Show DEVELOP ARTESIAN WELLS i EXPERT NEWELL ADVISES I Governments Government's Irrigation Expert Expresses Belief Belief Belief Be Be- lief That a Permanent Water Supply May Be Obtained From City's Subterranean Streams I 4 t DISCUSSED BY NEWELL 44 4 t 4 IRRIGATION EXPERT 44 4 t 4 Discussing the water wlter situation In is 4 Salt Lake Mr lr Newell said ald that he be 4 had paid but little attention to it 4 since 1 K when ho lived here 4 He Ho believed however that the city elty should form torm some plan h by which It 4 could trade rade the Utah lake Jako water ater to 4 farmers for tor canyon water He also 4 says ays that the artesian wells In the 4 southern part of ot tho the city should bo be 4 developed and expresses the tho belief belle 4 that a a. 1 ge and permanent supply 4 of ot water wale could be bo obtained from 4 them 4 Mr lr Newell says gays the tho Government r l 4 will soon sink a n number of ot artesian f- f wells wens In western estern Nebraska for tor thet the 4 t purpose of ot ascertaining tho the depth 4 necessary to have a a. continuous I Ir r rf 4 now How of ot water The same ame plan will willbe willbe 4 be followed In fn Kansas and South t 4 Dakota 4 r 1 0 0 F. F H H. H Newell chief chic engineer o of ot the United States geological survey arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived d In the city this morning from the East Eat and antI at 2 o'clock this afternoon addressed ad addressed addressed ad- ad dressed a mass meeting of ot business businessmen men and Irrigators at the Assembly hall The meeting was held under the auspices of oC the Irrigation congress of at Utah and the Commercial club of ot this city The subject of or Mr air Newell's oils address addreS was The Thc New Irrigation Law which will be of ot such great benefit to the West Vest Prof Newell was met at the tho depot depot depot de de- pot b by a 3 committee a comprising Fisher S. S Harris secretary of oC the Commercial club State Engineer A A. A F. F Doremus F. F A. A Druehl George C. C Lambert Georges George A A. Lowe Col E E. F. F Holmes Homes C. C S S. S ne ney and M. M A. A Daugherty Daughert who escorted him to the thc Commercial club where he ho held a l short reception and discussed sed Irrigation ir Ir- Ir matters with the committee Fine Chance Chanco for Utah tah DIscussIng the new irrigation law 1 with Uh The Tel am 1 Newell saId said- t-st t b be o orin of immense benefit to tp 0 Utah and other Western estern States There Is In Iii the lIel neighborhood of available avail avail- able at present for tor this this' State State but Mr Newell says that th thaL t if Jt the people of at the State decided upon a a proposition that would co cost t a million dollars the Government Government Gov Gov- would in Jn all probability borrow barrow the additional amount from the fund of or some seine oth other r State that did not not need need the monc money an and u use e it here The Government said mId Mr 11 Newell only asks the people of Utah to decide upon something It 11 It IR the de desire lre that the people of or this State Slate shall settle tUe upon the most tan tangible proposition in sight and then the thc Government Go n will wm ili aid them In every wa way possible By fly most tangible tangible tangi tans bl ble I mean for Cor them to settle upon a as s site Ite where water is abundant and the area of oC land Jand subject cl to reclamation is the largest that can possibly be se se- se cured How Payments Payment Are Arc Made Mr Newell then hen explained that lint under the terms of or the new nc irrigation law Jaw tho the pimple people who are benefited ted h by the reservoirs reservoirs reser JEt will pa pay the cost cast to the Govern- Govern Jent In ht ten years rear 10 per cent each year but the money paid In each year year car will rill willbe be he subject to use In building other re reservoirs reservoirs reser reser- er the succeeding year sn so that In time nil alp the reservoirs which the water supply t of oc the State can maintain will willbe willbe be built The fund Is derived ed from rom the sale lle o of or Government Go lan lands s lines fines for cutting timber etc and n as the thc sale of Utah lands has been much smaller maller than Ok Ok- lahoma for example where Irrigation Is not nearl nearly neaily so o Important or ot feasible its ius In Utah ThIh this State while ne needing more money mone than some fOme other States has a smaller small r sum coming coining c to It At l to te anie lime time however r as Mr Newell states slates the Government can borrow from some Fome of or th the States that do not need the tho fund as badly as Utah and ond thus secure all the thc funds that are needed needed needed need need- ed to make a start stait Should Select Sites Many reservoir sites ha have already been selected In the fife State Stale the principal ones being In ht the Hie Wasatch sateh and mountains anti and the Bear ar River and Se SeIer Se- Se vier Ier River countries and ind all that now remains to be dune done Is s for the people of or orthe the State to decide upon some sorno one of or orthe the many ite Iles after which the Government Govern Govern- ment will take hold of oC the matter malter From Salt SnIt Lake Mr 11 Newell ell will v bOto go bO goto goto to Colorado Springs where he will wilt ad address address address ad- ad dress 1 u irrigation atlon con congress rEgi of oC Colorado along the tho same lines followed in J his address address address ad ad- dress here herc |