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Show MUST fur fipsrospft 111 f mm liifiKM! Known as the Sevier River Us Course Is Through Desert. LOSES ITSELF IN LAKE OF THE SAME NAME Economic Worth of the Streams of the Stato Is Shown. The NHo of America lows through Utah. It Is the Sevier river and Its course Is largely through desert waste. Tho rivers of the State comprise, a valuable contribution to the natural wonderH of Utah. In many countries tho rivers llow-ing llow-ing through them havo been entrance ways for explorers and pioneer settlers, and havo provided means of transportation transporta-tion for bringing In supplies and taking out products. Such highways of nature havo Invited settlements ajid quickened development, but tho streams of Utah have been practically valueless in this capacity The explorers and the pioneers of this region camo across rugged mountains moun-tains and barren desert places, and Its commerce bus been carried on either by atago lines or railroads. Theso conditions havo retarded commercial growth. Economic Worth of Streams. Tho economic worth of tho rivers of tho Stato havo boon derived from the water they have supplied for Irrigation and the power they nave supplied through the medium of electricity generated from tholr water falls and rapid currents. In neither of these capacities has tho full extent of their usefulness yet been nearly approached. ap-proached. No Great Rivers in State. Rivers of magnitude as they are generally gen-erally classed are not found In Utah, and while It embodies an empire In area thero Is a comparative paucity In the number as well as In the size of tho waterways running run-ning through it. For all this, these rivers aro among tho State's chlcftest factors. From a study of tho utility of tho waters of the Stale many lessons have bceii) learned and still others aro being developed devel-oped Facts About Irrigation. It Is stated by thoso who have worked In the hydrogrnphlc servlco of the Government Gov-ernment that tho amount of land that can be cvontually Irrigated will be at least 60 per cant greater than that cultivated under present methods, and strange as It may seem. It Is held that tho Irrigated Increase In-crease will be greatest In the north part of tho Stato where It would naturally be supposod that the water supply was nearest near-est all utilized, while tho least Increase In acrcngc will bo In the south, where the Irrigation Ir-rigation Industry has been developed the least, E-easons for Conclusions. The reasons for theso conclusions arc that in the northern part of tho State tho cllmato Is colder and snow Is held longer before It is melted. Under this condition nature helps form a natural storage system, as the greatest How Is In tho early summer, when it is most needed, which leaves less work to be done In tho way of storing water by artificial means. In the southorn part of tho Stato the snow melts almost as soon as It falls and 13 quickly carried off. For that reason tho greatest flow is during the winter months. Conditions in Southern Portion. In tho south another unfavorable condition condi-tion exists Tho soil will not hold or absorb ab-sorb water In that region as It does In th north, so that a greater amount Is needed, and must be applied oftcnor than In the north. Another difficulty In In the fact that the southern soils aro lighter and a greater amount of sediment la carried with currents, nnd resorvolra, If built, would soon be filled by particles that aro carried In with the How and soon settle when the water becomes quiet. Until somo method Is devised to clear this sediment, sedi-ment, cither In transit or from the bottoms bot-toms of reservoirs, a system of conserving waters in that region will not be a decided success. Noted Streams of World. But what the rivers of the State lack in capacity for Irrigation and power, and realizing their almost entlro usolessncss for navigation, they make up by being .among tho most noted streams of tho 'world on account of their characteristics and their scenic wonders and beauty The waters that How from the east half of tho State are convoyed by the- Green and Grand rivers into tho Colorado river, which carries them into the head of the Gulf of California. Tho waters of the west half of tho Stato find a lodging place either In tho Great Salt Lake or Sevier lake, which have no outlets and are among tho noted dead seas of the world. Grandest Scenery in World. Tho Colorado river and Its tributaries In their course through the entire distance of the Stato from north to south form somo of tho grandest scenery on earth, and especially Is this true of the Grand Canyon Can-yon along the Colorado through the southern south-ern part of the iState. But few peoplo have view tho the grandest ot this scenery owing to tho dangers of making a trip down the stream, while travel upstream Is utterly impossible, and in many places for long distances on nccount of high and rugged bunks no crossing places can be found. Tho banks nre said to In places reach a height of C00O feet and are almost overhanging. Nile of Utah. The Sevier Is In reality the Nile of tho continent.- It 1b long and passes through desert places. Its current Is slow and its course Is Irregular. Somo of Its feeders start near the extreme southern part of tho State. It then goes north, making a loop in Juab county and returns south to Its burial placo In the lake of the same name, which Is surrounded by a vast area of desolate alkali marshes. Tts winding course Is such that streams starting some flftv miles west of tho lake travel over SCO miles before reaching their destinations. destina-tions. Streams of Surpassing Beauty. With the scenery of the Colorado being grand and that of the Sevier being sombre, som-bre, thorc aro other streams of surpassing beauty where llsh abound and whero the heat of summer can be avoided and forgotten. for-gotten. Tho Logan, tho Bear, tho Weber and tho Provo rivers aro only representative representa-tive of a class smaller In dimension but equal In attractiveness which helps to make Utah not only habitable but ono of the prettiest dwelling places on earth. Probably the greatest economic growth from the waters of the State will bo from developing tho electrical power they are capable of producing. |