Show I BG G LOCAL liON P. P R 0 J E C J CO Thousands of Acres of Rich Land in Salt Lake and Utah Counties Counties' Now to Be Put Under Water Will Support By J. J LEO MEEHAN One day back in the thc early seventies when the old Utah Central railroad was being built around Point of the Mountain at the Jordan narrows Brigham Young Young- stood tood on the spot there which commands such Much an all In inspiring panorama panorama panorama pan pan- orama of Utah valley on the south and Salt Lake valley alley on the north Some da day h he told the men who stood 1 around him the waters of or Provo Pro river will be bo used to Irrigate these lands In Salt Lake valley An And his arm ma made mado do a broad cep over o tho the great tracts of ot sagebrush and greasewood that lay north of the narrows During the past week without the blowing of ot horns the blaring of ot bands without the knowledge of oC man many thousands of th the people who live JIve In Salt Lake and Utah allf valleys vaile's this thin prediction came true Water Vater taken from the Provo river In Provo Pro canyon Is this Very cr minute slowly surely surely- surely creeping creeping up into up-into Into th tin west westside pst side hta of Gr Great at Salt Lake valley quenching the thirst of parched and andu u useless eless lands that perhaps have ha not been flooded wince sInce tho waters of or ancient Lake Donneville receded from their mountain high shore lines linos H a ages s ago Snows and rains have ha fallen tallen upon these lands It is ig true trite but hut not In sufficient nt quantities nor a at t tho prop proper r seasons to ever e make them available a for tor a agriculture Vi Within thin the next few summers the they will be bo made malic to produce and bloom and make e for Utah another vast ast garI garden garden gar gar- den tract tract that that at nt the very door of oC I Salt Lake City Vision Comes True So nearly half halt a R century after Brigham ham Young Young Young-he he of ot the prophetic vision foresaw islon foresaw the possibility of ot the theaters waters aters of ot the Provo river being utilized to make the arid wastes of ot southern Salt Lake e alle valley beautiful the vision has come true Anti And to a aman aman man who was a mere youngster oun stel in those days lays belongs most mONt of or the he credit for pushing that prediction to its fulfillment The man Is Joseph 11 It Murdock of Heber Heher City president and general manager of oC the Provo ro o Reservoir Beset Reser vole voir company compan Through his perseverance perseverance perse perse- verance crance against apparently Insurmountable insurmountable insul mountable obstacles and with the assistance of a few men who be believed believed be- be In him and his vast I project project- notably Francis W. W Kirkham of this I city the city the taste task Is accomplished and only the details remain to be he com corn Frida Friday afternoon a party part of or Salt Lake business men inezi accompanied by newspaper men left leet In automobiles to tose se see tho opening of or this great new ca canal canal ca- ca nal nat system Few Fow If Ir an any had the slightest conception of or the remarkable remarkable remark remark- able ahle piece of or work worl they were going to see They supposed the they would see flee some raw land with newl newly excavated canals running through It and perhaps perhaps per per- haps Homo sorno flumes mind and other works WOr kindred to a reclamation scheme What hat the they really saw made them thorn realize that thata a vast ntH now agricultural future had been beon opened within a few fow miles of tho the urn lim its of Salt Lake City They returned profoundly l Impressed and marked up their I Am for tor Utah stock about five I full rull J points Acres Opened Through the time quiet almost unheard of or work that has been carried on dur tI ing the past few Cew years by Joseph It R. Murdock an and his untiring associates some fifty thousand litres of agricultural agricultural tural lands arc are now under ditch with ith ithan an abundant and certain water ator sup HUP- 1 il ply ply- 1 Farmers are breaking ground here and there over o tho the great area al already already al- al ready and the they are only the vanguard ard of the this arm army that thal In must list loon soon populate the tho north end of or Utah nty co and tho the south end of Salt Lake Lake- count county as a n re result result re- re sult suit of or the work of the Provo Reservoir company and th time the Utah Lake Lak Irrigation allon company both hoth of or which are Murdocks Murdock's enterprises It I Is 8 conservative to estimate that this little lUHe agricultural ural realm of or the Continued on or pare page 3 L section 2 M ls TO flOURISH m 1 O OE t TIME ut ESERT mT d from O 1 sup 11 cd- cd 1 room r be CS L t farm arm o fi to ZOO farms farmS- would woud be half a farm there the thio Counting o cA' cA the the he that 1115 0 other n nd d such uh a aL In up p 1114 n I nr c s cn that thit It il W will I 5 L con con- vcr arOln is s t the the li Hut to e to S Salt lt Lake Cit CitY to the thele al Utah I that t In 10 f o a Wi m ill brIng S an Impossibility r Joseph s the hT h havo T sod nd his p nr this this herculean Ie I In Ible Yet this 1 is T more t the h jt things th that t i or OI lv roUfe 1000 e