Show BUCKHORN FLAT WILL SOON BE A GARDEN work under way for its immediate reclamation the revival of the old proposition to reclaim buckhorn flat and thus open up for settlement as fine a 10 tract of land as ever lay outdoors took a form this week engineers tala mantes and McFad denof salt lake city have spent the whole week on the tract surveying all the land within the flat proper and some above the reservoir the proposed course of the canal to feed the reservoir is also being survey ed as a matter more to ascertain the fall and approximate amount of pipe necessary to carry the water across the swale chethel water will bt brought from the mountains in the cleveland canal after sam is enlarged or in an entirely new canal is a matter not de ter mined as et james petersen of Cast ledale and henry lund of salt lake have succeed ed in interesting capital in the enter prise and the much desired reclamation of this rich and beautiful body of now idle land now looks like a near reality george A snow former manager of the consol dated implement corn pany of salt lake city but whose headquarters are now in chicago is looking after the eastern capitalization of the proposed company and this im feature of the proposition seems almost assured the splendid and nat ural local reservoir site at the head of the flat w aich possesses accessibility to catch and conserve so much of the water off the watershed of cedar mountain an important item in itself the rich sandy loam of the land with its gentle slope and the desirable al of the tract for fruit culture make the reclamation of this flat one of the most de land propositions ever undertaken in the western empire it is a veritable garden spot and cul in five or ten acie tracts it would thus afford homes for several thousand of people geo A snow and james A melville president of the abraham irrigation company of millard county spent the eaily part of the week with the engineers and mr peterson looking over the land and situation generally they appeared to be highly pleased with the proposition |