Show BUILDING OF CANAL IN GARFIELD COUNTY TO GET UNDER WAY construction Construct lon ot of six and one halt half miles of irrigation ditch and a diversion dam Is to bo be started by the john valley canal company on the river near widtsoe soe garfield Gartl eld county north of bryco bryce ca canyon john P r mendenhall tive secretory secretary ot of the state land board and Benj benjamin argyle engineer ore are TIOW now at running preliminary lines and making plans for the work the company ihas been taking water from the sevier faifer about five miles further down stream the change was waa decided on owing to conditions dl at ab the old dam site alte and tho the anew biew ditch will connect up the old system from the now new dam the project contains about 2 1900 acres only 1000 of which it has ha bee been n possible to irrigate it la 18 ale believed ed tae change chang vai bring ta tho a entire W oct the cdx Q la Is capitalized for or 2900 shares of a share ashare par of which the state shares i an assessment of 0 1 I 1 a share h cabeen I 1 beoh I 1 levied to finance the work deseret nowa news |