Show A BRIGHT PICTURE In contrast contra with the dark picture ure lire we awe noted last week It I Is proper to tom m mention the other side of the picture the bright side We refer to water Intine in inthe inthe the tine Uintah Basin and the possibilities possibilities ties for COl a greater agricultural area U. U S S. S Hydraulic Engineer r Ralph R. R Wooley in ill a letter to writer dated February 23 21 1928 says that the total run off which we as assume ume is a fair average v a e anual run run off tr os as about acre feet of U tills this tR may maj h be l handled a 1 l i leav- leav eav- eav away awa- into Gre Green n river rl because Imposing imposing ing lug a n total of feet that will get slide to properly hold it back hack Well WeH that i is not so RO bad is it In as much as we need only two acre feet per acre feet per acre for fair farming we have water from that river s system stem to irrigate 30 oo acres In the Uie entire basin hasin we have hare not reached that total but orl only acres Of or this land now reclaimed or partly farmed as ItIs it itis itis is today yet et provided with can canals ls and water for tor the a average fern e year ear considerable considerable consider consider- 1 able of It is A. A Ashley coley valley some of It on Wl creek and even a Ut little e on White river On February 13 1828 1328 R. R W W. Y Young president of the Utah bar association and anel a n member of Colorado water committee com com- com committee of which we have had man many a aye ac c man many said If we cant can't use the he Colorado river water for irrigation why should we stand in the way of the de development of Southern California Califor Califor- nia tda 11 Mr Young was quoted as saying say say- saying saying say say- ing that Utah's main interest in d de development of the river ri is for power and to provide a market for our pro pro- ducts At that same meeting Mr lr Wooley Wooley Woolf Wool Wool- f ey said that that- the total area Utah might irrigate in the Colorado o river rI basin Is about acres Including the lands then using such water This includes Carbon Emery Grand Kane avid and Washington ton counties besides the Uintah Basin Several Se phases of this subject command command command com com- mand our attention Storage is comparatively comparatively com com- el cheap and anti in basins at such s high elevations that evaporation Is low Water used on higher mesas may soon Hoon be be- partially used again b by n flow Two acre aCIe feet Is all we need for foran an any common crops sugar beets being a about out the only crop demanding late lute irrigation or the old 3 feet fe 3 t maximum and find which a six mouths mouth frost-free frost 1 period per 1 iod loti such as aR California has in the southwest requires At present refer- refer Ing log to this basin we wo are losing too much water on land gravel-land both on on I benches and on river bottom areas I IAn An extremely dl dry atmosphere phere makes i ie j i e evaporation at nt lower len levels ls er very hen heavy l j jIn i In virtually pouring rivers onto such s lands In eYer every case there Is s deep soil t ten n to fin fifty feet not nol fa far I away and much mach of it not used White river Is not used at all aU comparatively comparatively com com- ely and there Is no better r laudin laud land landIn In Utah Why Yes WHY IY cn crock creek k or the flow still not properly used White river dyer and Ashley valley streams will make approximately additional acre feet or water Continued on Lust Last Page A BRIGHT PICTURE b. b Continued from e J for more 6 But tell folio fellow w h O i bi l pf pro project for tor Utah's advancement d In g UtI turo rr 1 iA It t Je in mJ g R Orage J H ot of the White I 1 S it it ir n iY and a lampa yam mp rifer waters in Colorado These rhe two streams will reclaim 2 acres acres in Utah and arid 50 acres in Colorado or approximately approximate approximate- I ly that much This large undertaking Ls is ess essentially n a federal matter and it itIs Is tied up In a federal reclamation pro pra project pro Why do our senators and congressmen congress congress- men permit the Castle Peak Penk project the Ouray reservoir and the Dead DeadMan's DeadMans DeadMans DeadMan's Mans Man's bench hench lands to remain sewed sewers up h by the federal government They must surely have some reasons reasons rea rea- sons Is the government afraid to turn them loose until these other states state get what the they want While we are thus tied up as It were should we not be ambitious Should we not expect that this darkness will pass and that Utah will awaken l When we examine the picture we might rightfully say that the Uintah Basin sin has scarcely commenced to de develop While gigan Igan gigantic tic He projects are under wa way or In prospect prospect prospect pros pros- such as aR Boulder dam and the Col Col- ColumbIa Columbia river deals we may not be so completely I Ignored nor much longer |