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Show DRAIN ALKAI.I LAKDS R. A. Hart, senior federal drainage engineer, received a letter from Joseph Jo-seph P. Walsh, county agent of Millard Mil-lard county, announcing that the commissioners had acted favorably on the project of Issuing bonds for the reclamation of waterlogged land in the Deseret district aggregating 25,000 acres. It is estimated that the cost of draining this area will amount to J500.000. When the district is reclaimed, re-claimed, however, its value will he increased to more than $2,500,000. The drainage district. Mr. Hart declares, de-clares, will represent the largest amount to reclaim waterlogged land In the history of the went. |