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Show UT UTAH'S UTAHS An's Ans ' ' SOIL STUDIED BYU BYU BY BYu u . S . RECLAMATION BUREAUSurveyo BUREAU j Surveys Surveyo Will WI1l Show If State's States ' Acres Can Cnn Bt-nefit Bt nefit IJenefit IJenefitS BenefitBy - S By 11y Upper Colorado River Water Projects SALT LAKB LAKE CITY-With CITY With CITY - With the VB U Ua a . . Bureau of Reclamation pU8hlng pushing pU8hlngto pushingto pushlnito to completion It Its . soil 8011 surveys In InUtah inUtah li'Utah liUtah Utah ' and continuing a eerie aerlea 8erles . of ofsurveys ofsurveys o urveyB surveys on the tbe Green and upper upperColorado upperColorado uppeColorado Colorado rivera rivers to determine pos- pos posBible posslble pos - Bible slble Ible location of ot dam sites Ilte8 for wa water waCe water ter Ce ? and aini power development Utal Utah Utahshould Utahshould should bould know shortly IhorUy whether the theColorado theColorado thiColorado Colorado River Great Bngin Buln Basin project projectoffers projectoffers projecoffers offers the opportunity opportunliy to secure securethese securethese securthese these needed lleeded reaources resources for this thisatate thisstate thi atate state tate tateThis atateThis stateThis This Is la the comment ot of F HRichardson H HRichardson HRichardson Richardson secretary ot of the Colo- Colo Cob- Cob Colorado Cobiado Colerado - - rado i-ado i ado - River Great Oreat Basin Buln Water Users UsersAseoclatlon UsersAsociatton UserABeoclatlon Aseoclatlon Asociatton following assurance assurancetrom assurancefrom assurancfrom trom from Commissioner John C Page Pagethat Pagethat Pagthat that both Burveys surveys are being has hastened hastened haftened tened by his department"The departmentThe department department"The "The The " The department has hu been active activemaking activemaking activmaking making soil soU surveya aurveys surveys In our state IItate fonearly for fornearly fornearly nearly a year Mr Rlcbardllon Richardson Rlcbardllonpointed Richardsonpointed Richardsolpointed pointed out . . . 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"Under Under .Under the direction directionof dtrectloiof of Edwin G 0 U Nielsen associate auoelate en englneer engineer engineer glneer gineer In charge of U S Bureau Bureauof Bureauof Bureaiot of Reclamation ReclamaUon Investigations lnvestlgatlonll much muchof muchf mudof of f this work already has been com corn completed cornpbeted conpleted pleted pbeted I understa understand undereta1 that It 18 is 18Quite isquite 1 ; quite possible Mr Nielsen and his hisataft hisstaff hli ataft staff taff will finish flnish this survey before beforethe beforethe betonthe the end of the current yearThe yearThe year yearThe The soli IOU soil surrey lun-ey lun ey survey - and the survey surveyplanned surveyplanned aurve : planned on the Colorado and Green GreenrlTen Greenrivers OreoiriTcrs rlTen rivers have been ordered In con connacUon connection connectlon nacUon nection with the program to deter- deter determine determine determine - - mine the possible posllble developments of ofwater ofwater owater water and power resources reaources tor for the thebeneftt thebeneftt th thbenefit < benefit beneftt of the upper basin states Itates statesFarRaaohIng statesFarReaching . Far-RaaohIng Far RaaohIng Far-Reaching Reaching . .Ruchlng Ruchlng , . - - importance'We Importance ImpOMance Importance"We "We We 'We ' " believe beHve beH ve ' Mr Richardsonlaid RichardsonPaid Richardsol Richardson laid Paid aid 'that that ' that It if there Is a posslblllt posslb1l1ty possibility posslb1l1tyof possibilityof : of more water for ( or Utah acres and andJDore andiore ammore JDore iore power for tor Utah Industries Industrlell we wemUlt weIsiust wisnust mUlt Isiust discover It and then taki take take.teps takesteps .teps teps steps . tops to develop it ' Many of the major developmentof developmentsof developments ! of recent years yean were ware once thought thoughtImposllble thoughtImpossible thoughImpossible