Show Irrigation In Uinta Basin W. W C C. Carlock Tells About it itin itin itin in in l Herald In the winter in ter session seB ion of Con Con- Co gress G 0 G nu an appropriation of was waB made for or the p purpose of constructing constructing- irrigation irrigation irrigation tion ditches to irrigate the allotted allotted al nl al- al lands of the Uintah and White River Hi Ut Utes s in Utah The Thc Indian department department de de- contemplated that about t acres of land laud could he be made matle available le to water for this amount At the present date the thc appropriation is exhausted exhausted exhausted ex ex- hausted but hut about acres are under ditches hitches and aud water wate I Ican can be he put on each forty n acres lof of it Ei Eighteen main canals have been constructed ed with I the thc necessary distributing laterals lat lat- latr r orals the tl total len length th of which in the aggregate ate reaches about miles This Timis fi fine ne system of irrigation was put in un under er the direct supervision super of H. H C. C Means superintendent of irrigation irrigation irrigation I gation for this project and amid he takes a just pride in what has been accomplished 1 at nt a 3 low cost per acre Probably the choicest land Jand in this section is under the thc Red Cap Cup ditch which I waters 1000 acres of Indian I I allotments lin lying between the Lake Fork creek and the Duchesne Du Du- chesne river ri Here l we have soil that is it unsurpassed for the cultivation of fruit and vegetables vegetables vege vege- I tables arid acid time may mav make it if a n arival arival nI rival o of th the lie Grand Junction I i Colo country This one canal r consists consists of eight miles of main in ini i c canals u ls f d-f ty miles of f lutei- lutei l later t als It H lies s just below the lH Blue bench country which is almost al most entirely taken up by hr homesteaders lI Much of the theland the laud land under the th Red Hed Cap canal belongs s to deceased Indians Indium and will ill be sold old bV Int the govern govern- government ment during 1911 A title to the laud land carries rights t to the b water Sonic Some of this land already already al al- r ready ady sold brought around 25 au an acre and at nt this figure fig ure rio no better land lanel investment can cau be found today today- anywhere It i is a regrettable fact that a comparatively ati cly small portion of tho thu lands under tinder g government lt canals are ure now being cult cultivated ate Th Tho Indian has not taken readily to the thc white mans man's mariner manner of living living liv liv- ing and arld it is pr predicted that in time the entire acreage under these government p ditches will ill fall into white while hands Be that as us it may the Ute has been given ghen a grand rand opportunity by Uncle Sam and und it is ie to be hoped hoped hop bop ed cd that he he will yet be brou brought ht to s see e tha thin his main chance lic licin lies in ill useful effort t and unI c cultivation of this rich soil The Lake Fork canal which starts at the foot of the Uintah mountains waters about sage brush e acres 8 on ou a high sa bench Some homesteaders living on this land lund have hu demon dennon- demonstrated demonstrated that it will produce a n variety of crops Two brothers brothe by U the the e name of Blood have conducted conducted con con- ducted experiments on acres and wheat rye millet corn alfalfa garden truck mid and properly su sugar ar beets when watered spring forth abundantly abundant abundant- ly h through the the alchemy of nn- nn is not uncommon to t tune ture re 1 It see sec land producing fifty to tu eighty ty bushels of oats onta to o the Acre in this section of oC the irrigated Do gated lands land D Between ka the I In- In Cont m F P W v I Irrigation n In Uinta Basin Continued from page pape l 1 ian inn agency and anti Ft Duchesne re government military post past bout acres are a available water If it all had the at- at that eighty eight acres of it given hen by hy a Greek Greck truck farmr farm farm- r named Constantine Constantino Countes nough trough vegetables would I be to to supply the r ants of alt nIt Lake City and anti then eIl have nine ome left over yer to ship to Denere Den- Den er ere Within a radius of ten miles f a government town town- te and nouri flourishing little town f