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Show 17 A GIGANTIC SCHEME, 40 Jtrtiflcisl Reserrolr Which Extends Our Twenty Square Miles. ; J irticnr. am' 'low it ismtuhlh. . rlfiMtl 1IH I'romlilnir Coun. (n tr, n Ibf 1'nl.wi I'Mlll llillronil, Jl'Cj 1HI li Tull of Intertill. An- J 111 tlaulllra. It li not Ktiiorall known lliat ono f U xreadst etilorrla teiidlu LrirJ thi tcJeraptlon of tld laiiJi, ,1 Will ,,ttn.Jln thl. Trtrllory h now !J I L UlMf citric! out In'th. HtTlrr T.Iloy, ' U Millard couut). Sucli, liowever, li Y uncasa and tint Indliallorii aru Hat tbi pri-jMlo" ft tlio icliemo will bo to. , wjfJwlllilhoiiioiM they o con- " JJtnll anticipate nil upon which lb.lilJy inileJ lame ' mount of muni;. 'ujt Td, Unlttlilog contlala of tho con- u jijuctlonofRnciioriuouircMtTOIr Lu. ' tixn tho two branehu of tin Hfvlor ,T,r about twelve mllea on n nlr jttbtleirMxl 'oulhwwl of Heat-ret. ,1 C(B''"Jr locttiJ Utwuen tlio forka if the rlr It Bwau J,ake , ibtllow ml lomellmw almutl CE" , ijcinl loJj of water fid tl ncl mlly tj the Buler, Buirouttdlna; It lia ", cturtrr of ileprettlona known niud f.il, larjrlnic In all" ftoui ono to a i.nt, tbouuinJ acri-a and mote. rueio am ajollratiljr mltcil M J RIX'KITACI U OF WATtK for Irrigation jurwei and uto annual. fit, 1, J lt J by tin' Butler durlutc IiIrIi Ulf" witsf tlnwf- N'09 ml,t' f 'navy djlei are UIdic thrown up around thru. Mow Ibali nno half of tbo wuk li llnlslinl, and If no unfomeri oUtacli arleoi tbo dyke will nil l Ulllwlttiln llltj daja and tha water turned In June 15. Light caine of mlrrs, cinilitlnir, of three hundred inJ flfljr raeu and two hundred and twenty-file teirua ato now employed 4 I (atbedimandlho building l canala J' will commenco In a rerjr short time. Tb reservoir when complete will tour an area of nearly 1 1,0m) acre of round, or a little Uiore tbau twenty Nuira mllri. It will hate an average in th of twelvo feet of water, seven f,tt of which can bo drawn oil loir. rlat the thirsty land below. Tbero a. Ill b three distributing canals. The rli.l will tap the reservoir on tbo north- eaat tlJe and run to the aouthweet a - " distance of lenty-two mllciovrr a iS. country with tloje of about eight frettolheiulle. Much of the way It will be built , eisiwoi THh uroi'NU, J will U folly feel wide at the bottom j and flee feet dtep. The otluiale cot 1 ofcouttructlouli $:3(KIur tulle. Hi 1 eourie ! rooilderably above and J around the weit elde ol the old Hovier 7 lite. From thle will he a branch 1 rauallenana a halfmllee lu leiiKth, SAnctber canal which U Intended to tupi Ijr waler to the laud lying adja. cent to the banka of the old rlvir chanoel, l calltd the Hevler canal. JlbiTei the rtiervolr on the weet and lunueaa 3Uthweiternly course for luurteen uillef. Midway between lbee two ranala n third haa Um;u I lurveyed and U Uealgnated al the I I lilarjd canal. It li ten rullee long and I I rover SD.OOO acroa of ground, moit I I of which Uvery fertile. In all there u - irr.ix ANUAIIALF MUM of rinali. In addition to thceo v t ttntriltllitrlbutera there will of couuo Ml ( great maur dllilua dug. It la , clilined that tulllclent water cau bo tlored to Irrigate luo.cuo acres of Urmlnganti moadow laud. ,, The tiwan Lake Hrtwrvolr company mm ( lth , cpitaUdtk of nf f0UtUll j a million are the r rolectore of the . eoteri rlie. V. II. llowe, of Z. O. M. JjiJ liU pretliUnt; Oeo. A. lowe, vice- L tmldeul; Frank Knox, secretary and tnaiurer and C. W. Aldrsch general ..j taimger. On Friday lait an excurilou ' rlyof about forty laillea and geutle. 1 1 n rutn, undel the Ulrtctlon of General II L Mtajer A1drach,wentouth over the II ,1 Diilou I'acino to lniict and enter J LU i tume of the land embraced within llmt , iwlloo of country Jmt described. Arrtorigtboiarty wai a rtircenUtlTo ol Hie Dueult Ktwa, Two special cm (a passenger toicli and an ele. ti Iot l'liUmau lalnru aleeper) wore eccupled by the CI oil nlou lata, all of 1 1 TT I1""" enloyi d theinselvelrumen,ly. UVa The special cari wire sidetrack, d oy " the regular Mllford train on Friday ;o, aldalght, one hundred and sixty- levenmllis south of this city, aud at v kniarlyhour Saturday morning the irly as couTeyeni In lour horse cairlasea and wagone to the l,r resirvolr five rallea west of tho rail. JoaJ. A crisp and bracing hrciiewai a llowlng acroai the desert, uud when , camp wai reached overyludy wa? llW '""iitry aa tho traditional Indian ' t """" K eilendld breakfast had fj ' J'oireiiisd by the French o ok and buitol.tantj and was i reail upona lie- tj-lool table In the ennvae dlulug hall. '! ltraldlty with which ltwascleare.1 fl the many good thluga with which re ' laden waa the cauae ot finiuent 1 unit of merriment throughout the re- paloderor tbo day. At HI a. in. Ireah , '.""H were aecurcd and a ilrlvo of erity.tlvomllealuarerentliioiourse ovrr the trackless i ralrlea waa com. aanced. Beveral members of tho arty 'lent the mot of the ilny In looatlrg 1 'lLV'.'r '' hall eectlona ot land Uin IVs JJ, to "I" on their return to tho city J , lle others amuaed thenieelvee lu eM JiuMIng for grotaea, tlowere, caclua Wnu, Bints, imttery, curious ehaied .. f'0,11'". toaila, Inaects, and lu fact any. .. ""rf that oouldio brought home aa a or wuveolrol tlietrlp. Homo nillea be- ' the reservoir la loealod what Is knownas tllR OLD HAITI It I UK, 7? V11. rreeutnally for the reason t It li believed that ancient Indian "other trlia met there In deadlj , combat, erba many hundreds of ?!. . .'