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Show I HSTl OF BIG " AREA IMPOSSIBLE Utah Conservation Commission Commis-sion Approves Recent Field Work of Engineer. PLANS SECOND SURVEY Applying Water to Land Affected Af-fected Would Increase the Value Many Millions. II The Utah Conservation commission. In I 1 stsslon yesterday afternoon, officially ap-I ap-I proved a aurvey made for the eomtnlselon I by which, if followed, at least 100,000 I acres of land all In Tooolo county can I he supplied with water and Increased In I : value from $15 an aero to at least $126 I an aero and from 50,000 to 60,000 acres I I of land In Salt Lake county can be In-' In-' j creased In value In the sam ratio. The I ' commission also authorised another sur-li sur-li : vey through Cedar and Rush valleys by ; which Irrigation of an area oven larger i will be made possible Tho plan la to I tRlce water from tho Provo and "Weber ! ' rlvera. j It la estimated that under tho survey L made and the new ono authorized, it will , , be possible to mako tho 300,000 or more acres of dry farm land now worth about ; - 54.C00.000 worth at least 830,000,000. : "While the conservation commission so- J cures only figures and statistics of opportunities op-portunities in Utah and does none of the feotuaJ work. Secretary Lv. AJ Merrill is ! I confident that yesterday's action will i mean thousands of new residents for the ;' Hate. Survey Completed. ' The report on the survey Just completed fcg? a Epeclal engineer, was mado by T. J. ' Allen, chairman of tho commlttco In olmrge of the work. Mr. Allen reported i tlat a line was run from tho point of tho .Narrows, between Salt Lako and Utuh counties, north along the mountain ridge and then south to Stockton ridge. The engineer discovered that by this routo a j rjinnl may secure a 1'J-foot fall to tho mllu and arrive In Tooele county 935 feel Above Hie point of tho lako at Black i Ro-l: The new survey will be run south from j l lo originating point of tho completed u-vey the narrows through Cedar and K'jhIi willoys in Utah and Tooulo counties and then north to .Stockton ridge. This v '11 make possible the Irrigation of ovon oiv mud than Is covered by tho sur-V- Just finished. Conference Is Held. 'r-if o.iinnilttee of tho commission sent 1 l n Iog:m to confer with the officials of 1 i lali Agricultural college regarding the i' .11011 of the new experiment farm, rc-lio; rc-lio; ted Hint a special committee was appointed ap-pointed by tho college board of trustees to confer with the special commission :iMiittcc. The secretary was authorized to i et a date for this conference. I'.VMi-itt at tho meeting wore Governor ir' 7, lt;. A,,t," George Austin and ' A Morrill. |