Show GOVERNOR BAMBERGER AND PARTY GO EAST To Discuss Utah Problems In Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington and Financing Uintah Uinta h Basin Railroad IL in New NewYork i York Governor Dam Bamberger berger has gone east to discuss Utah problems with officials at Washington and to talk over Uintah basin railroad finances with capitalists in New York One Important Utah problem th that t twill will take up considerable time is that of Indian water rights vs I Iet et al aI which has long been ve vexing Another matter matLer for conference at Washington is in connection with the Ouray reservoir site which has resulted resulted resulted re re- re- re In the withdrawal of much valuable land from entry and in retarding retarding retarding re re- the development of other land The Ouray reservoir site It Is la contended has never been proven to tobe tobe tobe be feasible and nothing has been done in years to investigate its rea i- i It is desired that the government government government govern govern- ment proceed far enough to enable It to reach a decision one way or the theother theother theother other as to the feasibility of ot the project project project pro pro- in order that if the project is not feasible the land may be released ed to entry and the country enter on the development which is now re re- re- re Opposition to building the reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir even if the site Is found to be f feasible also has as d d o. o on one the g ground that thai the waters could not be 7 1 used in the development of any Utah lands since there are no suitable tracts available allame irom from which waters in such a reservoir could be ed This it is argued would simply simply sim elm ply mean that water would be al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed to flow past Utah lands susceptible susceptible sus sus- of irrigation to be stored stored lower down the river for the irrigation Irrigation irrigation tion of or California lands This is contrary to the policy of or Utah water for Utah lands followed by the the state The government already has ha investigated several possible irrigation irrigation irrigation tion dam sites and storage res reservoirs reservoirs reser reser- r- r higher up on the Green River basin from which waters could be used on Utah lands Plan Plau Is Opposed It It is argued that through seepage and return flow much of this thia water would eventually be returned to the Colorado river in any event just as irrigation water is now returning returning returning re re- re- re turning to the Sevier river all aU along its course The argument is further farther put forth that use of the water for Irrigation in Utah h would regulate the flow of the Colorado river so 80 asto as asto asto to obviate the recurrence of the disastrous disastrous disastrous dis dis- dis- dis floods which led to the project project pro- pro lect of storing the flood waters of the Colorado basin In connection with these projects and problems affecting the Uintah basin Governor Bamberger Is a accompanied accompanied ac ac- companied by George F F. F McGonagle state engineer R. R S. S Collett of f 1 Roosevelt and other residents of the basin With the party is also R. R E. E Dais Davis Davis Da Da- Da- Da vis is president of the state land board who plans to present to the department of the interior and to congress the problems in connection with minerals found on lands ands that otherwise would be granted to the tho state Some definite and workable policy in this regard will be adopted by the national government they hope |