Show drouth projects y costing uy az new near completion cyz water turned in last on carter greek creek project buck pasture project to be finished next week little brush creek project completed saturday watter water from the carter creek was turned in last week and ana brought brough fc to the ashley valley water shed by monday there was a al perceptibly percept bla rise in the valley canals the exact amount of water brought across was not this MIS win will probably be definitely marked when the flow As more permanent perr perrI anent after the Is less over the new ground the carter el cheek eek anal canal Is bout oil aiu and one halt half miles in ler leih th and Is constructed through ground more easy to work than the canal leading from the buck pasture A splendid eplen dic feature of the carter project Is that the creeds creels di jans a comparatively large territory and all rains mins which fall in that particular kecton sec ton even tha they be slight greatly increase the tha amount of ater which cornea comes through the canal can a I 1 to the ashley water shed the cost of the carter creek ano BO eject was as in the neighborhood of 1500 ohp th mount allocated by the tha state drouth for the work ork buck pastie nears Comple tim n it will be at least ten days longer benoie the canal loin the buck pasture Is completed the engineer ears a estimate waa that one half 0 of f he icik had been completed on thursday of last week them was ten thousand dollars allocated for this project the hist shift of sixta were laid oft off during the past week and a new crew sent up tacie ar just as many working as there is equipment and place for them water in the duck buck pasture has greatly lessened because of the ex acma drouth and there Is no large lama water shed to augment the supply in spite of that there will bo a considerable when the urn ume comes to turn the water gli lie canal the duck buck pasture pa eject has caused the water users of the canal companies along erush brush creek to file a protest to taeng the water fiam its natural source the brush creek sinks the state engineer at the time of the application for the project protected pi the rights of the brush creek water mater users bests rau rail to ater geology st s incz leymen alike alre at i L loss to know just where the water goes after going into tha sinks or it if it ever does come 0 to o the surface in this bention all of the tests testa yet made have failed balled to even aint int where the imprisoned water comes to the surface the buck pasture canal is abou foar m les in length with much ot of it constructed through a rocky 1 it is also along alon quite r F stepp steep slope there was considerable clearing of timber along the right of way w ay the great benefit to conie from his project perhaps will not be so apparent this year as in the should it t 04 iti it li Is hoped it will b bs that the water coming out in the brush brcek below is not iman ched lied there will be a cont contIn nitus LIpus supply to the ashley dey water shed A perfect site alsi als one of the most perle perfect ct reservoir sites in the entire basin Is n this selection this could be easily developed by the ashley valley canal companies for the storage ot ol this water throughout the berr and released at the timer CI cf shora tige age rf water in the valley many continued on page fc fow r 4 5 K i DROUTH PROJECTS COSTING NEARING completion continued from page one more hundreds of acres in the ashley valley could bo be brought u under cultivation with an assurance of a sure supply of irrigation water mater ehen een should it be necessary to return the water aaker entering the knish blush ciceko creek sink for the brush ciack water users through the summer tun there will still be att gnat fit ben benefits fits abrue to all tile the canal coin coill panics involved the of a and 0 water vater during the winter season ismon and the high water prid period of the eaily caily naturally I 1 1 cause a greater contini ml flow flom to the brush creek through the summer floal season through seepage from ahe stored waters aters tins would liel help all those thoe using asing irrigator irrig aton from brush crek I 1 I 1 could mater many mole moie ars ains 1 1 there would also bo be a good supply iff gf water stored from the last laa water used in the fall to the tnie in the spring when it would of necessity be turned back to flow into the sinks tills mils stored water im amen en though it may not be a 0 suf stif lie lent amount to suppas nil all the octra extra needs of the ashley valley ater users greatly help in times of drouth and tor for the late irrigations each season tt it is to be hoped no one will wil be injured and that many aill be greatly berie fitted by tho the construe I 1 alon of the carter creek and ruck buck pasture projects that oie oe of great economic aroble is s lias has been mared bringing bring lne the k g adest good to the greatest bumbel 0 dimsh crak ark it the little brillh ekl ek baking iak ing aj second I 1 of h lume around the I 1 I 1 brish cri cr crick ck ek anki was as cimpl i by ITIRA Itin innas ids costing alm 0 1000 the work ork was aas writ on by relief ang the flumes blumes getting out timber and having it sawed work was waa commenced may 23 by a a crew of ten men who live on the Suna sunshine liine ranch at jensen and water was as turned in saturday at 6 qa 0 p ni A small mall crew u will 11 re arrain at af the flume to repair any bren ta kL that nav maa corne come and to strengthen the frame holding the fl fi ime propel this water ater will enable those aca leasing on the Sun sunshine hine ranch an ail op to matuie matin e at desist denst a pai inia gal crop this near ear for it L Is t to 0 lie be remembered rem embred that while it seems late in the eaon ea on bf bause awe of the batin raring m we e are still in the early da dabi b of june water for the S ranch is stored in their re senoir lr ind nd athla with ith what nhat Is bi ought the kinks cinks will aill give them thein a good now flow vt vf water for irrigation |