Show THE TAR OF an unusually dry year the senate committee tile the bothwell project the present year has been an unusually dry one the farmers in many parts of the territory have not been able to raise more than one half of the usual amount of grain vegetables etc and the question of the water supply has become of vital interest to the people during the month of august last the committee of the united states senate appointed to investigate the subject of irrigation and the facilities for storing water for the reclamation of the arid and lands visited utah and were in session for two days in salt lake city the people of the territory were deeply interested in the visit of the committee and through the efforts of the county courts and many of the citizens a complete statement was prepared of the actual condition of the water supply and the opportunities for storing it there was also filed with the committee maps showing the location of settlements streams and the places especially adapted as sites for reservoirs all of this very valuable information was given to the committee and will be made a feature of their report the following statistical statement will convey a very fair idea of the extent of the interests dependent upon irrigation in utah THE BEAR LAKE PROJECT in connection with the subject of irrigation a brief statement of the work proposed to be done by the bear lake and river water works and irrigation company may prove of interest this company organized under the ws wa of utah proposes to construct a laa la minth system of head works adnita and canals by means of which the waters of bear lake bear ogden and weber rivers in utah are to be diverted and distributed to cities towns and farms for municipal and domestic use the lands which will be tributary to the canal will exceed acres some of this land is equal to the finest in the territory for agricultural purposes in fact nearly all of the land is remarkably fertile the cost of the canal when completed will probably ex exceed aeed the influence of this vast enterprise on the section of country through which it runs and the territory it if successful can hardly be overestimated it will transform thousands of acres of arid land into spots and will enable many thousands of people to find comfortable homes it is a most important enterprise for the territory and ought to be successful the board of directors are representative senta tive men the organization of the company was accomplished by the energy and enterprise of mr john R bothwell |