuation and Bank Deposits:- In 1914. tho assessed valuation of Uintah County was $2,500,000, whils that of Wasatch County waa #2,8150,000. In 1913, the assessed valuation of Uintah County is §8,000,COO, while Duchesne County, originally a part of Wasatch County is ^7,5C0,0C0. The valuation fo r Uintah County included Vernal and tha Ashley Valley with a vahxa*- 1 1 1 |