Show W 1 t jt j o o ro a nc e e I l i c a e I y I I p g I T t I f f P I t t t I r I I r r Ti j i il I l f v 4 j t p a rot f m f j l j 4 t 4 y 4 Im I uW W m w t I I I r N N Nr I 11 j r I I PROBLEM ILL Of 4 MAKINO UTAh LAKE A 1116 RESERVOIR I I j Hu t t A I I J j t tI I I III I I I N H the early fifties Ic tho th It I I of at o bottom land on th lb 11 rh 1 i I Jordan JOr Wal wai en LIP up LIPI l I I grist mill built buill on UI OilI I farmed lanned and iid a it l I I I that In ID those thole earl early nys I enl I II An Ao til year yea yearl r I wore made mall to carry Wilter to III t the th higher land anau In IlL the Jordan Mil vu ul ulI j I nt at tty toy It and ell a II little work worl wai I not hot but lut II was oie F 1 for tor that puri purpose un about the year I that water was wa made to 10 flow on TI the to 10 any nn extent O I I q tbd Und land the thi Jordan and after f time by lIy some ti II I I forming under the th Jodun canal I In III n earnest t I 4 I Abour the thI y year r l ml iso W four Cour of ot the tho live five n e eI South Jor JOI Jordan fl completed tilt the oio I loll dan canal older by b a u few fw I I I I The hI expense of o constructing was In the I of o The Th I I i h tot tor stock t k tue ia it ii the I exception of Ot the one oRe built by II Halt I lake City was wall paid In ill labor lubor as ai a I the flU owners of ot o till the land Inno possessed OA fN Ill very Mry er erI 1 I It little 1111 mean The con of o works of thin magnitude without money was quite an nn I I me ng requited no little effort to cut car cutry i I through Tile The of th ry I 1 I v 33 29 3 miles long 20 feet wide It at the theil I bottom anti and In III some seIne places where It I Is III il I parried the side Hide hill hili a II cut Ut of CO 00 fit ft t on the upper side skie III de wu Wal necessary Tho settlers were re not Iii In a general I clam clasi out of 01 which to make makl u II ui v vRy ay R a 11 II I i rood farming community na nH quite luite a ft anine 1 t l nine were English I I Hands quite n a 11 number wore Utah I men who had followed sheep herding her t I rod stock raising for an all occupation I there wore sore however a 11 few tew h oral farm farmers j irs ers front from other ethel settlements and som semi Scandinavian farm laborers these last Oil III not understand Irritation who vho by byI ii I I their example accomplished a n great reut al towards bringing the tho Jordan land N 1 i I Io 1 to tho beautiful an ILl they thay hlll hind up to n fl 1 short tIm II uI K lI From about W until two years neo ago the lIla made liy IY the settlor un tilt under der the tha Jordan In 1 v un ai the tile farms were Vre so N 1 n tt tarm of or forty Corty WillS tho Ito nice idze t I Cut homic hion 11 I ended ed with eval appertaining I thereto or OT orchards shade plumed put out m 10 0 that hIlt In Iti that 4 of oC Urn It II began to equal In III appearance tho the that lint be he found In III any 1111 farming land IlInd no tO 01 where here w situated Tin users of or thu iu nl is from u a In large rice at Ilk river tas as lJJ with tilt this lIP of the t lie he lower of ot lid did not nol have allY any doubt but that tiny hud un an unlimited supply of tiLt water to 1 nm III They riley did riot not that t III Ii i i of the IIII Ill red feti Oril of ot With Lake Iak l hy JY y in I ill on fl flIto tho Ito higher stream t III till mild V In IU a 0 tOts row years deprive th m el f water for their thir thirland land and with It thi h I means vt tf RInk lug 1111 ii IL living and alIt li It mann are not ito td t It u limy hay the of ot or If f tho tiit most moNt fertile it of or th the mate rho The landH hy In these canals canam as III tl by th thin amount n to G nn lut Iut a of o lAnd bonds an UP ome of III tile the alkali lands lande and south of r Salt alt laJ bao o City which nt present from fion a point of Qt View Jew on ate The Ir Irrigated land hind had better bo lie placed at ot Tho of ot the Salt Hull Uke City Canal allI t olin