OCR Text |
Show Water Brings Idle Acres to Great Yields L'tiib claim to be the main stat In the West to have achieved li rlga- tl it prosperity, following lrri atlo b the red man la tho Boutt weak A ter a lap of aeventy yean, tha yar of 12 haa been tho great, at la lr igatlon accomplishment. Tho I'tah Water Storage isioeia- ticn. prompted by a dire water hort- aie In 11 . haa alnce that time dire di-re -ted the construction of pr ijectg w ilch hsve actually brought arater - to 417.01 S thirsty acrea. government aurveya disclose that the Beehive state haa S4.M).ooo acre of land. Of that 20.000.000 la . lassl- fi 1 aa arable. There are S.otiu.ooe ' area that may be brought under lni-i lni-i gi tlon by the promotion of content- p. -ted project. K no ugh of thci en- gfcieerlng feata are now being ur- vfjed to double the Irrigated ai ea ( l:iah within the next five yean. The original purpose of the water storage organization wag to leler- min the agricultural poaslblllt ea of c ntral L'tah. Purauant to till t nder- t king, engineer began urve ra of Ffwvo. Weber and Jordan riven furnishing fur-nishing streams for iaxma In Utah, j Sglt Like, Tooele, Summit M iria, i Dtarui and Waaatch eountlea. TO RECLAIM MANY ACRES. jMoat of the project surveyed under the direction of the Hah Aater storage aaaociatloa tap these t eanaa. Future plana, however. Included proj- ecu on tho Sevier river. Green river, IVar river and numeroua mountain) stream. I The atate legislature In apeclal sea-atona sea-atona In September. 1H. pssetd tha irrigation district bonding lnw making mak-ing it legal for water user to rgan-lae rgan-lae themselves) into dlatricta and bond the district by offering the lai d for sseoutity. In Auguat the first group of farmer to take advantage nt thl provision effected th Honn-ville Ir- rU.ul.-n district In aouth Davis coun-tt- Tlie project consists of 4600 acre. ' I Bonneville Irrigation dlati-kl will receive water from Vtnh lake p imped Itjto Jordnn river at Iehl to Bolnt j of diversion In Salt Lake. Kn.ni here) ! 10 will t diverted by a wate -proof cgnnl through th bed of lieck'a hot spring. Contract for the canal work, pumping plant anil othet con-elruction con-elruction work belonging to tin ayatem aya-tem have been let. IWeU-r county followed th Bone nrvlllc Irrigation district with petition pe-tition to autliorlia a unit with 45.73T aires to'he known aa the Webe Irrl-gntlnn Irrl-gntlnn district. Water from .Ve!r nhd Trovo rivers villi augment a de- . cfeaeed aupplv already being u ed on irr'gnted farma In Weber county. j North llavls county farmers "Xnoct t Increase the productivity of their land approximately -3 1-3 .er cent when they complete a proposed project. proj-ect. I Morgan county water users w It organise or-ganise a district which will ad I 3&00 acre to Its arable tracts. A urvey by th I tah Water Storage a -ocla-tlon provide for tha construction of a huge dam nt the fork of Lost creek. It will retain approximately 1000 feet of water. Siw-lngvtll district will adi 2100 acre to th tte' arable tots next summer. Mapl.-tnn district w II Increase In-crease the aum 2800 acres. tanta-quln tanta-quln farmers hare completed sjrveya for a district to Irrigate dry bench land south of Utah luke 1 itallng about 2!."0 acres. New Hop Irrigation di-irli . formerly for-merly sponsored by th am to. promises prom-ises a resurrection. This pro cct in Duchesne county was nl. inlnned early In 1920. but an Invest iv:-it ion by atate offl'-iala prompted a re .1 islder-ation. islder-ation. The fate of thia i.-nuci -aklng I still in th balance. It uppeara that the 1'u.hetne farmer will get the water. |