Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1889-07-30 | Page 1 | To Locate Reservoirs in Idaho

To Locate Reservoirs in Idaho BOISE CITY Idaho July 29 Thegovcrn ment has commenced surveys in Idaho for storage reservoirs with a complete system of irrigation covering millions of acres of rid lands and sooner had the engineers started out than they were followed by snrveyors in the employ of speculators whole who-le on the lands and water rights along the streams and gulches Such a monopoly by I peculators promises to defeat the plans of the government One corporation outside of Idaho is attempting to own and control Car lake for storage and Bear river for a distance of 14 miles in Idaho that they may sell water to the lands and towns in Utah Governor Sharp has telegraphed the secretary of the interior stating the fact and asking that steps be taken at nee to prevent this great wrong to Idaho