Show IN N UTAH UTAH I i u ot that was prat t Into the United a aby II by the Mormon pioneers In Utah said o 0 n It Young week there is j Ii a great lIlt deal ot of room for tor im ement In the methods In u use In Inthis this state 11 ht sump respects Colorado Wyoming and t lire ure now In W ad lance of Utah In thE perfection of Irrl I IG G gatlon methode I la largely clue I Itu tu to the given arllen by these Slat tot totI d I lit of which arE more advanced adane than fish In State engineering Some ac I I tine rou woo taken In this matter Ly by the i two years ego ago which I II I had for tor Its object th the encouragement ol of t the 11 storage of at water and It 1 IA 18 not Improbable that further 1 ration I be ba given the matter by the J tune which convenes In nr my That the subject la III one ot of grow growIng Ing pUblic Interest le III evidenced by br the i attention given tho th In the vart van i III cue by which the general government lIa has been bIen to toke take u a hand In the matter matUI I The la 18 oi of Ilal importance II In the west et Already many I from the Knot I and the South I IfoR foR Fens have hac been and are aro deeply i present with the l 1 rought about b by the cruder Imra I 1 Ion ot of earlier days daYI The elm pie Ill ot of the mountain 1 hal bas led to the ot of hundreds hundred ot of ot of agree ot of sage e brueh I rt n Now however greater engl skill and more capital are need needed j Id ed to In ga farther than the diversion of oC the am and conserve the great IIII at certain I seasons ot of the year hlll filch at present largely rune run to waite rho rh original ouch Burh as thole In alt lAke county were wee built by allo aeao f ot of community efforts and were Inid nut on the easiest linn linea The pea peo pie larked m ney though labor wac U t plentiful and In thia manner tM the varl arl ou canals anal were wert The fhe eel eeli el elI I construction ot of unal wac al not followed and the result has hae been tM the i loos or of a great real deal of at water from Crom CromI I 1 and ond le seepage pat The Tho Modern J system of canal anal building contemplates contemplate t 1 I the he direct conveyance ot of water to 10 its I In such luch a manner that lion seepage and evaporation are e eC C to a 11 minimum In the place of oC sharp angles angle In ht canals canal modern engi engineering 1 gentle cun curvet Fiume are al algo built to avoid extreme Iy around gulches I In a few words OM It mAY be call that the I aim or of the system le III to get the II 1 waler to the ground round at as quicklY as II pol po poI I stile Thu requires more capital and greater tI skill than was obtainable In Inlall lall early day Consequently It II b not I surprising that a gnat Mat work like the It a r HIr R I ver c anal wal consummated III a afew te few years yar aO ago which wan not possible In the early ot of Utah This company dammed the water of hear Dear rater and It some 40 miles at atI n I cost of plo ab The methode meth ode or company afford a striking object leeron tit of the between 1 the methods ot of early arl days and those thOle ot of more moll modern times 1 WATER STORAGE Great Ol t however os M has haa bM been n the cot cost cotor 1 or of diverting the mountain streams to aid agriculture It IL I le when we come COIn cometo t to u WR water storage that great reat I I Iq being Incurred It Is II here that ruch I higher engineering skill la II re rei i and It la III these theE things perhaps chi hi h 11 help to tn make It a field eld specially milting for tor State aid or r Government assistance The fact talt that In many maDY t J laic all the tho water ater In thE stream it I diverted 1 during durin Irrigating seasons makes the of the early ring water a necessity If a greater I u III to L ba secured un In those ts Already to efforts ot of I ral are heating good fruit g there Is II the tit It Nebo t band company which has baa a 1 big 11 storage reservoir and head works I The water 1 ha has been around Kimball Creek Valley and andI 1 I nil now th the me means of reclaim reclaimIng In Ing about ut acres acre ot of lan land with the prospect that this will 11 be Ie In Increased creased to acres Another pro jest jd or of character la Is the Ion reservoir which I Is w 10 successful that It its enlargement has haa been leen deter determined mined Oil an rho Clear CIar lake Irrl Irrigation company has haa availed avalle of oC several leveral small natural lakes Jakel Other companies ml might ht be mentioned all 11 ot of whIch are more or lees 1181 In theIr opera operations PROJECTS The Thc Attention that la II being given to hater ateI storage Is III but best shown by th the numerous projects project now being promoted promote find and consummated In different parta ot of the 1114 State Too much cannot be e said upon thle mAtter a as upon Il its advance advancement ment depends the Increase In tile the a agri agricultural rl t cultural resources ot of llah or Of the prod pro schemes schem none I is ot of greater grealer im than the Bonneville Water Int end Power Co which proposes to carry rorry carryout out one of the largest In the world near Leamington on the river Some miles of oC cur sur out m vcr have already been made for Cor the purposes ot of deciding upon the tho canals canall by which 0 of land I 10 be re 1111 The project le II now OW being pro meted and because ot of It Its being located on a river having 1 a lor large watershed It le II a scheme peculiarly suited to re eele State aid ald aldI I nother project of great Importance I Is the I I scheme by which It 11 Is 18 proposed to re reclaim claim to In Sanpete county At present there la 18 a shortage antI and this project Is II the h only way by which the supply tan can be Increased The scheme Includes a dam feet teet high and a tunnel two mike Ion long through the mountain range The project will cost COlt about 1 a quarter or of a million and when completed ill III rich reach lands land In the vicinity of Hrh The work Is III being undertaken hy by th the people who will use Ulle the water several smaller projects are aN I being carried out OUI among which is III the t company near anti and Mayfield Several projects ar al n contemplated and ont one or two nee being near Green River station or Green River These schemes are ot of able ma magnitude nod mean much to th the lint or of th State Anum A num ber of be totted but bUI u has bien said aid to to show how that much attention is I being hen given to this Important matter maUe which presages much greater advancement for tor Ulah In the near tutu future It is III understood that th the Stat Stal engl veer will make several recommends done In report to the state tat Lt 11 lature which will receive much at the Iia bands ot of that body It Is III ton tOft that th the le Ie legal pi gal side ot of this matter will be given riven the earnest consideration It demands nl It may bl be necessary In the near future to adopt different methods ot of end and water rights to p prevent vent money mony expended needlessly In settling lu In the courts This aide Idt ot of the I le of great importance and Will not doubt or later receive the wisest lion by the |