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Show SECTION FOUR - .... PAGE ONE to vcit BBW TB(B run ew Era lr I I II DevelopEBemt to Biimg New Industries With Bigger Payrolls; Demand Water 3 Thousands more people scores of new industries boosted payrolls, pay-rolls, more rural wealth from richer rich-er crop production greater railroad rail-road freight tonnage, more income in-come for the state These are but a few of the benefits pictured for this district by sponsors of the Deer Creek reservoir project. The project is designed to furnish irrigation water wa-ter for about 35,000 acres of farm land, and at the same time give Salt Lake City 20,000 to 33,000 acre feet of new water. An assured water supply, not only for farm lands, but for expected ex-pected population increases and industrial growth in the city, Lt is contended, would give a sizable impetus to the prosperity of the state's metropolitan area. As an immediate gain is cited, the proposed expenditure on the project of from $4,000,000 to $6,-000,000 $6,-000,000 for its completion. Much of this money would be diverted in Utah trade channels for the purchase of necessary materials and machinery, while a large proportion pro-portion would be expended directly direct-ly for labor. The project, in full, would give employment to hundreds of men in fact, its approval by the federal fed-eral gpvernment and the allocation alloca-tion of $2,7000,000 to begin the work was prompted in a large measure to alleviate unemployment. unemploy-ment. Would Aid Business From Provo and Salt Lake City's viewpoint, the primary value val-ue of a water supply such as promised by Deer Creek would be measured in terms of people and industries. Under any of the plans for development of the project, proj-ect, business in the' city would be enlivened from the improved financial condition for farmer-customers. farmer-customers. To better picture the prospective benefits, as asserted by sponsors of th eproject, consider the probable prob-able increases in trade, resulting from an added or new water supply sup-ply for the total of 35,000 acres of land to. be served by Deer production is explained as follows fol-lows in a reclamation bureau report: the Uintah basin territory a vast volume of which lies there now, but which might be forever lost Features of Deer Creek Dam And Duchesne Tunnel Shown "Alfalfa and grain are the most i to Utah after completion of important crops where the wa ter supply is deficient. The yield of alfalfa varies from one to two tons per acre with a partial water supply and from two and one-half one-half to five tons per acre with a full water supply." Yield Doubled by Water The yield, in other words, would be doubled with corresponding profit for the farmer. For other crops the report says: "Wheat is grown extensively without irrigation, but yields only about 20 to 25 bushels per acre every other year the land being summer fallowed in alternate alter-nate years as compared with a yield of 35 to 45 bushels per acre every year with irrigation. With a minor water supply, alfalfa is the principal crop, and with a more substantial supply the principal prin-cipal crops are sugar beets, vegetables vege-tables for canning and table use, peaches, cherries, apples, pears and berries, with crop values generally gen-erally very high the gross returns re-turns after averaging from $100 to $300 an acre for fruits, berries and vegetables." With an improved water supply, sup-ply, the report adds, the average grows crop valuer are expected to increase 25 to 40 per cent. Thus, for example, if 20.000 acres of land now are yeilding a gross return of say, $50 an acre or $1,000,000 a year, with a full water supply they might yield $250,000 to $400,000 a year more. This is money which would be directly reflected in the trade channels of Provo, Salt Lake City and intermediate territory. The corresponding increase in farm output would lead to increased in-creased freight tonnages on the railroads, increased employment and in many other ways invigorate invigor-ate the endless cycle of business. But, perhaps most important of all. Deer Creek sponsors point out. the Droiect is designed to Boulder dam, because of possible prior' use by other states and Mexico. The prior use might put their claims ahead of Utah. Closely allied with the Deer Creek reclamation project is the proposed diking of Utah lake, designed to save from 60,000 to 70,000 acre-feet of water now lost through evaporation. Because Deer Creek and the dikes are so closely related, the Deer Creek project osme times is known as the Deer Creek-Utah lake diking project, but technically techni-cally they are two separate programs, pro-grams, and under the latest proposals pro-posals for development they may be separated for construction purposes. Both will be financed with federal money. The . average evaporation from the Utah lake surface is about three feet and eight inches of water wa-ter in depth or an average of 322,000 acre-feet annually. This evaporation results . from the effect ef-fect of the winds and hot sun on the large exposed area of the lake surface. The project contemplates construction con-struction of a dike across the south end of Utah lake from West mountain to a point about five miles south of Pelican Point. As part of the project, a pumping plant will be constructed on the dike noar Lincoln beach. At the beginning of each irrigation irri-gation season, the pumps would be started to take water across the