Show I iniiiiiiiiuN itESEilttiiiiii The coast papers ststo that order J have been given at Tacoma Washington I Washing-ton to commence work on oueoftb r I greatest Irritation projects yet siarlod on the 1eclflg oiast II Is under a reoreanlisllon of tbe Palouse Irrlgs lion corn any which built ten miles 01 Irrigating canal In Whitman county k Waeblngton four years ago but left II tI uncompleted when tbe financial de piesslon of 1893 cacao on Now Ib reorganization bas taken up tbe work being backed by plenty of cap lal Its officers Include Jcsbu lIorrl > pll1onl 01 Iblll1olpbl and Heading railr ad Samuel Bblpley president of Ibo Provident Life and Trust company aDd George DoDbm1 ibo Baldwin 10comoUve mike It Is Intended lo couple Ix I con miles of ulicb Ihla 1 year 10 coO ply Irrigating water lo G000 acres In the Wbluooa valley oJ next year he system Is to be compltled Tile upply of water II lo I bo laken Irom alouse river and itt 1 Is I estimated will b enuiprr the Irrigation of 200000 acre of r lend The company tnskes vallsble the greatest natural reservoir In the state of r Wisblngton rnrrow alley lurrtuuded by hluli hills where ho raising of a natural dam twenty led I will give a reservoir fourteen mites foot by hilt a mile wide with an avoraee depth of forty foil ol water ho progrrss that Is I bo no made In tbo co ruction of reservoirs and IrrlgIM works generally In Ibo Wee anon should dome sale In urance against extremo Injury by the rouths that occur periodically for wllb the moms of storing water a risiecllve dry Ion cau be provided gsnsttoagreatdrKree JOy curl work le ability ol the West lo suitaln popu 111011 baa been multiplied B hundder old over wbat was oonaldere be o quarlr or II coiury uce and cn ha 1100 further IncressnJ 1 Ibus repsrlni he West aa a place of safety and OJin lorl for Ibose wbo do not relish the ornndoes slorms and drouths of the Saet wboee compaulonsblp cancel bj t voided there rut Is unknown In lie larmlng features In the West lu this Male tbero Is not apparent he advance which ouzbt lo he lu ooellucllg rorvol and trrlcllon work Yet some Important enter priori have been and are being carried loOn operation and olheis are In procol prpraUoD The Slate also II proedlnilin the direction of slor irg I water lor Irrlgatlag purposes and Of there private and public operations b e carried out wIth reasonable persist eco and vigor Utah ought lobe much teller oil In the next flee yesrs or waler supply At the present tine the dry spell bas caused much lOll In the drrfarmlng districts oed unless relltf comes soon In the way of a general ralnslom Ibe dam ate lo crops will be quite scrloue With the many additional reiervolrs that can be and should be made In Utah such a condition could bs n lovej to a great extent for while bere are dryfarming districts where no facilities exist fur storing water lor Irrigation there Is I n very large area now devoted to dry farming that oould be Irrigated If convenient rosei voir sites were utilized and there would be a general advantaje In seasons sea-sons of abundant water supply as well as In Ibose of droulb The matter of treorvolrs and water storage In Utah Is I deserving of more attention Iban It 1 now recelvei abd Inauguration of notable enterprises eliewbere ought to be an Inspiration In that direction here |