Show BIG TION SCHEME FAVORED BY GOVE GOVERNMENT 1 I AUthorities fA in Washington Enthusiastic Over Pro tro Project Submitted by Utah Representative 0 Carrying Out of Plan Will In n The B ii af ef Acres Acnes ones of Arid Ard AridI Land l od I f 4 H 4 4 4 Number of acres of lit irrigable billable land in Salt sad Utah nah valleys val f leys less 1 10 I U 4 4 Acres now under cultivation I 4 ACNe to be reclaimed by new projeCt 0 It oust cost n net t ov o r j j 4 lucresse per ate acre In value val Of f tend land by reSa r water tr brought broucht 4 to 10 it es f 4 Wealth to be directly added add to Utai Utaji a end 4 the t tetI at thi thia tt 4 4 ratio of increase e o MII 4 Present t population of the three valleys val J 1 I 4 4 9 Agricultural A population pos b w propose el carried out out prospects t that the enterprise ente will UI be hi BT ins federal deral gov go ov 4 B Bt Bat st P Pos I 4 44 7 t T BE al federal government is I preparing I THE T I to undertake in Utah h the biggest 1 I and end broadest irrigation enterprise lut has been proposed since Mn the irrigation r gaLlon gation law went tnt into effect Secretary I Of the tile Interior Hitchcock Director Walcott of the geological survey Chief i iEn Engineer En IDer Newell of the geological sur surrey fey Tey sad and every eer engineer in the service that has listened to an explanation of I II I tile the scheme is enthusiastic in itt its favor faor i iI State Engineer A F Doremus chair chairman chairman i I man of the Utah Arid Land commis commission 1 sion slon and F S Richards counsel for tor forthe I the th commission eo returned from Wash Washington I ington yesterday esterday with this news Sen Seii Senator ator amra Kearns and Smoot Snoot and Congress Congressman man Howell are all aU working hard for forThe f ran The Tate project as laid before the author Hies Itle In Washington has been briefly I outlined in the dispatches to The Tb Her Hf Herald r ald It provides pro In substance for the following work The deepening of oC Utah lake as u already proposed ed the construe construction con tru tion of oJ a diverting canal across the tbt th head waters of the and Strawberry rivers the building bunding of a reservoir in Strawberry valley and a tunnel through the mountains mountain so that the tue water can be made to how hw into ml Spanish fork lork the building of a H long high line canal along alon the th Vas at h I mountains above aboe the valleys ant 8 clear far t 1 the Bear river the Improvement of 1 I Bear hear lake Jake as a reservoir the diversion of the headwaters of the river fiver into a reservoir aud across into the Bear Beer river the building of a canal to supply lands landa on or the west Pst side of th Bear Ber river the utilisation of the Og I cutoff as a dam clam to rut cut off ofT the Ole arm of the Great Salt Sat lake hike I making king It dry thereby reducing area of the th lake and the lose 10 by p v 2 tot and ami preserving pre this body I Ster r which wide is Ie so 80 essential to the neat near It and in fact all alI th this is rc re r There are other minor features of the thu scheme me but these e are ar ar the it es egell en 1 Reception u in tu Washington I We are met mt almost amoo with open n anni ann urt in i Washington on said Mr Doremus yes yesterday ye y tey This was Wall because W v came amt as I Ithe o othe the representatives rep of the entire sta stat t Washington is s filled with people Pl p private scheme The fact I h he e came as af representatives of all ail and nd presented ted to them a project which would inure to the be cut of the entire state opened o nett the tb d for us U everywhere p is anxious to un take some big hiI project that will v ilL worthy of it t that will recta ii of land and will inure m rm the general good We pointed 01 0 this litI land would be of o greater v j lalm than almost any aRT other the extort e t of the art arcs in j itT ity of d For now watered by the ho h ri 1 it t Strawberry and aDd th tt i It 