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Show RIVER DIVERSION SUPPORT URGED Public support for program de- j signed to brine Colorado river wa- I ter to Utah farm lands was asked by G rover A. Giles, deputy attorney attor-ney general and secretary of the seven-state committee on Colorado river affairs. In an address Tues- ! day at the luncheon of the Aaso- ', dated Retail Credit Men In the Beau Brummel cafe. "Utah's future depends upon the ability of the rtate to put more lands to use," Mr. Giles declared. J This must largely be accomplished, accom-plished, he pointed out. by diverting divert-ing water from the Colorado river. "While 80 per cent of the arable land In the state Is west of the Wasatch mountains," he said, "80 per cent of the water resources are found east of the mountains. In the Colorado river basin." Mining and other industries no i longer can be expected to support fully the state's population, making mak-ing It necessary to develop additional addi-tional lands, the speaker declared. |