Imposllble Impossible and Impractical Tbere There Tbereare Thereare Thenare are those who wbo say that tbat damming dammingof dammingof damminfOf of the Green River at tor for Instance Instanceslim InstanceSplit InstanceSplit slim Split Mountain Echo Ecbo Parte Park or Flam FlamIng FlamIng FlamIng Ing Gorge and conducting water to toareas toareas tareas ( areas west of the ' Wasatch 'Vasatch Vasatch moun mountain8 mountame mountains tain8 tame would be a project too tremen tremendous tremendous tremendous dous to undertake But flut when we werealize werealize werealize realize that such a B project-If project If project - It it itcan Itcan Hcan can be accomplished-will accomplished will accomplished - will benefit benefitmore benefitmore benefllmore more than halt half our counties directly directly direct directly ly and the entire state Indirectly IndirectlyI I feel that we owe It to ourselves ourselvesto to * 0 find out If It such a plan can be beput beput beput put Into actionApparently actionApparently action actionApparently Apparently the bureau of re re- reclamation re- re reclamatlon reclamation - - clamation clamatlon agrees with the assocla associa assoclalion association associatlon lion tion tor for the survey work already Is Isassured isassured Isassured assured The er tire reaches o of ( the theOreen theGreen theGreen Oreen Green and upper Colorado Riversare Rivers Riversare Riversare are to be explored tor for water and andpower andpower andpower power possibilitiesThe possibilitiesThe possibilities possibilitiesThe The soil 8011 survey work now under underway underway underway way throu throughout hout the state under Mr MrNielsen MrNielsen MrNielsen Nielsen s a direction la Is of tar far readl reach readling reachIng reachIng ing Importance Mr Richardsonpointed Richardson Richardsonpointed Richardsonpointed pointed out Through this survey surveythe surveythe surveythe the amount of Irrlgnble Irrlgllble irrigable land laud which would benefit from such IlIIch a projecwill project projectwill projectwill ( will be determlnp dt'termlne dttermlne determine ' I 1 I I rellmlnary reliminary as ea eatimates astlmates eatimates , tlmates timates Ilac\ Ilac Ilacthf i lace ! \ the thf > land In tills thIs ibis clau class clauItlcallon classiflcatton claeaIdeation Itlcallon iflcatton at 600 600000 000 acres-approxl acres approxl acres-approxi approxi acresapproxlmately acresapproximalely acres - approxmately ] mately malely equal etiual to the ihe area now under tinder underIrrigation tinderirrigation undeIrrigation Irrigation In the state 8taie 8taieThis This figure alone \ Mr l\fr l fr Wchard ltichard Wchard80n ltichardson Itlchardson 80n son Bnid slIld said presents an Idea of the thebenellt thebenefit thibenefit benellt benefit such a project would bring bringour bringour briniour our state With Wltb the \ Western \ estern 8ta states statesconstantly staieiconstantly tes tesconstantly constantly Increasing In populationthere population populationthere populationthere there will continue to he be an Increas IncreasIng increasing IncreaaIng Ing market tor for agricultural pro- pro prodUl't produets prcducts - - dUl't dUlt duets . ' grown In the West The ollly oniy oniyway onl : way we can produce more goods goodsfrom goodfrom from the farms farm8 la 18 is to Increase the theacreage ( hiacreage acreage on which they can be IJro- IJro pro- pro produced IJrodueed produced producedGreat - - dueed duced ducedGreat Great ImportanceUnder Importance Under Mr Nielaen Nlel8en Nielsen s 8 a direction ap ap- ap approximately approximately . - proximately 160 150 men were engaged engagedIn engage engageIn < In making soil 8011 surveys last sum summer summer mer er It Is understood that a similar similarrorce similarforce gimllaiforce rorce force will be placed In the tbe field In Inan Inan lian an attempt to comlle1e cons comi lete this tbls work workthl8 workthis worlthis thl8 this year yearIn In addition to this thl8 survey 8urvey reoon recon reoonnals8ance reconnaiasance