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GREAT BASIN PROBLEMS 
research problem. “Man does not live by bread alone.” And sure¬ 
ly the wonderful beauty and majesty of the scenery of the Great 
Basin are words from the mouth of God. 
A drive of 30 miles from where we now sit will take us through 
Big Cottonwood Canyon to lake-dotted Brighton, in the top of the 
mountains. The trip will feed the soul of the most hardened sci¬ 
entist. A few miles farther would take a person through American 
Fork Canyon, the ruggedness of which is unsurpassed. Cave Tim- 
panogos, with its thousands of limestone formations, is worth a 
day’s journey. Other wonderful canyons are all about us. To 
witness a sunset on Great Salt Lake is an experience of a lifetime. 
And the desert itself, with its mystery, once it touches a human 
soul, is never forgotten. To live through the night under the open 
sky, on the desert, conscious of the colors and the sounds and the 
odors of the desert, will turn men’s thoughts back to that greater 
mystery of life which every scientist must recognize in every really 
successful endeavor. 
It was not expected that a catalogue of projects would be here 
presented, but rather that some of the research groups, drawn from 
the peculiar nature of the Great Basin might be touched upon for 
further consideration. 
It will be noted that our first research problem is the winning of 
support for research from private sources, and that the consequent 
research will be drawn from the peculiar conditions resulting from 
the prevailing aridity, the immense mineral deposits of great com¬ 
mercial value, and the existence of a successful modern civiliza¬ 
tion built under the ditch. 
Research is a prime need of the Great Basin. The need of it 
must be taught the people. The results that will come from syste¬ 
matic research in the Great Basin will not only help build Great 
Basin communities, but will advance greatly the boundaries of hu¬ 
man knowledge. 
