Show SOUTHERN UTAH WATER ATER W PROJECTS NOW UNDER WAY the public works advisory board will be in ili dixie komorow and saturday to personally investigate the project of 0 the dixie development and dairying company this board consists of 0 W J hallo ran chairman mayor oro orm dundy bundy of ogden vice chairman sylvester Q cannon and it A hart engl neer near secretary this project when pom completed plated would irrigate approximately abely acres will creator create employment for 1600 trien men over a period of a year and a halt ball W D B slick of los angeles was the prime mover in the enterprise la in its early stages and succeeded in interest ing others for over a year preliminary investigations and work went forward description of all patented lands and patented lands that will come under tho the project were assembled and class blassl fled both in utah and arizona up lip to tile the present time it has been financed by lester robinson maps plats plata drawings of reservoir sites and all other necessary data were carefully investigated and drawn up the plan proposes one reservoir below the forks of the road la in low er long valley another reservoir in he lower part of 0 argin the people of which town would have to move up onto the bench lands still another reservoir site la is bench lake the latter to be used as an equalizer it Is considered highly probable that all these sites will be utilized A tunnel four and one halt miles long below virgin will be required to carry the water to goulds I wash and involves construction of a storage dam at what Is known as sheep bridge below virgin the tunnel will be used for power purposes favorable action on this project As an recommended by former senator reed smoot and 1 I A smoot speaker of the state house of re presenta tives at the friday hearing the application was formerly presented by samuel A king attorney for the company the project application la is all but completed and will be sent to washington fur for final approval it if the boards re acta favorably during its visit here in fit southern tali tah the loan la to he repaid in ten years under the plea proposed washington Washing tort county news of last week |