11 5 high hip that it c tn can n b bA r U q 1 51 U tb raising lot of or wild wiM ivay I c n ing yield y d of perhaps per lin L 1 an anin 1 i f in the LOP Salt alt Lake 1 i ilys 1 leys lys eys will Ji aInt acre Everywhere EV s broad plan it met mtr it h A Athe the officials official ar are a with Ith it I expect ii it II time before dal made that thit the p i I I AS a to I iti 1 ho holl h t tall all ll the different pha The project is it t full 1 following brief wh rh ut to the secretary of 4 Great Sec ems Salt Lake Tit Cit TitTo CitTo ii To the Honorable tar Interior Wash Sir a art arid mit f commission of o I 1 I till J that t shu ot 01 its s a tion lion to have han ha I lt hl je ti of the projects I ed und ii act of ef 17 1 j I t tAn An act at ap hp h pi i iHlI bj sale an and f t land It t certain ertain s tat slat tl t h o of e j for reclamation t 1 l nab Jak cr r t I phi Ill it lt t j for sub C set ti r I for fir enlarge atwi itt tt th v supply tiie h s k Lak v U l HT f a I 4 From Page 1 IL may ma receive your early and nsf nt of be situation n m in Itah t tj t the water supply se mH i ii i th brief n which generally pre i L iota trea r a of the state is I about ire v large part pars of which is i land The wat water r sup Inadequate that when fully i i I i it t more than C G or 8 i per er cent of oft lud t of It tho thi state can n be supplied ir for irrigation At the present Ll j 1 per cent of the total tat Lie is irrigated and the V i of f agricultural crops is im tin Irrigation of Streams ii f of Gre n riv r and andi i j all 3 n e tr vim Of iC the their sources within the bor borI I ta tn i none t be beH beI H I All are ar torrential to ti greet Jias been don to jt equalise equaliseS S n 1 of the flow Great scarcity vur supply la Is l during water period of eat each year vear al 5 r t I m rn rt r than about om fourth n k annual supply has haz bH beet n ni i the n other t her being beingS S t and during the winter seasons i foregoing it ia Is evident that t i i ite I th flow of the stream by byS S r storage reservoirs an t to extend t it ar at a are matters of oara nara 5 U to the future of the thet theIs t is Is also clear car when the S S r land to water supply is con conUi conI Ui I it tt the greatest care should be bein ben in n the land upon S is 3 to be sod sed Only t i as will return tie the greatest pus pos pusS S tor the water applied applit should i tred red as w of tho th water a land should be put ibor use with wither er r of or the thu shorter sea SO F i ih lI to tt lat lati iid early I th 1 I r valleys alley if f tie te state ui iha Lt tn 1 lands f thi loser loserS S ue most rf tl L l an nl 1 Uintah m nt i ar ss 3 of practically all of n water f l th thE northern Tf half laIf of the fht greater grUer of water into fOto the Itie Great Greit Bait lake laWe lakeS S ib h h by evaporation The Ther r i pa pau sin from mountain to lake 5 Ike be three principal A alleys f fi i i Iown as Cache valley valk Salt u aud td I tah valley allex respective t S tk v y is the lowest valley tate t ite he the elevation jing but abut abutS buti S i i bove bose aea ea level Utah and Cache m nat s net each being about jj f tes level With respect to toen en rv character of ll etc if Ii three s are cx i i ay 11 thu Irrigation r t Institutions in the si 5 S es were bUshed in l these theseS S i sI Tears rs ago agu bv by the C tier ot ut The plan planS ia S d and rad adhered I c cl C email farms farm S r nd d ownership of j S 1 1 1 v An Aa a n i of op p h theve ears all of ofIS IS S Ilip th that t i an tan lie be made avail 1 S i u h or ordinary co coI I a under system I 11 i i it ii 1 1 id c fa Is i further 11 i tot lot great d alc m ex exi S i ugh g ti 1 nai C sad and i it t IRVI l e e V gil al and andS S ti 1 tp I 1 1 the th pow rh I TIr ean Cache S i i Web Weli r Davis Salt Lain and ita itaI I cities j hi ha about bt people u I n 11 B td or the thet t Ther Tbt r a altogether ii x 5 44 acres f lend land in inS S I aIle lest lesa than