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Show ltlf. THE UTAH STATESMAN, APRIL 4, Famous Milner Case, NewLegisIaHon Reliction Land Title, Fifty Year Secretary WUbur Calls Coal Title Dispute, Aids Foresters Geological Survey Real Water Studied Lease, Fluctuations, Now Nears Settlement Aid to Civilization From Oae) (Continued Page InResearchWorklj How Not To Be A Good Sports-Bit' llctloa land. Others maintain that Federal Court Tries Cam - I Which Hm Been Before n Game Warden Public For 25 Yean. (Continued From Pago On I the coal deposits in tba Book Cliff coal flelda Jn 1100. when these application! war inadt for stata lands, Mr. Cllaon. acting for 8. M. Mllnar, began development upon landa which wera government coal eaah entries made by John Mllnar and Hulda Saberg. Ail of thaaa government entries, together with tha landa purchaaed from tha atata, finally became the property of tha Carbon County Land company, or tha Milner Corporation. Tha atata landa wire aold under tha 'aalact and purchaao'' agreement and there appeara the ami indifference on tha part of the land board with regard to examination and appraisement. It seems that entire reliance waa placed in tha affidavit of tha application. Following tha deelalon In (hie caaa there appeara to be tha earn condition that waa apparent In the Utah Fuel company caaa, already cited; that the atata made no further move to protect Ua Interests, atarted no suit to secure the return of theae valuable landa aa waa instituted by tha government, and allowed the matter to reat. Final Payment. In December of lilt the records ahow that the Carbon County Land company tendered final payment to the present board for the landa involved In the above mentioned ault, and demanded that patent laaue ot the company without any reset vatlon of minerals to the state. Tha board refused to comply wUh this demand, and at the same time claimed that the" original applications covering the landa In question were made for erasing landa and that the landa had been aold ca auch. Shortly thereafter, tha Carbon County Land company offered a compromise settlement in which It proposed to return a portion of the lands to the state provided the atata would issue patent to It for the remaining landa without mineral reservation. This proposition was not accepted, but It resulted In the question of any compromise being accepted by the h board and the matter waa taken un with tha attorney general. The question waa aa raised to the soundness of the board's contention that the title, both equitable and legal, to the lands involved la vested In the state; and In view of tha as to whether this contention would prevail in an actinn In the courts, the board, acting on the advice of the attorney general, decided to compromise the matter If an equitable settlement could be arrived at. The Newer Contract. Negotiations finally resulted In a compromise being effected wherein the board agree to resell all of the IB84.lt. acres. Including mineral rights, to the Carbon County Land Co.. upon the follow. With many problems la forestry yet unsolved, research In tha for est service an entering on a nee era of intensified attack, it waa an nounced December 11 by the de partment of agriculture. Tha legislative authorlsallona of tha Mc- Sweenoy-McNar- y law. enacted last spring, it waa explained, have created a basis for a leas piecemeal method of financing and conduct ing the work, and consequently for a mora orderly, comprehensive. and sustained attack upon the reat number of unsolved prob ma that now hold back the de velopment of sound policy and practice. The full text of the statement toiiows: The forest service now has it forest experiment stations in an. oration, located in major forest re gions or tne country. These are all engsged in studies of numerous re proDisms wn'cn make up gional in- - iummsnisi or tne nest uss of all thaprooiem forest lands In the United States. Two Important general projects in tne researcn program that are being attacked on a regional basis are (1) a aeries of studies in de- tsrmine growth capacity, or what wooa return can be expected from a given niece of forest Isnd: and (!) a series to determine tha allvl. cultural prart'ees necessary to keep ioreai tanaa everywhere fully pro Of the growth ratnrlty studies several are nearlng completion, and yield tables sre now available to tlmherland owners and foreatera ror tha four southern pines, spruce In the northeast. Iwuglas fir in the Paclflo northwest, western while pine in the northern Rocky moun tains, yellow poplar In the Anna' tacnian region ana tne southern white cedar of the eastern roast, The study when completed will he a monumental Mere of work In volvlng the making of mora than loe volume tables. A number of studies to deter mine desirable sllvilrultural prac tices nave likewise been romnlet ed, and reports are already avail able for'ths Cal'fornla pine region. tne Dougiaa fir region or the Pa, eifie northwest, tha Central hard wood region, the western white forests of the pine and larch-fi- r northern Rocky mountains, and the Lake states region. Each study sims to determine the measures which tlmberland owners should adont to grow and protect valuable limner erona. other Investigations now under way are for the Southern p'ne region, tha central Rocky mountains, and the northeast, and for the western yellow pine, both north TyMvv 5P jgj reuows wc cm okchhX ip wc act a ) Noneea..! WI"ll Txt a iiueiiw-- f 1. 