Show I S 'S t iiii J 9 5 As I remember the powersite re reserves reserves reserves re- re serves in the country withheld subject subject subject sub sub- to disposal only under the federal federal fed fed- eral oral water power act of June 10 1920 in the state of ot Utah aggregated ed at the close dose of ot the last st fiscal year acres this included acres withdrawn under under under un un- un- un der classifications and acres miscellaneous The reservoir withdrawals withdrawals withdrawals with with- numbered 80 SO acres and the public water withdrawals acres These facts are ale recalled called in view of the trip pf Governor George Gearge GeorgeH H H. H D Dern rn and William II R. R Wallace chairman of the Utah water storage storage storage stor stor- age commission to Washington to confer with the he other members of ot the Colorado river Commission on a question that Is paramount In Utah that that of water conservation On the eve of their departure came word that w water ter users on the Provo river project were holding meetings in reference to getting to tb together tb- tb gether with the Weber river er water users' users association that every indication indi cation was th that t an agreement had been reached and that at the next meeting of ot the commission that the contract which will make th the tho construction construction con con- Of f the Great Salt Lake Basin project certain SECRETARY WORK VORK SPEAKS Secretary of ot the Interior Hubert Work in his last report which h has Just been transmitted to congress had t this is to say about the Great Salt Lake Basin project in which so many residents of af the state ar are interested Said Secretary Work The Salt Lake Basin project in Utah has been delayed in construction tion bec because use the farmers most concerned concerned concerned con con- In Its completion have not agreed upon a a. contract contra for far repay repay- ment Initial appropriations of 1 were made by congress at Its last session the estimated cost cast of the project being O. O The government has had its Us plans plan and i estimates for tor the work ready for months but the local wat water r users have not yet been able to organize and make mak the necessary financial arrangements to guarantee g the r repayment re reo payment of or the oos costs s In accordance with law Looking backward on the question of ar irrigation and the crop results one one learns that the results on goVernment government government gov goV- reclamation projects In 1923 were as follows Strawberry valley project which Includes portions poi poi- of acreage and values of crops under the Warr Warren Warrn n act for which a crop census was taken shows that the irrigable acreage Is acres that the Irrigated acreage is is acres that the cropped acreage creage was acres that the crap crop value alue was an of per acre EXTENSIVE AREA AREJA There was cropped acres In Int t thie e high line Une divi division ian and 2821 acres cres resin in the Spanish I Fork ork and Maple- Maple ton was grown by project project oct water only Twenty Twenty Twenty-fo r thousand thousand thousand and two hundred acres cropped inthe inthe in inthe the Spanish Fork Fark and Springville- Springville Mapleton divisions were furnished 86 per cent of the water used Then e coming down to the current year ar It is learned earned that at the close of the fiscal year June JUIle 30 1925 that there were 2741 farms on the Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berry valley project which had a population of that there were twelve e towns on th the project with witha a population of that there were twenty-four twenty schools schoola and tWentysix twentysix twentysix ty-six ty ch churches on the project that there were five live banks with de deposits deposits de- de posits of aJ and with a capItal capital cap cap- ital stock of on the eject the number of depositors In the banks aggregating Charges due the government on the Strawberry valley vaHey project forthe for tor the year ear 1924 It is recalled amounted amount amount- ed to while the amount paid was leaving the amount uncollected at 69 or 42 8 per cent paid Maintenance charges were and the amoUnt paid was 33 35 the amount uncollected on June 30 of the current year being 65 or 50 4 per cent paid |