for the fu- fu has rj r life t I irrigation r tt n in infirm I t the nr lIe er I In t the l n firm h hc has s fought t the theand 11 tare se or of water and ater 1 In the I CO courts or of the r 1 or of the ln at until b qU A I tat S been Ing the prin- prin II I- I ho IS s I n. n and now O I the where tt It II b by used I bt be F fought ht for lor Rights he sp spent n t several eral thou sand in fl f fJ Salt Lake elt CItY and before ho he could thrust countY t Lake cou ElIt this agricultural b giftS When us won d to n file I upon the surplus t M ro r-ro river for lor use In of the PrOVO PrO u UP that he would a crY cr tsu I lbs vater t pl of this valO valI val val- would lower I lake his Up- Up I IL O tion I are and dry Up the Jotta Jot Jot- 8 Some feared he ml might ht ta n her rI Utah lake e He HO m must st bl be tr tl up P th those these waters no matter un tm taking t lh the cost cost- were commenced against him the tho state At t a cost coste the tte courts of d some e lung and an Inestimable Cant of Yo worry worn and brain power Murwon Mur- Mur I I won son And In winning he conI con- con td most st or of his opponents to a aion T t I ion 00 that he ho was rl right hl The suT sure su- su rot re wurl finally 1 adjudged to him tI that at water Until right to tale Et Ib til decision he lid did not kio know whether 13 going I to have ha the water to car car- 00 his projects Knight if Gave Aid was another man too w who vm o be bea beast be- be ast ee a believer er In Murdock's Murdocks project ct ni r 1 bO today is a l believer In Mur- Mur as s a 1 t man mall who can accomplish that look 1001 Impossible He lie lie Is II kt C Jesse Se Knight of Pro o Iro 0 him him- IiI sl i a pioneer r and amI bulkier builder r who has ht prosperity to o himself and to any AT others In the construction of or his ee Murdock appealed to toI fade Jc Jesse for or assistance during I l I court Irl fight He convinced Knight il t 1 lila Ills view jew about using the flood was the correct on one He lie per- per p td d time the h capitalist to put moc money In into o i project at a time when financial fi s was vas sorely ne needed ded So 80 Knight I among anong ng the thc winners tOO today The sur- sur fp 3 waters aters of or the Provo river arc are h beK be- be beo K l and not detrimentally s mark my nw word the d day y will e when It will be he a question or of tho thu omi rather than the tho beneficial use tit d that Is the thc next step says Mas Macli ruid W W. Kirkham the thc young oun chief tk and aide ale to lo President Mur- Mur ick Who vho is a director In tho the Provo voir Ir company compan and in the Utah l bIt e Irrigation company compan On One time when the question of or the use of water was before a n of or the thc legislature some op- op ests of ours argued that the they were it it on a certain stream and md were entitled to Its full flow he At some future time lime the they d 1 the they might need more water atc I and lt would woul the they from If Ir others care ant Jn In and appropriated water from rom n Itt tt stream upon which they settled ett Economy the Watchword t. t 1 answered n them this way If lC you tere lere e the first men to settle on the banks e Of a large e river ri would you OU feel feci that w ou had the right to keep everybody off G c that r r from froni Its iLs source Murce to Its Ks 2 Oth at some time In m the tho dis- dis Uti future your our grandchildren's great might b by a Ver remote n le K pe hae e land enough h to use u-le th the f tle now flow of or that river It H is 18 just lust the be same samo A man Is 18 entitled 10 i itai at aM much water a as he Con can beneficially tie b and no more As the Vest lest develops i s lands and moro more water for or the thc are It will IU bc he decided that man Ls is oely nl entitled to as much water U 15 he can P Y thEre use be- be Tater will be c N M o much use UNe for the thc j There are re men In ln the vicinity of oC our en even n to today who ay lilt it right ehl ehi to arc are claiming eight or nine acre feet of itt il-itt Some even Cn claim time the rIght to ben IJ that It oal amount Can the they I keep it I car aV n he beneficially applied tea We think not not- and that has his a n and u iiii still Is ls ln in fi sonic bome Instances our Ph l H. H f the th MUrdock can rightfully rl 1 be o 0 oU father of our Irrigation laws U It was a. It through t the tte iSi his efforts law largely that Ita II wS ial laus s of tho the Were cre leek Vilu V upon the statute I IIII b lUre he was a member of oC tho tim It wa all In firn i. theM Ulea la laws t that at endt If ored to establish the or of the J c use of or water lit wa a vU 1 I oM Irrigators opposed II by some Home of or V 0 who declared they t Vre r ere e red entitled r r nearly n r to n nil all the wat water r that ext cx- cx rn and aM all nit of it It They came cameto r ro It all b 1 to them and 81 d to old hold It t I time me a as until such a childrens children's cn s childrens children's great great- coulL use it il all won on out l a But Hut Murl Muron Mur- Mur G and his laws went on tho the I e lit n e Legan building ding canals In his hut her nt he e 00 count county H hither I City b he the tho central figure In or of Is of or tho the bank the ilo Ij CO store and church If tho stake o of the thc Mor- Mor n th there re