'li"' y T-J- 1 HO w, . I will at AKX fa gjjVT teit vast at utjota f anC Hat I'ara nejll la tba Powell atoagki area this qaeuloa is not paramount: flratp because) the eurnnMl survey la presuiaed lo liars done away With any riparian rights tba land owners may bare tboaglM tbry had. Baxwad, evra if U ahoald contO boat that tba abutting, la aad aot facia bam owns tbw area then tba luaaa which is on file la the tub I j J n Jr" i w. c. cninpg jn. William C. Crump, Jr., represen- the Eighteenth legislature tative from BlufMale was appointed a fish snd gsme wsrden Mondeputy day by Commissioner J. Arthur In Me-cha- Th appointment takes effect at once and will leave a vacancy in the lower house of the state legislature In the event a special session is called. Artist Selected To Design Statue Of Henry Gay Edmond T. Qulnn of New Tork has been selected to design the statue of Henry Clay, to be erected at Caracas. Venesuela, it waa announced March 10, by the department of elate. The statement follows In full text: Act of Congress (No. fI7-llt- h Congress, H- - R. 1U7I) approved February 14, HIT. authorised and directed the Secretary of State to present to the Republic of Venesuela and to erect in the city of Caracas. Venesuela, a bronse statue of Henry Clay, such statue to be the work of an American artist and to be prepared and erected after the plans and specifications therefore have been submitted to and approved by the commission of fine art. There was authorised to be appropriated the sum of 141,000, or so much thereof a might be to carry out tha provisions of the Act of Ctngres, Including the cost of such statue, of transportation, of grading, tha site, and of building the pedestal, expenditures for- architectural service, and travelina- exnenaea of tha employed In erecting the atatue, as wan mm m me persons delegated by the Secretary of State to present, on behalf of the United States, such statue to the Republic of Venesuela, Edmond T. Qulnn. SOT east (1st street. New Tork. City, has been duly selected by the Secretary of State aa the sculptor with the approval of the commission of fine arts. unc-rtaln- ly Ing conditions, "The purchase price to be floe per acre on all of the landa embraced within said certificates, which embrace 1114. II acres, or a tout of IliO.iSi payable aa 1100.000 or on before Jan., 3, 1010, 1100.000 on or before Jan. and $251,411 on or before 1140, I, Jan. J, lift, to be evidenced by three notes in the above respective sums and payable as above set to-w- it: s: forth, bearing Interest at the rate of t per cent per annum from and after Jan. I, lt!S. until maturity and t per cent thereafter until paid, aald notes to be secured by a mortgage in favor of the state given by tha Carbon County Lands company, embracing; all of the landa embraced within aald certificates, with the right of the mortgagor of paying: the aald mortgage In part or In full at any time, and with the further right to the mortgagor of having released from said mortgage any 140 acre tract upon the payment af SI 00 per acre therefor, aald principal payments above specified to apply on said payments." Question Raised. Soma have raised the question aa to the propriety or legality of In this compromise and face of tha mineral law passed by tha 1111 legislature, which law became effective prior to the compromise- referred to. and provides, "All coal and other mineral deposits In landa belonging to the state are hereby reserved to the state. Such deposits are reserved from sale except upon a rental and of this royalty basis." Ilscusalon within the legal subject la not scope of this audit, and the facts pertaining thereto are related aa a matter of record. A point to be noted in this matter, however, is that the present hoard did make some move to prothe state's Interests snd tect brought to It an anticipated return of I5ii.4:i on coal content of certain landa which had been previously sold as grating land for approximately 18.000. Dern Advocates Board Take Up Junior Colleges Study of the Junior college allua-tlo- n In Utah with a view of making - in recommendations on this matt,.the next legislature is urred upon ine sisie board of education by Gov. Ueorge II. Dern in a letter to Dr. C. N. Jensen, state superintendent of public Instruction, who is chslrmsn of the stste board. The