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Show - - OVER JORDAN. - TheBtJichlJiniU HsTeitijlIom fia OB M Btfor. Thecrou-cxamlnation cf Mr. Jtc-Cormick, Jtc-Cormick, Q. E., concluded .shartly after the Kct s went to pre yesterday yester-day afternoon, and he was followed on the eland by Mr. Henry FiUhugu, C. E., this city, who stated that the contract forthe construction of the present Bear River canal Was baaed on his survey, as to where It would come out of Bear River. This was the Ur&e?t irrigating canal In the Territory. Terri-tory. Jfe had done great deal of private lind surveying In different parts of the Territory and government govern-ment sarveyiug both In Utah and Nevada under contract with the government. He first became ac qaainted on Oct. IGLb, lS9,with the land in question, known as the "Alfred Thompson application to make desert entry." The witneu then detailed the work of surveying the lands In dispute, which he undertook in conjunction con-junction with Mr.McCorinlck, O.E , wha-e testimony on that point he corroborated. On the Alfred Thompson desert entry, not covered with water or salt, witness found thaJ scale, greaewood and one or two kinds of srams, sand grass, foxtail and tumble tum-ble weed, and on the land between the alt pond and the lake he saw some dock growing, also other kinds of vegetation the names of which he dU not know. Below the shaaty already referred to and In the direction direc-tion of the canal on the south thereof there-of there was a growth of shad scale, :;rea?ewocd and fox tail or squirrel squir-rel tall grass. Xorth of the (shanty there was a little iqulrrel tail grass in places. If the big dam were removed the effect would be to dram a great deal of water from the salt ponds. He thought that by breaking the dam and making a ditch a foot deep over the bar everything every-thing In the lar would be drained, salt and all. The bottom of the pond immediately above the dam was a little higher than the bottom of the pond at station SO, and In order to drain the part of the pond at that station It might be necessary to make a ditch up through the pond from the dam as far as would be requisite to reach the deepest part of the pond. Tue cru-s-examination of the vitness by Major BlrJ dealt largely with the surveys made on the nd in question, elevation, aud the taklug of levels. He was also questioned at some length upon the various exhibits before the court. At the lime wituesi was surveyiug upon this land there was water immediately im-mediately inlde of and up to the big dam. Silt was deposited right up to the big dim, extending north an east. The salt oatside of that dam and between it and the lake was confined there by the sand bar which crossed tne eoath inlet. In h s opinion, the aud bar was formed principally by the action ac-tion of tho lake when at a higher stage; it miht alo have been some of the material on the bar or sand ridge washed from tho country back. He knew nothing about the geological formation of the soil, which was principally salt, with some clay. Judging by the class of vegetation which grows in placc3 on the bar, he should say that the sand woJld be very productive produc-tive if water were brought upon it. It would hold water, he should think, though not o well, of course, a i more clayey soil. If that sand only extended down a short distance dis-tance to the Clay it could be irrigated irri-gated very easily. The growth" which he had before mentioned were such as wcra to be found throughout Hie Jordan valley and the Great Salt Lake basin. All the lands outride of the mountains in the Great Salt Lake basin w ere, as a rule, more or less alkaline aud saline. Tills afternoon Mr. Henry Scou-gall, Scou-gall, C. E., this city, was called cs a witucs for the protesters. He has p-acll-aj in I1I3 rofession In Ind a, Australia and Egypt, as well as this country, and now holds a comiul'iiou from the govemar of Colorado as a water commissioner for that State; he is also dejiuty United htates mineral surveyor for UUb. The w itner" spoke of his icquaintance with the eastern sho-es of the Great Salt lake since thf year 1SC9. and was questioned as to the height of the lake in thit 3 ear as compared with the present time I n I S32 the water had receded considerably as cot-tra.ted cot-tra.ted with 1S72, and much more ol the IjwIanJs were visible. He had been right around the lands in dis-pu'e, dis-pu'e, which he first vl'itedon October Octo-ber 17tb, 1SW, and made a careful mire, assKed by Messrs. Fitz hugli and McCormick. In Routt Count, Colorado, witness had been employed duirng the past two years iu reclaiming sihne and alkaline lands similar in character to thoe in dispute. The process adopted hal been Hmply to thoroughly baturate the surface of the laud with an abundance of fresh water obtained from mountain ttreams. This was two and a half years ago. He operated the Colorado lauds for one of the county commissioners commis-sioners (Mr. Thomas lies) and, In tact, all the residents of thewest part of Routt Count, which was com-po-ed of the strongest alkali lands to .be found in America, and which, until ho went to practice in that count and introduced the eysi-m of irrigation for their reclamation, reclam-ation, had ben laid to waste. Until very recently no attempts were made to obtain ar-te!au ar-te!au water, and capital was not forthcoming for the con-truction of irrigating ditches; hence it was utterly impossible for man or Usi't to rtIde In those parts. Witness was proceeding to explain ex-plain the process employed in the reclamation of these Colorado lands and the results obtained In regard to the growth of vegetation when our rcrort of the proceedings closed. Mr. bcougall'a testimony promises to be of an exceptionally interesting character. |