Show TO I 1 U participate ME IN reclamation dom box elder county will cooperate with the united states government in the matter ot of reclaiming waste lands and making them produce profitable crops the cooperation this county is asked tor for Is in the way ot of an ail appropriation of 2000 which will be matched by a like sum by the government and the entire sum will be expended in making a topographical survey ot of tile the lands around the dear bear river bay thousands of acres ot of which are susceptible ot of reclamation thru drainage and irrigation that box elder county will make the appropriation asked for was assured as far as it could be unofficially at a meeting held in the commercial club rooms wednesday afternoon at which were present chairman joseph R n murdock dr richard it lyman W 0 creer of 0 tho the utah water conservation commission engineer ralph R wooley woolcy of 0 the government service commissioner brigham wright members ot of the committee on lands and irrigation of 0 the dox box elder commercial club and other prominent citizens it was explained by the state officials that the first thing necessary to do before any county ot of this state can bo be in a position to participate in the distribution ot of the to be appropriated for reclaiming waste lands under the smith mcnary bill now before congress is to have a topographical map of 0 the country that Is to be reclaimed made the government participates in the field work on a fifty fifty basis with the counties and assumes the entire exzenie expense of printing and lithographing litho graphing the maps which are placed on sale at 10 cents per sheet each map shows every detail of tho the country including ranches ranch buildings mountains hills bills roads elevation and everything that portal pertains ns to the country so that it is the most complete map published the matter of reclamation is taken up lip by the government experts with the maps as their guide and upon the report of these experts money Is appropriated to each project it was stated at the meeting that the government is extremely anxious to spend some reclamation money in utah which has long been neglected simply because the people have not awakened to the tact fact that it is profitable to reclaim some ot of the waste lands there are thousands 0 of acres ot of choice land surrounding bear river bay which has now flow become a fresh water reservoir and which can be made larger by diverting weber river into it through a channel four miles long and it is not only possible to drain these lands but also irrigate them with water pumped from the bay all tills this comes under the provisions ot of the smith mcnary bill and the iho lands included in the public domain project includes all those lands between the mountains on the east and the bay the lands in blue creek valley and the lands along the east side ot of promontory mountain added to tills this tremendous arga area Is the project ot of the bear river silt lands company ot of some acres ot of choice silt land which could bg be made to produce anything through off af the water the object 0 of the commission was wag to get everything in readiness in utah to make application for government funds as soon as they are available neighboring states have completed their surveys and have everything in ili readiness to apply for millions of dollars and utah must be ready it if she is to participate in this tremendous dis tribu tefon ot of government funds |