| Show MUST END LITI LITIGATION GAllON Prof Newell Ne T Tells Rev How Utah May Benefit by Irrigation Bill N Although h Secretary Fisher t Harris had cry very little time in which to noU notify members of oC the tho Commercial club that Frederick H. H Newell chief of at the United States geological al sune survey wo would ld throw a. a few side ll on the Governments Government's scheme for tor reclamation of the arid lands of or the West West by means meana of oC Irrigation the attendance at the club clubrooms clubrooms clubrooms rooms last laut night numbered seventy From Mr l Newell's ell e remarks It seems reasonably certain that the fir first l Irrigation Irrl- Irrl gallon gation project In Utah will vill be the utilization utilization utilization of ot Utah lake as a great reser reser- voir The only bar to the work Is the litigation be between Salt Lake and Utah counties and between the canal companIes companies com corn panIcs supplied from the lake Mr Newell explained that all this must be beI settled I d before Uncle Sam would expend expendI Jl 1 I on the work The ca case e of oC the farmers across the the- Jordan was brought i tip Up p. p The farmers own the land but bul they do not own the water vater The They bu buy this from corpora corpora- Lions Mr 11 Newell explained that the demand of the Government would be betha that tha t the wa water sater ter a attach to the land so that the farmers own o both land and water The chief stated that the or now available a for Irrigation purposes be distributed among the the arid arid States In such a aa a way that in the course of ten years c n each State would be he refunded all the money It had paid Into the treas treas- UI url ury This however would prevent pre th the Government from concentrating all the money available a In any one State alone atone at al atone one time In response to a l question Mr Newell said that h where re em Improvements nt had al already al al- ready been made wh e r people have ha rights In th the the- water and it Is desired that the Government build re reservoirs res- res er to increase the supply of water wlter the people who arc ara already located must agree to pa pay their proportionate share sharf hare of or th the expense f making the tho Improvement Until th they are read ready to todo todo do 10 this this' the tho Government Go nt will vIii keep hands hand of ot off and wait alt The forthe forthe for forthe the improvement will b be he made In ten annual Installments and there will benOt heno be he beno no nOt Interest char charge e. e The he simple proposition proposition proposition i is that the Government Go will advance ad advance ad- ad vance the mon money y for tor doing the work where the proposition Is to lar large e that th the p people cannot do It without aid and the benen beneficiaries tt III then be per- per ml ted to pay the Improvement in ten years without Interest It Js Is s likely that the canal presidents and others Interested ted In the Irrigation n problem in this count county will get together at an e early date tOI discuss to J was wa's ways and means of ot meeting the su suggestions put forward by Mr 11 Newell Mr Newell left for Nevada last night He lie will retti re return re- re turn turn n about the middle of ot August |
