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Show s TO RECLAIM MUCH UTAH M LAND Big Irrigation Project to Be Discussed at Commercial Commer-cial Club. 1'lant for one of the grcatet irriga tion nl reelaiTiHtion whrmrs ever-mi dertakrn in the et will be dincuwed at a im-otinu to bo held at the oin mrrriul iluh nct Tneadnv. linvernor pl.v and a niirnbor of loral and enst-em enst-em rapitulil have been wnrking ijuietlv on the plan for nearlv two veara and believe that il ia fr enough advanred that thev mav (o ahead with the work that thev have in mind, wliieh will mean the irrigat injf of thousand of are of land m ftalt Lake and t'tah eounliw. Hrieflv the plan is to divert ome of the flood waters of III Weber river to Hie I'rovu river at a point near Kamas ill Wanteh eoiinty, tore the water and then ue it for the irria Hon of Inn. I n I'tah and Salt Lake ttmnties. esoreijillv land King in the oM Te.lT rorfanev Tvwn-trf-tHafc' lake and on the western aide of Halt l.ale eountv. For a niii'nber of months the men in terested have had eorpa of surveyor in the field. Tlieie men have made a careful htmlv of the feasibility of the i)hii to divert and store the waters of the Weber aad I'rnvo rivers and re iort thai it is enlirelw praetieable. The estimated eost of the ork is between t.oiMi.ixni and .".(tiHI.lHMl and il ia undcrstnoil that the money i reailv for the work, whieh will likely be started within the next month. |