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Show FARM rARl\I rARl I \ LEADERS HEAR OFFICIALSDISCUSS OFFICIALS OFFICIALSDISCUS OFFICIALSDISCUSS DISCUS DISCUSS " NEEDS FOR WATERNecessity ' WATER 'VATER VATER WATERNecessity - - Nece Necessity ity for conservation conserv'1tlOn conserv1tlOn conservltton ' of lr- lr ir- ir lrrIgaUcn irrigation ir irrigation - rigation rIgaUcn and culmarvater culinary culmarv , water -ater ater - and the thedevelopment thedevelopment thedevelopment development cf possible COUl ; somces sources C'e Ce ' ' > of ofwater ofwater ofwater water in the state of Utah . , , formed thp tha thabasis thpbasIS thbasis ? basIS for fOf the program of the annual annualadult annualadult a"1111adult a1111adult " " ' adult leadeis les.dels lesdels Ieadeis . ' ' conference that ' was mas ' 135 held heldat heldat heldat at the Utah State Agricultural college collegefrom collegefrom collegefrom from December 2 to 13 13Un 13Un1er 13tinier Un1er tinier Un er the diecticn dlccti'cn dlccticn diectfcn ' of the state extension ex- ex extensIon ex extension - - tension service semce , 107 101 leaders from the thevanous thevanous thevarious vanous counties cOtUlt1es of b Utah heard lead leadmg leading leading mg ing officials offiClals including mcludmg Governor Goven10r Henry HenryH HenryH HenryH H , . Blood , President Elmer EImer Peterson PetersonI PetersonDIrector PetersonDirector PetersonDirector I DIrector William Peterson , , T . H .Hum Hum .Hum'Phreys . .Humphreys Humphreys . Humphreys 'Phreys Phreys ' , state engineer engmeer . , Professor ProfessorGeorge ProfessorGeorge ProfessorGeorge George D Clyde , irrigation lITigation engineer engineerat at the college , , and others , point out outthe outthe outthe the problems prcblems that are facing facmg the thefuture thefuture thefuture future of ' western " estern civilization clvllizatlon , due to toI tothe tothe tothe the limited lImlted water supply for crpps cropshomes , , I homes and l1vest livestock"We livestock livestock"We ock ock"We "We We " must learn to use our watel water watersupply watelsupply watelsupply supply more conormcally cOIl'onucnlly cOIlonucnlly cononucally ' and judicious judicIous- judiciously - ly ; , " " said sald Governor Governcr Blood " "It It " 1t 15lsdom is 15 1s \\lsdom lsdom wisdom wisdomto \ wisdomto I Ito to . , .conserve conserve . , conserve every acre feotof footof foot feot of water waterthat waterthat waterthat that can be saved . . The ' Very 'very eistence e'cistence ecistence eistenceof e'cistenceof existenceof'many existenceofmany " ' { ' of 'many many ' of our Utah communities commurutles is isde isdependent isdeipendent de Cndent dependent upon its wath water wathsupply wat r supply supplyII II " IISlX Six SlX incurs mcur mears > s by which w wafer ter sunply on onland onland onland land could eouId be b ; mCleased mcieased inci eased were pointed pointedQut pointedout pointedout Qut out as IaS us < foFows f01'0\\ f01'0 f010 f01'0s fol'ows folows ' \ s by Director Dtrector PetersenReconstruction Petersen PetersenReconstructIon PeterscnReconstruction ReconstructIon of n\ers n ers 1'1ers risers 1'1\ 1'1 11 ' \ \ ers and streams streamsto to which wluch channels ar are attr att attichedmending hed , mending leaky canals , more economi ecOllonll- ecOllonll econonu- econonu ecOllonllcal econonucal economical - - cal irrigation practices , economic de- de development development de development - - velopment land I3nd rand utilization of under under- undergl1und underground underground - ground gl1und ( ) water wat.er . , reservoir reservelf the floodwaters flood floodwaters floodwaters waters and other waters for futureuse future futureuse futureuse use ; and the trans-diversion trans diversion trans-dherslOn dherslOn trans-dhersron dhersron - of ofstreams ofstreams ofstreams streams Director Peterson also out- out outhned outlined out outlined - lined hned proposed plans foi fOl for Utah to get gether gether gether her share of the Ccl Colorado do nverhJch nver river , \\hJch hJch which whichwould ' \ whichwould would , , ould laid I31d yard materially in increasing mcreasmg the thewater thewater thewater water supply of this state Instruction Instructionwas Instructionwas was given to both men and women m mthe mthe mthe the measurement of water and in de- de determining de determining - deItermining termining the amount needed de-I de I for fcr forfam111es fcrfamilies forfamilies fam111es families , herds and for land Manyother Many Manyother Manyother pertainingto other im important imporbant rtJant problems , pertamm pertaining to the farm and home , weie were , \ el e discussed discussedin ments In the various vanousl ' ' sessions and discussedI departments depart depart- departments departments - I |