Show W lf I I m mt t t ginter Figures the Cost Which Will be Less Than f r U IT 1 IS 8 NOW HOW UP TO T Tal 0 THE PEOPLE Will 1111 Furnish the Government fedral f rite al I loDey but Land Owners Must first Get GU Together To CONFERENCE WITH MR NEWELL i Action a 1 Shatter Matter of Great Importance to the Residents of Salt I Lake ale City and County Mr Its fr elen l is J coming lie Ho will he hero tint Wednesday and a n big hie hi water venter moot meet be b held It win will ho be attended I Ir r will prominent Irrigators of oC the Ihl D t r an 11 the fait bait lake hake they are arc nil all nilI I to attend and It Is III urged that they accept the tho Invitation The Importance of at tho the conference Is Mr Newell Is l the thc chief en on Rl er of ot the reclamation service pervice Unit United nl td States geological survey Ills par i duty Is la to 10 direct Investigations I and e construction work under I the rational national Irrigation law which has I for tor r Its oso the Iho reclamation of oC tha tho arid aid lands lami of ot tho the great grent west wo l Wh t a n 1 stale Plate or locality gets g ets depends dc ie ml s very cry s cr Jarr r cly J uron UTon Mr 1 tr tion tiona To make mako those these he ho must under understand M Mal stand nd end bo lie understood by the vim Iho ho are arc interested That Is why tho t o farmers of ot this valley are arc HO sn earnestly quested to 10 meet Mr Newell Nowell on the tho Occasion of ot his hIli forthcoming visit Jia SW NH The Tho government has hAR lad had nn an able rep rop In III Itah for tho Ito greater renter int part t or of the Past paRI year jour nicking making a n particular study tUdy Jay of or tho the l Utah Lako Inke pro iro jest He iho II Is la a jl niAn no the ne people iio H tho 1111 lion 1011 l Since Hince the tho OrRt of ot last Juno ho he hoi hoft has had n ft form of or engineers Binders nt work in III i this and Utah counties making stir sur veya cYs nM and nJ collecting data tad and camilli In Ing 5 It Into nn on report The Tho man ho has hils h been iw tn this work worl Is 18 Ish Irot George u I 1 I Hw formerly of oC the h 9 Agricultural college collego of oC this Mate elate Matell The rhe cost ll or of f ho tho work dona dono will run wo Into the nf ot dollars and Is III now nOl where here It will como to a n practical unless there Is III some somo kind of ot an n with the land owners That Is what Mr tr Newell will be ba hero to sec ace about a out PLANS SUGGESTED While Prof Prot will not talk In detail tor for publication before his re report report report port Is 18 given out It Is la under understood understood stood too that It outlines three plans tor for providing nn nil abundance of ot water for tor thin valley alle with the Utah Luke as the tho supplying reservoir In this conneCt lion Ion It may inny ma be bo Instructively y staled that there thero arc are acres of ot Irrigated land landIn In ht this valley that there ore tiro ooOO more moro which may Inn IM bt added under un cr the adoption of at the most favorable of ot these those plans that Is I h tho Iho ono one Prot regards the tho hot Tho The plans are arc three In number All arc submitted The one Is a II gravity plan entire the tha other Is pumping entire and nile the tho one that Is re recommended recommended recommended commended us ns well ell ns us submitted Is 18 a IL combination of or both bolh Its cost la Is ap up approximated at nt less than tv n million do doi lare late considerably below all nil previously estimated figures HOW TO CUT T FI AID Of at course It Is I not known specifically catty cally call what step will be 10 taken to get got federal all aid but the tho following form torm of ot petition has hay t been en suggested as liS embody embodying ing lug about what might bo ho asked tort for or Petition Suit Luke Inke City Chy Utah To the Ow Honorable Secretary of or the Interior Whereas The fhe United States department of oC the tha InterIor has Ims through the reclamation mation mallon service made Investigations tut at n nto atto to the feasibility of or Improving and ex ox extending tending the Irrigation from the Utah lake Inke to Irrigate lands which are arc not nol arid ami to supplement the water later supply on lands not lIot Instill wintered watered the tho results of ot these In Indicating ery very great pose I J l H II Hi I H 1 I KH K KI I ij I f I II I I t I J JI J I I v 3 J Jr Jn n t r II J I f ft 4 f I I 1 t IA I I I f ft r rf I f foI f t oI i tHI o w J I I l t si I ii Who oho represents the tho Government Reclamation III In Utah i III I I HH LI hi H i I h H HI I I a I SOME SO IE POINTS t x TO 10 CONSIDER CO t ti I J f i i That It II U Is the peoples move f J I That Thai the plans suggested sU sire I If Id f d J practicable i d That Thai the tilt best b 1 one will add CO O OJ a J J M 0 acrea acree to the Irrigated urea area of ot 4 d II the th Salt Lake Valley Palley 1 T That the thc cost CoI Is conservatively if estimated at less leps than 1 x That the tho enterprise If It success successfully lI j fully tull carried out nut will wilt increase C 1 tJ I the value vale of at both city cit and coun county J ty ly property rt JJ That ThaI It If tho the government under f 1 takes lakes the work It will he bo carried tl I through h to tho the certain profit of ot oft I t the farmers Carmer 4 f That It II will swill not be a n simple ex cx J that It will succeed here as aR U tt Is succeeding In the Salt Sail River Valley Valle H I H H H HH I I whereas wheres the thc development I of or the Utah lake Inks lal 1 water supply has hils been recognized fl by IJ the till stole state land In nd us as the mont t Important ration project In the tho State of lf It Utah olid anti antins nn ns such mull brought hron ht to your OUr attention by lIy that commission they Ih the feet fact that tho fullest development Il of lr the Irrigation 14 of or this Is s beyond tho the of or effort orl or private and P nil can only be hl becan can carried led out to t the limit of at lO FI by the tho nIL govern and Irom 1 rout the tact fact that the moue money to prosecute such work