Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-04-10 | Page 4 | Scheme to Ulitize Water

SCHEME TO ULITIZE WATER. Editor Tribune: Thero aro over 25,000 acres of land that aro partly watered from tho Llttlo Cottonwood creek, which could bo fully watered by doing1 tho necessary neces-sary thing that ought to bo dona. This sohemo would bo to build reservoirs from tho mouth of Llttlo Cottonwood canyon upward. Thero aro several natural reservoirs reser-voirs that could bo raado to hold sufficient water to fully irrlgato all tho land that to now partly Irrigated from tho Llttlo Cottonwood stream, and tho cost would not exceed ovor ?5 per aero economically. Tho Government offers to loan tho farmers far-mers raonoy ten years without Interest. I think It would be tho best schorao to get the nccesBarv funds and to got to work at once, aa tho farmers havo to pay back tlila money In ton years, and It would bo no more than right that tho farmers should handlo this monoy. and they would handle the monoy a llttlo more economical! econom-ical! than any ono else. My plan would by tho dar, and to ciV irrry man Interested Inter-ested a obunco tc work out his portion, Tlio next plan would bo to crib tho crcok and all tho largo and small ditches and tllo plpo them. That would savo from one-third to one-half of tho water that flows from Llttlo Cottonwood canyon. There aro soma places after the water leaves tho mouth of tho canyon that It runs over porous ground, such as gravol and boulders, and the Btream losos ono-thlrd ono-thlrd of tho water In running two miles. !hl3 nchomo Is something that every' farmer far-mer of this locality would approve of, provided they could get tho money, Tha reason I speak of crlbblnr the creok and various dttohes after tho high vater has gone through and tho creek gets low, tho water lo conveyed In variousdltches, and soma of tho .ditches aro flvo or six miles long, ahd tho water left In tho ditches hardly over runs to tho end In low water, and It does no ono any good. At tho iiamo time there Is a largo stream running run-ning past our farms on tho bench near tho mouth of Little Cottonwood, and It e6eras to mo like tho dog In tho 'manger. And tho court said wo must not touch It. I think It 1b time something should bo done. Every ono In this vicinity that I have talked with thinks It is tho very best thing that could bo done. NEPHI HOWCROFT.