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Show DAM WILL MEAN .MUCH TO SOUTHERN UTAH Th: sicitlM.rn Utah counties have; much to look forward to in VS2'.). With thu completion' of th: inter-park connecting-highways connecting-highways and the bridge across the Colorado river at Lee's Ferry, Fer-ry, together with the completion of U. S. 01, a large increase in travel throughout this section is a certainty. Locally, the farmers are being be-ing organized under the direction direc-tion of the farm agent who is introducing scientific methods in the various branches of agriculture agri-culture throughout Washington county. A standardized product with resultant higher market prices will follow. One of the greatest contributing contrib-uting factors in our future prosperity pros-perity will be the building of the Colorado river dam at Black Canyon, about 150 miles from St. George. The dam bill has passed both houses of congress, has received the signature of the president, but cannot become effective until un-til the Colorado river compact is ratified by either the Utah or Arizona legislatures. It appears doubtful that it will be approved approv-ed by Arizona, so it seems that Utah holds the key to the situation. situ-ation. Amendments to the original orig-inal Swing-Johnson bill fully protecting Utah's water rights on the Colorado and tributaries, were introduced by Senator W. H. King, accepted by Senator Johnson of California, and incorporated in-corporated in the bill which was passed. This should remove the last obstacle and the Utah legislature should approve the compact. Southern Utah should unite in demanding this legislation. legisla-tion. The building of the dam will mean the creation of a vast inland in-land empire in the southwest, with southern Utah receiving a large share of the benefits. The spending of millions of dollars and the employment of thousands of men, over a period of 7 to 10 years, within 150 miles of St. George, will be a big thing for us. It will mean an unlimited market close at hand for everything ev-erything we can raise; it will provide a means of livelihood for many who in years past were not employed the year around; it will increase travel over U. S. 91, now the principal artery connecting southern California Cal-ifornia with the east. The 550-foot dam will provide for the storage of 28,000,000 acre feet of water, this vast reservoir res-ervoir lying in Nevada and Arizona, Ari-zona, extending up the Virgin above St. Thomas and up the Grand Canyon of the Colorado for many miles. This large body of water with its attendant vegetation veg-etation leads engineers to believe be-lieve that it will be the means of materially changing the climatic cli-matic conditions of this section, and that in the years to come the rainfall in this arid region will show a market increase. i |