Show UTAH CANAL SCHEME special correspondence of the chica go record I 1 salt lake city utah feb 23 the student of economic conditions in the arid west may find much to interest him in the situation in this state the study is the more interesting because it illustrates a transition state the change of investment and development interests from aroln silver mining to irrigation and agriculture this shifting shit ting of interests presents a paradox in the existence of evident prosperity and just as evident paralysis of industries side by side an illustration in point is the partial destruction truc tion of one of the greatest silver camps in the country park city in summit county the town had its origin and found its wealth in the workings of the ontario mine owned by hearst and haggin and their associates socia tes the mine has paid in dividends over but it was waa closed down indefinitely abolia two weeks ago the suspension of operations had been foretold in advance and in anticipation of the result the larger merchants moved their goods to salt lake one firm alone selling out a stock inventoried inventories invent oried at miners left their families in park city and sought employment in the new gold fields of mercur and in the other camps of the state A number who 1 had no home ties ventured their lot in 1 the rush for alaska the camp 1 practically was abandoned by all who could get away on only ay a few whose investments were independent of the mines remained mined that is taken an aa an extreme eam pie of the dark side aide of the the mines in which lead is found aa 1 socia ted with the silver have profited prof iteA by the advance in lead and park ackt ctt has the silver king which to pay in dividen dividends da ever month just as though silver were above the dollar mark and tree free age an assured thing in contrast with the disasters have come to the silver in mining filing caell barnt is the great act activity ivirty in Irrig irrigation atio n ama agns colonizing enterprises and in the aai fields there has never been beena a in the history of the state when large investments in industrial ana land undertakings were assured ass percentage of delinquent taxes bilat reported was never smaller and cred its are rated on a better basis than atz at any time since 1893 foremost among the new ventur egv are the beet sugar factories their nit motion has been stimulated largely te W 0 the success of the factory at lehl lehi 14 fw it ty miles from salt lake city the xa I 1 K hi people have demonstrated 4 adaptability of soil and tsofi value of the irrigation system tor for sugar beet and have operated tl a profit for seven years enciu encouraged ra g ed li their experience the people of oeda have raised funds and let control contracts far the immediate erection of a sugar p that will cost close to degott tb actions also have been closed with CM cago and new york capitalists capitalist ate have contracted to build a tory for the mt nebo I 1 irrigation r 1 pany seventy five miles southwest south westal salt lake city both of these pl plants are to be finished in time forr for thee the mm maima facture of sugar next tall fall besides new capital required for these plants their operation means much muchal muc hll tha th agricultural communities in vicinity each factory will require dually the beet product of about acres of land the lehl lehi reports i an average annual profit to the f ta of 1475 an acre for a per period od 0 of years on this basis which is re r rea ed as the two pl pi antt should furnish profitable develop develon meal of acres of land hitherto unc bated with an additional income to akrc farmers of the state amounting tio st I e i least annually still another illustration of the sta awk S financial condition is to be found jo air the readiness with which eastern pa tal is taking hold of irrigation broj project until last year it was difficult to h v large reservoir enterprises for reclamation of arid lands because th was no way by which owners of wat rights could be assured control of tha land to be irrigated except by absolute purchase of the land now that abe v carey caray act has been accepted by the state however Is available rw fw selection by the state which may con tract for the reclamation of the lands i making the annual water renta fc sa perpetual lien on the land by authority of the carey act and ordinate coordinate co state law philadelphia 1 london capitalists have ce condrac with utah agreeing to construct a ire i ft storage and irrigation system for the irrigation of acres of diw ert land in san juan and millard ties the system will require the OW st ruction of main canals ten feet deeb leej thirty feet wide at the bottom a and fletty f feet wide at the top with k laterals literals late rals aggregating a total length w miles to supply water for thene chesi 1 I canals in the summer season thrift theties large reservoirs will be needed these will be stored the winter fie flow W v the sevier river a large stream its source near the arizona bound ft and discharging in the desert of V county where it disappears t 1 1 l this thib enterprise is notable in raa mf y things than in size it will wll hopeni aai large area of land at prices that immigration por for years the of land in utah that could be shed ed with water has been com ae bavely ively small high prices have the rule because of the pressure population I 1 on the irrigable land ne 9 the streams it is not unusual land a days ride from the railroad storing 75 to an acre with a MJ wa water ter right though land close by hout out W water ater is not worth the cost of ab abstract of title this scarcity of gable tracts has been due to the of capital for the construction of airs the mormon people early tiled ou on most of the land that could irrigated from natural sources and acquired water rights that could not infringed upon by later settlers the introduction of reservoir v tills this pressure for homesteads will t met and extensive regions opened ivett settlers lers on a basis of mutual profit the colonist and the owner of water an ex example ample of this fact the mil county lands controlled by the will be sold at 1 an acre one h payable in cash and the balance three years without interest the ter r company contracts to furnish a anent water right at 15 an acre alty years time with an annual maintenance and repair of SK e for ind amounting to an am acre for first five years yearly for the live five and 1 a year thereafter the acreage to be reclaimed in this it Is estimated will furnish a for families figuring on atah average of twenty seven acres e family des this great reservoir system it others have been surveyed in and six have begun the af dams all of which will be comin time for spring irrigation some of these systems are com bely ly small they will add nearly acres to the irrigated lands of state e there remains for develop abe the enormous desert region of the in and uncompahgre reservations to be opened to settlement and I 1 y provided with water for reser storage at orage the region along the rd I 1 river where it is estimated ams can be watered from that one SSt tato and a in addition there are thir sites surveyed and besig BB such by the government geo 4 survey and now controlled by state SE altogether together Aa the activity in the diorec blaw indicated largely has compensated issy tb losses and depression due to the to in silver although it has not affect 40 Q athe silver allver sentiment in politics if rett elections a and nd expressions of pub t sections nian may be accepted as indica |