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Show - _ Co Congre esngrs 'V V ' J [ tf HU s O Gets C J BiP & t qL " Bills dills on ors Great Basin Water ater Project Proect j King Ing , RobinsollAsk Robin Robmsoa Robinsoll s sAsk Ask $75,000 75000 $ i , f fFor ' , For Initial nitial Injtjallund FundKing Fund King- King Kingto - to Ask lMillIon 10 l\ l Ito \ ) MillionFor MillIon MillionFor For ' UT6RS U'SRS USRS USES to Build BuildSmall BuildSmall SmAll Beservoir Reservoir keservoir Projects Proleetii ProleetiiWA8IiINc I ISmAll W WA8IiINc WASHINGTON ASUIN TON Jan 3-An 3 An 3 - An ap- ap applopriatlon ap-pioprlatlontCi ap pioprlatlontCi - - - IpIOpri1\.Un IpIOpri1.Un IpIOpri1 .Un Un apIpIOpri1.Un plopriatlon plopriatlonacs \ . ( ) acs , CI $75000 75000 $ to complet.e complete complet.ethe completethe completethe . the tnvestEglatlon Investigation invl"stlgatlon invlstlgatlon " of the Colorado"lvu.Oreat Colorado ColoradoIvtrOteat -Ivtr-Oteat Ivtr Oteat "lvu.Oreat lvu.Oreat lvuOreat ivtr-Great Great " ' ' - - . Basin Irrigation IrrlgaUon pro- pro proJt'ct project pro project - - ject Jt'ct Jtct ' In ht Llali Utah ah Is , authorised authorized nuthorl In a billintroduced bill billintroduced billIntroduced introduced In 11\ 11 ltt 11the \ the senate by Sen- Sen Senator Senator Sen Senator - - ator King and In 111 the house by byRepresentathe Heprf'Sel1tfithe HeprfSel1tfithe Representathe byRepresentative byHeprf'Sel1tfithe ' RoblnoonThe RobinsonThe Robinson Roblnoon The bill Dill t lll directs the secretary or of ofthe orthe ofthe the Interior to Investigate and report re- re report re report - port to the president and nd to congress con- con congress con congress - gress on the engineering feasibil feasibil- feaMbil- feaMbil feasibilIty feaMbility feasibility - ity and estimated t tlmated cost CO'it COit coot ' of or construc comtruc construe constructing . ting Ung tang this project whl which < : h would stor store storeand store'and storeand & ' and divert to the " valleys "alleys alleys west or of orthe ofthe ofthe the Wasatch mountains 1500000 1500000acre 1 I 500 000- 000 - 000acre 000acre acre feet of or wa water taken from tram the theYampa theYampa the-Yampa the Yampa - [ Yampa and Oreen Green RiversThe RiversThe Rivers The bill but further directs that theproject the theproject theproject project be studied from the stanopoint stano- stano stanopoint - - > | point of ot storing wa water ter for Cor the 1rrt- 1rrt lrrt- lrrt 1rrtgaUon lrrtratlon Irri Irrigation - - gation gaUon ratlon of ot new lands and to supply supplyadditional sup supplyadditional ly water to lands not now nowadequately nowadequately nowadequately adequately served having also in inmind Inmind Inmind mind soil sol1 conservation cOl)8ervaUon cOl8ervaUon coqatrvation ) . , prevention prevention.of preventionof preventionot . ot of ofsoil soil so11 erosion ero.slol1 eroslol1 erosioh . and the generatlot generation generationof generationf of ) f electrical energyTh1 energyThis energy Tula Th1 This power to be l'e le ' used first for forpwnping forpumping forpumping pwnping pumping on the project surplua surptua surptuapower surpluapower surpluapower power to be available aval1nble avallable tor for mining miningIU'd miningand miningand IU'd IUd and ' sm smelting ltlng and the Ute promotion ot of otother ofother ofother other Industries dependent upon uponcheap uponCheap uponcheap cheap power p3wer for ror their operatlonOne operationOne operation operatlon One of the purposes of ot the act actL'I actLs actla L'I LI Ls ' declared to be the improvement Improvementof ImprovementDf of Df pC\\ pC power pCr \ r deve opment at BoulderJam Boulder Boulderdam Boulderdam dam Jam by diminishing the volume at of ofSilt ofsilt ,1It 1It Silt . , that othel otheiwlae otherwise wise will wUl now flow Into IntoLake intolake IntoLake Lake Mead The bills Will wUl be referred re- re reft"rred re referred - ferred ft"rred ftrred " to the Interior inturlor department departmentfor departmentror for ror report and by that departmentwill departmentw1lJ department w1lJ will be referred to the budretIn budgetIn budget budret : In the event favorable reports reportsare reportsare are returned to congress an ap approprlatlon appropriation approprlatlon proprlatlon propriation In harmony with the this thisbill thebill the-blU the blU - bill would be In order In the reg- reg regular regdar reg regular - ular dar Interior department approprl approprlIlllon approprlitlon appropriat Illlon itlon Ion blllSenator billSenator bill blll billSenator I blllI Senator King will Introduce Introduct introdttc , . Gn . , GnIThursday . j n.Thursday nThursday rt rtThursday . Thursday a bill b1ll authorizing the theappropriation thetpproprlatlon theappropriation IThursday appropriation tpproprlatlon of $10 10 ( $ lOOOOOOo $10000000 10000000 000 000 for tor the theconstruction theonstruction theconstruction construction onstruction of small reservoira reservoirs In Inall inill Inall all ill parts of the arid and semi semiarid semiaridwest semlaridwest a rid ridwest west These reservoirs were auhorized au- au author1zed au authorized - - thorized thor1zed horized by a special act of ot con- con congress contress con congress - gress tress passed several years yeat ' ago but butuo . UD 10 to now no funds have been vot- vot voted votd votSenator vot voted - ed d edSenator Senator King Is anxious anxloua to getJtah get getUtah getUtah Utah Jtah s 5 a unall small reservoir program unr un .pt pt . ' ' ' " T -r r - way and may later offer his hisbill hisW hisbill bill ) W as aa an amendment to the Intp into Intprlor hit"rior hitrior ' " rlor ior department appropriation bHl bill billn1esss bHlunless billunless unless n1esss the special spec1al bill bin Is passed PllMed In Inthe inthe inthe the ant1me-Trlbune ant1me Trlbune meantime--Tribune meantime Tribune meantime , . - - - Tribune |