| Show RECLAMATION t l M Tm OF f ARID I l lIn LANDS In Ills His Annual Report Prof cw ell cli Reviews Conditions in inThis This State UTAH LAKE SCHEME COMES FIRST The Thc Next In lii Importance Is the Ilic lien Hear I Him Project Which Will VIII I fri 1111 Irrigate frigate gate ate Acres Prof rot 1 H 11 1 Newell II ot or the Iho United fluids geological Hurvey has hns ha just null nub milled bin ItH report on Ihl work donG dona do under the now Irrigation law a n great ireal part of ot which la 18 t devoted to conditions In and the projects proposed d for tor fortim tim tho reclamation ot C gill arid lands In slat Ho lie II In tu part porI UTAH LA LAI LAlm KB The fht most Important project for tor the development of ot the arid arhl lands of ot Utah la Is th which Involves the tho con control control trot of the water entering lake toko or river The fhe situation Is I pl pi t cular but bul the engineering lire not especially Tho ho complications arising from vested rights will hll coIo tho greatest t delay Mr Ir thru then explains that Utah lake lako la Is a n broad bro 1 shallow body hod of at water from which evaporation IB l FO o great that probably more moro water disappears Into Inlo the tho air IIII than tian Is put to 10 beneficial bm I Hie ue It Il Is IH not economical as liS ti it reser reer reservoir reservoir voir and am Its lis It value could bi be Increased I by decreasing UH ItH area arel If at the Ihl same samo time tImi tho storage capacity could bo he maintained by for fOI a 11 greater annual rIse rife rl t and fall mi I of ot the tho diminished ii I ni h It Ills Is 15 to the advantage of ot Utah county to 10 decrease tho the area of or the hake lako as liS It by HO so doing broad extent ex ton t of ot ilu III I he nun ninish li land would ouM be and the cultivated areas arCil extended fly lly ly nil all of the wilIer water In mountain volleYs valleys and keeping It tram from toni reaching l lh lake hake until the tho time of ot the year eu when It It la l needed a 11 double benefit would result to Utah county Bounty In making available a summer flow low of the and and In keeping to the minimum tho the area IIren of ot flooded valley below beho The Torts efforts of ot the tho Ilc at nt the present time limo arc aie being directed toward arranging arran som om scheme by lIy which the veiled v ted rights will be he harmonized the tho right of oC all preserved pre erl d and nUll tho the surplus wrier made iliad available for tor disposal nl so iw that the proceeds may repay repa the cost costne of ne the work rock In case cne It Is III undertaken by hy hyth byth th thi The is be he believed to bo be feasible Mr r New Newell ev ell cli 11 but hut It will require care per 1111 end and tact on the tha th part of ot those having It Ir to II hand hond He lie 1 retell refers to the fear on the thc th part PMt of ot those now drawing water vater troll from Utah lake lae that any nn Inter with the level lerel of ot tho the may nia ml disturb their supply hut but when a n aplan plan ilat pIa I Is l eventually worked out he be believes liens these the e von can be allayed HEArt NEXT Next in I Importance to the complete le control of ot Utah Iah lake Is III the tho full tull utilization lion tion of ot the tho waters wlter of or Hear lAke con eon continues the report Water Is Ia taken out of It Hear Bear river by hy I a n number lumber of In Utah Idaho and Wyoming through which time the runs The regula regulation hail tion of ot the river end the best beet usi US of ul Its it waters Involve Interstate I H HIrom From Irom studies heretofore made It Is evi evident evident dent that the tue key lOy to ci the Ihl whole situa situation tion tiun Is b the control of or hear Bear lake ak It IL Ithan han hall bev b n determined that tho tim main source of ot supply of hear Dear lake Is i s upper river for or while the river proper does not flow Int the tho like lake Ike there Is Ia a R channel which dramA drains the river and empties Into Inlo tub tho the lake now nol no being ll are Ire Intended to 10 devie dehe a means ot of practically utilizing Bear lake lako us as a II storage reservoir for tor Impounding the tie waters that are Bro now no annually going to 10 waste In lu large nuan quan till tIti It Is i found that a I rise of oC three or four tour feet Ct In the lake wilt will not ma materially affect alft the surrounding coun roun country country try but there la Is some rome doubt n a to r the th lake if It t time thus raised could be prevented tram from rein overflowing Into Inlo Mud lake Ille from which It Is III separated by h y a Q low bar In n fact It has hai hll been beell determined that tha t some lome work will willbo willbe be bo aary to make niche this thit sand sanI bar Impervious to prevent the water of ot the main lake through Into Mud Mini lake The Installation ion tion of 