| Show THE ARID AO L LANDS NOS WATER Doremus Dorelus of the tile State States s Reclamation Commission Makes Report TELLS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE DOlE Also Aso Info Informs run Governo la I of Fu Vu Future lure ture Necessities to Carry Carr ou on Work ork Now Vow Under Vay ia a y State Engineer A AF F P Doremus as na chairman of or the arid land reclamation fund unc ha has hOI filed ed In the of n flea Iea of Governor John C Cutler CUller his hla bi hI biennial report U It I Is about words long and nd full rul of ot valuable Information In lit II his report Mr Ir Doremus recites tho iio origin and tin organization of or tho the flon elan as sir ni provided by state legislation ton In I accordance with the Iho act let of o I Attention Is 18 called to the hue earlier earler meet meetIngs Ings which were attended by Senators I Kearns and Smoot and ond Congressman man Howell IJ and antI many representative from Utah and Salt Bait alt Lake Ike counties as os showing shinning tho Ihl public Interest Inter t In the tho Ih work wod wodOn On account of or legal questions qu arising old out likely to arise lion B H I Richards was vas retained us its 11 counsel Ills His general knowledge of Irrigation low law made alla him able Ible to advise a the commit I j jIon Ion sion anti and his hl almost ulmo t constant service coon toon became Tho The commission waR wan authorized authorize by bytho bytho bythe tho the Interior department to tt determine the Ihl best bl means m ans for Utah lake Inke lakens ns as a I reservoir and nd for or utilizing touch mich In Increased creased crp Hed water supply as n might result re front from such elicit Improvement and alit the per perC r ices C 8 of Morris lorria orr s Bleu Ilien Bei nn an expert were furnished el by ly the department tie tin Mr Ml nor Doremus mus mul recites r the visits of ot Sir Mr Ir Richards to Washington antI and Includes In his lois report the tho valuable and Inter c correspondence b between the time In Interior tenor department and tue 1110 commission UNION OF Or INTERESTS The rite report also Il o recites the hc efforts made by h Mr Richards Richard and the commis commission sion Ion to unite unie tho the owners of or lands udder Utah lake Ink for or direct dealing with the f government In relation to tu the water supply anti and fours fears that lack of unity I night might result In ill tho the governments with withdrawing wih drawing Its It I men ren front from fro I the nf l In n the thA meantime the tho different county clerks wore ere corresponded with relative to 10 needs and nl possibilities of or water vater supply I lii In thel their counties count I The responses r eron rl were not mint general nor the Information en rn but hut the n went ahead just the same TIlE THE TiE HIS All LAKE LAJ PROJECT Finally 1 the tho th Dear Ilear Iel pro proJect project wan wal evolved and tint the chairman and Mr ell to 10 Washington wh where he ie the tho th plan with complete draw drawIngs nl tugs Ings and statistics wan sas 08 laid lull before the I secretary of the tho Interior Stress wax was laid hilt cm em torrential torr I Iter I ter tel of the state streams ms amid Ind tho thin I necessity of ot reservoir r Impounding to tn rave those these waters for Cur II time the irrl Irrigation gation of ot tho tim state It being also aleo point cd ell out fit t t because of ot the shorter sea seasons on tollS sons lons anti liability to early and uld lute late frosts front fr ts In II the higher valleys the lower valleys were w re most of or the tile water waler The Tile printed mat mater matet lei er et shown tile the secretary 1 r covered ex cx the he Irrigation statu In the state ami correlative data and an facts from nn on agricultural standpoint an Just what was wan advisable If it not nt positively po poth pod th I necessary r to 10 be lone done was WIM set I forth These Theno recommendation Included ed I the floe th R tunnel and Strawberry engineering schemes already frequent frequently ly Iy referred to In fl ii Imprint STATE STArE COMMISSION The Time report then points pol out Olt the great advantage of ot a n commission elon an as n manifested In this Washington expert enio Il CO for tor ol the value and completeness of or every evory muse move luve made by lW the commis don slon lion wad R recognized by hy tho the deportment department and nit Scoy BI Hitchcock granted on March 17 1 1904 1901 the examinations ticked aked for tor and the tie commission was vae n officially noticed through tho the director of or the U US t S 13 geological The h local or of the tho reclamation R tI wr were ro In 11 I ll to proceed with the tile Investigations In III loef 1 I anti and work was begun last t spring that ions has been prosecuted vigor vigorously ondy over ever since It I will wi take another year to complete It I EXTRA AVAILABLE WATER The Tho report states Itte It I hi his been heen ascer ascertained that on mm nn additional supply of ot nero acre feet teet of or wiler can eln be ho male made available In the district em pm braced bv by h the tIme project rt smith anil In ion tion ton of or this nil MI land owners are icing being heln organized organize I Into a n corporation to 10 bo ho known ns nR the tie Utah t Idaho Water Users association The Th work how however over ever of or organising the tho or more moe lane land owners will wi under the time stances lances bo lii necessarily slow RIo But nH tha tho th work In some somo MOO neighborhoods hnS lon hn al iii already II I ready bern been completed and tho Rub mib lists have hlo been Ien returned to tho the of or th the commission The for fD matlon of ot tills this association Is neol cary enry IAry nn eta tR tho the laud land to be Is practically all ni In private nil and 11 the water WIer supply must bo lie h by the tho request and nt at the nf ot the land landowners owners It I IK itt erroneous to suppose that the lion government will oili wi undertake any nm work that of or o assured assure tint that tho tin land Inn owners de tIe sire Hire to 10 have hlo It 1 done Iono Ho An 5 an al lly ity I for or tho the land owners to tn t has bait been heui heel afforded through the association of ot HALT HT LAKE In I PLACE PIg When hen It became apparent that the details of or the time government work could not loot be conducted ruin the tho Washington mind and that a branch would probably bo ho 1 hInted nearer tho tile Held lell lieu of IC operations tho the commission hastened to Invite Invie the tite selection of ut Salt Halt Lake Isoko OH nR tha place tot for such aunt nn on olce antI ns nR the th r re suit Salt Sal Lake City was 11 subsequently rt the tho olce la Is I now perma perna established hed here herem RESULTS m THUS THUR PAR FAR PARTha FAn The Tha ht commissIon lon Is I highly hlll I pleased rl with the Ufe that la its ta efforts under the law have hlo so 0 far accomplished and earnestly recommends inter interest ant est et by b the land mud owners to lo induce a n con colt as lS well wel as nA a 1 culmination of ot the great greot work vork ork BO so satisfactorily begun LIBERAl The Time commission also recommends the tha 0 of liberal as will enable It besides ton IH wi I com fiet lug ing tho tim work ork already commenced to procure procuro nets facts relative to lo the time possibilities and needs In alt all 11 parts of ot the time state with the view ot of Inducing such uh ions tons by the United Un led States service as u will where there thero Is 19 opportunity and what can cnn hu bo Profitably employed for tor or Increasing tho the water supply generally and amos that Hr 15 lr G can cnn be b profitably expended for tor the thie thul pur os 8 during the ensuing tn two to year ear It I Is Itt II also ilso suggested led that tha the ito members of the Iha commission receive compensation commensurate with lh the work required of ot them It I appears appear to the commission llon that there thee should b be no n halting In the tho work worl so 0 well wel started ant which If I per pr mouthed to 10 proceed will wi so o largely I to 10 th the growth and of or out oui grett areat state Ial |