.H"- Uixin th'a eiiot cau be , J"nd Ihouaandt of arrow and spear Jiaila, itecea of ttomr hammers aud .J "grnenu of (Kittery warn by the wsBouload. Onlyn few miles above "'I'.'hdnlong the east aide of tho re. sTolrlsa dark volcanic formation Oinown a Itl.ck Ilock Itldge. It rlsra i,.r t '!. "I' ou 0( ' ''" to a i ? , ".' l"obably live hundrol fiet "I Is Hx rallea In length. Hero are I1m uJ lhai more ourivlnilng Ti ,:,n?!3v "' "borlglnal Inhabitancy. Br"' Irrepularltlee of surface are here anil there luleraierted with spots XJi .." comparatively smooth. Wlieretluae occur Inn charactira of ancient elgu writing havebeen chiseled Into the hard rocks. In one i lace la a crown, In another the form of an animal resembling an ele) hant. rn symbols which aiiiear mott Ire qucnlly are a clrclo Willi a dot-omo. times a number of dots lu the miter, and the form of tho goat. There li ftlao the tracings of a large man, of what Mr. A V Miller, the chief en. Elmer, who haa located the lines olthe nseivolr ami canals, saya la evidently a representation ot the lurroundlnt country. The foot of the rldgo which will be washed by the watera of tLo new reservoir, la covered with a very flue comminuted spclmin of obsldlau or translucent stone In various shades of sombre colore. At three p. in. ths party which had divided Into several Motions during the day relumed io the muip ami again partook of a meal that would cofhpaie favorably with Ihe oholcest s reads of the Knulaford an 1 Temple, tou. In tho cool of the evening the now tired prospectors and plmisure-teekirs plmisure-teekirs were driven back to their cars where they spent tbo night in refresh, lug slumber. Yealirdayal 9 10 a.m. this clly waa reached aficrn moat satisfactory sat-isfactory and pleasant excursion trip. MITF1. Mr.Allrach and wife did everything within their poer to eotcrtaln their guista, an I Ihey succeeded a Jmlrnhly. Dr, nnd Mrs. Nlles wire members of the party. Wm. it. Conkllnashleruftho First National Ilauk or ?orih I'iatte, Ni-braska. Ni-braska. waa one of the excursionists, as waa also his friend, Mr. J. F, Foley, of the tame place. Mr. Ilrltlou proved herself highly nccompllabed etjueatrlonne. Hue rode over tweuly.flve mllea of desert coun. try and mauagod her horte with oase and grace. This was one of the very few excur. slon parllea that had a dearth of men whu always endeavor to frame aud tell the biggest an 1 most unreasonable story. Ou the return trip a toad which had leu captured near Fott Mouutatti neaped from nu oyster can lu which It was temporarily eouflned, and found Its way into the berth of I he conductor. That gentleman waa asleep at the time tut was not long lu waking when his tindshlp commenced to crawl slowly over bis body. I'rosiertlng for arltilau water will commenco In about two weeks and wh-re the largest and pmit suply can boobtalnid the new town will bu laid out. It la expeiled that good Hows can be found at a depth of four hundred fiet. Kurface water la found at a de( th from twenty to fifty feit. T here la a fresh water spring lu the Cricket mountain alut five mllea distant which would be ample for five hundred Inhabitants tor culinary and garden purpoaea but that the compauy does not foualder lulllcleul as they say It U only the question of a very abort time when they will have the largest town lu Millard county. The Hprlngvllle Uradlng C'omrany, consisting ot one hundred men and tennis, arrived already for work on Hat urday, Itlssald to teoneof the llntst cquli ped oulfltt of the kind In the Territory, Ter-ritory, Heven miles from where the new town will trobably U Lullt Is lllue Lake, a beautiful body of Clearwater with Ihren Islands. It It quite salty but It well ttocked with Hall. The ahoree and bottom of thle lake aro covered with fine white sand. It Is already apoken or aaa'bathlug resort. Clear Lake Is twelve mllea east. Tills lea topular ileaaurereeort for Fillmore people lu the summer time, rtoueof the land surrounding the big reservoir la owned by the company in an organized capacity. Desert entries are rusde by prospective setlltre and s penelunl water right can be I urchated for ilO an acre, which cau beald for on the Installment plau covering I erloa of ten ytars. The toll lt practically the tamo at Hiatal Deeeret, where large crops are easily raised. Melons, cabbage, o. tatoee and onlona have belli successfully success-fully raited on Ihe California ranch near by, aud a aru numler of thado treis ale now glowing nicely. |