IH It II not In fu the tho treasury hIA Ur and from rein the fact tint that on similar work wok In ht other mates lutes has hus actually noisily com cont wo fro 0 tore nio convinced that n a pro lIra once unee will be he commenced and bushed to U completion with the lit ii t most mast dispatch and a n major portion of ot the thu loins lands In 10 the tho lI to he be watered entered IH Is I In private ownership a and tho the government cannot undertake the works for tor their reclamation except upon the tho and organization or ot of the land own ors cru directly anti and that upon the thu land mold owners resin the of o putting putt In themselves Into a 1 position to tel receive the tho benefits of at tho the national act now how Therefore Wo WI the undersigned hold hohl holders holders ers erR of title or evidence ruc of at title to 10 lands beets lying lug the tho surveys of o the tho proposed works work tho the I tame tance of rut the development of tho the i I lion works In III advancing nil all tho ho tl o Inter Interests n Sill ests of oC this of or the file actual need nO of ot such woks In III the reclamation of oC our ear lands hinds do hereby petition tho the honorable secretary of ot tho the Interior to cause tie the of or the reclamation ser service cr vice Ico already begun un In this section to bo he boran h ran led to a II definite conclusion lon with a aview view lets Jc of o fixing u n basin upon which an nn association of o land holders may many co cn cooperate 0 operate with the Iho national nil I government to repay the rout loSt of the l In III 10 years tune time without Merest as os i for tor In III the net and we see 0 hereby herch f to enter cater Into such Much con COli with tho thin ns may rum bo ho required In III order to tn receive the tho Ito benefits of ot tho too said act nt aud b to repay to the tho gov IrOY t the tho actual cost of oC the tho benefit received The Tho IB Is II the thc owner of ot acres of ot land In Hoe Hr Township image i s T l M for the tho Ir Ir Irrigation of or which Mich ho ht hereby height asks n kH the tho aid of or tho lie National Nation l Irrigation Irrl In III accordance with the petition herewith which he lIe hue niso signed THU m SALT RAW CT Thin Tho Snit Salt liver project 1 Is nn nit ex cx otter often heard among irrigators those these the e days tin Tho brief meat of ot KH Its history his lOr will therefore bo ho of ot Interest nt It this lime In lit mo 1700 water conditions un 1111 under der tar the tho Salt Holt river Arizona r nn min which brought brou ht tho Iho ho people of ot the tho valley to the Iho th realization that lint they hoy 1111 must mUA by hy some porno means or other oilier secure more perfect control of the tho available water or OJ abandon their hones homes Ac tc Accordingly cordingly n II citizens committee was wait formed In III Phoenix In III order to promote which would lend to tho ho required end cud This committee nas call called called ed II tho the Snit Hult fiver valley water sinter storage Ir and hill It II 1 A Fowler Iwler en on c ii president A letter won waS addressed to the tho of ot thin Ilin Interior Ratting forth the tho conditions condition cO and asking tint that th L they the receive the tho old nit nI l of ot tho the United State geological Jf olo survey surn In making arming the Investigations nail and at ut the Iho shine same tune time offering 1100 to lilt aid in lit meeting the thc expense Their offer orter wits was accepted and the work of or Investigation tl gallon gation commenced in III January of the following year rear ear About this time a state slate law passed laRNI authorizing any county having nn tin assessed n valuation of or COO to tu take up UI reservoir re projects Th The law lase put rut such proceedings In tho the hands bands of or live five commissioners who ho Immediately t took up the co with the de department 11 of ot the Interior se t o that the tho work worl continued th the labor and Ollit Rub tance tonco nil all tb furnished by the com corn mission the tho equipment being supplied by h the department This cloMo clo o cooperation co resulted rI In n a complete examination of or the conditions and out understanding of or tin the p R and preparations of or plans for n a com complete solution of ot the tho th problem When the national Irrigation act every effort was wan directed toward making the II project one to fed tell federal crab eral aid att and to this hl end 1111 n 0 association was lens formed farmed nail the matter called to the attention of ot the lee thes secretary s of fI the interior This Alts anon atlon was n made a up of or the tho land Janet owners Interested and nud their action In effect I pledged their lands as ns security for tor the tho thoi I i etui n of or the tho money required far tor the tho Inn to la the federal trea treasury ury as us provided In the thc law In 11 I This The notion of or this association a sO Jallon wn seas e Cs though thou h of lit course courso many details hall hail to bp he h perfected I and though the th greater part pan of the Ihl lands hands and even In the were In private ownership the th preliminary contracts for fill construction of or tho the reservoir r has haM nl al already ready mad ad been let A 1 meeting Is III In hl progress this after afternoon noon linen In President A s M J Cannons office 1 of ot the Ihl of or the i canal JIM and others III hI amid ii The Tho fh professor Is In gl gling h tog ing Information III in etall ii and ant explanations buns as us to the es of ot Utah Ink laki as K a II reservoir le with the water tarter condi condl conditions Molls lion obtaining lining at al present nt III In the tho two v alloys and In staling slating what tits the th recent r c nl surveys have hll Ill II h II A t loiter letter Il tt I understanding Is III being 1 among amonI all 1111 1 Con isi is exported from coin next Wednesdays conference between Irot Newell of ot the Interior department and the farmers HI tit Hunt East BI t Jordan and the thi farmers th look forward to th tho the meeting with much Interest Inter Jt |