a third or ork IM k airs being at TIU remainder or air about ing no 1 str wat r Title This Ir Irr irS r S i is 5 among about n 11 CM making the a rare size SIZeS S farm about thirty a re 1 C however bout t a w he ii I X acres that are In 5 bo so that the overage she im of about 5 r th n Ti of Cf or t thirty is I without i t ster suppLy apply i S u es 5 t I hi t alue of Ii i of t wat wati i lit li ii S hii is iele p se seS S t 1 V r irp i and all 70 on per peri er i ir at fi fiS ii ild n t In is tak n to i d ate tte I IS S S S iluf lut f ih w s iter ter th ir it M S of f 11 ii oi iii r i f the th fc a il a id toe tM ini S S of I ie M s 1 Tf r beat in St te Is teI IsI I I i the KT at at t ard a i value alue et el elI eti i I t 1 he ht u favorable ion ioni i I fn 1 ul l tome ille e St itc as foil s si S i i mr ir pi fI i y v pr acre Cre tos tosS S s 1 IS i ac SC i S per jr a re ti et ct X S P ir r i r grow gr 5 j Pt i or rs Si erub S r per ir aero ni ri gross suO A fd 0 P r acre gross of District i nt i of f fru fr i prosperous and amt prolific S id v wu I const constantly ant I v increasing nui i o flo onto S l j th ii adjacent I S t w h V is t ause tuse then is no water t I ir t the th o lands ire are now nw forced to toti ti II ig g cI where lier to their own great ts 5 5 ii S is that f the state sih i v tem that wilt will corn com cornS S S nah S I N U ii that of f any r rii hw ii S S hurt hes and andt andI t Din I ill i g have hae b n S i a ini IT i t u a much S 1 i ul is i that could ui be t tid there if the w iter S u u id 1 mil i iii S I S ar i ii idel d tue t n nIts i lust Its i d an v nt local S h product u f irrigation r fa f iry sev auxiliary IP ea li I of Cf lb vily cr cri S i 5 mi profitable fr t 1 H cf 1 I ets and S moo IP II of ut BUR niger ir annual S rs tnt nt i of ix population aa a re rei reS i S Iii area irea is one oneS onet S t 7 5 f ac a r and thru quarters of 1 I js is i fl imon of this minis tommis S m TI im am de Ie wat watt r supply tan an be he pro pee peeS S the TV s Hk I irrigable art are ai I it tI i alle HB would bt be made madeS S f M ai lining 1009 JO people or orS orul j ic ol ul c person irson to each acre of oft S V t n f the Great Salt lake I ar rea a of ot about 2 S is 5 a must beneficial c cS cf S hl ii h ii is A i ut t appreciable bf beyond the ily lu re r considered and which s S thorn I m mo nit t desirable Th pr s of this e is ise e an dl important matter and cannot S i d 1 in any tn plan pertaining to the of the th tate tateS S V lIe m an supply of 0 water watern n I i IK lit w rth land will require not no lit 5 omi lete end and regu reguS S t the water that naturally flows 55 Y but other sources of oft must t a e ISM be lie secured Fortunately S ti n i j such a to favor faor the ac aci acS S i of both these requirements like Links in Chain S i wn au b by the accompanying map mapS S ion I Iii of the valleys with vets rela i SI h ii other U Is much like the links I inn till in which Salt lt Lake valley valleyS h S S central centrI Unk with Cache Che valley valey ii S S h S north tiiu ii I t ih Ii on Ott th I he uth The extreme from the tho null end erd of Cache ache valley viley lo to the south uth no 1 of O v a Vv ix 1 nearly 3 n Ue Kach valley has Us Its local river and no flu wi tr imp aH all of which hay hav th lr sour s in tic Watch ana amA 1 w into the A ille s from the east cast hear Bear river which is the largest roam ream that flows into th Great Salt 1 lake has lias ii its poun c on the northern aups s of t th the I Tintah mountains and f Lows northward for foi a considerable distance then flanks the northern end of tb Wa We catch range sod and turn southward travers i hot both a Cache nd Salt Lake valleys i rum th the southern slopes lop of the t Uintah m u fit w th various arOUs streams j which the river one of the thc tributaries of Green river The b rry branch of the flows through the Strawberry valley situated immediately immediate over the crest of the Wa fatch east of