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' I Vast Sum Expended On OnIrouth OnDrouth I IDrouth I I Drouth Irouth ) Relief 'V V WorkElaboiate ' Work 'Vork WorkElaboiate ork I - I IElabolate Elaboiate Elabolate improvement to Utah Utahs Utahspublic Utahspublic s spubUc pubUc public domain domam financed by funds fundspersonally fundspersonally fundspersonally personally obtained by Governor GovernorHenry Henry H Blood from the Federal FederalRehef FederalRelief FederalRelief Rehef Relief Administration have been beenhsted beenlisted beenlisted hsted listed in a lange xange improvement 1mprovement re- re repcrt report re-pert re pert - - pc-rt pc rt port - recently completed by H C CJesson CJesson Jesson chief engineer engmeer of the Utah UtahDrouth UtahDrouth UtahDrouth Drouth Range Development Admin Admm- Admm Admin- AdmmIstratlOn Administration Administration - - istration IstratlOn which were submitted to toDarrel toDarrel toDarrel Darrel J Gl Gicenwell Gieenwell eenwell , director of ofthe ofthe the Utah Emergency Relief Ad- Ad Administration Ad Administration - ministration mlmstraUon and State Admin AdmIn- AdmInistrator Administrator Administrator - - istrator W.P WP W2 WJPA WJPAUnder . A AUnder AUnder Under the emergence emergenc emergency setup , , 83 83nells 83wells nells \ \ db "el el " weie neie e drilled dnUed dnlled of Vi which nhich hich 59 neie neieequipped \ weieequipped e1 e eqUlpped equipped \ with nith ith pumps and 3nd ' are noVo non noVofurnIshing nonfurnishing nowfurnishing furnIshing a water supply for herds herdsand herdsand and flocks fioch.s fiochs . A total of 130 springs sprIngsnere springswere nere \ ere developed and 36 small reser reser- reservoirs reser- reser reservoirs reservoirs - - voirs now noVo non sugg suggested tcd by both beth politi politi- political political political - - cal parties partles as a means of saving the themiddle themiddle themiddle middle "est est n " ft est s a 'dust dust ' dust bowl ' from fromcomplete fromcomplete fromcomplete complete ruin \ were nere \ ere constructed constructedIn In addition siddition . , 12 new livestock Uvestock trails trailswere \ " \ ere builtUtah builtUtah built builtUtahs Utah Utahs s drouth drcuth situation . , Engineer EngineerJessen EngineerJessen EngineerJessens Jessen s repOl repoit t Indicates had Us its Usbirta itsbirtn itsbirtn birta birtn in pre-depl pre depl pre-depicssion pre depicssion pre-depiession depiession - csslon days when whenabnormally whenabnormally whenabnormally abnormally high 11\ 11 li\estock li estock 11estock lisestock \ estock prices pricesresulted pricesresulted pricesresulted resulted in Utahs grazing lands be- be being beIng be being - ing seriously overstocked When Wheng1 Whengiazmg Whengiazing g1 giazmg azmg areas bore more thin th\n th n tlnn ' \ norm nOlm- nOlm norm- nOlmal normal normal - al capacity , the forage plants Vo nere neredepleted weredepleted ere eredepleted depleted and an accompanying lack lackof lackof lackof of water resultedThe resultedThe resulted resultedThe The Tayloi TaylOl Grazing Grazmg Act , , passed passedin passedin passedin in June of ot 1934 , , proldedforcontrol proldedforcontrolimprovement provided pro\ided pro ided \ for control controlimprovement controlImprovement improvement and policing pollcing of pub- pub publIc pubho pub-he pub he - lIc ho domain with the view of stabi stabi- stabilIzing stabi- stabi stabilizing stabilizing - - lizing an Industry dependent upon uponpubUc uponpublic uponpublic pubUc public range , , but no immedIate immedIatefunds Immediatefunds Immediatefunds funds were available to carry out outprovisIons outprovisions outprovisions provisIons of ot the actWith actWith act actWith With Will's Wills Ut9.l1's Ut9.l1s Ut9l1s Uth's Uths . ' ' ' depleted range fur- fur further furtlier fur further - ther tlier aggravated by absence of ofnormal ofnormal ofnormal normal storms stonns . , Governor Henry lL lL'Rlood H H.Riood HRiood . , 'Rlood Rlood flood ' made a personal persol1'3.1 persol13.1 persol131 ' . appeal to tothe tothe tothe the federal reUc relief ! administration for for$400,000 for400000 $400,000 400000 $ , In October 23 , 1934 Four Fourdays Fourdays Fourdays days later $200 200 $200000 200000 $ 000 was allotted allottedUtah allottedUtah allottedUtah Utah , and the Emergency Drouth DrouthRange DrouthRange DrouthRange Range Development Administra Administra- Administration Administration Administration - - tion was formulated formulatedA A state central committee was wasnamed wasnamed wasnamed named , to consider requests from fromlocal fromlocal local committees from the eight dis- dis districts districts dis districts - - tricts Into which whJch the state was wasdivided wasdivided wasdivided divided , under tinder the ' Taylor 'mylor mylor actOn actOn act actOn On June 5 , 1935 , Governor Blood Bloodmade Bloodmade Bloodmade made another personal appeal , , for foradditional foradditional foradditional additional funds , , and on the follow follow- following following following - ing day , , Utah received $11 11 $110 110 $110000making 110000making $ " 000 , , making a total ot or of $310 310 $310000 310000 $ 000 for fordrouth fordrouth fordrouth drouth relief reliet purposesWells purposesWelLs purposes purposesWells Wells , , springs seeps and reser rcscr- rcscr rcscrOlfS resor- resor resorI reservoirs - - I \ voirs , OlfS OirS n , were \ ere speedily developed , , and andv andn andwaters v n . aters stem made accessible acce.ssible . under the . " , . . - I Iprogram program were declared to have S'lV- S'lV SlV s'iv- s'iv siv S'lVI S'lVcd s'ived siv-led siv led ' ' - - cd ed hundreds of thousands of dollars dollam dol- dol dollars - - I ! lars lam for cattle and sheepmen of ot the thestate thestate thestate thestateThe I stateI state stateThe The federal money Vo was aas as expendedm expendedI expendedin expended expendeddrouth I in drouth stricken counties counUes . Tho The following lists the expendi expendi- expend- expend expenditure expendture expenditure ! - - ture In Grand and San Juan coun coun- counties coun- coun counties counties - - ties together with the number of ofwells ofwells ofwells wells drilled , the number of wells wellsdeveloped wellsdeveloped wellsdeveloped developed and equipped wIth wIthpumps withpumps withpumps pumps , the number of springs springsdeve10ped springsdeveloped springsdeveloped deve10ped developed , . , the number of at reservoirs reservoirsbunt reservoirsbuilt reservoirsbuilt springsI I bunt built , , and the number ol of trails trailsbuilt trailsbuilt trailsbuilt . ' ' built Grand Grnnd . , , $10,053 10053 $10,953 10953 $ , , 15 , , weU wells drilled drUled , , 2 ; equipped , , 3 ; springs developed , , 14 ; : reservoirs , , 2 . . San Juan , , $23,223 23223 $23.223 23.223 $ . , 63 , , wells dlJl1ed dulled drilled,7 drilled7 , , , 7 ; ; equipped . , , 6 ; springs sprlngs , , 22 |