Show SAN JUAN BASIN ANCIENT civilization the san juan aher basin Is one of 1 the oldest settled regions in the united i states according to archaeologists it appears that basket weavers lived i there as early as tho year 2000 B 0 and ruins of later prehistoric cliff dwellings furnish mute evidence of a lone buried past while check dams built at least 1500 years ago to conserve the scant water supply of the region are still functioning as planned by the primitive engineers of that lost civilization tales of fabulous wealth presumably of these prehistoric people led spanish explorers into the region in 1541 and later gold mining became an extensive activity the region Is also replete with natural wonders the magnitude of the ruins indicate that apparently in the past the basin played an important part in human activities today however the utilization of the basin for either mining or agriculture Is not extensive owing perhaps to its remoteness from the main transcontinental routes in connection with its classi catlon of the public lands the geological survey department of the interior in 1925 assigned E C larue hydraulic engineer to make an investigation of the water resources of the area and their present potential utilization his report which Is now available for public inspection shows the san juin river as the second largest tributary of the colorado river and like that stream it has unused water resources sufficient to sustain large development in agri culture and water power the present power demands are small and are sup plied bv than horsepower generated in four plants the undeveloped power resources consist of 10 power sites capable of yielding with storage about horsepower tho undeveloped agricultural resources are also of large magnitude and are described in a separate section of th report complied from published and records of the bureau of reclamation and other sources more than acres Is susceptible to irrigation but at pres ent less than acres of the reg ion Is irrigated the lands are capable of producing a wide diversity of i agricultural products and ultimately the region may become a large contributor tri butor to our national food supply the report describes in detail all the present proposed power sites and the present and possible irrigation development it Is in manuscript form only and may be examined at the main officer of the geological survey at washington D C or the branch office at denver mrs W D hamond president of the parent teachers association of moab this week received letters from senator heed smoot and congressmen don B cotton and E A leatherwood of utah who acknowledged receipt of the resolutions passed by the moab association urging the utah representatives to support the educational bill now pend F ing n congress all stated that the measure would receive their careful attention and support |