Show PELICAN POINT WATER PLANT WORK RUSHED Pump ump Operation by July 15 Improbable According to 10 Report Waters from the Pelican Point pumping plant will not be available before July 15 a progress report presented at th the monthly meeting ot of f the board of canal company presidents dents Tuesday indicated The meeting was held in the office office of- of fice ice of ot City Engineer W W. D. D Beers in n the city and county building Officers in charge of the plant said Slid all possible haste Is being used in n construction but that it il Is Improbable Improbable able t t. t j pump will be in operation by July 15 Three shifts are working night and day lay on the thc plant and the sump is partly artly excavated with bids expected to o be called for within a few days das for Cor or construction of the sump Four dra drag lines are busy also it il was said The board was meeting later in the day with the general committee discussing dis dis- dis- dis cussing t tentative stipulations for water allotment in the Utah lake- lake Deer creek project Tuesdays Tuesday's developments followed d dan an unsuccessful attempt to agree on ona a temporary stipulation at the capitol captol capitol cap- cap itol tol Monday Despite appeals for accord accord acord ac ac- ac- ac cord ord on the necessary agreement from G Governor vernor Henry IL It Blood Chairman William R. R Wallace of the state water storage committee committee- and members of the governors governor's conciliation concilia- concilia tion lion committee the stipulation remained rc- rc unsigned at the end of or the three hour session Joseph Hibberd president of the South Jordan Canal company contended contended contended con con- tended his board of directors would woud not accept the stipulation with an allotment of feet acre when the lake yield is acre feet He said his company would not be content content content con con- tent with le less than feet acre-feet its full ri right ht in the lake H. H C. C Goodrich representing the Utah Copper company objected to any stipulation holding his company to a use of only feet acre-feet in any anyone one year He said the company's rights under such an agreement would be prejudiced after the three- three year ear period covered by the stipulation stipulation stipulation tion had p passed ed He requested an annual annual annual an an- nual allotment of or feet acre on the condition the company would use only Both Mr Hibberd and Mr Goodrich Goodrich Goodrich Good- Good rich agreed to confer conler again with their companies and the lake interests interests interests inter inter- ests agreed to meet a again aln Tuesday The city eity and county building session concerned only the five primary users u. u rs and the Utah Copper company while all an users will meet with the conciliation committee at at 7 p. p m. m in the Hotel Utah Range Condition Poorest on Record Condition of ot Utah ranges as M of June 1 is the poorest on record for forthal that thal date according to the monthly report of ol Federal Agricultural Statistician Statistician Statistician Sta Sta- Frank Andrews released Tuesday Light rainfall of early June Is believed believed believed be be- to have helped h some but was counteracted to a great degree by dry hot winds Water holes and streams are drying up fast according according according accord accord- ing to the report and stock water is scarce Growth of forage on the lower low low- er ranges has stopped and unless frequent frequent fre fre- fre- fre quent rains occur the lower ranges range are useless mel Mr l Andrews' Andrews report revea revealed 1 cd With the exception of oC a few sections see sec Hons pro prospects for normal production production production tion of ha hay and feed Ired grains is poor with the prediction being made that the summer summer harvest will not be able to carry livestock through the win win- ter The first hay cutting was less than 25 per cent of normal in many instances with no further cutting expected expected ex ex- ex unless early and frequent precipitation occurs |