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Show THE DESERET NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER IS 1920 The deslgnated. most of which are In the immediate outgrowth of the work i acres done by the geological surrey In claswestern states. About 1,600,0 have been classified under this act In sifying lands as to their Irrigubiii'y, 1 1.Ooo.Oi) in said Mr. in Idaho, Utah; 300,000 Ths results of this acres In Wy- work can Wooley. he seen In the many rec!arn- Arizona, and 15,OOV,OU oming- The designations in Utah and ation projects. Here again, however, Utah has ben i Idaho represent the acreage which has been applied for and la probably en- among; the most backward etatee Ida- tered on while the larger areas in Ari- ho on her north and other bordering sons and Wyoming represent large etatee have been obtaining large sumeili the f money from the government white'! lii" quantity aawater power blanket deslgnatlene-and-peebabi-bey classified under Utah has received almost nothing for to entire acreage the development of her several development; those which Impair its this act. f"as;- O Indication is better baro- - two- leading, industries, Utah went bumper crops, the sugar beet crop this It le estimated that there are about ble rec'.atnatlojf projects. The Green' quality, arf tnunicipsJ use; and those" River of and showed .lm- - year was unprecedented, and factory, more acres in the southeastern part of the steadily forward storkraieing mqter v f progress in the de-- jImense which deplete Its quantity, at Irriga- 10.000,000 strides in other lines, and also machine shop and mill, worked lauds in this sae Work was begun state wduld be one of the best or or a state., growin tion in the number ot new that lng 1929 as never before. ' Indications this fall on blanket designations to tnthe west. It would reci.nm than the property valuation, added their holdings enterprises to the taxable of oil were discovered and as ths The problem of forecasting the prob- throw this vast acreage open to entrv. abwut 240,000 acres, thus nearly next fall it is thought most of this doubling the Irrigated lands In the ss fixed by a state board of .equalize- - assets of the state. Never since the year closes. Investors are thronging Government Expert Work- able future needs of a region and Its By will been des- state Several other good projects tion. Judging Utah by the vast gains historic march of the pioneers, over the state land office leasing mineral ie available water supply Is being work- 10.0u0.000andacre wi.I be open for entry. years ago, has there been such and oil lands. It hss been discovered ignated ,e1mm.ea.reIOP e" rta?, by ,'hlri made in the 1920 valuation over 1919, seventy Probsurvey to in- This the Utah in ed out of by Solution a trek towards Utah as in 1920, when that the water of Great Salt Lake is Out means a decided boost to the go ing of as the growth of the state was indeed a the whole world, awakened by. Utah's rich in minerals, which will be made volve as little sacrifice possible taJten In the senate. stock and wool growing industries In can present needs Under the 326 acre or enlarged Great One. The total valuation of record of achievements t'fah. The vast stretches of mohn- during the the heals of lem Along Three Water supply for domestic use in the Esusad-act.offee excellent- forage- - horn began to Investigate this state. n;rg factori ta tripled their facilities. nearly arid states and particularly In Utah crops, land officials ria' able "Investigation dry farming area, In Utah ha afr"fharruin,ig states is closely saao-- r should offer ail the declare, and been placed Utah from every corner of the nation. under cultivation and it According to Use to andatedbordering grazing land U from with agricultural development. be which can used these It seems ress though the eye of ths lends for a that porto many years large Includes water-n- ot uss domestic This w-centered upon the state. come. of h the mean cult in it a What retion states country additional Put. is agricultural Water only tar the household but. for farm sources can hardly he estimated, is derived. - More than 4uO.OOO.(iG4) had led the nation in Victory that yet and for on the ranges an. mals, cattle ... this acUls looked upon as one of the acre of public domain In the urst , drives of evenriklnd during ths war. the prospector in tbs desert wastes. most beenficlal to the west ever hare been classified under lh!i Ik. estate, and the Improvements on the The figures on the tax assessor's rolle on Water. In the local land office many entries Mtirmcm Depends passed. holdings already owned, brought up speak a marvellous story of the supply fronucirface or The applications for designations under thia act have been granted in valuation of Utah realty, (which voneemejit of 1920. The slory written Permanent agricultural settlement source !s ths the past yar. up- - anAahedei&aiiWi.aUoweil a8L also Include mining claims) to 1242,-- , upon the book of the secretary or mroa lliaJn.ia.ah dvpeiela 'defactor la the Xearfy 508,00 Oa rrea or the best purposes, under the stock raising act for the 116,52 !h 1920 rrorrf th gtmrbf ply suitable for domestic public Unda In Utah have been set assessed by the state 'bolrd'ua)Y-sion. where counties