Show WITY ITY EITY ASKED TO HELP RECLAIM i BIG ACREAGE OF ALKALI LAND ND Plan of Waterlogged Water Water- Ian Drainage logged Area West of Salt Sal Lake H. H M. M BUNCE By y The reclamation of more than fO acres cre o of what is now arl arid land between be be between between be- be tween the Jordan river and Great Grut Salt SaIL lake means homes for tor about people Rn and an n Inc Increase ase In Industrial output of a territory Imm immediately contiguous con on lo 0 Salt Lake that will run Into millions of f dollars donars annually That It Itcan Itcan can be tJ Accomplished has been demonstrated demon demon- b by tho tha United States ta tes department of oC agriculture and forty acres known a sa HS the Swan tract offers ofer ocular proof for or nil who will take inke the trouble to isIt It It In In th time the belief that a a. movement must bo ho made madr to remove this thin alkaline eyesore eye eye- sore whIch from the beginning of oC Salt Sall Lake ha has detracted from the tho city's value val al al- al ue w ur Glenn Glem It H. Bothwell Rothwell L. L P P. Kelsey Kell Y YAnd and W. W n. n have formally presented pre pm-c- a n proposition to the elt city to ex extend extend ex- ex tend the surplus c canal nal from It Its ha pres present lIt terminus Williams lake to Great Gre-at Salt lake Inke The The- city dU In JR asked to pay to defray y part put of or the cost and Jn n return the promoters agree ogree to give elvo Iye Salt Lake J er easement through tho tha canal for carrying off th the surplus waters ter of th the Jordan river C Canal nal Causes Cause Trouble Ever er since the time canal has hns lma boon been constructed constructed con con- sh 11 It has haN been a L source of trouble I to farmers living living- o on adjoining lands i and to the city It has ral raised ed the surface of Williams lake ke and waterlogged ad adjoining nd- nd joining lands In times or of high water overflow o has hns created small lake that become breeding places for tor mos mon Q JIt s and tiles flies Although the canal 1 hi he now at the time edge edge- of the city limits the Uie city to pl prevent ent filing of damage Milts recently agreed to appropriate 1000 12 1 12 miles to to to- extend the canal two to farther and lower the water In lake such Such relief would only be tern tem p for eventually It must muel bo be extended ex- ex tended to Great Salt lakeI lake I 1 have he headed d d this movement said aid Glenn It R. Bothwell because I believe something must be done tione to change e i condition thai 1111 Is annually working great t Injury to this city This Inn land west and northwest sl of the elt city can be reclaimed hu settled this federal government go has s The will wl take several se fact for all 11 11 time It to do It II but that Is II all th the more years start should be made at reason wh why a once m Although we have ha only orly made preliminary pre- pre surveys etI we know In a general where the ditches and laterals lateral WJ way vay xi be run rn To train drain the theland land and amI rid rill It o of ot the alkali lk will w coat cost In the n neigh neigh- t h- h of about n 15 an aero acre and amI will necessitate the th running of thirty or spore more miles of ditches and laterals The total cost coal I l will approximate about one million and ml a quarter Qu dollars Impression on Vl Visitor People visit Salt Lake and go to What do they see see- seer Stretching away on nil all sides miles and miles mile of or united land Why h dont don't you OU farm It It th they y ask Then the they are told that tile the presence of alkali makes male the growth of e vegetation Impossible Th Then n the they want wantI I t. t to know at ot least lenet some of them then do do o If It there Isn't some way 11 of getting rid of the time alkali If they ther are tiro talking to 10 atm SUI any anyone one who knows the truth of the sItu situa situation tion t the they are Informed that It can h b ha done but no one has hns taken hold of the proposition Naturally the they think It strange that Western people who hethe have h. havethe the reputation for tor doing things dont don't tackle the time Job and make malce alt all this arid lend land blossom like the rose rolle Its It's humiliating aUn- aUn to admit that such Is the tho case To pl place ce this land In proper shape f c to the extent that It can ve the fullest returns it should be bedi di dined for or a a depth of four our feet from th the surface To effect tItle this drainage will wiil require between two and three years CRr After It had b been en drained the depth of n a foot ot however which could bo h easily accomplished In one ono year ar bar bar- JI Icy ley oats oat and amI loose alfalfa could thrive The rh first fiut three feet teet can be easily drained drain drain- ed Id ns RS It I Is of or a sandy loam formation TItlow Ihlow this formation Is II a n. stratum of ct that th much longer to drain The first thing to be done Is the completion com corn of the surplus canal canni In order t that nt the water level of the time can canal l mAh may mA mayho ho h as aa low as possible so 80 that every ery fo foot t tor of or the surrounding lend In nil mn ma may be he drained It I In