Utah valley at an eleva elevation tion of abut about feet above lea bea level leveland and having an sn area of o about acres The Strawberry valley end nd the waters of the Duchesne are all embraced within the Uintah Indian and therefore not open to entry or appropriation The Th Blackfoot of Snake river in ints ts state nf of Idaho baa its source in the high mountains mountain a short abort distance to the nort northeast at of whre Beet Bear flaak th northern end of the Wasatch l iv ov r the divide which separates the waters of Snake river from those of the Great Basin The waters of th the Black root font art ala i in the stale t U of Idaho and ex cx ent Dt the tho flood fed and winter Now flew have hare beo s an appropriated and are being used us for lr iv In that state At an elevation Of about sio MO feet the Blackfoot traverses several valleys which are now BOW used us Its attic ranches by parties who have acq title to tu the land as w welL l as th tile right to use us the water for Irrigation Store lood Waters WatersOn On ir arly all of the thi local streams of the three previously described valleys these the J I to store the flood end wIn i Ir r water which now goes to waste and th plan here presented content contemplates plates that this be done Also Ateo that the hea watern of the tM on th the z uh und and of the Blackfoot on tb the north shall hail he diverted from their present courses course and be made to flow Into these them for the purpose of increasing the water supply In a general wa way the engineering work re required uirt d to accomplish this and provide for thi ho proper distribution of the water throughout the several valleys wilt will be as follows follow F Fj j building of a dent dam from fifty to t fe feet t in height to co v rt Straw b berry rr valley valle into t t reservoir having vIng suf capacity to hold bold all the 3 te that e m be practically diverted tilts it front from th everal branches of the Ducheane rt river er Se The excavation of a channel t fifty miles loss ag ci rn 7 contour by which to Inter c oe t tho th saM said of the river und and them into the Straw Strawberry berry valley storage gt reservoir Third The construction of a tunnel about three and miles long through the crest of the Wasatch moun thir tain by which the water stored in the Strawberry reservoir May b be released and discharged tale into the headwaters of the th Spanish Pork and conveyed with the water of said river Into Utah valley Fourth The construCtion of a r jig channel on about the con am contour tour from neat near the mouth of Spanish Fork canyon m in a general southwesterly direction to or near the town of Goshen and a similar channel from near the mouth of Spanish Fork canyon on about the 4 contour In a general north northerly northerlY erly direction to some suitable point m hi Stilt Salt Lake valley also a branch from fro said channel crossing tn the Jordan river at a point at or near the Jordan narrows for conducting the water onto the high tends lends west of ed the Jordan river Bear I ako Lako Reservoir Fifth The construction of such auch channels embankments dams Iama etc as 8 may be essary to convert Bear late into a reser reservoir voir for all th the waters of B Beer r river and nd Its tributaries Including the local of Bear Lake aM d r r releasing such into the channel of Bear river Sixth The erectIon of one or more ef of about feet In height for the per pose of impounding the flood and whiter waters of the Blackfoot branch of Snake river in the several basins or at t tor or about an elevation of K feet a above eve eveith y ith The excavation of a channel channelS or fifteen miles In length In which S duct the tb stored water of the Black Blackover over the divide into the he the channel ear ar river at a point near Soda SprInts Springs in the state of Idaho Th of a channel to divert the commingled waters of Blackfoot end nd Bear rivers and conduct them on or about the oot contour long bug the west went |