governor recommended that this Subject be lnVCStls-aleilhnr.mli. ly during the coming blennluni, so ma. mi nrxi legislature may lisve the benefit or the studies. Considerable tima rainmmaj by the last legialautre In considering- the Junior roller question. Bills providing ror me establishment or Junior colleges were introduce 1, but. failed to pass. Dr. Jensen announced Tuesday that the letter of Dovernor Dern would he placed before the stste board of education. re-sa- le m FIREMEN DECIDE OX STATE VXIT SPRINUV1U.E One hundred fireper cent of the Sprliigvllle 14STH FIELD ARTI 1.1.131 Y TO men will make application to Join IIOIiD BA.VWIET AI'HJL the state firemen's association, loThe annual banquet ot battery cal officers My. This decision wa reached at a meeting of the fire A. 143th Field Artillery, will state officials held reSaturday, April C. at the Ho- men annChairman 8. L. Havmond cently. tel Utah, according to an announce- was in charae. ((lute requirements ment Monday. mrml-rrnew wa ft given by B. W. Wiyman. chairman of Keunen Kimpsun. state orcanlaer. committee, reports other officials were: Slate present have that a number ot reservations Treasurer fi. II. Secretary already been received (rom old r.. it. Anderson. Jnen. JTeal-- I Vice Elm t members now residing in Clyde Canning. and that the affair premiers to be the biggest in the hlntorj DEEP SNOW. of the battery's peace time GRAND JUNCTION. That '.rand Mesa's cost of snow this winter it generally nearly or more OGDEN AUTOISTS DODGK PAYING COUNTY TAXV.S man iwir as drep as is usual for nil time of year Is th Indication OGDEN. County Attorney Sam- In the fust rvdlns of no-- v cauccs uel B. Hlackham la knitting his maintained over the mesa by the brows over an Investigation ot le- force, service. Although reports gal methods which will have to lis i rom only tour of tne 10 gauges on employed by Weber county in order the mesa have been received at to collect a total of Sl!.l!4.: In this time, th depths are expected personal property taxes which re- to how propof.nnstely h.avy at ntals unpaid from list year. County the others. Auditor U A. Van Dyke reports the siaunt. Mr. Van Dyke says that "Lurkv Is lbs srlrl " ssvs Genrea between ft.000 and f 10,000 of the Langford. "who marries a man ameunt represents uncollected tax- with money to burn. She makes a es on automobiles. good match," s otii'i-atate- d'-n- ! i i i and south. Soma other nurely regional nrob- ems now under investigation are Tha proper management of mixed spruce and hardwood forests In the northeast and of hardwoods In the Appalachian region: the rehablll tatlon of the millions of acres of unproductive or only partially pro ductive or only partially productive land in the Lake Slates, and tha relation of drainage to awamp-forein the growth: southern nine region, tna develop ment of methods of turpentining that will best fit the requirements of forest managsment; in the in- regon. tha develop ment of cutting methods to Insure reproduction In the shortest possl bie time: and in California, very difficult and Important problems of fire control and tha relationship between forest cover and water the proper supplies Including management of southern California cut-ov- er sl State Engineer's Statement Regarding Utah Lake Future Tu:ti :i.iw to the report of George Bacon, atata engineer, regarding tan Jake paii in the reclamation plan for Salt Lake valley. (.neap Mora go Baain. It la well recognised by all who have given tha matter any study that Utah lake posseases tha pos sibility or being made one or the cheapest storage reservoirs in the state. During dry years Its supply is hardly sufficient to take care of a present beneficial demanda. going back for many- years prove that these dry seasons come in cycles and that between them are wet years which furnish a sufficient volume of water to permit of a large additional supply for tha dry years stored and released under proper methods. There are few places where a reservoir can be constructed on an economical basis of sufficient capacity to hold over a large supply from year to year and Utah lake forms the outstanding exception to this rule In Utah. Dyking Forma-Onplan. Aa a result of careful studies embodied In reports of tha bureau of reclamation It Is evident that by dyking of a considerable area of that land east of tha lake the maximum control level of the lake can be raised three feet above what is known aa compromise level. This would give an additional capacity soots compromise level or sso.ooo acre reet at a very low cost- - This additional capacity ran toe filled In a flood year and by oroner regu lation the waters so released that this extra capacity will be used up aunng tne auosequent arr years ana then be refilled by the next iiooa. Cost Not FOMslve. The tentstlve plan receiving the moat support at present involves such an increase in reservoir ca pacity