| Show PINCHOT Sf SItS SEES S A ft roll fOR STAT Of UTAH Government Official Says irrigation Will Hake the Entire West to Blossom as s sIke the Ike Rose Discusses Work of Irrigation t I lion tion Congress and Its Benefits The vast areas of Utah Wyoming Idaho and MonTana Mon Ion tana arid land are to be reclaimed by the United States government This statement was vas made this morn morning ng by Gifford Clifford Pinchot forester of the United States and chief of the United States forest reserve and W. W J. J McGee secretarY secretary sec sec- of the inland waterway vay commission who are at the l Knutsford for a few hours today The two men are on an official trip of investigation and will m spend a great deal of time in the four states investigating ting rivers and the arid lands They came through from Sacramento where here they took a prominent part in the N National Irrigation congress FROM SALT LAKE CITY THEY WILL GO NORTH NOETH STOPPING AT ATALL ATALL ATALL ALL THE FIVE RIVERS OF THE STATE AND MAKING A CAREFUL INVESTIGATION OF THEM WHILE IN THE CITY TODAY THEY ARE VISITING THE FOREST RESERVE MEN LIEN HERE tD Al AND ARE ABE TAKING A GENERAL LOOK AT ALL THE REPORTS REI REPORTS RE RE- I PORTS AND ALL THE CONDITIONS IN REGARD TO THE rHE FOREST QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION QUES QUES- TION AND POLICY W W. J. J McGees McGee's business will ha have hae e more weight than will tho the trip of Mr Pinchot especially on on op Utah He is out on a special commission which WAS THIS ered cre created reat re- re at by nn in m act act of of last t March Its business is to bring brint to together tog ether information information mation oration concerning conc rivers as to their size and capacity for river transportation The They w will ll look into the tho m matter of draina drainage o and the possibilities of ot irrigation tion moans of purifying the water and nd making it better for use nse in manufacturing ing mg and for general use and also to test teat its value as os power furnishing I The party part will wilt then than go o north into the tho I arid lands Maps an and notes will he be I made for a report Some Sonio time will bo ho spent in U Utah and then Idaho will bo be visited From Idaho Idabo they thoy will go to Wyoming and ond visit tho thee h headwaters and the gateways of all liB the lar largo o rivers The whole ground will bo ho gone one goer care ure- fn fully an and data collected r t for r a very vory detailed de de- detailed e. e tai tailed ed report t A p g t the tho mp moet r rpm m tent neat liVerS fo to- b bp b investigated is the This as as a J for the gre great f expanse of northern country is 1 ne necessarily c s an important factor J to De be oe C considered considered con con- DI D- D I In in the tho report t In various parts of the country especially espe- espe espe especially dally 1 in Colorado Nevada and nd the south there thero are a lar large c number of col col- colleagues leagues to the party in Salt Lake and they will also get et data for lor a report Mr r. Pinchot and Mr l McGee McGe-e wi will sail do down dou u uth th the tho Missouri and cross eross cr ss to Clevel Cleveland nd where they they- will rill meet the rest of the coll colleagues a u s. s They will rill U then take a cruise on the great lakes Jakes and land down the Mis Mississippi oris river to Memphis where on o Oc October Oc- Oc tober 1 they will be joined by the pr president pres- pres ident of tho the United States There Thero will be a trip down the river and a close dose inspection made l the middle of October the commis commis- commission sion sian will collect all its data and present presenta a n report to the president He lIe will hold holda a n conference with the heads head of the commission commission com com- mi mission and definite plans made for tor action action ac ac- ac tion in regard to various arious various matters in in c connection con cony n. n with the r rivers ri especially the tho D of f reclaiming of the arid lands The trip is one of great rat consequence to Utah |
