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Show FUND INCREASE I PLEASES BLOOD SI to Action of the house of representatives represent-atives In accepting an amendment Increasing the appropriation for C the Deer creek project by $500,000, JL before passing the Interior department depart-ment appropriation bill, Friday a won the hearty approval of Cover- Dl nor Henry H. Blood. El The Increase brings the total ap-' ,h propriatlon for the project barring h any future cuts, to $1,250,000. This will permit work to begin Oi on the Duchesne tunnel unit of the H project Governor Blood pointed out and also will allow construe- l tion on the other four units the J Salt Lake aqueduct the Kamas it canal enlargement, the dam Itself Ji and the Provo reservoir canal to proceed on schedule. Wster officials here feel the II tunnel Is Important as It will be U used to bring wster from the Duchesne river, water which now goes down the Colorado river. John C Page, commissioner of the U. S. bureau of reclamation. Informed Governor Blood of the , latest developments In a oommu- w nication received Friday. L Ji |