Show t 0 Dam loam at Moon Lake t Raise Strawberry Dam Five a Feet Feel 4 If U present plans of the Irrigation company compan materialize there will be constructed in the tot not far distant future a dam at Moo lake 70 feet high and GOO feet feat long which will impound enough water In n addition to the normal supply to Irrigate about acres of land The estimated cost of such a dam is A Afew few months ago this paper stated that a big irrigation project was soon soo to be launched Moon lake dam was what w wd wa had had- hadin in mind but at that time we were not In a position to go into details r The officials are urging the Indian department to op co-op operate co-operate crate with them in this immense undertaking ing and there is reason to believe a fa favorable response will vill be made Congressman Don B B. B Colton last Monday met with directors dIrectors directors tors In Roosevelt and went over the plans with them He believes the plan can be carried through In My Myton ton Monday night members of the Myton l Commercial club met with Congressman Colton and asked him to interview U. U S. S reclamation officials reg regarding the tIle project so long and so often discuss dIscuss- ed He Ho is of the opinion that funds might be he appropriated for building the Strawberry dam five feet h higher gher That extra height would impound extra feet acre-feet of water in inthe inthe inthe the reservoir That together with feet acre-feet of surplus water al always always always al- al ways in the reservoir would go a along along along long way towards watering Castle- Castle peak land A committee of MyTon citizens will go to Salt Lake the latter latter latter lat lat- ter part of June to confer with Utah senators and congressmen on the subject The rhe following article on the subject of reclamation in Utah was submitted by J. J P. P May of Ro Roosevelt sevet Utah has received less federal aid for reclaiming its it's desert lands than any other mountain state Idaho has received nearly federal fed- fed oral eral money for reclamation purposes while Utah has got little over 3 although Utah has more people and more land to reclaim R 00 Our Our fair state has received less federal fed fed- federal eral aid b by far than Wyoming al although although although al- al though we have three times the people peo pee vIe pie and wealth It Is natural that we should ask the great qu question why During the last twenty years it has been the governments government's policy to let the states have bath back for reclamation reclamation reclamation mation sufficient money to equal the total received b by the government for 0 sale of public lands in the state or from Other ather revenues derived from such federal ownership or control of the lands Utah has not yet et received reedy reedy- ed cd even 50 60 per cent of this total mone money paid Into the federal treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury while other states have ed cd even much l larger amounts Last 3 year year Idaho received for reclamation reclamation I r tion more than that state had paid in taxes to the general government for all purposes Is it not time for forthe forthe forthe the Uintah basin to get together and devise ways and means for the better better better bet bet- ter interesting of our congressional delegations V With th one-half one million acres of good land laud and nd ample water we are entitled to consideration now and not at some somo distant date It is my opinion that if the people will get together that some tangible results will come at once It appears to me impossible for us to get real reat and Important progress in the development development development de de- of the Ui Uintah tah basin until we unite Is it not time that we should in individually individually individually in- in and as communities af afford afford afford af- af ford a little personal sacrifice r for fir r a general meeting for one great purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose namely the reclaiming of large tracts of land As AsI I have said before in articles which our local lo local local lo- lo cal papers have kindly published we must temporarily forget our community community community com com- rivalries and put some eggs eggs all In one basket as it were Veo We Ve o U 0 can cant can't t spare all of our eggs but by unions of our forces we may mav without without with with- out injuring or burdening any individual individual individual indi indi- vidual make a great showing There is some talk of large reclamation reclamation reclamation mation progress ss on the Provo Prove river on the Weber river and some talk of using surplus water from Utah lake lane to spread out over the desert in Tooele count county This This' sho fd all be encouraged But we Uintah basin people must not let our friends on the west side of the Uie Wasatch range forget that we are nearly In in number and have reached the fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing stage On the Provo Weber Vebor and nd other Utah streams west of or the range development has been quite intensive The results of development development develop develop- ment in the old settled districts are more population and wealth Uintah basin is differently situated We Ve have people without a railroad contending against the tha great disadvantages commercially n socially and educationally We Ve came out here because we ire e b vod our representatives in con congress ress would be strong enough to tn help us even as much as Idaho and antI Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming and andi have Arizona-have been been assist ed d. d Up to date we have b oa sadly disappointed The of our cheap lands with much better cater valer rights than any other part o othe of the state has means a railroad as aswell aswell aswell well as increasing the population to about If we c cannot get help from our senators and representatives representatives representatives with backing from the richer sections of the state we must take hold of the problem ourselves But in either event kind reader please realize the important t fact that you cannot get ahead unless you yourself unite with fellow citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens and demand it now Will you do it Or have you lost all courage cour cour- age hope ambition and are too busy or too lifeless or both to make the struggle It Is up to you |