Show LAST OBSTACLE TO DEER CREEK PLAN REMOVED Stra Strawberry berry Users gree Not Notto Notto Notto to Start Litigation Over Water The last obstacle in th the way of of construction con of the Deer Utah creek lake reclamation project was believed be be- surmounted Thursday when officIals officials of of- of the the Strawberry Strawberry Reservoir Water users users' association agreed no not to st start rt litigation to recover acre- acre feet of f seepage wa water ter Irom from Utah lake Their promise vas was given after mem bers of the state public works committee commit tee tea and the state water storage commission commission com corn mission had agreed to help to-help them in th their ir fight Ight to have the federal ed ral government govern gover ment reduce payments on the Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berry reel reclamation ma on project With the promise from the Strawberry Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berry project farmers not to start litigation litigation liti liti- lit lit- gation gallon it was thought certain all aU agreements agree agree- ments pertaining to the Deer creek- creek Utah lake project would be signed Sat Saturday cat at morning so that Governor Henr Henry H. H Blood Congressman J J. Will and William R. R Wallace chairman of the state public works committee could leave for Washington early next week to present presen Utah's request re re- re quest guest for tor approximately reclamation and other projects project SUITS WERE FEARED Un Until il the agreement ment was reached Thursday with wit representatives of the Strawberry Reservoir Water Users Users' as association it Jt had been feared that suits might be brought over division of Utah lake water Any likelihood of ot litigation litigation tion Lion over the proposed construction would preclude any chance of obtaining obtain obtain- ing inga a federal loan it had been pointed been pointed out Dr A A. C. C Curtis and B. B O. O Colton Jr both of Payson met with Governor Blood and members of the public works committee and explained their position They said that at the time the Strawberry reservoir was constructed constructed constructed con con- several years ago the government govern ment greatly overestimated the amount of water that would be furnished This shortage has forced members of the ass oc association elsewhere for lor additional additional additional addi addi- water they sai said SEEPS INTO UT UTAH H LAKE They claimed calmed that approximately feet acre-feet of water from their project seeps se pt into Utah lake every year and that they arc entitled to tore re recover recover re- re cover the water or collect payment for it from U Utah h lake Jake water users They agreed however not to take the mat mat- matter matter matter ter to court if they would be given the support of other water a associations o in la asking the federal government to reduce payments on the Strawberry project so that they could use the themon themon mon money y to buy needed additional W water ater Mr Wallace said Thursday Subscriptions lions would be signed t to the feet acre to tobe to-be be made available through construction of the Deer Utah creek lake Jake project at an foot acre the money to be used to amortize the federal federal fed fed- eral loan in 30 to 40 years |