dike to the north portion of the lake, and continue until all the water is pumped over. Thus there would be a greater depth of water in the dilted portion, with less area exposed to the sun and consequently less evaporation. evapora-tion. The water thus saved 60,000 to 70,000 acre-feet would be available for irrigation and other uses in Salt Lake vallev. Estimates for the cost of the Features of the Deer Creeks dam and the proposed tunnel into the Unitah basin region: I RESERVOIR Capacity 170,000 acre-feet I Area of reservoir site 280Ofacres. Type of dam Earth fill, rip-rapped with hand-laid rock. Height 195 feet from stream bed. Thickness at top 20 feet $ Thickness at bottom 1000 feet. Length at top 860 feet. Spillway capacity 12,000 acre-feet, or three times the maximum flood flow of the Provo river. j Site Provo canyon, above Wtjldwood. Construction cost, on expected minimum basis, including canal system $4,171,000. j With Duchesne tunnel $7,6d0,000. TUNNEL Length 54 miles, through solid rock formation of Duchesne mountain under the Broadhead pass. Intake Upper Duchesne river 8380 feet elevation. Outlet Provo river 8318 feet elevation. Area of tunnel section 45 square feet. Maximum capacity 325 second-feet of water. Creek. The propect of increased make immediate use of water in dike project range around $2,000,- 000 with the cost to be defrayed by users subscribing for the savedl water. For example, if. Salt Lake City should subscribe for 20,000 acre-feet of the saved water, its. share of the cost would be approximately ap-proximately $571,500, if 70,000 acre-feet should be saved altogether. alto-gether. The annual payment for. the city would be $14,287 for 40" years, with no interest charge. As part of the project, the Jordan Jor-dan river would be dredged and straightened from the lake to Jordan Narrows. This would provide pro-vide a greater outlet capacity during dur-ing flood years so the lake would not rise above compromise level. flooding near-by lands. The dredging dredg-ing and straightening also would reduce pumping costs by providing provid-ing a- larger capacity in the Jordan Jor-dan river. The Deer Creek project originally origi-nally was based on plans to hold back each year an average of 20,-000 20,-000 acre feet of Provo river water wa-ter normally reaching the lake, and in return give the lake users rights to all seepage and return flow from the Deer creek water used on Utah county lands. The amount to be held back has been reduced under present plans. The lake users, however, were reluctant to yield any water with BECAUSE IT LASTS LONGEST 0) UVJ 0 IS THE CHEAPEST FOR ALL UNDERGROUND SERVICE Him WcbsqIMi IFooGtioipcb gnmcffl IPTo)TioflaGiirm DEPENDS IN A LARGE DEGREE UPON CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT OF HOME INDUSTRY iPAcgmFEcs staphs (SfflsG Hii?ffii IPjp (SoDDQipainasf PROVO, UTAH The Only Utah Manufacturers of Cast Iron Pipe for SANITARY DRAINAGE . WATER WORKS GAS SERVICE AND OF MOST APPROVED TYPES OF VALVES & HYDRANTS 119 Utah Cities and Towns Have Installed Our Pipe Some of Them 100 Per Cent the lake level reaching record low points unless the dikes were built to increase the safe annual yield of the lake. Even with the way cfeared for construction of the dikes, the users still have not reached a stipulation on division of the saved water. Under a new proposal, however, the Deer Creek project may be started without counting on the Provo river storage, which could be added any time after a stipulation stipu-lation is reached. The Hollywood Round-up (Copyright 1936 by United Press) HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 29 (HE) Mrs. Bert Wheeler, the former Bernice Speere, today had on file a suit for divorce against the curly-haired comedian after having hav-ing been separated from him for more than four years. The former vaudeville actress had been Wheeler's stage partner at the time they were married eight years ago. Prior to that she performed at Texas Guinan's y;night club in New York. " T'IUHf Whaftter rViarf r1 Art inn hnBer 'suit and asked custody of their daughter, Patricia Dolores, aged 7. Since their separation Wheeler reportedly had been escorting various var-ious screen actress around the film colony. Wheeler is teamed in pictures with thin, cigar-smoking Robert iWoolsey. oOo John Masefield, poet laureate of England, yesterday paid his second sec-ond visit to a motion picture studio 20 years after his initial visit. The white-haired writer disclosed disclos-ed that two decades ago he saw Charles Chaplin make a picture and had not visited a studio since. Talking pictures, Masefield, commented, have changed studio technique greatly. The poet was greeted by a fellow English writer, writ-er, Hugh Walpole, who has been employed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio for several months. oOo Al Jolson, the mammy singer, today faced suit for $3,000 brought against him by M. C. Levee, actor's ac-tor's agent, who claimed he obtained ob-tained the story for Jolson's next picture and was not paid his commission. com-mission. Warner Brothers studio, also was named in the action on file in Superior court. LOT FREE, PLUS TAXES EUCLID, O, (U.E) This suburb of Cleveland will give a lot to anyone who will build a house on it. The catch is that a lot, worth perhaps $400, has some $3,500 in delinquent assessments against it for improvements put in by a now bankrupt development company. 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