and also takes account of the reclamation by draining of the val uable flat land to the east of the reservoir which are from time to time submerged when wet years oc cur. By balanjlne the cost be tween these two improvements it la. possible to make an attractive price for both the additional stored A I water anal tlie raolalmad this tentative plan no allowance Is made at present for the dyking of and draining the Provo bay area. The present plan will bring on to tha market a considerable quantity or valuable land and there la sort-cu- e doubt whether conditions for some years to come will warrant bringing on to the market the lands of Provo Bay until thia other new land has been absorbed and put under cultivation. Long Stand ing Controversy.' For over 50 years there has been sn unfortunate controversy between Interests in Vtah county and those In Rait Lake county relating to the Salt Lake county interests, which are the main users of the Ctah lake supply felt that the lake should be left to follow Its natural fluctuations, while the Utah county Interests held that the benefits coming to the Salt Lake Interests from such a condition were not sufficient to Justify the damage to Ctah county landa through all lack of II. i Kec-ord- - . e chaparral forestsrun-of-tof. prevent ero Anions- the many other prob lems awaiting solution are: The damage done by forest fires to standa of various ages; the best methods of thinning young stands to increase their productivity: tne distance to wh'ch wind carries tha seed of various conifers; the dam age to wood lots through ovcrgras Ins: and methods or cutting in var ious forest types to Insure rapid restocking of the best species. m There are also a vaat numoer important nroblema In Improve ment in auallty and in tha more effective utilisation of forest prod ! snd in the field or forest eco nomice such aa tha taxation of forest landa which the forest ser agencies vice and nave under invest Igstion, In enrrylnr out their procrania the forest experiment stations are closely with the state foresters and forestry organ'sations in every region. The stste forester of California Is participating in s studv of erosion and stream now, snd In other investigations, ana the state forester of Louisiana In a irvv of southern hardwood bottom lands. In Pennsylvania. Vir ginia. Texas, and eisewnere tne state foresters are assisting In the collection of field data, ana in Michigan and Wisconsin the state in control. riensrtments are firs and rrowth studies. Many for The Compromise Ivrl. est schools also work In close co- Some 40 years ago this difficuloperat'on with tne roreet experi ty waa presumed to be settled by ment stations. what la known aa t?:e "Compromise Agreement." In brief this agreement purported to provide for TAXES TOTAL $258,4110, the control of Utah lake at an Records In ths office of Ivor elevation known as Compromise AJax. state auditor, ahow tax re Level. The Utah county interests mlltsnres amounting to 1351 waived claims for damages In con4:o.: to the state treasury by sideration of a money payment various counties during the month snd the agreement of the Salt or March, it la shown by statistics county interests thst the Lake lake chief would not be s Mowed to rise above Lloyd, by. . Jonathan .... compiled . i ... i a v me in "uwi iisii Level. arpuiy Compromise Unfortunately fli-the knowledge of thr lake and Of the total amount remitted Ha action was limited In those the eeneral fund received ffl ana mere was written into days the fund tic.ll: ths diatrlrt school school Compromise Agreement s method state high fltn.4ll.il; of this control which effecting fund. I70S.II: the University of defeated its object. It waa t'tah maintenance fund. IIS really tnal certain steps In the provided AC. maintenance 110.40: the U. of controlling of flow of the fund. 11.71!.!!. and the Branch wsy in lake the Jordan river were to Agricultural college. 11.710..:;, be taken but later experience showed that the following ot this SE8 1M.E TO REAR REEI rrescnora memod detested tne Jl CASE IX XEW COURTROOM ulijrct sought. The Sail Lake county Interest naturally refused to be CHICAGO. Chicago's new for conditions arising criminal courta building Is responsible out or an agreement entered Into Impracticable, Judge Frank Comer-for- d voluntarily by Utah county Inter- said recently, In adjourning eats and there the matter has the Eller election case for the day. stood for 4" years. "The acoustics are Impassible" the Mast Iki No Tangles. ludice ssld. "The court rooms are The bureau of rarlamsilnii In for moving pictures. The Jurors; its report en the Utsh Lake proj-sr- e treated like pilsoner. sleeplncject has concluded that the project ii is quite reasinie but has laid down in one mg room in tne jan. resume the trial in the county the condition that the uncertainty and conflict of interests in connac- building." sion and