is estimated that the animal rinal should be from SO to lest feet In width The lower the water surface of the drainage o canal the greater the dep depth h of drainage to the thel theland l land consequently every foot oat the time canal canall l tm h widened the depth of the flow no Is I. deci de- de ci raced To complete It from Williams lmke to Gre Great Gret t Salt lake a dist distance nce of or lt IQ miles mlle will wll cost coat In the ther r of about It is III es- es tell If H the time city signs the contract with the thA promoters it will place two dredges In service with th the view of or finishing fin nn- I the work before the end of ot next arLater ar Later Laterals ls Necessary The th cnn canal l will have no commercial value until laterals J connect it with the tIme thousands of acres of l tend nd to the north and south that should be drained The TIle completing of ot the canal only means furnishing an outlet for fOT the surplus water water wittel wa wit- ter tel of the Tom Jordan river river river-a a matter In which the time eft cli city has hae particular Interest The he promoters rl h by placing their money In the canal l will wilt be Burning the risk ste that th land o owners will wilt not want to togo go o to the tho expense of draining their I lands VII W We feel It Is only fair that the city should hould bear r some part hart of the tIme expense of completing the canal for the canal alone Is for tor the lie benefit of ot the city I said uld 1 L. L P. P But without It we would not be In a a. position to build laterals laterals lat lat- lat lat- rale and fond 11 drain ln the surrounding country coun coun- try For that reason we am arll willing to take upon our shoulders the greater greatel part of or the burden hurden The drainage system y tem tern that we e propose propone to lo Install means a increase atle lii In the the- productive l lire are rc a tributary t to io LakeS Lake to It means that all the land affected will Increase ase In value alue s several ral millions of ot dollars that It will wilt care CAr for tor about families or 01 about OOOO people that th Immense crops will tin be educed nm-educed ll annually that big sums will b be placed In circulation b by tho those Inhabiting In the land and nd last lut hut not least leant the t taxes ue that will sill accrue from tram the ho Increased a ec valuation Uon of the time theland land will 1 he be e a n. factor not to he be sneezed sneered at t. Much of this land can be turned Into beet lIet acreage e It on only requires about oo t won acres to support a 1 sugar fac tac- t tory ry This land can handle several U sugar Ar factories P Does II this mean anything anything anything any any- thing to Salt Lake Means Mean Bigger city rion fo for taking hand Is My h reason a. a more 11 for far th the of this community than th anything IU 1 Raid I have e lived 1 Im hi 1 for ioa iw MUn s nty-s n years carl nn l I t hay have w Salt t Lake grow I 1 want w to se e It grow moc Tho Time reclamation tion 1101 of Ihla hla lane lanC means a. a cater tl sail and n a bl r r int tam Its It's S rol PC to be a big bli ta taU fn for a 1 ft If fe rr t t lo to 0 handleI handle I ht ha th city commission that n at sOoT soon GS as US that bOa v the contract with v n In n even nt H t J I. I tl t am m willing to st stem Itu 0 town down give rhe 2 00 to who will shoulder my share hare of tho That h tl I T feet feel about It ft it This wort must mt b bs started nOl and completed ard nd rod X I know ft H. H For this I tc TCP son on nn this th's tl r n alone I nm am will will- Inn to go ahead with I h It H 1 The Tha Swan Ewan tr tract ct that Is now urd r jn was wan e tp upon by bytho tim tho de department o of ot for three years liars rs Crops ran 1 d r ron on this pt piece e olland ol or 1 land hu-d Ae are to I ammy raised on Ott the best bent om land Jan In hI Ulan Alfalfa does won won- d vH well 11 anti Rd tt it I Ii im said Jd d only requires three thre t a 1 year JL n. A A. Hart Ham In f drain drainage a r engter en en- rr e Nn r. r States d department of or sericulture agrIculture in fn an a article entitled Drainage Factor Jn tn th the Growth of or Salt Lako City t tella lU In Irl a manner maImer I that hat ian An be undu understood tood by the average layman layman layman lay lay- man of ot what Import to Salt Satt Lake is the j i o V Iq P I l Ii E D DA VIs 2 1 J a J HORGAN COUNTY t i I T g 7 l T Y 1 2 I I St 7 I 3 t I. I I I J j T. T J. J I. I o o. o I I LO 7 r- r M 11 t 4 T 1 r I Ie 1 I 1 I 0 h. h A 7 q A t-I. t L a Ie I 4 7 1 l 7 6 2 I s A t tRi r. r L. Ri A I t C 1 m I r I Y t Jj of J 1 0 l 1 T I r- r T A 1 r- r I Co 1 f I. I b f p r 1 1 J V I V Y D CI C T I P c W Jr t- t I c 1 I 4 1 f i- i I t S SI 1 y t J. J I f. f o f- f J W SH 11 I c I rr l' l f j r 14 I z i l A 1 7 J Ix r I V i Y- Y nrc lI or l. I i 10 1 j b lJ I lJ l- l T I J 1 1 o. o I j 0 V 1 lit 7 t I p 11 f I fET Ir G.- G. i r A- A pv L 1 J. 