Show OUR HUR SENATORS S no 00 NUT NOT S SEEM M T TO AGREE UN ON REClAMATION Pessimistic About Getting Gelling Federal Money N Now ov Yet Boulder Dam Goes On And The Big Columbia River Is Hatched I We Ve believe it was on A August gust 26 that the Utah Water Storage Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission met in Salt Lake City and both Senators Reed Smoot and Wm H H. King attended Representatives Representatives Representatives were there from Uintah Basin in fact Senator R. R E. E Dillman Dillman Dillman Dill- Dill man is a member of the Storage Commission Senator Smoot advised that in spite of a deficit in the reclamation fund covered by a loan from the government there is not sufficient nt money to carry on the work already under way Senator Smoot said We Wc in congress congress congress con con- gress must have facts and figures to prove the merit of a 1 proposed project I am confident that we I can eventually get Set our full share of the reclamation funds but there is no need of asking for tor money until we are ready to spend It Surely this implies that Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Smoot believes that we wc are not quite ready to spend this reclamation reclamation reclamation tion money Senator King was not as aa optimistic optimistic optimistic aa as the Senior Senator He said that there Is much opposition to the idea in the east that the government is in no position to advance funds He said With a billion dollar deficit I am sl skeptical over the attitude wl which ch congress will take This is the same old story by our good political l leaders aders and will not surprise Uintah Uinta Basin people It agrees somewhat with that meeting held up at Mirror lake last month 1 It also agrees with the attitude attitude at- at t- t manifest by other leaders concerning concerning- reclaiming the thc Uintah Basin The answer is always Not now Wait a little longer A big man told us In Salt Lake City not long ago that Salt Lake City does not want a drop of Uintah Uin Uin Uintah tah Basin wate that we may use here herc All AU Salt Lake City wants is isto isto isto to reserve the Uintah Mountains eastward to Moon Lake p put t in what reservoirs they want for water water water wa wa- ter over into the Provo river for that fine dam to be built in the Provo canyon In the meantime Uintah Basin- Basin ites are to wait It sl surely Is a aI aJ J I great game I |