rapid - 1 u-- a - Telling About Utah Printed ' . - Walter Sloan, guide at tha state capita! and a former Salt Laka City newspaperman, la the author of a copyrighted booklet entitled, "Where Ufo la Worth Living." Tha purpose of tha booklet is to have something which visitors can taks with thsm to tell them things they wish to know about Utah. The booklet la well written, with abort catchy bits of Information. It is wall Illustrated. ' ooiiaiy courUiouee become af. feotive. If wa assume that theaa obstacles are surmounted the nert problem is getting Powell's slough In shape for baas. Aa shown In the map tba plan la to dike tha outlet of rowan siutfh, raise the water a couple of feet and bring the slough back, to tha alia It Is wnen the lake la at normal high, water. But the real purpose of tha dike will be to keep tna carp out ox tna aiougn and give tha baas spawn tma to hatch and give tha young fton time m al Neat Booklet thia ai not tha caaa. Tba matter la one which will have to eventually be threshed out la tha courts. tlon with tha Compromise Agree ment must be resolved oeroro tne ad government can consent to vahca tha funds necessary and embark on tha uroJect. After Investigation and study by the special Utah Luke committee, and full discussion by tba Utah the water storage commission, commission went on record aa urgan of the adjudication ing that Uuh rights in Utah Lake be undertaken by the state engineer at once. It felt that not only would such an adjudication give opportunity to settle the difficulties Involved in the compromise agreement but that the rights to water In Utah Laka to ba stored must ba defined on a practical basis. Over Appropriated. Examination of water rights disclosed the fact that, while the average annual yield of Utah Lake la In the neighborhood of lli.000 acre feet, there are rights to the waters flowing into and forming a part of the Utah Laka aupply in excess of ona million acre feet. Thia constitutes an absurd situation and ona which ordinary business sense indicates must ba fully corrected before any considerable sum of mono Is spent In developing the project. While tha older Salt Laka interests having tha prior rights to the waters of Utah Lake are, from a purely selfish point of view, not Interested In what Is done, their attitude the last year or two has been favorable to seeing the question definitely settled and they seem to be regarding the situation d manner. Care In a ful analysis of tha engineering studies Indicate that considsraois financial benefit will accrue to thsss early rights if the lake is controlled at three feet above com promise, and these early interests also recognise tnat tne neneuciai use of addlUonal water In Salt Lake Valley can bo helpful in a larcer sense. Although there has been some fear on the Dart of Utah county intereate who own lands east of me aiitnat " may piace w them the readjustment 01 original dona away with plana haa largely thia apprehension. Evaporation Heavy. Aside from the direct benefits Intimated In the foregoing there are Indirect benefits which ahould have much weight. The flat and shallow condition of the lands eaat of the take leada to excessive evaporation during the aummer and this loss will be materially reduced when the area ot tha laka la confined by the proposed dykes. . broad-minde- Tha proposed development should be of greet Interest to those sportsman who have been making use of Utah lake. It ahould be obvious to these Interests that a deeper lake with a large volume would be highly beneficial from a sportsman's point of view. It Is well known that during the past few years fishing In the lake has been heavily curtailed this through those re no arbltary action of sponsible but due directly to the physical limitations anion irom ths present condition of the lake of dry caused by a succession years. Those who are fearful that be so would take the area of the materially reduced by develop- ment aa to affect It from a fishing standpoint should bear In mind that the proposed dykee are on ths east side of the take and will be constructed on land which has for the past four year been high and dry- In other words the dyked condition of Utah Lake could by no possibility be more unfavorable than the actual situation of the past four years and. onco real control waa In operation and the dyked take filled by a wet year. Arctic Ocean to (row. Carp and Baas. Cam are detrimental to bass. partly because thsy eat tha baas spawn but mainly because the carp muddies the water in which th spawn are plated, and a little layer of silt over tha eggs IssufflcUnt to smother the embryo fish. Ones the dam is built and the proper con trols are In to regulate the height ot the water the nevt question will be to dear the slough of carp and suckers. This will he done by the sportsmen and the slough will then be ready to. turn over to a oaai man to nropagata his