Show MAY RECLAIM LAND BY MEANS Of DYKE Special to Tho Telegram I. I PROVO June 12 A 12 A A dyke on th the west wt westside wet side of ot Utah Uth lake constructed by George Georce T. T may be the Initial movement In Ina In ft a project that wt will reclaim thousands of ot acres ace of or rich agricultural land and confine confine con con- con fine the tha the waters of ot the iho lake Jake within re restricted re n- limits thereby decreasing loss Of E water from evaporation S Mr la is a largo large land and owner Jon Jha j shore of ot the lake lake This year ho ho ing acres of or land which is Ss kept from tOn r overflow by a three-foot three earth dyke e et- et tending for tor about a mile mie The Ibe ee seepage pa e water from th the land and from the lake le through h th the tho dyke Is collected in a ditch inside of ot the dyke and and pumped pumpe back Into tho the lake Jake by means of at a gasoline aln pump The coat cost of ot the dyke and pumping Is 12 about abut 10 an acre acre The Th 0 of or the east shore of th the Jako lako along alone the lowlands lowland which are submerged submerged sub sub- merged aone in water from overflow of ot the lake Jake merge almost ever every spring has ha oft often n b been en considered but it has ha generally been considered Impracticable on account of ot the expense of the te dyke and for tor the r rea reason rea ason a- a son that water would ae seep D through the dyke to such an extent that crops could not be grown grow While Ue a a larger and better beter constructed dyke and more effective pumping apparatus appa appa- rattle ratus would of course coure b be more expensive expensive ratu sive ive than Mr plant it Is la questionable question able whether It would be relatively more expensive IS sa a very ver lar largo large G area area of ot land lad land some of ot the best bet In the tho state tte would b e be reclaimed and the dyke dyko would perm perm- nent nent- but even een at a cost cos of ot 50 an acre sere the enterprise would pay welL elL There Is another reason why hy this project pro pro- r- r Is 18 worthy of serious attention The The Salt Lake canal companies are an using the can lake lako as a reservoir and try tr td to Impound as a. much water a as possible every ever year by placing obstructions p in the Jordan Joran river Th The farmers farer whoso whose lands are ar overflowed and made too wet for cultivation b by by are constantly complaining of oC seepage this damming of or the Jordan by the canal companies companie and strained relations exist between the two interests interest The cause for this would be removed by and pumping the water back Into the lake and this thle might furnish a motive for th thit canal companies companIes' to assist the farmers in ii's defraying the expenses of building the dyke If not this the fact that water would be conserved by lessening the evaporation would probably Induce co cooperation cooperation co- co operation by the canal companies |