Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-05-16 | Page 9 | Of Fish Creek Finally Are Impounded

Of fiSH GREEK fK FINALLY Mf RE IMPOUNDED L I ice e River Project Near I to Completion I I. TES ES ARE CLOSED s I 10 0 Late Lat Lats e Season eason I Irrigations Lions Ar Are Arc Assured I pr or Dl the first time in ln n the history county the waters from Creek and tributaries which e been flowing lowing through PleasS Pleas Pleas- S I. I alley IntO Inta t the e Price river e 0 shut off ore Thursday day by a comlee cornee com com- lee W ee of ot six which made a tour Ithe Pleasant Valley dam darn and gating project below ja Is known as the Price river atlon district in Carbon an and t Cu counties countie and In which there OOOO acres to ho bo placed un- un by the project h hS committee e which visited the thet Jt t consisted of oC A. A W. W Horse- Horse E resident cf ct tho Price river Niel W. W Mada Mad- Mad a bu business man of ot Price II H. nt Reynolds ap p 0 of or the Rey- Rey Ely I.-Ely Construction company oT T. T executive secre- secre wf t the state tute land office J. J M M. former mayor of ot Ji eJ Orson OrIon 1 P Madsen 11 agent for fot Carbon count county C. C nf ot Halt Lake who the Barry ury any pany ny of ot New Orleans who pur pur- ted d the bonds from which tuna funds project was financed and C. C engineer of ot the tho project he le e gates which shut off ort the from Crom t KUh Creek consisting WI inch 48 valves alves were official official- zed cd The closing dosing of oC the gates As ns that all 1111 tho the high water and entire run ort oft of ot the tho water shed l II the e e. e impounded and will later In Inu u season saon llon Irrigation water and tt Ito ire at t least two late season II ir- ir tL ons nero re Is at the pre present ent time Urn said Mid jary John T 1 tely acre nero feet teet of ot water ch ii In the tha reservoir The fIn s 5 more thin per cent command com corn mand jand the principal part of ot the tho theng thong Ting ng of ot the will require Jj Ii sixty da days ae darn dam Is III feet teet long feet 3 At the tho bR base e and twenty feet teet teeton on the tup top which l Is sixty sixty- above ho Iho b had boo d of ot the creek core Is III down thirty tour feet teet jy l the bed c r f t the creek making total depth about feet he Price people are arranging excursion to visit the project