Show i ACRES IN WATER PROJECT State Starts Stalls Negotiations for Sevier River Development Development Development Devel Devel- Tho The Irrigation of or acres of or land direct and the thc development dc of a a. valle valley valley val val- le ley of oC acres will be made possible possible pos pos- sible by the tho sale salo of surplus storage rights In tho the flood water of oC the upper Sevier river b by the state to the thc Emory Valley Reservoir Canal company compau No- No are aro under way between officials oUI- oUI officials of or tho the company compan and members o of the state land board and a n tentative agreement his has been reached Under plans proposed tho the district would Issue bonds for tor about with which to make mako the tho initial payment to tho the state and to complete construction construction tion of ot tho the reservoir The dam at the reservoir will be thirty to thirty five feet ept high Its site being about fifteen miles mlles from Tropic Utah Necessary work on the tho dam and canals It is es estimated es- es will cost At present about 2060 2000 acre In th tho Emery valle valley system aro arc under water the water being obtained from springs The Tho Emer Emery Valley Reservoir Canal company compan was organized several years ears ago abo but owing to lack of ot financial re resourCes resources resources re- re sources at tho the beginning It failed to secure primary water rights In the cast east fork of ot the Sevier Seler river The negotiations negotiations llona with the tho state over tho the surplus water rights have been undertaken to offset this Initial failure |