Show ik UTAH LAKE PLAN PLANt IS FOUND CHEAP t j i Official 1 Repot Report Shows Show Acre Go Cost t Remarkably UP TO THE TH E LARD LAND LA ViNER t t i THEY RA VB A TO ADD ADI 1 w J 4 to the r ef K Prof George L t Swend eD of the United Unite States tates geological survey whose ee re Ye report port reached Prof 11 F H Newell of t th bureau y the tile tah ta laKe laker 1 re r rn r preposition ie In one oae of the cheapest hea and aM most moM attractive proposed er the i now e W irrigation p I A AI AIt J 4 though hough t the are ue not given out fUt It Is nade stood 4 that t thO estimated I total cost oC oL reclaiming or tur a adequate wAter vater supply to OOOO I t be benefited by b this proposition is Ia isthan r ha F than 1 The be esti est estin n rate of at the added value of the he lands lan lanis 1st is Men who err are conservative declare cl lare that th t the carrying out of or the contemplated plan should l add oooo to the w edth tb of the tle t farmers and other oth land owners owner in the tiie region on af aff af aft affected f t td by b the changes 1 Tn Top future of the undertaking de depends d now meat entirely eb on tile the at attitude attitude attitude of the UM present owners of the land l nd that would be e benefited U H most of th to proposition wider under n aide ration by the government the nd affected Is nearly alt all under private ow own O OD n D Scarcely any ny has ha ample amp w wr WK J tr ter r T of ot a full supply ppl of ot wa water W waI I tel ter during durin Hie ti ee on n it ten DI i needed e would Increase the value of gf the land already alrea cf t 25 U to 0 O an ancie 1 crt cie ct There nere is about 5 st 0 acres acrea of thin thle r tend land Value of o the Land LandWell nd Well Irrigated lend Utah Uth lee lake te Je heW heM tobe to worth wOth an en aver average age sf of i aa an aces a mere ere ie Is 28 acres notes now ROW entirely arid and practically Worthless except exee t for g IU purposes This land would ouM be made valuable for far farming rna and 00 worth w rth at feast HO 0 an aa acre mere and probably b duble that tk amount amont TUto jotS take e Into to consideration t tw e land laad ln which Ie lo w tinder un er water bet b kIch would w ld be arable rable if it the area cf eft 0 the lake lab should be reduced 80 se ses s planned As A th tk tie value of thle te in so sol soI I l it Is net taken takeo up uJ In tte de in the tile lal report re orl but it te III be bed beJ J d bd by b the th thee e familiar with the t e situation that this thie land laud alone atone would fee be rUt rth the tile el c cost st of the k Nu j m alt t Three different plane are recommended by prof en s u as r i feasible f All AU cn te plat the constriction of the area of ot otto the lakes surface and an the of a lower outlet enabling the utilization atlon of the t water to eo much lower r lei level el than at present lIe J ent I By reducing the ie area as planned the evaporation which ie Is I now the Ute prine principal principal pal loss I os would be cut down more then than ne half Indeed more than twice the pr pre ent area rea Irrigated 1 could be De sup supplied supplied supplied plied with MM an ample amount of water Th h o be with only the pres Prell present eat ent inflow w Consume Present Supply For the present no of other wat such as these tk of th thO th Straw Strawberry berry berr rry is In recommended hd Suck Such a step might ight be n mAe ne e in It th t future but the t teof conserving of the tae I present supply atM and its ita jt use Un up U to the tb possibilities Is te held helda a to be sufficient nt for tor the nonce The ha her bat an area aea of bf 3 square quare miles with an annual rainfall t of C twee inches the a ge The Ti surroundings of be e lake take and nd the surveYOr survey of its bottom ahou that the work of deepening a and 4 constricting the theara theAl theara I ara Al a can be accomplished entirely ent rely by lIy hydraulic or suction dredges and aud by b steam shovels The suction d 4 ei can f handle M to c b yards ya of earth a 4 day at a coat of 2 S to i cents ts a yard or sometime even e en less lL This makes the tile problem comparatively situ sim simple pie pI The nut next t tOO o w will 1 be taken by ta t the state pt on n arid land laud reclamation n wt be to explain lam the situation to the farmers farine and se secure cure their th lr cooperation They must pay pa back to the government without Interest the t amount expended to te im improve prove their lands land Ac As they are APe given f ten years yean to do this and will wilt receive two tw or three times the money monel back buck in InI I revenue reven sad and valuation little difficulty te 45 expected along alon title tide line as aa the tit land laDd owners OWDeN see the tha situation clearly 4 II |