bass. We un derstand that natural reproduction la nseissary in bass culture, hence tha brood fish will have to be placed la tha slough and let nature take Its course, mew orooa nsn will be placed In tha slough each vaae. Thia' leads up to tha question of how the baas will fare when out In tha lake Itself. Those who know fish say that tha baas can ba kept In tha slough until of sufficient slxe to fight their own battles In the big water but that tha real problem will coma when tha lake gets low such as It waa a year or two ago. Low water means lack of sufficient food, water too hot In In summer and excessive lea the winter, feed and rush areas afdestroyed and valueless even ter the water cornea back up again. This Is tha condition which obtains In Utah lake periodically, and la a condition Whch the sportsmen and the fish and game department are . conalderng. Natural Flactuaton. Not Alaska Is Cause of Cold U.S. Weather observations now ra dioed from remote points in north western Canada have proved more tha important in forecasting weather in tha United Stales than those taken In Alaska, It was atat-e- d March !l by the Weather Bu- reau. Tne statement points out the exaggeration in the popular makes the phase. ' The full text- of tha statement follows: . "Medicine Hat. the weather fac tory," in southern Alberta, waa for a good many years the most north -- Dcmocrmcj Demands Fact in Every Case, Inter ior Chieftain Declares, i (Continued From Pago Ona) can be trained and developed but aueh experts require opporunlty for long yeara of study and they ed constant exposure to those who an devoting their Uvea to In fact, our progress In our modern civilisation Is going to depend upon the method rather than experimental umh aphorisms or tho persistent broad-castiof untried Ideas. So close today to the link between science and the laboratories and tha gov- crnmcni tnat wo can measure the progress of a civilisation by Us ' economic capacity to support laboratories and by the quality of m imciwcis orougni in to tnem. Laboratory Work Inmates. haa haan If nulnnun In I. u -- ment with (ha naail ft f Hi.nlfnn. public health, and In other flelda. im set aside a certain amount of money and certain bureaus for those stud- Tnere in requisite xor haa been, too, a security. fortunate work dana In IMnnnna n which can be classified as a fun- oamentai cnaractcr tnat la to say, searching for truth for its own sake rather than for practical procedure immediately applicable to dally Essential research depends upoit lars-mnnnl nf ur- - IIm. which can be used by men of great curiosity and Industry without tha supervision of others except In the broadest way. The ordinary ad ministration or government, the ordinary handling of budgets, do not lend themselves well to research. It requires its own technique. In it there wilt always be an apparent waata of time and falsa leada. Most leads In the great unknown are apt to end blindly. The discovery of new facts which, once the eternal discovered, become property of man, ia full of hasarda and uncertainties. In some wsy the research worker has aa difficult a task aa that of a blind man trying to thread a needle. Many at tempts must oe maae Derora sucng ern outpost from which weather obaervationa were telegraphed to be used in forecasting. Then various stations In British Columbia and ether parts of Canada wen established,. On maps atlir In use, Edmanton, Alberta, Is the most northern weather station shown. When a station waa set jid at Eagle. Alaska, and' then one Nome, newa of the movement of cess Is assured. weather from atlll farther north Because of this it Is most imporcould ba obtained. 1 mmnnrm People began tant ffl- - the nA to say "Alaska makes the weath set up itf to science relationships er," because cold waves traveled irvni tne nana point 01 tne euagec from the far northwest southeast in such a that will not funds way ward, reaching the United States tagged for specific purposes. at Montana, the Dakotas, and the be Funds should be made available for ureat jLakes...of the beat brains posThe weather bureau of the de the securing in order to pursue the un- partment, of agriculture, however. sible, anown. says that la not exactly the case, Grants for Research Urged. The weather In the Interior and Whlla thia n aa. I. MMIAJ.M - m fllnnfl--awa. V . . .W Wll western part of Alaska- is not as Institution by many independent connection cold in with important waves aa that In a wids belt of ana as a, nan 01 great inoustriai concerns, nevertheless It seems territory further to the east, be me that sine science snd govern-to cause mountain ranges In Alaska ment are so closely related, that tend to shut off some of the cold itself must make libcurrents that pass from the Arctic government grants for investigation and ocean aown tne MCKensie river eral research. valley and the British northwest. In New World's civilisation