Show t i Possibilities I t es of Control of Utah LakeI Lake I To Be Discussed by Canal Companies Canal companies and others will be given an opportunity to mee meet and discuss the possibilities of ot controlling Utah lake George M. M Bacon state engineer Informed a delegation from the Salt Lake Tooele Beet Bee Growers' Growers association Thursday The delegation was headed by J. J P P. P Rawlins of Draper head of the as association J. J R. R Peterson of Riverton and John Hansen of Riverton were the other members rs of the part party Will Vill Knight water commissioner for or the lake attended the meeting The beet growers appealed to Mr Bacon to effect some kind of regulation regula tion which would prevent a recurrence recurrence recurrence recur recur- rence of the disastrous Irrigating season season sea sea- son of 1931 when many thousands of dollars' dollars worth of crops were destroyed for lr k of water The beet growers growers grow grow- ers also expressed alarm for the safety of some primary water l. l rights which they thought might be he jeopardized jeopardized by later appropriations on streams tributary to the lake loke Mr Knight said that it has been his opinion for or some time lime that en cn too much water has been taken annually from the lake by companies who demanded their full water rights He Hc said that in his estimation anc and according to records he has kept for forman man many years cars the lake will yield acre feet annually and wh when n more than that is taken it is merely a n drain upon a n future supply Mr Knight said that if it the use of the water could be limited in some way to this amount the lake would always have enough w water in it to supply the farmers and others in dry years f |