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Show .Wtrfcfif1 THE CIUUKTAIA8 NEWS, Three ! .Utfolrrigation yst Projects. A ivait Federal ; -, : , at tka IN Utah tbra dtatlaet " J,ntvtltns there are rlgaiton far which federal ai tha t. iraat n ft U projocta be urged in tha Smith- w5aM eeeheinaUont DECEMBER id tan if In Utah and Jordan river valley than the river caa supply to advantage with water. He suggested high line tu.aala for each side of Salt Uukf county, aa well aa the Spreading et water jfvar a vide area of Utah ciuaty. Ue estimated the ooat of the 1 " A. U . AGRICULTURAL 1921 shorter canal, leaving out tha Coyote creek reservoir. Another reservoir site that might bo utilised Is situated on the left side of the lost Creek at the site of an old dam partly constructed but abandoned many years ago This Bite la Vary favorable, according to Engineer Parker for a specially designed a single arch, concrete dam, 1 Buoh 'darn holding 119 feet depth of water v would impound about 9,909 acre feet an estimated eost of 1999,999 or a , at UtUe laaa than. 949 an aero foot. The Echo dam which would form4 ode of tha principal parts of the system la on' the' main Weber river about of mile above tba ' point where Echola canyon Joinsto tha the favorable Weber. The alts . i inter creek reservoir, which appeared VI V W him the moat feasible, at 95.515.455. ip? would eover the coet of oonstruc- 'MW ftt'Wf"0 prolaoO ; This mmrt from t!6n ' of a dam ill feet high, which i t " entm i ,vhienat seat of eanalef would give a capacity of t?.( aera Utah la. t feet of water, the excavation of spillto landa atausd MhU the 's toy. tranche. diversion of water durwtetl n ta OnuMr ing construction, pumping and tha ktte-Mjtclhtelud moving of railroad tracks and wagon tha road. At the same time ha suggested and! .rivet power development In dropping that Beer River srsaa.ptam tie bed ftoabantn of! water down the river in order to sup which provide M In Boar Stiver bar - thejPify, pumping systems to take water tie water various nasals of the system and north and of Orears5t'tklhe. from Utah lake-eba- r W ttfePprt4 Impetus to ptawi . wk-- J mwwtly..rtpne Foe Too!.' ' yo project j Kt whan Senator Kor the Tooele1 project ha suggest . ts'appre-eake- a duced u bin In ed tha possibility of using the Weber It flood Water, turned -- into the prtMd M.999.999 Provo, m itn aim! In , - This taken return from Utah water prslmt fop pOariMetuae, . lake, and .carried 'around the point of tha putting infosafe Wahaq and the ,watew the mountain at Qarflald Into Tooele Jordan ySvena valley. Tunneling of the Oqulrrh mountains to gat water.. Into Ruch' the dream for valley, ta, Tooele County, he believed would 'bo too expensive, Water he tauludlMJwr vo. vTwL Wi found ootttd ha taken by gravity Into OovemeT former 'Cedar valley In Utah county, but the oemmisaloner of ... - lack of an outlet, to that valley 'mod 4V are-i- T, of supply flea, Btbaaly mead strict regulation essential. - basts for an - a .rational ...... To .leratsot poaaifla dgi Suit ... estimsto of the OrA trial tavelepnm land that may 'be water to irrigated from this project, the Lake Talley, to P table work, perhaps de below la given, showing the areas of energy for tadpatriklj; land that may be ultimately Irrigated. From these total areas la deStately oovarlng tb r ' off acrea ef f dusted - estimated areas -- of waste with the heal lundB, broken, steep benches, gullies or otherwise unreclaimable , lands.. by Irrigative 7 Xbe table - follows: ' . i- Total , waetolrrlgablo rivers rise s. t land land , emit end ff acres acrea I pros the Karnes- Under eonOgden I banah Urn kirw Wf pkyukwl Bear aqoUattbatumaa tk tw rivers., by ' lower river . . . -59,019 whlek TTkber river kanlbk turned Into Under Weber - ' Oa ftew g eequirbd. ... .Ml, SCO river ThO proleCt la baked an the feet that Provo , Iksn la aw and yet no large itotey on . Under and Jordan v aa,a pmlt flood j ; l, rihrofriver, In-- ', 1 rivers., f find tbelr vray Urn two atriiml U --- -eluding Ce- s those dar valley 550,989 91190 547,189 Provw'SV. ,..w4aLiJ4tiSl'ke tadthethoaa of the WpWilglnto ClrTr-r-a- ; ;' . f" ,591.720 154,705 457,015 Inks, - tuu-' TnveaH gallons off storage poeribttl. Available, I ' ttea have bean mads IWdlvers or pen-- ,Among the dam sites In iMUouai The Unltjk iuiM renlatn.