reconnalssance nals8ance naiasance surveys have been boon con condueted conducted conducted dueted ducted to determine probable routes routesfor routesfor rouleifor for bringing water from the tbe Colorado Colo- Colo Cob- Cob Colorado Cobredo - - rado redo River basin ba.sln basln . to Utah acres acresPreliminary acresPreliminary acresPreliminary Preliminary lines Unes tor for Instance bave have bavebeen havebeen hav havbeen < been run to two of the tbe discuR8ed discussed discuR8eddam discusseddam discuasetdam dam sites One of these Is at Echo EchoPark EchoPark EchPark ( Park at the tbe Colorado-Utah Colorado Utah - - line lineAnother lineAnother lineAnother Another Is 18 at Minnie Maud Mend wbere where wberethe wherethe whenthe the Green Illver Itlver River separates Cubon C-srbon C srbon CubonRnd Csrbonand Cirhoiand - Rnd and Ulntah Ulntab Uintah countiesThe counties The geology of the possible tun tun'nel tunnet tunnel 'nel nel ' net sites lilies through theVasatch the \Vasatch Vasatch Wasatch Wasatchrange \ W&aatclrange Waatclrange Vasatchrange & range has been studied studlt'd studltd ' The foundation found foundatlon foundatlon atlon ation possibilities posslbllltle8 of the various variousdam varlouldam tam dam < sites l 1- 1 ' 1ye r - ve ye bppn been and are being beingexplored beingexplored belnexplored ( explored with drill rigs and thecapacity the thecapacity th thcapacity < capacity of the various reservolrfIs reservoirsIs reservoirs Is be ng ug rig determined The history hi8tory historyof hi8toryof hlstor hlstorof > of the streams 8tream flow since recordshave records recordshave recordshave have been kept is being plett plotted ted to todetermine todetermine tcdetermine determine the amount of stora storage storagecapacity storagecapacity e ecapacity capacity needed to assure an IImple ample amplewater IImplewater amplewater water supply supplyOur Our association aS80ciatlon la 18 is pleased plf'ased plfased ' that thattho thatthe thatthe tho the Bureau of Reclamation Is going goingforward goln goingforward forward with this work Mr MrRichardson MrRichardson MrRichardson Richardson said HeI itei He ( reaentatlvesJ re8entatlvesJ resentativesI re8entatlves resentatives J I W Koblnson Hoblnson Ilobinson and a member ofhe of ofthe ofthe the he HJUSO l-'juse l 'juse juse P - ' . > uso Irrigation committee as aswell aswell aawell well as the entire Utah congres81on congression congresslonal congres81onal congressionil al il delegation have d ne a consl conais conais.ently consistently ! tantly .ently ently . fine job In Con Congress ress to helt heli heltpush heliash hellpush push ash this work al aI ngMr ngMr ng Mr Rlchardsll Richards in so ) alno also al o expresse expresselthe I Ithe Ihe the he hope that Ihat all citizens of the theslate theitate thestate slate itate of Utah would realize the thetremendous theremendosis thetremendous tremendous remendosis Importance of such a aproject aroject aproject project roject to them In mv my mind fund thlq thia thlqwltbout thiawithout thiswithout wltbout without a question of doubt w " woildbe 0 o lid ild lidb ilde b\ b bIhe ) e ! \ the Ihe greatest single fact r InUtah In InUtah inItah Utah Itah a s permanent growth gro\\th gro th groath \ lhat that cu il it III I Ier 1e ( ' < ( er t'r tr ' huppen happen he said I sillct'rel sillctrel aincerel sincerehope ' ! } ) hope ope tlla that t the ihe surveys 8urvpys will pr prethe se sehe \ethe ethe \ e ethe the he projects projt'cts projtcts ' ec cc nomlcally nomcally nomtcally ! feasH feasit feasltleIf Ie le IeIf lef If f they th'y thy ! ' do l I tah must muqt assure aqsure llst'lf llstlf Itself llst'lfthat Itselfhat Itselfthat ' that hat It can and ash \ will III I irotect rotect 1 I a . ; aIghts srights rights Ights to theater the \ water \\ater ater skater of the tht ' ! "l l UI si " t I i er erColorado er'olorado orColorado Colorado 'olorado olorado ' river basin baqn basSo ! necessar nect'ssar nectssar ' ) } > f r rthis rhis rihig this his development devE'lopment ' _ |
