Show S Dam or Drain SALT LAKE CITY Aug 3 s Editors Herald The joint city and county committee commit-tee to examine the upp ° r portion of the Jordan and try to discover the facts in relation to alleged damage to farm lands by backwater from the upper dam is all very well so far a i i goes But could not a better ling be done ban damming back the river and the waters of Utah Lake whether damage is done there by to actual farms or not Damming the river and tending backwater up the river and into the like may be the immediately cheapest cheap-est method of supplying the upper i canals of this valley But is it the best > in the long run and not such avery very long run either To me it is doubtful Would it not bo better to drain Utah Lake than to dam up its waters and probably throw backwater back-water upon come of the rich lowlands adjacent There is 1 large fall from the lake to the greater portion of the available land fit for farming in this alley Draining the lake would dry and reclaim much rich land around it and yet also reclaim much dry desert land in thia valley S that unless there are obstacles of a very serious nature cither of an engin cringor a financial character I say rain the lake rather than dam the river and thusdo good in both alleys rather than harm in either by reclaiming valuable but at present unproductive land in each instead ol ruining ruin-ing good land in one valley for the eake of storing up water t UBe in reclaiming poorer land in tho other valley This question of dam or drain is an important one and should be well considered before anything like a final decision should be come to I 3liovo the general public would be interested in seeing a fair statement of tho comparative advantages of these two policies a comprehensive statement made after sufficient investigation by competent engineers AQUA |