lIe I Interested In al projects proJect 7 owner and Is a a. r or of ISIH el tt managing the the I In construction o of l J I OJ Wa Ich count thieve there the nl sr great at areas s lie ho went he range ranS Into th the basin w- w H arranged nef e O tI rUe I nul b on o of about one half of or tb the or of that basin Much basin ss of or the great i lit flu dup IU n nd to hiI his efforts In this thIN d Ih them b. b built t t lm Ie as rapidly r. as h hit C turner turned them over r i to t only his land ond In- In kf t Fathers Father Canal It It Over O ver five IV Ie years ars a ago o otin became tin J In Pro- Pro TIme Thc 1 Utah or of f tho ho first system was re t the results At the i point river leaves caves tIme the 0 lake Plant It t lifts lUx a huge hus-e pump pump- tern rn r far ar Water t Into to a n canal tern Item up fir o 0 the nl hll Jc on Oil the 7 thc water ater the valley lly- lly These canals lUh along the north c benches AI anil 1 hito to Salt pr Lako coun- coun P ac of or U under s laud land er w feVe ut e are are f Wa water ter r In n this project tr iii hI Utah acres We t of or the tho Jordan COunty COUy count on th ann and 10 in Salt alt II Hv er III In n the tho tat east elde o of thin the Utah a and county there thelt arc are In Iii Salt L' L 1 iMko Lako Laka county o district mi an micr I Urd k acres crI Associated h 11 this hl 3 with L enterprise cr such auch L I 7 Quenches Thirst of t the Valley Soil Is F Fertile ii 4 r e I V j f. f i v d 1 J f M 7 J i A AJ J a zi M fW i v Sir Sir- SirA A K l J L' L ij S 1 p 1 i x c E ii- ii 1 W rE Wf r tt m men en ns as Senator Reed need Smooth t L. L L L. L N Nunn J J. J Will III Knight Co Cal Col C C. E E. Loose S Stephen L 1 L. L and others With Ith this undertaking wen well under warthe way war t the he beginnings lIeg s o of the thc Provo reservoir p project l were started Originally tho time p plan n lan only called for or the thc watering of or b bench ench lands on the thc PI Pleasant Pheasant Grove American t Fork ForI Alpine and Lehl Lehi benches l Water aler was as to bo be taken out of ot t the he Provo river at a point Just above t tho he power plant nt near the tho m mouth of oC the tho canyon nyon and distributed b mb by hy y c canal nal around the thc north end end of or tho the v valley alley to the thc Lehi bench hench But Murdoch l had hall his eyo eye on they ast t tracts III in tIme the south end of or Salt SaIL I Lake Ilko iko c county count west est of or the thc Jordan narrows He lIe l ie wanted to at water r at least a part of ot t that hat tract tract- But he dared not tell ten hi his b business associates what he Intended to todo toJo too d do Jo o for the they would have thought thou he lie was v visionary or erratic and probably would h ha have hae ave e I withdrawn wn So he kept his scheme l to himself working It out only w with ith his his en engineers and Francis W. W K Kirkham a director of or the tho company compan Run your line high enough so w wan wb c can an cross the thc narrows waa ws his order to 0 the engineers when they began an to tolan p plan lan the canal Keep it up where w we e can cams get fet across the tIme narrows One survey a was run by Engineer Jarvi Jar- Jar v vi is Another b another engineer engineer- was too t oo low A third made by the pres pres- present present e ent nt engineer Incer Irvin Jacobs a young U University of or Utah graduate was high hig-h. It I t checked with the Jarvis JarIs survey That w was as the one Mr Ir Murdock wanted and ande h he e ordered the canal built on that sur sur- v Ve vey ey At any an place Ilace along there at this tI time me had the survey been run thirty f feet lower we c would have been heen unable t to o havo have across the narrows harrows s says ays Kirkham I Iut ut Murdock lur Jock Insisted t that hat the survey be he kept high h. He lie al always al- al alays w ways was ays had that cro crossing of or the narrows vs in view though he kept his pet scheme c close lose to Ir Murdock Murdoch Interests Bank Then came lean days when more m money oney was needed Thousands and t thousands of or dollars had been heen expended b but ut much more was needed be before oro theater tho the w water ater could b be e conveyed across the n narrows arrows Finally however Mr Murdock Mur Mur- d dock ock Interested ni- ni 1 board of or directors o of or f th the Zion Savings and Trust company compan o of or f this city an and the they gave him hini more f financial backing It it has imo always been i a source sourm JUiL UI of or or 01 won WOn WU on it imo been i a source sourm JUiL UI of or or 01 won WOn WU on ul der Jer er to me what Murdock l accomplished o on n practically nothing In tho the thoa a way of or f finances says 0 O. C. C Beebe c cashier of t the he Zion S. ln Savings s bank banI Beebe made tho the I c comm comment nt at the tho banquet In the thc Roberts h hotel otel Frida Friday evening e when the time Salt f Lal Lake aice e capitalists were tho time guests of ot tho the c company What he ho has done llone on pr c t tlc II nothing Is truel truely remarkable With the time backing of or the thc big Salt I-ake I b banking Institution Murdock l ordered his y youthful engineer r. r Jacobs Jacohs to go JO ahead a an and nd cross cros the time Jordan narrows narrow And this i In n Itself was vas |