Show fU rr DAY A r rr r PROJECT STARTED New New Form of Reclamation Approved by Iy Farmers I Utilizes Richest Lands in in State of Utah the contract awarded a WITH ITH yesterday work started st today today today to to- day on the tile Skipper Bay reclamation reclamation reclamation mation and drainage project ct near the mouth of the Provo river according to R. R A. A Hart government irrigation and drainage engineer I This project is not so large in It Itself itself it- it self said Mr Mn Hart but it is is' the forerunner of a new new plan of a reclamation reclamation reclamation mation campaign which will ultimately ultimately ultimately ulti ulti- result in the the saving of thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of acres of the richest land in inthe inthe I the state It will be one ne of the first I instances of off the waters of Utah lal lake e so that th the land may be I drained when the lake is low and the water pumped out when the lake is high I This land i is flooded most of th the year and has been enriched by the growth and deca decay of tules If the water can be taken o out oCt t it should grow anything There are thousands of I acres of the same sort of land along the lake for for- miles It can be re reclaimed reclaimed reclaimed re- re claimed at a trifling cost as compared compared com corn pared with its ultimate value and the farmers generally along the lal lake e are becoming advocates of this form of reclamation Other districts will be formed at an early date |