Show TO USE POWER Reclamation Dr Mead 1 sa says s Demands Demands Demands De De- mands That We tiVo Use Power as J ordinate Co-ordinate With Irrigation as The Dividend Pa Payer er Commissioner Elwood Mead in charge of federal reclamation per pera read before a written statement I Ithe the Association of Western Engineers Engineers En En- last week at Sacramento believes that development of power pow pow- er along with reclamation is es es- es Dr Mead assuming that the natural natural natural na na- na- na tural stream flow is about used up said that reclamation means storage He would employ the water impounded to develop power rower and let the power help pay the cost In other words his idea is to use Boulder dam tactics Under Under Under Un Un- der his plan he would have arran arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ran ranged ed so that power revenues would after paying for the storage stor stor- age then flow into the federal fund f nd to help store water at c other ther points The fifteen million dollar Salt Lake basin project was vas given some Some attention by Dr Mead It appears that four reservoirs are arc contemplated in the complete plan one having been the Echo This Th s provides water at 70 per acres foot for late irrigation This plan is to improve irrigation between Provo and Cache Valley He stated that water at this figure figure figure fig fig- ure is too high in cost for new lands But withdrawal we wonder where that fifteen million dollars is really going to be spent Is it not a known fact of which the leaders in Utah are fully cognizant that a large part of this expenditure expendi expendi- ture is for for the supplying of more water for Salt Lake City We Ve hear leaders in reclamation say that no mo money ey will be spent for helping municipalities unless they pay interest Yet Boulder dam is built fo to three major matters viz reclamation o of more lands provid provid- ing more water for Los Angeles I and environs and to furnish cheap power for southern California I This big project this fifteen million mimon is Is of is-of of the utmost Importance importance import Import- I ance to Uintah Basin people And for two reasons viz first if that money is spent in the Salt Lake project the rest of oC Utah must wait walt a long time before beCore it gets any further consideration according according according accord accord- ing to indications Second the Salt Lake LaIte project must take a avery avery avery very Important amount of Uintah Basin water |