Show 0 NEW PROJECT TO RECLAIM DESERT George A. A Cole Plans Undertaking for Acres in San Juan An Irrigation project to water more than acres of ot desert esert land in San SanJuan SanJuan Juan county to cost about and tho the organization of ot a company to finance the undertaking Is planned by George A. A Cole land attorn attorney e of Salt Lake and instructor in 11 law at the University of Utah Mr Colo Cole yesterday filed application with the state engineer for fOI cubic feet Teet of ot wat water r per second to bo be taken from Indian creek in San Juan county for Irrigation purposes In connection with the project Indian creek Is a stream trL tributary to the tho Grand river and Mr Ir Coles Cole's application des designates nates is-nates that tho the water Is wanted to tobe to-be be taken from the creek at a point about fifteen miles north of Monticello This point In the creek crock lies also alAo about forty miles mUes south of ot Moab In Grand count county Plans for tho the construction of the project are not yet et complete but Mr Cole Sole said yesterday the proposed wor work Included the tho building building- of a large e dam darn about twenty or thirty feet In hel height ht It will not be necessary to pump Jump water from the creek ho said as ns there is a gravity I flow The dam darn will be built to divert water for tor storage purposes Land which will come under tho the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed project Is government land and the major portion of ot It is yet eed It Is la planned to make a application application tion to the tho land oCt office Ice within three months to begin work on the project It Is II planned also to water the tho land and andsen sell sen it under the Carey act |