| Show ouo MONEY AND STATE LANDS State Funds Loaned Out Liberally in Certain Counties While hUe Other Large Largo Acreage and antI Less Expensive Expensive sive Reclamation I here Recently Judge Smith president of the state with Joel 1 Parri Parrish h board member and John F. F Mendenhall executive tive secretary were over the states state's holdings or investments in Carbon county where more than is in invested in- in vested The present is made up of business men of considerable considerable considerable con con- experience If Carbon county may se secure ure help with which to handle the Scofield reservoir etc and Millard county about as much on the Sevier nver nv- nv river riv river riv- riv er storage and the Hatch Town deal almost a total loss why should not our state land board help us reclaim Blue Bench And Pleasant Valley Political forces have had much to do with actions of the board in inthe inthe I the years gone by but the present board evidently will play a more careful policy The basin needs help Many tracts tracts- of good land deserve the use of 6 money and andon andon andon on land that will pay ou out The board practically ownes the old I New Hope acres of which approximately is high grade land and canal work vork is 50 done Storage for late irrigation irritation will not cost over 20 per acre of the theland theland theland land and the natural Duchesne river run-off run will handle the bal bal- ance While the state is holding the New Hope qui as us it were let us have some active money for Blue Bench and South My Myton ton Such action would force this Squeeze process and force business business business busi busi- ness population and wealth to come to this tifis Utah's future home home- land Of course we dont don't expect anything like that but it wont won't I hurt to mention it |