corporation lm traded itu Ihl water vater with farmers for th the lie u USO e nt of Par leyB Ie nuil o till Cottonwood creeks creek being this thi th same as al lie tho North Jor Jordan Jordan Jorthan dan than Canul company lulow the II of ot the differ different tnt ent lIt In ift second feut also the t lie hi to I of wal r they the have hita tarried nil WIllit whal may hotly be he rp their hell I 1 How lIow the Ing In tip to 10 two years UKO uio All mca being In M feet I I L I Q CJ eg egI I i i J o t tf f J Ji Ie d it po d e L 1 1 w wI p 01 i I L Lc I c and nd Salt Lako oani Co l 11 II H Houth Jordan Co 1 m 1 L Jordan Canal annl C Co ii it I CO O orth Jordin Conal Co f I 5 SO J falt lake City Canal Co I 2 O UG CO fl I Total Lis 9 I I To fo give 1110 an on Idea of or tho the loss 10 I sustained tho the average on 00 a ft 1 iv the h f rm r wa made mado out an noro farm tarm Many Of or the shIn n I It t thoy 1111 1 not know I by a n hundred of the W were wor much alIbI hut but thIs th I cipal loath land owners In tho the reIs rois re Is only n a lollIon 10 of uC tho the Ir lr Ii i to grain was wila estimated nt itt 1 the tho flit betYe and andI I II per pound potatoes potato nt lit 30 80 cents na as butter eggs 1 bushel hushel arid and an lucern at 8 S per ton etc not n t being hi Ini tAken account of ot otI I r CROPS A V YI AnS Wheat i tous Otis bush buah anIt Total i DO 90 I 4 it O O J IiO 30 I I iI I enol Nl I W Wheat nt I II tons aint bush buell Gordon Garden Total t I I i 10 ISO 10 CO I saO r 10 T T mo iso i 1 this year 1170 I I We put the lie ben nt at 3 OO per hor acre which Is considerably below bOlow tile tho aver nio on da ll the tho signed by the tho farmers J This on acres would to As 9 ono of ot the tho canal com companies comi i through having a II small other causes did dill not loea i like the tho others othera we place the tho loss loa 10 BUS IU I tamed nt It for or the lie present year 1 The Tile abandonment of ot these theRe lands which I do not flot expect to nee Itee but hut h would quId occur If it I are not taken to toJ J prevent lt It would woul be ho a l national misfortune I tune tUlle and nn would bo be a loss los to the state p ASS of ot about being 40 CO nt at per iter nori noTt on an equal amount for or buildings churches and invest of people occupied In other oilier bus hua besides that or of farming Tim Tho t of o tho ito canal ennal coin com pantos l Is In III the tile hands handA of boards of ot elected by It their respective stockholders but hut there are aro too many I hlll companies too many I et I III mt crests too loo ninny mallY fighting units too many different and too ninny many that 1 are arc entirely unac A A A AAA AA AAA AA AAA 1 I if i i 1 w i j w i Yf i oi I ii eeme I rr J II A if T TI c By Thomas I P Page Who I Surveyed the he Route of t the lie Proposed Canal From he tic j I Headwaters of the he Provo Methods Suggested H HI j 11 I I I e I i 0 I I t I i H W t 0 t PA 4 M A F WATER SOURCES 4 Of lof J JORJi Q 1 l li 1 u nn J Jk JS i ii iiI f k h S 4 it o 1 AND CAtAL t I 1 I rM 5 4 4 V t tji I I ji N MAP SHOWING HOW HOV SALT LAKE MAY INCREASE ITS WATER SUPPLY I The above map Ins wn drawn by Thomas P Pago P who surveyed tile the lino IIno of tho tile cabal which Is to tb tap the Ito Weber 1 eber river liver nt at Its and convey convoy tho the some same In Iii to tho the Provo which In III turn turu will ili taku thorn them to tho the Utah Lake Lako now talked of ot as na a great community reservoir W AIoN with the tue engineering legal logal ChIti that they thoy are nrc encountering at nt the tho present time for tOI forthe forthe the tha farmers to expect much rollof rolof at t There however Is la a n strong anti and grow growing lag ing feeling foeHn In favor of consolidation cOll of o otho tho the canal which Is la a n great groat In the light direction Ire About the tile year a tt 1 water level was established Oil on Utah lake lako by agreement tho tue of o Salt Sull Lake Lale Utah counties Thin