Show TO UTAH FARMERS one of 0 tile lie important Ille measures aares which tile the coming legislature will III bo be amhed to pass pass will be a bill to lo pili provide vide lor jor the establishing and oper operation aion of 0 veils aclis in aari ti tracts acts to lo faini ars rs wit with loi killaly Il laly allt nicil ot pill other C boillet do domestic illet ic pit pin I 1 poses aside lioni irrigation rl r I 1 in ili ability ibi lity the lill bibi will vill come flout tho slate lind land louil board the last i t te lo lie mcd in ini liing ments to lo tile the fv of tile hie use 01 ol subterranean water for 10 lo jo 1 purposes on oil aill fail aniu and giacin linds land but bill to no was mj ai nile rn I 1 he 1 I ishii boll ot the lie wa ter alnis I 1 under I 1 lie I 1 iba ot of lie legislature tile iho land beat d last january let a for lie he ai lying ing or of a well in belai valley in ill utah county at a depth ot ol approximately feet fee water was shuck and at a depth of 0 gijo feet a sufficient pressure was obtained to produce a now ol of twelve gallons a I 1 minute the water is fol foi and domestic purposes and ami lie iho flow still knowin chowing that the thory theory ot of the he project is sound but there is nothing on tile the statute books providing for the he allotment and distribution ot of the water to the farin fa eig and is as a consequence the state land board has not felt like suming assuming a authority lit in tile the maiter mailer until I 1 is sonic some kennlie rille log leg isolation un oil the subject anil and the farmers in ill tile the of tile the well halie hae helped themselves to its waters it will with no level 10 accruing to the state tho the purposes of the proposed bill LS discussed di custod by thomas C callister Callist cr secretary ot of the state land board N will ill lo be to provide for the lie delving ot ol such veils dvells in mid land areas and their operation el era tion which will include the allotment an and of 0 their waters aftel they aie established the plan as proposed pio posed to effect this his is not dissimilar to that under which arid lands arc now segregated under the land act tho the state land board will tie be given powei to contract with corporations po rations tor ter the driving of 0 such wells ind and then to lease them to the he corporations them chein establishing a maximum pike rot foi the water as a le ie friction tion against an all excessive charge learge 0 o the farmers supplied this 1 ih 0 one lie of two or plans proposed pio posed which ne lie only in ill their inception now the proposed bill will bo be second ill ili importance to the farmers situ situated aed in wide arid anieas only to lie caley land act it if is claimed it will not n ot only plenty ol 01 walpi for all domestic uses but will insure tile the neighborhood from sickness or disease insulting lesul ting bioni impute water 1 will be another important advantage whereas farmers situated in arid and areas now have to haul water for domestic purposes in ili eluding the watering of stock which requires a hig ln fc supply long distance the wells will be driven drivon nea near the I 1 center of the densest population to ate the long oil haul the reduction in ili cost will be another big item tile the cost to I 1 lie he farmer or grazer aie averages rages 3 cents a gallon callister bays water from the driven vert wells can call be plod produced for one of 0 a cent a gallon it I 1 is clain claimed led in ili anticipation ot of the lie legislature taking some action giving the land board authority in the matter con liacas for to tio more wells one in dog valley alley and one on oil lexan lean ridge similar to the one dirven in cellar cedar valley will be let by the board at its meeting december 1st ast another one of these wells is now being driven lit in the salt If veils fells valley in ili dox box elder county each of these will have a 1 capa ity to supply fifteen or twenty farms it is said deseret fanner |