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Show SJHTMIO 1 BEASEC01ID " PITTSBURG J DeTelopment and Reclama-k' Reclama-k' " tion Pro je jets in State $ to Induce Vast Growth in Local 1 nduatrie T 1TAII i able to turn her I J attention once more to home; ' improvement, now that the armi-' armi-' atice. haa been signed, and pUns j will be gotten under way in the nw future, according to a!! reports, to turn the wheels of new Industries. The largeat pm)wt loom in In the reclsma-tlonof reclsma-tlonof 4,000.000 arm of arid and swamp land In tha Colorado river basin, 100,-o 100,-o of which II within tha confines of t'tah, aa hnmee for discharged soldiers. aallora munltlnna workers and em-"""" em-"""" "ploya nfr1 ul"" """i11"' cupatlons. AMBEROCR AIDS MOVE. Thla matter waa taken up here mora than a month ago enda committee waa appointed by Governor rimotl Ham her - ger to prepare atatementa ahowlna t'tah a aim in Inaugurating tha reclamation recla-mation project, for tha other etatea affected af-fected and for the aecretarr of the Interior, In-terior, ao that tha project may be pre-eented pre-eented to the government and federal aid aaked. Colorado. Wyoming, Arlxona. California, New Mexico and Nevada are affected by the project I 1,000,000 ron survey. j Upon the request of Franklin K. j ; Lane, eecretary of the Interior, the een-( een-( ate committee on public landa, recently re-cently unanimously approved the pae-aae pae-aae of a bill appropriating 11.000.000 for the survey of the landa In the Southwestern territory. Immediately following the Utah aute board of examiners ex-aminers appropriated 1(00 for maps of the Utah landa, ao that when the gov- miaint aurv.yors ao over the territory, terri-tory, there may be no delay aa far aa " lull la concerned. MAY BUILD RAILROADS. With the reclaiming of the Colorado river basia landa, two olher projects will come up for consideration. Kail-roads Kail-roads must be built Into the Uinta basin, probably tha richest section of the country In the United States, and Into the KaJbab forest reserve. Theae toads must be built In time at all events, and anuiUlua to reliable aw thorlty, there la possibility, which extends ex-tends within the range of the probable, that they will be undertaken In connection con-nection with the reclamation project The Uinta basin abounds in coal, oil, ell shalss. hydrocarbons, and agricultural agricul-tural products, exceeding In value Ils0.v0.000. The Kalhab forest reserve contains s.000.000,000 board feet of lum- I ber that is absolutsly inacceaalble to any railroad and for that reason cannot be marketed. Aleo a railroad la needed to take out the Iron and coal from Waablngtoa and Iron counties. SALT LAKE A CENTER. With the completion of the reclamation reclama-tion project and with railroads from Halt Lake Into the Uinta baain and the Ktabeb forest. Bait Lake will become the Pittsburg of the West, the Industrial Indus-trial center of the lntermountaln Beetles!. Bee-tles!. Denver la competing for rnada Into the Uinta basin and the Kalbab forest, but Halt I.ake ap far haa the upper up-per Band. Government aid will be aaked in the carrying out of theae i projects. i EXPOSITION PLANNED. Plana for holding an expnaltlon In rgden In June. It It, to commemorate ' the fiftieth annlveraary of the comple-Uoa comple-Uoa of the Southern I'aclfic railway, again have come to the fore. Thla project pro-ject was abandoned on account of the war, but now that hostilities havs ceased It la espected that tha exposition plane will be taken up Immediately, t On account of the scarcity of labor and the difficulty In obtaining materlala. It may not be posslbls to hold the sxposl-Uon sxposl-Uon in lilt, but plana will be gotten under way, It Is said, for Ita opening la 1M0. MEMORIAL HALL PROPOSED. Plana have started for the erection of a memorial hall, a atanding monument monu-ment to Utah'e eons who have fallen en the field of honor In the great fight for liberty and democracy. The memorial me-morial hall will serve ss a fitting place for all public gatherings and will commemorate com-memorate the deeds of Utah soldiers aa no marble shaft could. |