people are acres ditch itch atH and I lacking noth- noth ig 19 but the hand of man to lake take them blossom with plant fe fee acres more inure are till owned by uy the government go r being homesteaded and a year or so 80 will have ca cn n a 1 I s available private enterprise In his locality the Gray Mountain l litch takes out of the Duchesne iver about fifteen miles above n n and ends n ar the town The rhe Myton l townsite ditch itch takes ut of If af the Duchesne r river ryer yer about t o 0 o miles mUes above Iton and ex- ex ends for sixteen miles niiles toward Juray uray The New Hope ditch i i govern government ment work waters ands between T- T Myton and In- In Of the pr private afe irrigation pro pro- the thc Dry Iry Gulch Gales h Irrigation covers acres acre n ml tuf l hen completed will furn- furn h water vater for acres The ott project now y in course of instruction will swill water about 1000 acres on on- the South Sout l Myn Nyu My- My n u bench hench and and the c Norland Nowland n about acres on one e c Leland Lelan f bench hench The Colo- Colo oI do Park ditch com com- eted will water acres id 11 the thc ray Ouray v lleo ditch out lout acres It is a m 11 n now flow not riot of more irrigation to make the the Uinta ba ha- bat bail il t 1 flourish but more n irrig-n- n farmers to to use the d systems stems already construct- construct The four requisites for a ag are climate soil war wa- wa ar a r rand and tillers of the soil Na Na- S ture turc has kindly given faI lal I sin ain the first two the tte euter of then men has baa fun furnished the 11 but out the fourth ife is Let Letin n not i hot v t V Vin in ill numbers t tt to ii the 1 first three That will vill win not be the caSe eel few years however hove A r homesteaders are are 2 I the Indian and are arc becoming farmers The late United a census places th the Indian pj pol po rd U J BJ lation at nt 1400 and nud t the e w M-f M population at nt about lOX this is 18 a w white 1 11 t e mon mans man's B cool coolin cou in every evey sense l' l A large lurge t J t. t Lion tion of the on lal lalore are ore for lease b by the j at Whiterocks l I D 1 m. m surprising that more of iRe e land laud is n nut not t leased by wi but out it seems to be the imp an sion that the c conditions posed are too severe for n a t J I country If Ie the terms of le Ie ing inS were made easier n. n urn tn of oC f acres 5 would soon be that now lie barren banen and except by Brer Rabbit ase on on- rambles in search crr In for ge ance B Besides eSl 1 es tl the Mn bh gre of re systems put iu in In tl the Ie O hat has been heen magnanimously b b bet cut tit et u to the Uinta f b bId be bet steel structure of Id t tc h t ti 1 sign WI with tl 1 concrete t c a h now nw spans the rit rix p P at tOll Myton vei 1 Of or- or course the r g-r greatest 1 now 0 of f t the 1 Ie 1 basin is 18 a 81 f r p y You ru h hear ar much ta talk Ik 1 ve h fJ I hand in regard to a rails 1 1 conning coming in In inand an and d t the 1 Ie possible da do 18 1 f I 0 i of its n advent hY but no one line is is sit sitting sill lh d ting tint back and doing din t e 1 until a railroad puffs iii hi wake them up The lh best forts are being bein put fon ford ar o with conditions as they nt Dien en and W when 1 len a n rm railroad 1 fon d arrives arrives' I i I will find 1 nd nOn an an industrious l at aiL I 1 joyous people waiting to d i it cI welcome me That ri be he t the thc N. N Moffat l line may nia Y n t th 1 ll J N La Laramie ramie lahn's rc Peal Peak k va r ll I chic cHie or the Grand I Meeker leeker Salt Lake knows know Perhaps in time ll 11 th three of t them On One thing i cc certain 1 a country so BO o rich rc agricultural and n mineral pt and gradually ull I ill lug ing peopled with settlers settler w st t tI I realize that all nIl w wealth F aJ I from the soil cannot ann t ton I main ninin isolated raid l' l Ii have e a a lit litt ft kingdom all to pe peThe They The not alone peed cd the rat dl road the railroad hd needs the thc u ui Past events show that vb wh e ean isolated and latently an 6 s coun country try begins ins to smile n a I road comes conies whistling hi n ih its tI l t make her acquaintance and Ott the s smoker is the genial genia th ling hug salesman with aft an ord null book brink and and tooth brush iu in b but bu u t l eid ll west vest pocket idi l Jt t |