- - ; this project la principal the Yellow Creek dam tlen aarvtee itself tkuebed on the poe- - - and reservoir, situated on Yello w aRlUMtlon of these- 4 reek ar? trlbutH--f oMrillRaW o f the the Rear river IJ aod:aMsra-- a dh aagtr toy, and a - which. Joins that wtrk'm4u,t' bilow Uh1-wZV Tba aC Uta auwsbmlcal ua it jjvauatou. m s udyf olr was made.- - boundary - line pa sees through the Utah Mm aa a Va waver, inabtuty ;o gat various In. reservoir, the dam being In Utah and IttB of legal war-' part. oRtlm reservoir in Wyomw over t it lfh larger Stanuet tu ing. The upper waters of the Deaf -efBoIole to. bvt laved, led the tdfral river coo easily be. diverted directly tarn their attsnUoi ta the project of to this reservoir. There le another the tjotorsdo reservoir site on the Coyote creek, I tinging water rtrar taMn and the gfrawberry tlwr a tributary of the Tallow creek to tta ikwnch tba Waaat mountains. This north of the one mentioned. ctlon of the ked In tha The dlveralon from Hear river Ject, which it ' might be made to deliver down Chain gtrawberry Valley t creek, but Athere would be so storage ny - t house ml taw watering aarea af Inn In canal ta feasible and easpossible . of the , built from tha , Fetlowlng Coyote ernek fi that ily would convey water from bath that tha Utah Conser reedamatlea - vtton aoeapany Yellow creek reservoir to the iorganired and hod the king emtineerlna head of Echo canyon or a much Went 9M.88 to the Invest Meat len appointed . paaalblllttaa of gejof flood waters xe banco of waters ivad to the- - Provo Mg that water to Ttvar, and of of Utah Sake, arana at Igm through of lountsin' Into peel 0 county. ' 17 4- -, three-quarte- , SECTION 5 fill dam., construction of an earth of water the with a depth of 105 feet extend up to would formed lake acrea and hold Coalville, cover 1, of waacre feat .000 a storage of la considered favorable; ter. Tha alts being tha tha only factor detrimental the The neat salty for moving land tha with tracks railroad together would that would bo Inundated up to approxlbring tha total ooat aero mutely ! 1,590,000, ' or 949.55 por foot.' rs ' Dong Canale Needed. .The Bear Creek dart n f one of the site, another favorable place on the cated at a ba- Weber river lust above Fooa und . , Continued on pad nineteen) , , fr 'Jf 1 .lr LINE) (OREM t -- --- --- '-- f t i nt Frequent and Bependable Passenger Service 30 ' J; Passenger TpaimiS; 4 V I - .. Pally Express and Freight Shipments Via YOUR Ship -- -- K n t te , -- ? - - fca t Home Industry -- j- e , -- ? s' mum s mie 1 Ion. pUHtc aid might t'tha Utah Hcr-o- f SnU fake, Davie, Tooele, counties. WW ty oontribut-- d , ta tha axpenaa of tagtheerlng Invmtl- Taro magma were spent in Rttona lavmllgatloka. ;A. P. purkerof Ogden being employed ae chief anon ha made a The first pa oomawbat extended purvey r the t Boko reservoir projactj prep.tr me dam on storage ea parity of that reservoir nd ruaalng linos fcr k possible euoal that weald taka wktef from ttie'W- relearned from the at a point mate hundreds of feet ' nt Unvts sad ptghor than VHwr annals. Thli vcnultl permit Jho, bench land Irrigatlop of muchleij Of tho two cosnt ; ar Mr. uf Porker's Ip taperf Its pointed apt ihsg ic Wtler flood ' 1 water aapply in t$ atorans jear is ' mors than ealgefept fto suid'lv the lards whlch -could he rpnrhsdsconom- leallyheunder canalthatflam itat river, end eugpaated pdditjcotal flmcl waters of tha WabOr nimfct bo tulnod - . 3 Provo. tba ttta - . Tba second sea eon Was devoted by Mr. Parker ta a ,b Hrovo- of tba project iyd detnunstraiotl poaaibllltr and gatimated the cost of bringing water from Utan take 10 which tbr broad Tooele llmtley. krteelan supply. " . t Mr is rnoia feued there r Parker IDAHO', w -- I W', . I 7 . WYOMING, OREGON, UTAH, COLORADO. t i r1 4 1 so FauMn-vLittauiB- s MAIN OFFICES, 803 TO 807 KEARNS BLDG. -' ;t , ! i - u SaUUkeCitj ' , f We have the largest farm loan business In the Inter-Moo-n tain region. We have loot! correspondents in all parts of oar field. We are the financial agents of the Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio with assets orer f 150,000,000.00. i, tt -- LME ESEM i , v i 1 t- We have been Very fortunate, daring period of depression just passed In being prepared to renew all maturing loans that were desirable, and in being able to take care of any new business offered where the security ' met present Irequiranents. 4 rV Vf t 4 ' , |