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Show UTAH MKK. X Scheme for Draining It Said to he l'racllcablf. J. I). Taylor'a attention wat flrtt called to the problem of utlllilng the wat.ra of Utah I,ako lu Augutt, I8W. He found that, miaaurlng by the lvertol Itandard, the evaporation la thlrty-elx Inches a year, lllalden waa toreducotbeareaof the lake from I la preaentareaofeD,000 aquare ecrua to about 25,000 acrca. There la a fall between be-tween the Jordan at Utah Lake and the flrtt dam of about eight or nine feet. Tu dredge the river from the flrtt dam to give the river lit normal flow, reducing Hie lakeeurfare eight frtt, Tould reclaim o5,it acru of hud, leaving a Imly uf water ft Ml In tho like covering 23,000 acres. Thla, hn tayt, woul I protect all the water rights In the Jurdan river atij by the reduced evaiuratlon would give water enough to reclaim the 23l,u0 acria nf land lylmi between Utah lake aud the Ureal Halt Jjake. Thla would o.tl for tetlle-meut tetlle-meut the fi3,uou acrea of grouud now under Utah Lake, which it nil iiib-Irrlgated, iiib-Irrlgated, aud will i reduce croia without with-out Irrigation. Common aenae thowa that by reducing reduc-ing the evaporation 00 per cent., thla amouut of water can be utilized In reclaiming re-claiming lh lalll between (larden City and die Ureat Hall Lake, which, Willi Irrigation will rovo aa fertile ae any In Utah. The govcrinmnt haa made oner-roueoua oner-roueoua calculation by aettlng Utah lakenaidoaa a reaervolr reacrvatlou, and pro.Mlng to ralte It four fiet,aa thla would Inert ate luaU ad ufillmlnbh the avalporatloti. 'A vanal to utlllzo tljete watera cau lie built for Very reaaonable llguna," aaya Mr. Taylor, "leu than nu,(Kki. Thlalaagvoil butlmtatrlieme aa It la a illvldeiid.raylng i roioaltloti." The whole water allot of Mho Oqulrrh range la drained Into Utah lake. It doe not come lu aa ttrenma, but alnkt Into the ground and cornea lu on bud rock, rlndlug lu way Into Ihn lake In thaeprlnga. One of tin to laaa largeaaribarrtl ami rataea theaurfacu of the lake from four to als lochea by Ita corumollon. fruM. |