Show S 0 oil i I 1 I 1 conservation C 0 n s e r v a t i 0 n news by kenneth williams the spring like weather the past few weeks has given some of our farmers spring fever soil conser works are already being started in green river and moab wilon produce company has begun leveling operations an about 20 acres at the north end of their thew farm ro land thompson is expecting to level some of his land if the weather re mains good our engineers are work ing on a dike for nolan curtis to pro feet his island construction is still going on an at the brisco wash siphon we hope that it will be completed soon hail stewart S C S engineer has been called to st george for two weeks to assist with their conserva tion work this detail will create a greater shortage of engineering ser vices available to this area farmers who want our services certainly will have to plan ahead to arrange for help when they need it if you are planning on needing any of us this spring contact one of the district supervisors so that we can schedule some help for you I 1 attended a meeting of the green river canal co stockholders last week lloyd baker B J silliman logan bedier charley jones nolan curtis kenneth sillman unan alfred king delbert tidwell and frank fraia boss ross were present to discuss the company s problems several canal sections were mentioned which sh be repaired in 1956 A new weed catcher and sand gate will be needed at brisco wash the sand gate at jess powells will need to be repaired or replaced and improve m ment ent of the flume at Sal ratus wash were considered as needing work this year to keep the canal mg ing i also met with the officers of the new eastern utah horse cattle G association this is a real jve ive outfit vito some leaders that are on the ball association leaders present were alfred king president lester taylor chad moore and bill cunningham directors at the meet ing we discussed some of the pro beems facing the cattlemen as a re ailt of th mining boom in this area the association is going to prepare a report on this matter ane next S C D newsletter will oon be in the mail to all district monthly sod soil conservation district supervisors meeting will be held thursday evening january lath at 7 30 p ni in the city hall the 5 sup up ervia ervi ors are planning on setting up an activity program for 1956 and everyone is invited to attend |