Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-11 | Page 6 | 4000 Acres Added to Emery County

4000 ACRES ADDED TO EMERY COUNTY An area of lOilil acres is to be added to the agricultural resources of Kmory countv, as announced bv A. .1. Nielsen and .). A. Skcen of Oust loilulo, who yesterdnv applied to George K Mellon-figle, Mellon-figle, state engineer, for permission to use fiflv cubic second feet of water to be taken from Muddy creek in that countv. f "The reason Ihe water is applied for,'' I he applicants say, "to be used the entire vear is that'll"1 rainfall is light and the soil sandy and that winter irrigation is beneficial to all crops. Not more than tlir icre feet of water per ;icre of land per annum will ho used from all sources of supply to the laud combined. It is intended to dh erl t lie water by construction of a dam and a canal !l,.-ll feet long.