Thill level Is known between the th Interested as oft com point At the dam built on the this Jordan Jou un river tho the waters AA AAA iIA A Ak A 0 MJ A wore were Impounded ell until they reached this tills level leol but on raising above this level ou l the tho gates fates v rJ and nn tho thU waters vOters turned down the tho Jordan Jor nn and wasted For l or many years the tile vat ore era of o Utah lake reached com coin compromise promise e point and tIle thu Hood waters vaters of or ortho tho tile Provo 1100 and other streams coming coining hi iii to Utah taah lake litke at lit the th time limo tho the Jor JUl Jordan oi than dan were drawing thin the level of or the tho lake hake they were well sup supplied plied with tot for fo irrigation If It however the tho waters svata of or Utah lake lako should hould now nos raise to compromise com prom Iso point It will not give Blo the tho Jordan farmers water vater lie tho reason being that AA i AAA A A A A A A the Hood flood waters oC or tho the Provo river Ihor and other streams amount to loss less and loss less every year yell 1 In ill of ot the ie ye division of or these thene streams by enterprising settlers In Utah huh ond counties During Durin tho thin present lako iku leached at nt Its high highest highest est eat stage a II level that lid did not come caIne up ur urto lI lIto to point by hy 13 Inches Such being n a 1 diagnosis of 01 the tho tim com corn Plaint wo we e will now nOI proceed to state the tho remedies proscribed The Tho remedies tire lue oC or four t tA A ATo To brIng brine brill waters from rein other sources Into Utah lake e eDlo 13 Dlo To retain tho the waters In III Utah lake hake AA A A 4 r i it BO t o that lint In time of or plenty they cnn can bo he beI I foi toi times linen of o scarcity C To 10 Into irto Utah lako lallo and pump into the tue Jordan river nt ot tho lie of ot low writer levels D To Prevent louses losses 10 of ot Whiter by b and nn main ditches in iii places of ot and by hy thu tho or o moro more CUltivatiOn Instead of irrigation by bi Individual farmers 1 Tho buying up 1111 Ill of or tho the milling and other OilIer on cit tho the Jordan which h u tiso o water for fOI power alone tights to bo bu bought up UI at ILL the tho Ito earliest opportunity and tho the waterS stored III In Utah lake Thoy hoy amount to 69 fe feet 2 Tho diversion llon of ot he winter and Hood of ut tho thin river 1101 Into Provo Prey risti rhul and thence Into lilt Utah Th rite situation unto horo ID in that while thin the using the of tho the W bor are of I water tho the of oC Juno J thin until this tho end and of ot tho thu Irrigating the tue tI other 1101 lou of oC the tho lie year 11 thieve la in on this water they thuy are 1110 unable to 10 uso use hURl and hURlit It to waste Into Inlo Great Halt Holt Lako Lake Thin Tho water thus wanting Into Great Oleat Halt lake litko on the tho th ol at I tho tIle point hero here It could bo be diverted varies arien from rom to CO to 10 second feet cot during the tho ho months commencing In I ii December ending In III Juno JUlIO Tile Tho length muth of or tho lh lie canal to tu ho bo built would bo lie eight miles and tho tile cost COlli would not 3 Tho diversion Ion of or tho tue river also Into Inlo Utah mIce lako river which runs lime Into the lie Ireen river and thu tho lie hilt lulf of or California heads hond In ill tho the high 1 moun mountain loin tain near where tho the Provo PrOVI tho tue Weber filth anti tho tile Rear Bear tilso UIKO heed haul Tho rho diversion of or the tho head water of u the lie Into thin tho would not bo Ito n very ory expensive sive EIO proposition i hut but tho the after a course courso to the tIm south afterwards eastward to bring brill over tho thu lower Ioor would a along 1 along long lonK and expensive It however ought to 10 lc Investigated 4 The rile enjoining pf of tho ho uso tiso of or waters by L Irrigators In Utah and Summit counties rights are uro sub flub to tho tue Irrigators In the Jordan