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Show UTAH DRAINAGE AREA EHLARBED SINCE WAR Huge Expansion Ascribed to Reclamation for Food Production. T-I.imntion of lan-ls for in(rea',i fonj pro'liii'tion during the war hfis fn-larije-l Vtfih'n draina'i districts fm:n four to Bixteen, arcordinj to an an-nounrernent an-nounrernent made yesterday hy li. A. ' Hart, fc-Aninr (Jr.'inae eiiiueer for tins ditrit. The hii'e expansion i.i attributed attrib-uted a the direct work of draniaf rx pert s in war work, in order to intensify inten-sify the prod 14 tion ot foodnt uf :'a during dur-ing wartime. On the da v f oliow i ny the en ' rn tit of the I'nite.l State into the war, Mr. Hart conceived the i'iea that the reclamation recla-mation ot irrigated lands by drftiii:iKfe of teri'd on 0 of tho rnnit l'e.i-il le met h-otls h-otls ot quirklv inereji -.1 11 the food pup-ply, pup-ply, and on h t t lie re f ore to Le a war nie.isure. Ai'tint.' upon this- thought, n wire wan dispatched to Wjihintou out lining a pro'mrn w hieh j n vol ved a radical departure from the uual procedure pro-cedure of the department :i'"l the creation crea-tion of a heparato local division of tho w o r k . The prornlur met with approval 11 1 Vnhini;ton and thn work in t'tnh wns divided into two departments, one liav ing- to do with the promotion of actual reclamation of draiiifij.'e; district activity activ-ity find the other ly the effort of the indi vdual landowners. ' ' 'l'he re.Mtilt s of the, program," Mr. Hart pnii! yesterday yester-day exceedefl the fondest expectations. ' ' ha ve rnln red our districts from f our to sixteen. ' ' |