01 l a il wall Is looked upon ion tion of 01 l a il wall Is looked upon as a S necessary There Therl are arc no flO III lands In the Immediate vicinity of 01 Hear Ilear lIr hake Inko that can Col be he b bent ben fitted by b tile the stored water 11 t 11 and the only outlet from the alley valley Into n II i 10 lo locality allty where benefits arc nrc to be he derived Is IH through near hear river rl r The file present canal Is unsuitable ln bing winding and otherwise and und It Is I 1 be bl believed from preliminary examinations that a n new channel will have havo to bo le b constructed Such huch a n channel would be he Hi miles lung long but would run ruti through meadows arki lands and the 1 construction would be very N simple It ItIs 19 Is also contemplated that a 1 canal nine and a half miles long will bo hi b necessary to divert Into the tho lake lako the full volume of ot upper Har IJar river A LANDS Continuing the report says ns ay Hear Bear river occupies a Q unique position position tion In time the arid land reclamation r of northern Utah and nd southern Idaho Al AI Already Already ready Its normal low flow In tl the c Irrigation months Is I entirely appropriated mid there yet y t remains thousands of acres of ot valuable linds undeveloped and arid cJe primarily upon Hear flear liver ilver Its for water wat r supply Salt Hull Lake Loe Weber Davis and counties In northern Utah ire arc nil all short of lit water Southern Idaho has thousands ot of acres ocre without water vator Hear Bear river Is III t the natural source Curce of ot supply for tor nil these shortages hortage The of ot development from other such Irh us aN n small mall reservoirs on small mountain Is III so HO great as nil to make such Mich plans prohibitive while If IC the tho water supply of ot Hear river can eln Ix h regulated properly the elevation of ot the river fa favor f for vor vors or the construction of ot canals on such curb curba n a scale ns as a to make not only possible but profitable It Il is I estimated that there Is III acre feet fett of ot water available for tor storage en n Hear Dear river each year which la is nut tuf to Irrigate more Inore than Ihan litres of ot fertile land DUCHESNE SUPPLY nu river Is the principal stream of ot northeastern Utah Through u considerable part of ot Its 1111 course It 11 flown flot u through valley Salle UmU lantis la nil which though arid contain tracts of ot great fertility when hen Irrigated Near Its It head hend Is he Strawberry valley containing large areas of ot nearly level land hand and anI an on aver average age ngo elevation of at 71 00 feet teet Tho The altitude Is h I rather high for tor general agricultural hut but the land la 18 I adapted 1 to grazing The water supply of ot this thu volley alleY Is ha excellent the tha streams having their heads In the Wo II catch mountains whose hose canyons sometimes contain snow enow throughout the year 11 For ft II i number of ot reasons Frapon this ihl arm ares to the th extent nt of ot T Th ii 00 acres cres has hAft ua been fen leased to certain catle calle companies for grazing purposes The fhe large litre extent of or excellent farm In lands larud along no river taken In connection with tho the good facilities for Cor grazIng In the flue principal valleys and on fbi tho mountain slopes makes this tract of ot land one of ot the tho most valuable potentially In III the Iho future ProsPerIty of ot ottah Utah tah The country Is III jiow lucId held for tor flue tho use uie of a II comparatively few fell Indians hut but the tho time IH Is not for far distant when th those so must mu t be settled upon definite al oh allotments nod and the remaining lands ull I ted izeI Iz d for tor the tho he growing needs ot of a II white population ion At the tha present nt time limn river nod nn 1 Its tributaries carry earn large volumes of ot water through the year only n a 1 small Im 1 II portion being h Jn utIlized the re ro remainder running to waste wate 1 Within re recent reo recent cent years efforts have hae been made mauie by b various erIous persona nod corporations to obtain permission to 10 divert this water from the reservation to arid lands These efforts have hlo led to loves Ines Investigations af to 10 tho flue amount of ot water cater avaIlable pome Fome reports stating that there Is IA more than enough nough to water vater the th Indian lands landH and others alleging that tha t It If nn an attempt Is made to 10 bring all the lands on the reservation under cultivation there will be lie n a short ago of or water To ro gather final mud thor flier thoroughly reliable Information lion nn on these points Mr Ir Cyrus C 1 Hubb has been blen arid and Is 19 still Mill nickIng making careful examina examinations lion II on tho the ground A number of ot sIn sta stations thetis have been established where reg regular ular