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Show SOIL CONSERVATION 11V It. DALE WKBBKlt Work has recently been started on another phase of Improvement for the New Escal-ante Irrigation Co. This new phase Is an outlet pipe that will convey the water from the Wide Hollow Reservoir across the Es-calante niver and into the canal that delireM irrigation water to the farm land. Contractor for this lmprove- ment Is Alt Cherrlngton. The project calls for the installation ot approximately 2,100 linear feet of 30 Inch welded steel pipe. The Pine Creek Irrigation Co. ot Escalante has recently completed the Installation of a siphon across a dry wash near Haws' Ranch. In years past a wooden siphon was used to carry water across the wash, however It was leaking so much that a considerable amount ot water was being lost from their irrigation supply. The new siphon Is 200 feet long fifitt is of 14 inch welded steel pipe. Clem Allen of Panguitch has recently completed construction of. an overnight storage pond According to Norm it is very well constructed and It should really help Clem in his irrigating. To be able to Irrigate lu th daylight and not at night is only one of the many advantages of a storage pond, |