Show rock point cabi canal al flume goes into bito operation farmers in lower ashley ward word last week received their first irrigation water in more than two and a half months when the newly constructed 3 foot flume at the mouth of St lenaker draw wn war put into use T torrents of rain water sweeping in 9 down across the mountains ns north af of vernal last july loosen rd ill dirt supporting the rock point canal line sweeping into the wash two 18 foot toot cu lverts cutting cuttin fi off irrigation to more han 1000 acres of land on 30 firms farms the government rave gave approval on a new flume last october 24 but continuous delays ft lays have prevented fina final completion until last week A temporary flume installed last summer was used for just two weeks of irrigation this spring before seepage prevented its use actual construction on the new flume did not begin until after april when bids were finally let during construction traffic on the vernal manila highway has been routed rerouted re cast east through ashley to get to the mountain it is estimated that at least three fourths of the crops in the dry area are gone if water can be obtained at this time the second crop of hay may be saved nearly all grain is already gone when the flume was opened sunday farmers on the upper part of the rock point canal turned over their water to the suffering farmers w which h I 1 c h amounted to about 14 second feet half of the average for or a normal year contractor for the new foot flume was lynn creer provo forty per cent of the project is being paid for by rock point canal company and the other sixty per cent by the government under its flood control program anal estimates of the amount was which will probably be higher due to construction trouble troubles the temporary flume which way was installed last summer offered about half supply for or last years crops |