requirements year ending October 1, 1929 in acre- aaide M1, which it was In 1919. velopment of the remaining mtiro the fundamental upon in knocked for sdmlon reserves site to for the both age amounts power more than 13 times xatlon, this item showing $203 lf$4&4 millions of acres of publie lands In under ths homestead laws are extenImprovements ln?reased over Mven uh've fv psvssfi 4lw of purpose rf In thaL Uih a doors for'r t H 181$ the alienation. far unresidence and and only $16273 $47 te 182ft million, durlnk 1920. Figures for and cultivation, the applieddesignated - - ths arid western states AH agricul; sion of settlement ot for 121 water power? frhi tie to t4w areas is pos- - der ths aet the year previous, ac- p the a Joee of ThUt In - 4919 - were t.ruwd advancements main total Improvements L tural and grazing development, minmbie only when the prospective home- - cording to figures complied by Ralph lands from ail ariculfunadftvelop ly occasioned by the leanenin in mine tllt.346.9S3, and In 1920 they were wiil know no equal. .. . ments lnnd -i reasonR la Instance It chief and a many s'.cader finds water within of the field division of revenue, Kelley, eral Industrie which this largely de- 334,213,380. transportation Personal property other. Here 1920- - as yet' eludes a much larger acreage than is pends, theupon instance of Jrfs- - chosen - location. the general land office here. mines working under ad- than live stock also increased greatly uatlona by coU",s f manufacturing possibilities are direct-l- y able ba jnayk. From , Oct. water does the 1. 1919- to Oct. necessary or could possibly be used verse conditions, and aeillng on Where sufficient year g dependent upon this ons resource not on the exist surface I, 4920 about 339 applications for for power development, Mr. Woolley markets, tax the 979,947. making upon as the fou In Utah and other inter ihe.r and to dispose. of or to administer the the must resort designation under the 640 acre act declared. homesteader- much less than oroved to 00 the Of the Pioneers coming, and Industrial Ths year mountain states this condition wai dinary.output very new industries, after ation of the commerclalcenter start of remaining public lands without refer. to weiis. Much valuable data has were filed with the local field division aggravated many Of more than tha average ar In ths face of the losses In these the pinch of the great world - -- supremacy of Utah, embracing an acreage of l0.603.t-- . a " ence to their water supply Ut to Ignore been gathers by the survey showing larger aereage had to be to Increase production raised region. fi- e cia.s ., water This acreage Js being of the existence the and national grear and the .of depth by urged Farmer, due most vital factor In ths develop of the physical geographical piano in Utah as a result of the many, des'gnation and allowance of the enIn this mountainous coun.ment of natural resources, according exploratfors conducted to determine tries Is now pending before the gener- conditions . "PersonalProper'y to Rail R. W'oobey, hydraulic engi- if weiis can he sunk on entered public al land office at Washington. During try. An Other Than Live Property Assessed Real Esfaf and Important Sets law. t the same period 909 stock grazing apCOUNTY. Slate Board Assessed Livestock By stock Claims neer of the United States geological Ian. Is. Improvement Mining This condition- - Is greatly xeiiered of Equalization Total In Utah H hae been found by the plications omhraclng 612 909 were hv the w, whise headquar- survey surrey In that In many Instances wells designated and allowed. This latter in Utah by the release bill passed by Beaver 563 430 1,482,465 741,710 2,366.930 ters are in this city. would be too deep and coatly for the will now be developed as stock graz- congress last Juns In which they au4.639.1 0 P.oxelder . . 2.010 440 16.309.350 2,099.996 thorize the lands reserved to be enterIndividual homesieader and it wa ing lands. With a realisation of this relation. . . 7,872,020 1,169,772 4,460,645 IS. 431. 300 Bor the previous yesr. only 62,410 ed under the various homesteads with .Cache . . with the good of Utah homesteaders In 3,668,232 413 143 Carbon ,,. ship between the public lands and mind 1,409,300 2,725.079 Congress enacted a special acres were applied for designation and the provision that the government may Daggett ... 93 596 196 659 270.202 68,283 their water supply, yii geological sur- revisionthat withdraw them again should it- bd to the homestead laws to re- allowed. 3,192 472 483.215 S.662 75 2,312,560 t n Yet despite this great growth in ths subsequently found that the lands are Davis vey, almost from its Inception, has lievo the entrymen of the residence 734 861 1 . 