canni This has bins been heen con can by thin tho board of ot canal presidents dents hut but while Un they WOlO vero unanimous In iii desiring to curry cany this plan out they thoy us ml usual wore ware unable to agree on tho mode of ot procedure uro We Wo need not expect that flint much will bo ho regained from froni this source as the of or taken out by the lie now new ditches Is small compared with lIth that taken by tho tue on en i I of the tho lie old ohl ditches should tho lie Jordan JOl nn farmers endeavor to compel tho tile irrigators of ot Utah tah and other coun counties counties ties tics to reduce tho the How lIow In III their ditches to what It was twenty years ago aJo tho the Utah county c farmers also would bo be apt to bring the tho attention of ot tho tilO Jordan to tho the fIlet that tho lie latter have hi ought brought ht n a great deal dent of or land Into cUltivation since that time U In the matter of ot retaining the tho wa waters n torn of ot Utah lal mice lallO c In times lines of or plenty so they can call bo be used In ill times hues t of or scarcity This la Is n ft 1 matter flintier of absolute necessity An Au wo we have formerly stated the high highest hl h est cot point reached at nt any time liming during tho the past last Henson by b the tho Waters of oC utah halts In I was Willi thirteen Inches below corn com compromise promise point It IB is however to bo be hoped hopt that Utah lake Inke may ralso raise during tho thio ensuing winter In tiny year the lake Inke should ralio o through a snowy sno winter the tho ralio millo of or the tho lake lako should be bo retained and prevented from going to waste Tho Tue hoard of or canal have agreed In tIlls this mat matter tor to petition Con Coli Congress gress for or nn flu appropriation of or to be lie used for tor or this th hil IR purpose There Thoro are 1110 two ways of accomplishing log this Ono Quo by I buying the tho around Utah lake where the tho waters vaters would Hood heath If Ir tho the wore raised two foot point Tile Tho lands hands to tobe tobE tobe be of or It swamps of o very 01 little value would bo ho about Tho The other method Is to throw up tip a Il dyke dyko Ylo on tho tim eastern and southern shores oC or thin the lake lako at nt a Il level loul below compromise point This would reclaim A N II 1 I tJ L 11 I tho much land It ft It I IMro is III today II unit ut of roat ix 18 a 0 leL t th Mon area tI I p IQ I w Was all clone ho he I if H 11 on HI lii In case liar Mare It could bo o spring up p WIth It P tile coil on thin tho II a j 1110 Pun III Wo Wa ut tt thA t I y by Mr II i Nowell tho euler II hn v UI i t In Iii tho Ion for 1 ho III ot of Iak son With wit ii U tit H needed to remove some seine Ck olk V I It tl a o Jodan bars II iii rivet river t ho which to Coins e I tl certain the tue m nt t Its full 11 J of being nt at bot tin With tl i Mell to II a Q CIn the tho of 01 timoR lie tho rr t waters o of h aitt am too low lost fOI a 11 lull I Ik ii Into I tho ho I rl Mh It vc ver in ni bo ho It a great bencH I a ui it Ie III t w iii hili 1 i us t a lieu ii during ii ri ug t the tho w tt 0 11 i B of ot crops eop to tn the tho rii Il NU Mill half hal f a It million ni ii I loti dol ft hI lm lit or Ir tinny 1 Ono OliO n of or ll tile cnn r ion at Ita I ts a teNth id 1 ors ri n iii 1 1 last ast as t ii Ii i i I I i being II hi Ii p ii n g Plant n 1 d Olin lIh n a of MO 00 I w III It II a lift ot of COlli foot fIt t nIn tho matter of o the pi of or loss loos of ot after It Jt Veah n vl u 9 Ul lie llio H lu of u tin Ihl ii Id d bo ho made in I a Vl ft lie tho where nn an unusual lom ion f t Ii go is III Iller bail ito he the tho A large larRO or of or 11 also alao be saved laed by tin lIn their PI more inure Into u i Ihan generally n it II practiced at itt tho thin lime llin With many of th this crol crops n a It a will till do o more morl pio Iwo than ih Tho thing Is IA is h ii 11 o of th ennui bo 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