measurements are am being made to determine 11 the amount of ot water inter In tho the various streams A large proportion of ot the lbs In Indin din ns ore now noli settled on nn lands Irrigated from river on the bench lend land Fort Port Duchesne arid and the Iho White hocks Hoeks nod and west ivest of ot th Ouray school their lands being watered by several canals drawing from river Mr th Newell oell states that the best bent teethed method fur for the Irrigation of at tho the urea area Is by b the enlargement of ot the present canal system Increasing thin the carrying capacity of ot canal No I 1 would enable It 1 to nui RUfh lent water to the mesa west iest of ot river There Ther Is nn tin urea area covering acres Jut just ju t east of ot the reservation In what Is IH known Imon as nR tho the Strip which It Is III pos possible sible to Irrigate Hast of or the tue Ouray Ourn school Is a 11 large tract of or agricultural mod land bounded on the west we t by b the res me reservation boundary and on the east enst by b Ireni river being In the form Corm of ot n a triangle and Inti comprising ng 2100 acres A Arnnal canal could hn 10 constructed at a n mod moderate mo l erate orate cost coet o t to 10 reclaim this IlIla en n tiro tim tract LAKE CHEEK cm lm LANDS There has been lIeen more moore or less Ies discus discussion sion regarding the tho feasibility of ot the diversion of the waters of ot the Lake Lakecreek creek to 10 Irrigate lands adjoining river on the wet we t and It has hOM been de In determined to Investigate further Curt her as nR to 10 the possibilities of ot this stream for tor 1111 Irrigation gaLlon gation The Lain creek agricultural area IIren Is U divided Into four tour portions The Tue first comprises acres of ot bench benchland benchland land extending from the junction of oC the two forks southward about fourteen miles milts when It broadens out nut Into the flue second division or 10 acres drain draining lag ing In Into Diy 1 1 ry Clutch creek The third area ArM Is the flue mesa nicea between the tha latter coil anil Duchesne river contains The Tho llo fourth section comprising an nn aiea auna of ot acres IH west of ot the tho lower retiree course of ot creek In III a tri trl triangular tn angular strip Immediately north ot of Dit nu chew ehl ne river It Is believed to be hI safe afe to assume that thaI there lucre will be he water In Inlo laie creek at nt the forks Cork to Irrigate acres during dry seasons Reasons said Mr Ir Newell NII II lie suggests the Iho construe construction tion of oC a 11 canal heading below the forks of ot the creek which when It II attains the head top lop of or the mesa meM could be divided one branch extending southward and anel tin the other oilier to 10 run easterly He lie does dol not consider It feasible to 10 Irrigate the third section 8 HIP mesa meRIl north of Duchesne river owing to the Insufficiency of ot wa uia water ten tel supply and the excessive cost rosl of ot the necessary ner ar canal A canal enal lo to divert wa water water ter leI Into Inlo the thi fourth section could be built buill at n t a moderate modern II cost INDIAN ALLOTMENTS Mr MI Newell sos PMS that Ih then rl li Is I water enough In the Ihl lie rivers of ot the th reservation re to 10 supply acres during ordinary seasons reasons on there will more likely be he sufficient for tor I acres After computing the flue amount of ot land that will eventually be allotted to 10 the time Indians on time the th basis hals of ot forty Carty acres to each aeh person Mr ir 11 Newell ewell concludes that there Ih rl will be acres above the flue future needs of ot the Indians that will 1111 be left for or white settlers lie He believes the best hp t Interests of ot all nil would be served If It the Indians are given allotments In rampart compact form Corm rather than to 10 have hwe them scattered with white while settlers mixed In He lie thinks that the tue lands should receive some ome ot of the tue water from Tintah White Hocks creeks reck II ns as they IhlY will 1111 he hue naturally tributary to 10 It II The pam Is I true trite of ot lands buds adjoining the reservation but bul not now univ 1101 n a Port part of ot It In his hl opinion the area arra not Included In thus the reservation llon Is murli letter better r for tor agricultural purposes l than the lands within the reservation TIlt The department deportment will wll eventually hn he called upon to decide whether the In mucus lInn oem are nl entitled to 10 all the water of ot and White While Hocks rivers or whether timer they thc are lite merely merll entitled to such much water as ns they ran can economically UPI lire If the former Is I hell held time the Indians will be b enabled to sell their water to 10 adjoining settlers settler the cur sur pluM IlIuM water of thew these streams will 1111 be given away awny to white while |
