Vernal Express | 1950-09-14 | Page 8 | Strauss Boosts Hope for Early Dam Completion Section

strauss boosts hope for r early arly dam completion D B frank ward word executive ve secretary of the vernal ch cham chami am i be r of commerce friday I 1 in formed member of of the the ch chambers board of directors that michael W Str nuit tion commissioner loner has indicated I 1 the outlook for foi geffine i bial funds for utah reclamation next year Is rood good despite the general cutback on reclamation projects due to the korean situation reports reaching the chamber a also iso indicate that the bureau of reclamation will complete its r report port on the colorado river storage project which includes the multimillion multi million dollar central utah irrigation project inside of two weeks the colorado river storage project includes not only the project central en ral utah project but also ae the cont controversial rovers T I 1 split mountain and echo ark park dams kecty ward reported that mr strauss feels some utah projects would get high priority because of the hydroelectric hydro electric power which the they y could produce newer mr strauss ha hag a described echo park and split mountain projects as a gold mine from a power standpoint