Show ClOSER COOPERATION Object of or of Dr Por Poe Portier tier let of Department of Ag tg Agriculture g lr Ur S Portier formerly irrigation engineer at the state university and androe TO roe chief of ot Irrigation investigations if t f experiment stations of the United Hates t ates department of agriculture who has bas spent the tAa last few tew days deys in Salt Lake ake ke In company with W IV W r Me Mc Laughlin the state representative left lett last iset night for tor Boise Dolse Ida IdaD D Dr Fortier passed through this city on the windup of a trip through the thelie if ate te lie He is making Investigations of 4 6 many irrigation projects and IB Is working to secure closer cooperation cf the state irrigation officials and Irrigators with the government in n the tho tb Interests lt of this important fac tao l 1 tr r of ot farm tarm life lite and Is collecting sta eta stat t sties for tor publication for tor the benefit if rf f eastern people so ao many ninny of ot whom are settling annually In the districts i It ff f western irrigation systems e hope to 0 gain many man good gO d re remits reIts mits JulS Its from our work said Dr For Fort Forter t ter er yesterday Wo 0 are going to try tryo 0 o save 40 46 per cent of the he water in ditches and we hope to make Jt it possible for farmers to get the supply of at water at the right i r pe e ard in the tIe right manner In the t e I anal systems sy we have been investigating sating gating we find that within a com para ely short H 35 per cent of ot the vater olter which passes pan through the head heads ats s is lost |