Show UNCLE SAM TO TAKE WATER OVER TO THE UTAH VALLEY between fite and forty thetis i and acres of land la in utah county will shortly bo be placed under cultivation f according occo allne to a decision ikc lilon reached nt at a meeting of assistant chief engineer pi U N X savage and consulting engin eer A P davis of tho the united states reclamation department with george TA Swen daon who la Is in chargo charge of the reclamation department of utah the Thai matting was held hem last fast friday L halt bait lake city and it was decided should W b began begin at once 1 l for the diversion at the matare of the lal strawberry river 1 by deanis of a dam dain ja and I 1 a four balle tunnel into diamond 4 creek and then into tho spanish fork river this will bo ba of inestimable t P benefit to the farmen about and spanish rork fork the proposition also of a huge reservoir in strawberry valley the estimated coet coat la is one million dollar dollars this Is the first Irti irrigation gation deal W t be taken bold hold of by too me government in utah were ere completed at the meeting tor for the survey of tho pro eject engineer E A akeya and corps ofa of I stanta will be cent frer from I 1 D 0 to take charge of ibe field work york engineer ni v ill hae charge ot of the entire scheme tho the reservoir in strawberry valley ie Is to have a capacity of acre foet fota of water which wip will bo diverted into diamond creek ly ty r t forty six dam I 1 A tunnel twenty thousand feet loog long or nearly four miles will be madei made through the wasatch ranh c this ID its one of the mort items in the scheme dl DI version canala canals are to bo be constructed nt at tho the mouth of the spanish fork A number of parallel canals will s constructed along tho the r southern ou thern elo of the intercepting the tributaries of the Duch etine river at vernal I 1 laet ast week a meeting of tho the of uintah county was hold for the purpose of discussing this th proposed scheme which la Is gener ally boll bollerer bu lloyed ered to bo be inimical to the in toretta oc of northeastern berthea item utah as it Is believed it if it ie Is carrle carried out that atwill it will interfere more er or lead lesi with tho the water supply of the Dut Du leane cesna and ulnah valleys when the reservation Is spen ed for settlement protests Pro teete hayo have been drown drawn uj up end and bunt sent to washington 1 |