Show 8 of water hup lio 1104 from the flie inn us of flit tl earth artil j if 6 kowt IN hi fit I 1 i 1111 I 1 on JC no so irrigating canal can carry moro more it i four of water and canals aanal lit to bu 10 made wido vide and shallow a v has had wipe pc co in ditches dite lips in california cal i fort ita to the flie er cr of tins probably y thin is in true triv 4 after oto av A 1 ittoli n of throwing up ill email IN ais on OW bides lit at is wido ditch alif of conro it a outflow li allow how flow exerts it a benall furco boreo 11 1 pa t mabank its IH atilo it reduces tho how tigh nh friction and iner vases the por ip of loss los by evaporation ariso or r feli biro JH i s otio ono that aawar t tp ittle atlo understood by ilia masses ses as ari 1 a as sonio who aro are in eon con irrigating irria tin ditches ditc lica fand and re ier 4 han alien tho the senatorial on oil to ration v visited sited i lie west in ill 1889 took evidence ovid enco in falt lake city hinline inline utah lake laho as a a natural res ir to draw from one of tho gov bont engineers who had spent its in inea measuring suring pl tho streams end ig that lake and also tho out outward down the jordan river made statement that lio ho found that ugh the month of july that year lake had lowered sonic somo and that outward flow was only one third of the amount of water which ran alio lake during that month or thor words two thirds of the clio water ring tho lake wai up tip by horation po ration oratio ll 0 0 one olle living in a humid clini climate ato statement would bo be taken with it a jo 0 deree degree of allo allowance but to salt lako lake valley who have lied conr inland sea rio from one vo ft in spring and then sink during 0 the summer months me is not onrea unreasonable we here such a dry atmosphere as to ui rb mois moisture turo like a sponge and show no signs of fog or clouds liese ieso facts tro are strong arguments vor ivor of deep and narrow canals ro 0 tible then with porous andy gravelly ground there is 0 waste through 9 h seepage and as Is is in proportion to the amount anio of tee ice covered deep and narrow ea ca must bo a preferably prefer blo ablo chero tato nd and other foa features freml it tho the same saino is in certa certainly i aly truo true hoarding storage reservoirs whon when both tho the tea fea fe a tures of evaporation aaion and seepage should bo be considered the questions question fi of storage fito rago reservoirs and danis dams havo have boon been pretty well ivell discussed the past few years through the clio pross thoro there ned bo no ito tills mistakes reg regarding larding construction count ruction except through sheer ignorance on oil the part of tho clio in charge of such wor work ac storing Stori tig water lias become ono of tho most inot prominent av and useful feature in v various ariotta irrigation I 1 systems the past few bov year years 4 and it illions of acres of arid land are being brought brou lit under prolific file culture ni b ich otherwise would till remain the clio habitation ha of lop tiles and stunted sago such reservoirs not babig loii possible in many districts clio quil stion naturally forces itse itself f P aro are adjere not subterranean reservoirs doirs which tati jad be tapped to allbin a new haune for foi irr irrigation i lb 1 1 doi 17 tins this idea is it betit befit illustrated ly by statements ments of what whal is being t dono done in differ din erent cut places probably bably alio best sall plo is euln found 1 I in ill th the drain odrain tunnel being runt run to tap the great ontario mine at park city at a depth of 1500 feet that great work of cou course arse is a costly one and which could onla be prosecuted in ho interest in of mining but it how bow prolific tho the hilla way may be made in yielding fieldin good water this cunti tunnel el will bo be three miles long and it is it now in about ahr three e fourths that distance starting in eliere depth under tho clio surface did did not make nery ery rapidly frequent reservoirs or eaves caves of water h bave ive been tapped some being ing so greatus graec ns to flood the tunnel and carry everything cn before it the work or of that tunnel when mien told as it was accomplished reads more liko like fiction than fact so common ninion co havo have been exciting events and alli narrow esea escapes jos of life and lini limb bof of dio alie bold mi miners ners en t in ill the voik aik oik the water ivaa r which now flows out of the tunnel tui lliel to the amount of over gallons wr per ini minute nute could havo have been tapped by crosscut cross cut tunnels this large flow seems to be and regular and it is enough t to ir irrigate thousands of acres be besides s ides furnished furnis hod thousands of horsepower to drive machinery in this aliis district thero there aro are dozens of tunnels sending out gwawr gatei from sources which seeni seem inexhaustible mining for water may inay become popular in the hills skirting many of ano beautiful valleys of utah concluded on next page |