| Show PUMPING T WILL SOON SE FINISHED t V to the members of of alie lie bonneville irrigation distria district Distri 4 the construction construct construction io and installation of your irrigation ion system and pumping plant the best and most complete in utah will soon be finished 1 the great grobl problem n now is to make it i immediately mine diat JIN I 1 successful le and to get early returns return from our a investment in ill order orde r to do this we must use it to as near ne ar its capacity 10 as possible idle structures and nia machinery chinery recreant rep represent investment investments and we are arc paying interest on this investment tab 1 use the plant efficiently effic clitty roe musa inus FIRST put all I 1 the available land in the district distri in crops and produce as much al possible SECOND use all the water we can call beneficially without villi out waste THIRD replace replace 11 the use 0 oe 0 mountain water used for irrigation c in the district district by canal cai ial water the mountain water can call oe be to land above the upper canal or soad and thus help hell to enlarge the dis district brict above its present limits j FOURTH increase the acreage irrigated from the canals so that i the he plant can fie be operated at capacity and lessl lessy burden per acre f ot be placed on individuals we vc have a pumping C plant that will furnish f wate gatei for 7 acres of land we have allotted ii to land 14 in the district Distri dt t approximately acre feet feci all expenses are arc charged according ace ordin to the acre icet lee of allotment lIf this is iw U I 1 creased the ell charge arge per acre foot will reduced and we should 1 all endeavor 0 13 04 1 ke TS cost coa 1 I and increasing the acreage served is the best and nii iu t feasible wa way t to do this vc find that me aie share of capital capiral stock in the davis and weber canal is selling ar ar per share i the opinion 0 f canipe competent tent engineers gi two aar aera feet of water vater on c C maud is value to one share of f capital stock toek in the davis atia weber cosily canal it Is tit nu TO io us to make a success or failure we weare are all al inclined to overestimate the value valia e of our land and to under tinder estimate the value of the water two acre feet of water a aila bleA i on demand demoL lid is equal to any one acre of farming land in ij the district we can produce more hay on lk one acre with water c atar than is nov now being prodoc ed on ten acres without water this t en ell acres ac if 0 land is worth at least interest interest on th thia 1 amount for on year at eight per pe cent would be tea ta the taxes on oil this land for 0 oae e year would be about 60 nia mal ing jig a total of per year eapen es one acre of land with two ere acre feet of water on demand is i orth the interest on oil this a al bout would be 18 48 per year the taxes would be about 12 per ear car the water as ses woul not exceed 20 per year maki inaki ig a total expenses on oil the one of of 80 per year as compared v ith per year yeara this is not taking tali ing into consideration the daffro difference ll 11 nee in the amount of labor in bailing ha idling one acre and handling ten tell IV acres res in ili our onion any way you can figure it two acre feet acet of ater water on oil demand is equal ii in value ivilue 0 o any one acre of farm land whit what would this mean if we were goi going to purchase two acre feet per a acre rc for our landa land for the cres acres this w would oula me mean an for wo acre feet or fa 1 would pay for the pumping plant and lid upkeep and operating expenses youra your very truly bonneville Bonns ville I 1 irrigation T ti 0 n district |
