Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-21 | Page 9 | Visitors Scan Problems and Needs of Utah

VISITORS SCAN PROBLEMS ED NEEDSOF UTAH Reclamation Projects and Federal Parks r Studied on Tour -,. Two United States representatives whe "never promise anything arrtti we get all th fact" were la Salt Lake City Saturday and In the-wast the-wast for th first time to acquaint themaelve with th problems of the west and reclamation. Both members of th subeommlt-tee subeommlt-tee on appropriation, department" of interior, they are th veteran Representative Jamas M. Fits Patrick Pat-rick of New York and Representative Representa-tive Emmett O'Neal of Kentucky, at Loulsvill, a junior member of congress. -They-ar vtoitlng wssteia eeela' mation project and national parka on invitation of Representativ Abe Murdock of Utah, said C. W. Lov Jr. of St George, president ef tha Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah. "Congress and th admlnlatraHon are making great efforts to economise," econo-mise," aid Repreeentatlve 0Nea when asked If there would be ampl appropriation. for national park and reclamation project next year. "They want to hand) th taxpayera money wisely. Even Presidertf Roosevelt la urging economy." . West la Spotlight "Congress," said Representativ Fltspatrlck, "1 becoming mora aware of the possibilities of th national na-tional parks and th weet generally. Eastern congressional delegations ara beginning ta sea more clearly the problem facing yoit weetera people. They favor reclamation moc. than ever." Representative Fltspatrlck lot It be knowa that he ha alwaya keoa a champion ef reclamation by saying: say-ing: !.,..;. . - "Reclamation la a tp forward la helping th unemployed. It will help, put back people oa the soil to eara a living. Too many young men have forsaken th farms for th Industrial Indus-trial centers, causing aa overcrowded overcrowd-ed condition. Ampl water for irrigation irri-gation I necessary." ,'n He said th gigantic Gila project In Alison was voted only with the, understanding that Art sons will ao cept th compact that is, to join th other atx states In distribution of ths waters of the Colorado river.-He river.-He added that th administration, can refuse th money for th $20,-000.000 $20,-000.000 project if Arlsona fail ta make an agreement with th ether tat, which include Utah. ' Visit Deer Creek They hav already vlsRd th Big Thompson project, which call for expenditure of about $44,000,000, This project calls for diversion of Colorado river water through a tunnel tun-nel to th Denver area. At present $900,000 ha bee appropriated. Saturday th men visited th sit of th Deer creek project ia Prove canyon. They also will Inspect Boulder Boul-der dam and th central valley project proj-ect In California, which i a $20,000,. 000 job. While la Utah they will lnspeot th Wayne wonderland, which President Roosevelt recently made th Capitol Rf National monument. monu-ment. Both indicated mora appropriations appro-priations will be forthcoming for Uesh parks becaus of their "tourist value." Th eongrsma lauded th work of their fellow representatives from Utah. . , Tbeee two men are oa the jos constantly to see that Utah gets everything she has coming they agreed. "Th Utah congressmen and others ia th west are tireless worker work-er for their states." The visitors also art In charge of Indian bureau expenditure and said th federal government 1 spending millions yearly.