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Show WATER PROJECT INCREASE ASKED Appropriation of Sl,79O,0OO for 1 reclamation preset work la Utah i during the coming fiscal year la be- , Ing nought by tha National Rack-matioa Rack-matioa aaaodatloa. according- to word received at the chamber of eommerce Monday from f. O. Ha gle, asaoclatloa executive secretary. ' The amount approved In the proposed pro-posed federal budget la only Jl. 000 ,000. The reclamation group a seeking seek-ing 11,000.000 for tha Dear creak project, 1000.000 to construct dikes at Utah kka to reduce its area and curtail evaporation lostsa, and 1280,-000 1280,-000 to continue construction of the Ogdea river project-Approved project-Approved la the official government govern-ment budget ander consideration are allocations of $780,000 for Dear creek and 1200.000 for tha Ogden river. Tha reclamation association la aaaklng also to have the 1300,000 est aaida for a Colorado river Investigation In-vestigation Increased to $400,000. Thia Investigation would Include study of a proposal to divert watar from tha Green river Into the Bear river for use In supplementing Irritation Irri-tation supplies In Utah. Need for a consolidated western Irrigation program, embodying all the projects for which appropriations appropria-tions should be made for the fiscal yaar IMS, la argent, Mr. Hagls wrote. , Tha program, outlined In his communication com-munication citing that total reclamation recla-mation needa will be tW,(10,000 aa against 3t,l ,000 approved by budgets, can be Justified before tha appeoprtatlona committee on the floors of tha house aad senate, Mr. Hagls asserted. |