Show vii u. S. S ASSURES UTAH HELP TO MEET Increase ill in Relief Allotments to Feed Distressed Is First Step PROGRAM UNDER F FER E R A Senator King Confident of Wide Support AU All necessary government assistance assist assist- ance to meet Utah's drouth situation has been promised by Harr Harry L. L Hop Hop- kins federal relief relict administrator Senator William H. H King said Saturday Satur Satur- da day alter after a series of conferences according ac ac- cording to dispatch to The Telegram from Washington The first step Sentor King said will wUl be an increase in re regular ular relief allotments to the state to meet the additional ad ad- burden of feeding drouth victims in distress Robert H. H Hinckley Hinckle state relief di rector is now assembling figures on the extent o of need in districts where herc lack ot of water has brought farming farmin and other activity to a standstill I am sure we are arc going to get all the help the federal government go is capable of oC giving the senator said Our situation seems to be corn com understood by the federal 0 of i in charge of the thc relief pro pro- gram F E R P. A To Handle Program The drouth relief relie program be handled through the F FER E R A he said DiggIng o of additional wells where feasible and pumping water will provide pro pro- vide ide some emergency employment Senator King said Mayor Maor Louis Marcus In a telegram to N. N C. C Grover chIef hydraulic engineer en- en of the geological survey asked that A. A B. B Purton district engineer at Salt Lake be instructed to advise Salt Lake City engineers what can be done with the additional water vater Mr Grover replied Mr Pur Purton ton had been asked to cooperate Mr Hinckle Saturday appointed R. R G. G Harding F FER E It A district engineer en en- in charge of oC the thc federal drouth survey in Utah Mr Harding will cooperate with George D. D Clyde or of th tha Utah State Agricultural college named by Governor Gov Gov- Henry IL H. Blood as water conservator con con- senator during durin the emer emergency ency Will List Sources The They will list sources o of supply and determine where supplies can be increased in in- creased They will study ties tico or of Increasing supplies at the thc Strawberry reservoir and Utah lake Mr Hinckley Hinckle said it is planned to dig a tunnel under the Strawberry reservoir b below V lo the intake and that at the lake the present channel into deep water wlter will be widened and deepened so adverse ad winds wm will not push away so much water T. T H H. Humpherys state slate en engineer assigned Harry C. C Jessen Utah lake and Jordan river water commissioner to study problems at the lake Jake and andr r river cr and to cooperate with Professor sor sor Clyde |