Show RIO PETITION IS FILED james W imlay of hurricane yesterday filed application with the state engineer georga F mcgonagle for the use of second teet ol 01 water from the rio virgin tor the irrigation of acres lying west of hurricane on the south bide of the rio virgin valley the application names a diversion point northwest of hurricane and bays that about eleven miles ot canal will be required carrying water four feet deep in a channel fourteen feet wide at the top and ten feet wide at the bottom the Is given as five feet per thousand A concrete dam is proposed tor diversion works mr imlay Is a stockman and agriculturist of hurricane the united states reclamation service has taken preliminary steps looking to the construction st of a reclamation project on the juo virgin which would involve the storage of flood waters and the construction of a tunnel through the mountains in that vicinity to run the water on lands in about the same region as that designated by mr imlay the government in compliance with the recommendation of tb reclamation cla mation service presumably has withdrawn cartall public lands in the area that would coma under the project the removal of J L lytel who has been project manager of the strawberry project to the yakima project in washington has not been considered aa encouraging to the future development the rio virgin project the canyon of the arto virgin presents many engineering difficulties to attempt to get the water from river to the lands and these been so great as to render futile attempts to utilize a proportion the water now running to lands that need only that water render them remarkably productive salt lake 1 I caroe to think 0 it we are bainy ta |