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Show More Water From Utah Lake Ask For .J By Tooele People An Irrigation project In which 60,000 acres of land are Involved was launched laun-ched Wednesday when G. A'vln Ormo of Tooolo r.iado application to tho stnto engineer to divert 400 ,rcc-ond ,rcc-ond feet or water from Utah lake, The application sctB forth that tho diverting works will be a dam and canal, the channel of tho latter being thirty miles long, the wntcr to flow from Utah lake down tho bed of tho Jordan river to tlio point or diver, slon, and from there will bo carried through the Utch &. Salt 1-nko caital, which It Is proposed to enlarge, to n1 point near the town or Magna. From tho proposed enlargement or tho en-' nal, the wacr Is to bo carried through u now canal to tho lands to bo Irrigated, Irrigat-ed, n distance or ten mllca. Tho lands to Uo Irrigated nro In townships 2 and 3 south and ranges 4, G and G weot, In Tooolo and Salt Uiko counties. |