Cold waves, or "outbursts of which the ,, la nnw a wapM.wM- polar air," originate somewhere In ture. Interlocked economically and the Arctic ocean beyond the limits with all kinds of Interrelations and of Ataaka and the continent of Intercommunications, there Is a North America. When there la new enncentinn nf warM IHn- high barometric pressure In this ship developed. Truth discovered region and a belt of low pressure oy me ciusen or any country can further down the continent, per readily became the of all. haps Crossing tha mldde part of A democracy which property to not seeking tha United States from the Pa of new truth and new facts can no cific ocean, cold air tends to rush longer consider Itself safe In this southward and wa have a cold world of harsh reality, where facta wave. determine the issue. These facta, Heretofore there have been but applied either to industry or to few places in tha far north sanding national defene, determine not weather reports to this country, only progress but safety. ao that very little advance notice -- . Tha ITnltari Utifm nr.llrt.l waa received of an approaching is an very example of the service cold wave. Tha radio has made science can renaer to govIt possible to communicate from wnicn ernment. "The geologist, with hi. additional stations to ths eaat of trained mind, ha- - mirf. - .... Alaska, and we know get data from that great continent Fort Simpson In the McKensie val wnicn partis ofin thisour ley, from Aklavlk at tha mouth of ThrniMh vaara af uilupossession. ISAM a sad Camtha McKensie river, from the work of thousands of trained de10. Coronation bridge bay, gulf, men we inrorms-tlon or a possess iuna grees east of Aklavlk, and finally our mineral, water, from Point Barrow, Alaska, tha and regarding -mM-a anil reanureaa vhlnh northernmost station of all. of our national policy In vari- In forecasting the movement of much VH aVIUe. approaching "outbursts of polar Aid Nation. GcologUu air" which may affect the United It ia obvious that without the orates, tne reports from mesa scat help of the we would have tered stations, by reason of their floundered Inexpert our conquest of the geographic position in tne extreme natural resources of the country. northern frontier, are often of Upon the imaginative mind of the more Importance than those from his snd geologist to vlsu-sllcapacity Interior points In Ataaka. It may the treasures below the happen that places In Alaska may surface of the earthstored depends much be enjoying comparatively mild ot our future national welfare. In temperatures while an extremely the geological wo have had survey cold wave may be on us way fur much that: was practical but also ther east toward ths northwestern much was that fundamental. states In this country. It la a privilege for me to congratulate the men here who represent In perqan the great services Asia Leads Rest rendered tn nur this particular activity. In them we see tne scientist In the servTf -ice of fnv.rnm.nr jvelop in other fields the same type m uevoien qna earnest and intelligent service that characterise this survey, we can look with assur(Continued Prom Page One) ance upon the future of our peonew the world lands are eontln, ple. But this assurance can only be ually being needed to supply the growing food deliand. In - many secured by an understanding on countries the only land available ths part of ths cltixens cf our deeither arid or semlarid, many mocracy of tha true place of sciacres or wnicn, by means or mod ence. Majority votes may deterern irrigation methods Initiated mine political activities, but they ana nnancea oy governments or csn In no way influence the taws associations of farmers are now of nature or those of science. A wise democracy will harmonise lta producing excellent crops. Irrigation, however, tha report program with them. The scholar declares. Is still in Its Infancy. Of snd tha research worker must have the hundreds of millions of acres the freest Initiative to pursue truth, which could be made to produce no matter where it may lead. If wa crops, oniy a small traction la un are to avoid the perils of Ignorance, der irrigation. More of thia land la being ROAD COMMISSIONER GETS ALLOWANCE FOR CAR CSB brought under irrigation each year, and modern irrigation maThs county commission Monday chinery is rapidly replacing the adopted a resolution providing fer old makeshift equipment formerly tha payment of 10 cents per mile employed. Among the princlnal to the county commlesioaer of countries where considerable prog ress naa oern maae in irrigation roads and bridges for tha use of his automobile. during recent yeara are the United Other commissioners receive 141 States, India, Egypt, and Mexico. Because of the fact that cus- per month for operating thsir cars, toms statistics do not separately but it was pointed out that tha list export of Irrigation machinery commissioner