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I i WATER TO crAg TA Y CLAIMED COUNTY COUNTY drainage e o of these thelle alkali J l lands n s j Hart HartS S says S 'S In part as follow folios a II Hart Hait Advises es Drainage It may sound antithetical to ay say that one of the time most Important factors of the tIme future crowth of or Salt alt Lake Laka City he time I H acknowledged capital of or tho the arid V sst M IH is thed tImed of agricultural Iama lar la s yet et such a n statement is capable I of proof and It is the purpose of this article to Impress upon the public generally gen fen the vital importance of this pha phase e eo o of reclamation work We e must admit that agriculture Is the tho fundamental l basis ballis of ot our existence and ane Is la the foundation of both bath manufacture I ture and commerce Utah l la lam primarily an agricultural state and amid with all duo due i respect to our 0 mining and other allied Indu Industries we are compelled to e cage fI agriculture aa as being the one stable table producer of private n necessities and public public pub pub- lic Pc wealth The Importance of artificial under- under drainage ma rna may be realized when It fl Is known that the tho amount of agricultural land in the State of Utah now no unproductive unproductive unproductive or given over o tb wet pastures for want of or drainage Is equal to at least a fourth of the amount of land in thu tho state actually being Irrigated Much of this Injured area aren has been productive and has been brought to Its present 1 rt ent condition through a too liberal u use of ot irrigation water A considerable area has bas always all been In the condition In which we now se see It Much of the hInd bind in Utah that Is IE In need of drainage does not present the appearance of or a swamp to the eye In truth much of or It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is dry on omi the tho surface and md 1 is covered with willm willma n a deposit of ot powdered or crystallized salts sails known popularly as alkali These salts however hoever Indicate that for fora a part of ot each year ear at least leat the ground groundwater groundwater groundwater water reaches a dangerous proximity to the surface such that through the tIme sell cUon on of capillary attraction and aud evaporation eva era th the salts alls are arc brought to and deposited upon the surface of the ground These The e salts are of course Injurious t. t ta t plant life as Is indicated b by the tho barren barten bar bar- ren ten condition of the soil or h by th the presence of or certain alkaline plants such as salt grass greasewood alkali heath etc ete It is only necessary tJ t-j provide ample amplo to a I depth of ci six feet or more mol moland and then loach leach out the alts salts by n. n lIberal application application cation of Irrigation water coupled to a vigorous cultivation of the soli soil It Is itt impossible to wash sash the salts from the surface h by flushing The They must he dissolved dis solved and aud reached out into the un- un l Salt Ruins Plants Plant The Th prese presence of the salts on the tIme surface Indicates that the ground water water water wa wa- ter Is at such n a height that plants would suffer even If fC there were no salts AAlt present so serves nerves n II double dou dou- bIn ble bitt purpose It behooves ePi eli all citizens of this city I. I and state to acquaint themselves with the UHS needs and possibilities of drainage a as a n factor In agricultural development developmentS The farmer must understand the time situation situation situation situa situa- tion naturally as aa he lie Is directly In touch with II It and there Is no a valley 11 e In Inthe Inthe inthe the state In which the problem of wa a a has haa not been encountered and there are few Individual farms that could not be improved ed by drainage should b by all aU The rhe hanker banker means understand the time situation because lands la Injured b by an excess of or water or alkaline alkaline alka lka- line salts generally have a very Pry low loan bait value when as 8 a matter of fact tact most farms which are not paying taxes can caim be Improved at a cost of from front 15 15 to 2 25 2 an atm acre and be made to yield I returns on ott ona otta a valuation of or front from to Tier net I acre One of 0 the greatest obstacles to dr drainage reclamation m Is the securing of sufficient funds to effect the time tion Un Business men professional men manufacturers railroad heads and men In the building trades should understand time the situation because the time future of or their business In this section depends to n a considerable extent upon this factor This Is true truc not only because of the present plesent status but because the problem grows bigger as time goes on and each e new irrigation development brings with It an Increase In the time acreage demandIng demand demand- In big Ing reclamation b by drainage In fact all nil prudent Irrigation companies make makeI a n comprehensive drainage system a vital part of their plans when the they begin a anew anew new Irrl Irrigation project and it Is usually safe to avoid projects that advertise perfect natural drainage because becam e till this Is itt only a II relative term which applies be before before before be- be fore irrigation water Is put upon the theland theland land but cannot apply appl at afterward Even Evenn n mm high gravelly gravell bench does not haep have hae p |