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Show An Appeal to Everyone Interested in the Future of Utah From the Utah Water Users Association .... More than thirty years ago a large group of the citizens of Salt Lake City and Ojp- den joined in providing a fund of $40,000 with which to promote the conservation of the flood waters of the Weber, Ogden and Provo Rivers. Many years passed before their efforts were rewarded with success. Surely these men may "point with pride" to an annual crop value of $10,000,000 under the Weber project and with greater pride to . the tremendous help given by Utah to the war effort, which help was made possible by the conservation of the waters of these rivers. , A much greater task confronts us. Water users from all parts of the state are gathered together in the Utah Water Users Association and again they call upon you for aid. The total capacity of the three great reservoirs Weber, Ogden and Deer Creek is less than 300,000 acre feet. Aside from Deer Creek the total reservoir capacity owned by Salt Lake City is about 5,000 acre feet. The Utah Water Users Association is purely and simply a promotional organization composed of a group of citizens interested in the further development of Utah, with an appreciation of the fact that the entire economy of the future of Utah is tied to the possibility of the development of our water resources. Rather than attempting to make the organization a state agency it has been determined that the undertaking should be financed on the basis of local suoscriptions, with the state divided into six districts with representation from all of the six districts on the Board of Directors so that a complete and comprehensive promotional program of all water resources of the state may be developed. The association does not anticipate doing the actual engineering engineer-ing work on the various water projects but it does anticipate finding ways and means of providing either on a local, county or state basis, or by an appeal to the National Reclamation Bureau, to obtain the engineering necessary upon which the foundation ot all waters developed must be laid and then using all of its facilities and resources and all of the manpower associated with it to bring about the completion of the projects which are proven feasible. It is anticipated that through private ?ubscription approximately $10,000 each year may be obtained and it is proposed that we request the Board of County Commissioners Commission-ers of each of the counties in the state to provide to the Utah Water Users Association Associa-tion an amount of money equal to two one-hundredths of one mill, based on assessed valuation of the respective counties. This would provide a total of approximately $20,-000 $20,-000 for the corporation to administer its a'.fairs and would provide it with the necessary neces-sary office assistance, legal counsel and an engineer who would be responsible for the promotion of the engineering on all projects. The water problems of the State of Utah may be subdivided into five general problems: 1st More than one and one-half mi!- constructed that will permit her to use lion acre feet of water discharge annually part of waters allocated to us and by long into the Great Salt Lake, a large part of years use set up a claim for permanent which can be conserved. The evaporation right thereto. Wisdom dictates we mu.it annually from the surface of Great Salt put our allocated share of the Colorado Lake is more than three million acre feet. River to beneficial use. 2nd-It is believed that the efficient 4th-At the close of this war there service of every stream within the State be nQ return tQ ..boondo , Every can be substantially increased-m many jn deve, wal , by more than 50. Careful study and jn Qur semiarid land wil, rcturn a bourl. careful planning of water supply will tjful harvcst aftfcr vear after point the way to an increased income in &nd wjn vide work rea) work nearly every one of our more than six hundred communities. There is no surer 5th Home ownership, farrr owner- way to aid in the prosperity of our people, ship are the basis of the finest civiliza-3rd civiliza-3rd Our share of the waters of the tion. Ours is the privilege to aid in assur-Colorado assur-Colorado River can be made to produce ing opportunity to those we love who will untold wealth. California hold3 contracts return home duty done with the hope for the use of waters impounded by Boul- in their hearts that their lives may be der Dam that will permit an increase in lived in this blessed land, called Utah, population of seven million souls. Also That cannot be if we sit idly by and per-California per-California has plans and works partially mit our precious waters to waste away. The Utah Water Users Association at & meeting held in the State Capitol on June 19, 1944, organized on a temporary basis with officers, directors and advisers, and a permanent organization will be established in September of this year. We are very anxious to be able to report at that meeting that the financing of the undertaking has been completed. For that reason we would sincerely appreciate your giving this matter mat-ter your early attention. ' .... UTAH WATEPv USERS ASSOCIATION. , . ..... By Win. R. Wallace, President, - L :-' A. W. Watson, Secret ary-Trfasurer, ' . ..- ' . -- - Gus P. Backman, Acting Manager. - THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... (" "I don't blame the fellows overseas for prohibition, either local or national, until gettin' all het up over it, Judge. For the they get back." likes of me I can't see what's all the hurry "Too bad there isn't a law or somethin about holdin' these local prohibition elec- to be sure their washes are carried out, tions while they're away." Judge." "I agree with you, Steve. Time after "There is in one state I know of, Steve, time... in their letters, in arties, in polls Just recently it passed a law prohibiting taken to get the views of our fighting men ... the calling of any prohibition election until they have indicated in unmistakable terms a year after the peace is declared." that they don't want any action taken on "That really makes sense to me, Judge." .. . . - , , . This odzertisemtnl sponsOTtd hy CGnftrnvrt of Alaholic Batrcgr lruslrics,Tnt . |