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Show . UZL. -LlZB BLANC "121 I the plan Is found to be feasible, I mean i by this that If the water supply Is greaV enough and the acreage possible to r-clalm r-clalm is proportionate, there wlU be J so delay. 1 ' The lake will be converted Into a r.ee-ervolr r.ee-ervolr and a complete Irrigation syrem constructed. The return of the rr cney Advanced by the Government la to be arranged for, but this and other ietalls. can be settled1 with dispatch. "The great question la whether the scheme is practical." Prof. Newell will hold a C'nfetr?nce with State Engineer Doremus . and. Gov. I "Wells as soon as possible to 'lsciisa the project thoroughly. . Iiydrcjrapher Newell Is Here to Hold Consultation Consulta-tion With Arid Land - Commission. ' Prof. F, II. Newell, head cl the Irrigation Irri-gation bureau in the Department of the .Interior, is in Salt. Lake today, collecting Information concerning.-the. project of converting Utah lake into a. great Irrigation Irri-gation reservoir. t He arrived yesterday afternoon : and after establishing himself at the Ken-ybn Ken-ybn held a conference with Franklin S. Richards, attorney .for the Utah Arid Land, commission, and Prof.- G. F. Swendsen.' who Is making a survey of the lake and Its feeders for the Depart-. Depart-. ment of the Interior.' -T - Whenvseen by a Telegram reporter C Mr. Newell said he could not Cell what " Abaction the Government would take In Y the matter further than Investigating f thoroughly the practicability of the scheme. "Everything will depend pn the Investigations Inves-tigations now under way. ne said. "If |