353,386 474,797 1,649,12 needed for power site reserves. This Duchesne . to casee where a domestic water development of this state's public throws been engaged In the work of securing 640.956 1,411,565 621,656 2.032,745 Emery to lands open under under cannot the ha entry the stock and Is homechiefly available imt 328 099 grazing definite Information 960.488 Garfield regarding the supply 1.419.813 213,254 0 obtained. It first applied in Utah, and stead. Utah is still a great deal be- J60 acre homestead act nearly 391 714 1 460.699 192.575 -d'stribution and utilization of water under Its generous 19 of the best lands within this Grand 827 provisions large hind Idaho, as will be shown by the stateacres 1,028 1,772.352 692.715 and should Increase within a few Iron and to indicate if powible the highest tracts of rood lands were opened to following figures. Local land office 1,604 646 Juab 1,424,492 3.S14 61 1.104.755 the states officials resources years rea are less at to have must account agricultural otherwise citizens wh'ch In for 294 616 1 307 448 efficiency In "Its use, especially . Kane 226 600 697.41 any reason why Idaho and other states by nearly one half. 2.735.560 3.771.804 Millard .. those regions where the demand for mained cloned to a great detriment to In the water power development It Utah Since its adoption, however. It should bs shown ft preferencs over water available supply, hashcvTr- - extended to severs I other Utah done In the past. self this state ranks among the fore-moin development possibilities, jet and Mr. Woolley. western states and mil! Ion a of seres of During the year 1919 the total acreage applied Tor and allowed under the one of the hindmost In actual devrl The work ef the survey in collect- public land have been opened There are only 1 states opment. act amoun'ed to 529.535 C!a self ica tion under thee acta whlir stock raising ing etream flow data and in connection restricted bv the water supply factor, acres In 1919 this figure was Increas- which have a greater horsepower With mineral resources is too generally also rests In part upon other provi- ed to nearly 2.240 900 acres In 1920 al- which could be developed per square though ho definite figures are avail- mile than Utah, Mr, Woolley anknown to devote much time to. In sions of each individual set whirh able it hi thought the. acreage went nounced. must be land that the susceptithese lines the work during the past This state haa IS I horsepower per to previous ble to cultivation at least under dry all out. of proportions square mile or a total of about 1,274,-06year has been conducted with renewed farming methods years. horsepower which will ultimately vigor, in gathering stream flow data Many Applications Pending. Slate's Resources Increased. be developed once there Is a demand the survey has not only kept up its Thousands of Since the adoption of this section for this power. The present de petitions for designs-her- o measuring stations, but is now pian-- . more than 2,000,009 acres have been tion are yet pending in the general , velopmenis do not total more than one land of . Of are office extensive which thia tail. many within entered in I jtentn of that amount, Jung-oaestablishing others to eualtle are all more- or less acquainted covering plot (Tail over the this state. The work however hr be-- ) them to gather more complete data on acreage state & large part has been braught lng disposed of as fast as conditions with the advantages and uses of elec-wt- ll all streams In the state. The stream to the state's resources For the propa within and and ths part It plays In the short time j tricity permit g flow department is under the direction er disposal and administration of the probably most of the applications development of a region. Mr. "for acreage in Utah will be ley said. It la lndsed fortunate for areas which era not of A B- Burton and that of mineral mountainous in allowed, thus adding hundreds of Utah that her power resources will for cultivation, Conrress resource data under PaUic!an Victor suitable December, 1916, enacted the stock-raisi- thousands of acres to the states stock 1 be able to' supply a greatly increased C- - Iicil.es. 640 grazing lands. industrial homestead to embrace for many development The first orderly and scientific years to come, Utah should be able In regard Vo the classification of acres of land whose chief value is for was to the j suwk and raising forage crops, yet cle.ufwvbtion of public, laud, develop power for her most com-16- 9 Uh r,!a'1"n tVb"' acre homestead pawed for the lm-- 1 mon use, whereas other states mar a thorough supply the work require, mediate purpose of fostering lrrlga-- 1 have to import their power through' Under this stock ra iring lie quad- - more than 100,000,000 acres have been Uon. The reclamation service was an high tendon lines at higher-pos- t.' knowledge of the w aver Ity, Quantity and 'distribution- - fundamental facts thus obtained have been studied by the survey from the standpoint of the probable uses to which the water will be put, taking into' consideration ' distinctions "between uses which leave the water substantially unimpaired In quality and urdlm-inishe- d ... j Property Valuations Show Big Increase For Utah," Telling Story of Advancement ' - -- dur-crea- ae p"0-Jee- te -- h-- Line, tube "'Which -, various-industries- -. -- sa-th- WATER - Wa-je- i th. -- n. ' ft. falt-In- -- - reeerv-becaii-- the-we- 1 1 - eec-ito- .... ... 160,-09- 53,081-2.992.9- .... 0 rifr Wool-pendin- - , n: ng rMWMaflT It-e- Woolen Mills PROVO, UTAH SHIRTS ROBES MACKINAWS, BLANKETS, A Assure Long and Satisfactory Sen'"!- - , , UTAH'S OLDEST HOME INDUSTRY ar4 . date xtf rtMliv.Tfcxvw Output for 1920 Jeie J. S. Knight Smith ....President. Genl. Manager iatv o'. ;!! 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