Show SOIl SURVEY H RESUMED ON BLUE BENCH State Planning Board Officials Make Tour Of County The he soil sou survey on Blue Bench v- v was vS S resumed this week with Do- Do Moyne Wilson of Logan Logon and an assistant making tests and class class- Two more assistants are expected to be added to the staff staf almost Immediately and itIs it itIs itIs Is hoped that later in the month montha a larger staff can be put to work worIe to complete the study Bureau of Reclamation l oz engin- engin p cers are iliC WiLma Hit i zu next i few days to resume their study oi ol possible canal routes to bring water ater onto the Blue Bench A survey was begun last fall to determine determine determine de de- de- de termine the feasibility of bringing water from Rock creek over the Sheep pass to the Blue Bench but was halted by snow snowfall fall This survey will be completed ed this spring Chairman Sumner D. D Margetts Marietta I G. G M M. P. P Dougall and Thornton Peterson engineers of the State Planning Board made a tour of Duchesne and part of Uintah counties Wednesday getting visual visual visual vis vis- vis- vis ual and first hand information on Blue Bench the North country sections Neolla NeoDa Fort Duchesne Randlett and Ouray valley and some of the South Myton country They will use the impressions thus derived in their study of the thc technical information being assembled assembled as as- through the thc soil and water wa- wa 4 ter studies of the Uintah Basin The trip clearly indicated that there are many real problems in inthe inthe inthe the Uintah Basin Mr Margetts said at Duchesne and he promised promised promis promis- ed that he would do all in 1 his S power to help speed the surveys in the thc hopes of finding a workable solution The surveys are being conducted by the U. U S. S Resettlement Resettlement Resettlement Resettle Resettle- ment Administration and the Agricultural Ag Ag- College at Logan with other agencies cooperating |