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BY JEBERfiEi GOMSHMENX bringna-.-The -matter ?to he mttentlon of the department ,lso- had a lengthy and satisfactory Interview .with the Assistant" As-sistant" Attojmef-peneral or he Interior department and his aeristant, during which 1 explained 4 -them -the legal phases of our question and was assured by them tha they would- fee greatly aid4 4 ar-.. riviagr at a correct conclusion, by season of our consultations.'' , Wm rOrfcpmo Infflcultles.; 'The Secretary arid' other 'officials whom I met that era Interested In the administration admin-istration of the irrigation law assured me that It was the desire of the Government to give the law .such a liberal construction construc-tion as would enable the greatest and best possible result -to flow from Us administration; adminis-tration; and I feel confident that If the engineering- feature of the Utah lake project . preve to be satisfactory after the preliminary work haa been done, the legal difficulties; which have appeared to be In the way can be; overcome. . :..: ( ; lUcIiarfis Rep art Indicates !l That Wcrlion Great Storcjc Uescnxir Will ;;. ,S:3n Be Commenced. ; ' The first definite result from the gir Santlc plans cf the Federal .Government to aid ihe Western States in reclaiming their erld regions wllj probably come to Utah,? .' -' - ';; ' . . v ; And this result will be the conversion of TJUh laire Into a-great storage reser--Vplr,, : x t-.r . . . . : Frpm the, report -of . Attorpey P. B, rieha?da; pf Pelt Lake, who-was sent trovx ttab. t prejieot the subject ta the .Federal authorities. It appe,art .that the f roepects of getting the work under iay at an early date are of the brighU ' ;Prof. JlO".-!! is how'prepar-f how'prepar-f lng, tor a preUmlpary . survey, pf .the. I watershed and Chief Hydrographer F, K JT. jNewen, wllj. be .here. Thursday,, at AyhHi time Jt. la anticipated steps for iiasteniflg the enterprise will be taken. ', rf The Utah Irrtgattoii commission met yesterday afternoon and heard Attor-r 1 ,Jiey Richards' report: -State Engineer Doremus, William E. White and Jo eph A.' West were preseot,. Richardji Akee'Report.H -, ; f: J .:' . The report of Mr. Richards follows: On the 27th. day of Appl, 103. 1 started fir Washington, 'D.'C, bearing credentials creden-tials from his Excellencv, Heber M. Velt6,-. Oo.vrnor . of the State of Utah, to Hon. E. A. Hitchcock. Secretary of the Jntftior, and ats a letter from Hon.-A. K LKrtmu8, chairman of your commission, commis-sion, to Hem. -F. - H.- Newell, - chief- engineer engi-neer of the United States Keologlcal survey, sur-vey, authorizing me to represent . yopr ' commission and the State in asking the Government to take , up some Irrigation proioct in -Utah and proaecuta the eame Uhder the national irrigation law, so that the State mlaht receive : the benefit ef the reclamation fund, ; und .1 was - Instructed In-structed to present the Utah lake prop-osltlon prop-osltlon as being the Ana most dcfclred. ; Vae Received Cordially. . r . , . When I jreached Washington : Secretary Httchcock was absent from the city, ex- - parting to be. gona several ' weeks, . so I presented my credential to First Assistant Assist-ant Secretary- Ryan; who was the acting Secretary. He received me very courleous- ly and, after discussing the matter In a general way, stated that It would be nec- fssary for me to file a. formal application applica-tion setting forth what Is desired, with suah a statement of the law and facts as ' would enable the department to un- dersKand the local situation and comprehend compre-hend our-views concerning the application applica-tion . of the law to our particular case. He alsc - informed me that the subject ; pertained to the geological ' survey ahd that Mr, Newell was tha man Who should be Informed as to the tit-tails. It being probable that he would be called upon to max recommendations In the matter. v"j He also sent a messenger to Introduce me , to Assistant ' Attorney-General Campbell, I who is the head of the legal department, end I had a very pleasant and satisfactory satisfac-tory Interview with him. Mr. Newell's reception was very cordial end pleasant. He devoted a-great deal of time and gave careful consideration to the matters which I had- to present. -We had daily interviews during my sojourn, and discussed every phase of the situation situa-tion tha haa been considered here. - When I first presented the legal phaaea of the matter to Mr. Newell they seemed somewhat some-what new to him, but after repeated consultative con-sultative apd careful consideration of the subject he appeared to appreciate the correctness of our views and the Justice . of our caueev . . . Vested Sights Preserved. I hand you herewith a copy of the document doc-ument which was filed ith the Secretary Secre-tary of the Interior and hope that it will meet with your approval. You will see that It consists- of a statement of the law and facts relating to the Utah lake proposition, but Is not Intended as a full argument or brief on the subject. I was informed that it was desired to have the matter (n as concise and simple a form aa possible, and that If a fuller brief or argument was desired it would be called for later on. You will also observe that the request is made for the- Government to treat all the rights of Salt Lake City " and the canal companies as vested rights and permit them to complete what un- perfected rights they have by the Government Gov-ernment doing the work and the city and canal companies paying tit cost thereof. DurJng my sojourn I had a very satisfactory satis-factory interview with the director f the geological survey, Who had Just returned from Salt River valley, Arixona. . We discussed the Utah lake propoaltlon very fully, and he was exceedingly kind and complimentary In expressing his views concerning tha course we had taken tn |