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Show WATKItl WATKU! WATKUI A lirrat l'ulcrirlio Intend, d to lie-claim lie-claim a large Sillun nf (ouulry. Among the ninny Imj roveiucnt nllrctlng tho prosrlly of Utah r-inancutly, r-inancutly, none have a greater vahio tlian the question of the storage of water. The writer many years go drew attentlon,Iu thui-olumns of the Ni:us, lothe mcesdty of holding bail, by arlillclal means, a eup ly of water for the heated lirm and wished for the limn whon a Territorial water com. iiilsstomr would be appointed tu look after Ihe needs of settlers aud point out the meeus whero water storage could lie safely adopted. Hut Ihe process of development si ems slow and backward. The clllzins alreajy In potsi salon ol prior tight luvu littlo time to think of the wants or another generation who need home and laud aud who might prefer lo stay near their blrlhilsee, rather than to wander away to dfslaut part. Hut"oatu gelling there," as the saying gois. Miuiy fsrmirs are making mak-ing rerervolrs on a small scale and thus irnervlug a supply for Ihe day of neid, but tilers movement are sl.vr nud insulllclunt for Ihe want of an In creased population. Many of the readers of the N'tu-wlll N'tu-wlll lemember the broad expsme f land ou Ihe harden of Ihe Hevler rlvir, west of ITIImoreand somewhat near tho sink known us Ihe Bevlerlake. They msy also know that a conipsny of citizens projected a reservoir with a view to settling up aud reclaiming this vast trart of arable Ian I on Hie borders of the river before named. A large sum of money wosoxpeuded, some embankments made and measures adopted lo hold back a part of thu Immense Im-mense Iwdy of water that otherwise runs to waste. Hut for some reason unknown to the writer the prrjri t wis not realized, although no apiareut reason tan beglven save tbst the outlay out-lay was more than Iho original pro-Jiclors pro-Jiclors anticipated. The grand movement to construct what will bo Ihe largest etlinchtl reservoir reser-voir In Ihe United Htalie. Is now In other bauds. Tho company Is now com-osei com-osei ol the following gentlemen, namely W. II. Howe, of V.. V M. L, president; fleorgo A. inwc, vice-president; vice-president; Prink Knox, i resident of the Nations! Hank of the Heiubllc, ecretaryand tressurer; ('. W. Aldrsch, manager, illiector, L. It. llrltloii, 1). Lesch ami J, II. Sutherland. Thi Is a strong learn, and In ten days Ihetwenly square nillesof water, Mob Is Iho an a of Ihe lake, will I a fact accomplished. Nearly all of Ihe dyke are completed. Ihe avorago dipth or water will l twelve feel. The survey exlenda tievond the old limits, and brings Into (lay many ancient an-cient basins so largo that If any part of Iheenibmkmenlannuld break nwny, millions of gallon could not escape, for Ihey would have their old natural basins to hold water. It I iroosed t Irrigate 00,000 acres of viry good land by means of thu storage. Maine ol the volume will be II ii nud across thu north fork of Hie Hevler to valuable lauds on the w eslern side. The reservoir proper Is sui piled by the south fork. The bed ol Ihe emu run through ant Into tlio riser, voir ltd Is thescae valve also at Ihe lowir oud. Nino mile of tmbmk-ment tmbmk-ment ate now being made, an 1 hundred hun-dred of team are at work, giving emtio) em-tio) ment to many of the cltlznialu neighboring towns and using up their surplus supplies. The hta .quarters aro about seven miles (rom thu Union Pacific, nt Halt switch, twelve miles south of (lasts, Tbo project la no visionary scheme. Nothing can prevent thu enterprise enter-prise from being successful. Nearly :gil,(XKI will bo expended before the completion of all tho Improvements. In pome of tbo lakes emtraecd In tho gteal reservoir, and a art of tho syi-tern, syi-tern, Immense Lumbers or earn are found. I am Informed Hint Messrs. Hlack and Kraft, of Deieret, placed litem there In IS1).'. Theso flats nre caught by the srliiesiud by illchforka In tho reedy prttona. Aa lu the possibility of successful farming, Ihe projectors si em confident uf victory, for If no one should buy land they are capable of using It themselves, them-selves, ami thousand of acrea uf lucem may )et be seen, where only gnase-wuod gnase-wuod now aliouuds. Luceru means money, an 1 feed fur thousands of sheen nnd entile. Tho men at thu head aro not novice. Kuril la a brief outline of a protect In which the writer ha no direct Interest, In-terest, Duly so far a It points out the molarity of using all our available oprtuultlca lu then-rent eoljcit ol the econcmyofourwatersupily. A earn, ful examination of many of Ihe source of the aquous fluid will show that we ha.unolhs yetcommeuced to usuone half or our losource. The waterthal will be stored will Ui only the surplus, that always runa In wastoofthfrievler river. Thoquantll) Is calculated to last four mouths for the number tr acree brought Intoculllvs. Hon, mid should Ihu rlvrr tun dry late In tho season Iho Immense lake will not. V. II. Hjivauk. |