Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-06 | Page 13 | Nevada Drouth Survey to be Hinckley Job

NEVADA DROUTH SURVEY TO BE HINCKLEY JOB Information Gathered Will WillBe WillBe WillBe Be Presented to Conference Conference Confer Confer- Conference ence in Chicago Robert H. H Hinckl Hinckley Y state relief director dIrector di dl- rector and and newly appointed appoint d western L field director for lore the nati national al F ER E ER ER R A will leave early next week zeek for fori i Nevada to make a requested re quested by Harry L L. Hopkins national nation nation- al relief relie administrator It Is expected Mr Hinckley will be bei i directed to visit neighboring drouth states to gather Information for a conference of ot drouth survey supervisors supervisors super super- visors in Chicago June 17 17 which he will vill attend From Chicago Mr Hinckle Hinckley will goto go goto to Washington to confer wIth Mr Hopkins on drouth and other western west west- em ern relief matters Utah Setup Is Pattern The drouth relief setup in Utah first western state stale to lo receive federal fedora aid has been taken as a pattern for tor other states Mr Mc Hopkins informed Mr Hinckley Meanwhile the state stale planned to request request re re- re quest more funds for new projects to supply water It was expected Mr Hinckley would give Mr Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins first hand information on the situation to back up the request A dispute over use of Sevier river water was ended by the governors governor's drouth committee agreement to furnish fur nish mone money for tor one irrigation company company com pany In Sevier county to buy acre feet of water from another concern concern con cern for an foot acre The water stored in the Piute reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir is needed to lo save sugar beet beel crops Program Started The committee reported that a n 40 10 program to conserve livestock range water is well under way the state furnishing the money and the forest service ervice the supervision The Utah lake Deer creek project L Interests will meet at the capitol on or I Thursday at 10 a. a m. m to discuss th the proposed stipulation to lo lake rights anc and i subscriptions to the lake and the projected Deer creek reservoir An unusual development arising from the drouth situation was re reported reported ported by Dr William Peterson di dl rector of ot the Utah State Agricultural college extension div division and chairman chairman chair chair- man of the state drouth committee Leniency Shown Dr Peterson announced receipt o of ofa a telegram from the A A A in Wash ington allowing farmers who have planted more than 85 per cent 01 or of their normal crop in violation 01 of It their wheat contracts to use the ex cx- cess grain for forage Evidence that some growers rowers have violated their contracts in this man man- nero ncr Dr Peterson said was obtained by inspectors for the A A A in Utah Ordinarily the growers would be reQuired required re re- re- re to plow under tinder all grain in ex cx- cess of or the 85 per cent under contract con con- tract but bul in view of the drouth Dr Peterson asked the A A A to lo be I lenient en lent The grain thus saved however the A A A emphasized can be used only for lor forage Dr Peterson said the grain forage combined with concentrated concen concen- feed would enable many livestock live live- stock growers to carry their cattle through the drouth Governor Henry Henry Hen Hen- ry H. H Blood has asked the F FER E R A to lo allot funds to Utah for the purchase purchase pur pur- chase of concentrated fodder