of roads and bridges it Is Impossible to give definite kaa much more traveling to do. figures on the amount of Ameri equipment which is be I. S. MARKET NEWS BUREAU CLOSES AT TWIN FALLS ing snipped to foreign markets. II Is known, however, that exports IDAHO FALLS, Idaho.Tho are steaany rising, and it is certain that development of irrigation Idaho Falls branch of tha market news bureau of the United States projects abroad will be reflected la Increased business for Ameri- department of agriculture closed can manufacturers. Saturday with the departure of Mr. This study "Foreign Markets for and Mrs. R. H. Lamb for Phoenix. Irrigation Machinery and Equip Aril., where they will be employed ment" (Trade Promotion Series In the same rapacity. A new office No. Tl) may bo purchased from I being opened there for spring letthe Superintendent of Documents, tuce quotatlona about April 1!. Tho Government Office, Lambs will make ths trip by printing 10 cents. Washington, S. C tot . V1 . - Then besde tha natural fluctu atons of tha lake wa find the rec lamation plans worthy of considera tion. First it must be rememnersa that there la po definite reclamation plan dealing with Utah lake or Its tributaries but that there are three or four plans which are being stud-lerlrst la tha Deer creek unit which calls for a dam In Provo river near Charleston; then there are other propoasJk similar but with tha atoraae dam at other places along tha river; next wa find those who would control Utah laxc, establishing definite hlghwater and low water levels, and Irrigating the land by pumping; then wa have those who would reclaim tha shallow stretches ot the lake auch aa Provo bay. The only one of theaa proposals which Is getting any consideration at thia time is the Deer crssk unit. Figures compiled by engineers ahow that In one way Deer creek would not affect the water level of Utah lake at alL The engineers figure that if the Deer creek unit will care for eighty thousand acre feet a year, fifty thousand aero feet can be obtained from tha Weber river, via a canal across Kama flats. This canal hi already being built. Thia would mean that 10. 000 acre feet of water would have d, - - --- . -- er. But. the engineers estimate that tha return from 10.000 feat would be 30,000 feet. Just Ihe amount taken out of the river. Thus. If all of the Deer creek water la being used on the Provo or Utah water brought. In from tha Weber the net effect on Utah lake will be nlL Enter Salt Lake Citr. a new angle to this affair. Salt Lake City la dealt oua of taking 40,000 acre feet of the water for culinary uses. This would take that amount of water away from the Utah Lake drainage area and would rut down the re turn water proportionately and Utah lake would suffer accordingly. Whether or not the Deer creek project becomes a reality la soma thing which no ona knows. Echo project Is almost com Dieted: the Cache county project Is about ready to start. The water users who would benefit by Deer creek sre considering whether or not the benefits derived from the reservoir would be commensurate with the costs, if thev decide that Deer cheek Is a business proposition for tnem tne Utah water storage com mission will recommend to the reclamation bureau that the unit be constructed and Uncle Sam will stand ready to begin the work. Cornea now COMMISKIOXKRR NAME GARDENER AID. CLERK The county commissioners on Monday appointed F. Knlffing as sistant county gardsner and Miss Leah Farr as clerk In the roads and bridge department. The tatter appointment wae on recommendation of Commissioner E. E. Howe, while Knlffing wss tha recommended by Commissioner R ;he situation from be sportsmen's better than T. Pshlquist. point of view would at any time In the past. On a recent visit to this city. Dr. BOARD PICKS NEW ROAD SUPERVISOR Mead, tha director ot tha bureau of reclamation, publicly stated rROVO. Charles Carson of of the program that contemplnted Fairfield was appointed road su tha hurra n for the next 10 years pervlsor for the Fairfield district inrluded un Item of 111,000.000 by the Utah county rommlal oners earmarked for use In Utah, at their regular weekly meeting of thia will go to the Echo Monday morning. cadiversion Kamaa and reservoir Mark Shaw of Lehl was appointnal and it behooves all citizens who ed constable of Lehl to succeed Ira have the beet Interest of the state C. Backer, who haa been appointed at heart to go behind the next sheriff, by Sheriff J. D. unit of the Great Salt Lake Basin deputy Boyd. In assuring project, Its speedy Inception and successful statesmen that the people of Utah to be that talked more about oo --operation Is It hoped prosecution. the public attitude will prove in- and did less active correct the statement understood than any community with which to bo mtdr by ona of our leading ba waa familiar. - . xe Of World in Area Of Irrigated Land a- can-ma- de . |