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Show - i ... Surveying Canal j . ThroughGedar Valley 100,000 Acres Mny Come Under I Irrigation. I A surveying pnrty of seven on- glneers spent tho pnst week ' run- I nlng n lino from tho Jordan Nnrrowa a through the pnss back or thoj,cla beds nud south or Cedar Point, through tho norlb end or Cedar Valley I and through tho Five Mllo Pnss. Into I Hush Vnlloy. The proposed cnncl, as shown by this preliminary survey tnkcH in nearly all or tho north end or Cedar Vnlley, pnsnes closo to Urlg,MulIlnor'8 furm down tlm west street ofCcdnr Fort town nud Just In bolow the shenrlng corral wcat or Fnlrlleld. Unless Un-less a higher bend than this can be nhtnlued tlio wnter would hnvo to be taken through i tunnel from Cedar Vnlley to Rush Vnlloy,. hut oven if tills becomes necessary the engineers say tho project Is u feasnblu one. Tho engineers say Hint so fnr ns f Utnh nnd Cedar Vnlley nro concerned j tho project Ih entirely prnctlcnl and ought not to cost tho lnud owners inoro than from $60 to $75 per acre. U it Is taken Into Cedar Vnlley ut tlm lovel run by tho engineers last week, It will cover approximately four townships part of 5 South, all of C South, ull or 7 South, all of 8 South nud part or 9 South, ull in ran go two West, also n fringe or seotloitB bonrd-Ing bonrd-Ing ou each side of this ntriug of township which will tuako K total ncrengo of 98,000 ncres. Somo of tho host lnud In tho state Is located In tho vnlley nnd If this project In devoloped It will menu the building of n now empire, probably tho formation or n new country, for it would place under Irrigation nearly nu much more laud ns is now irrlgntcd in Utah county. It would menu the addition of from ten to fifteen millions mil-lions moro to tho stno's wealth, nud probably 20,000 to Its population. Tlioro nro yet u few moro Smoqt homesteads that may bo obtained In this vnlley that local residents should take, nud get In on tlio ground floor, for lnud Hint is now worth from eight to ten dollars por aero will Instantly In-stantly Jump to $75 or $150 per ncre with wnter. |