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Show Rushing Work On Reservoir Dam W. F. Holt, of Imperial Valley fame and who is foremost in the west from an individual standpoint in reclaiming lands and making it possible for thousands thou-sands of farmers to make the valleys and deserts bloom through his many irrigation projects, was in Gunnison Wednesday. Mr. Holt came in from Los Angeles and left soon after for Widstoe where he is financing an irrigation ir-rigation project. He will spend a few days making an inspection of the work and expects to return shortly. "Reports from Widstoe are very encouraging," en-couraging," said Mr. Holt. "Under the supervision of J. T. Jones some 30 teams are at work on the dam that will store the waters for the Lake View Reservoir and Canal company. The necessary concrete work for the dam will be finished by the tenth of August and with this finished the task of erecting the earth work will go along unabated. It is our plan to rush the work with all possible speed and by the middle of November the dam will have received the finishing touches, and everything will be in readiness to turn the waters into the laterals for irrigating purposes. "Under the project which we are just building we will be able to irri-l gate fully 5,000 acres of splendid, j producing land. 1 "In the Widstoe valley there are' some 40,000 or 50,0000 acres of land that is awaiting other irrigation pro- jects and it is believed that with the completion of the one now under construction, con-struction, many more will be built. - Yes, I believe sufficient waters can be developed and stored to cover the en-v en-v tire acreage and when this is eventually eventu-ally done that section will rank among the very best in Utah in crop production. The payroll of the company com-pany runs close to ?7,000 per month and farmers and business men alike are highly jubilant over the future prospects of the Widstoe Valley." Mr. Holt was asked as to the fu- j ture possibilities of a railroad being run to tap the big section and replying reply-ing he stated that while nothing as yet had been stated definitely he was sure that at some future date it would be necessary for rail transportation transpor-tation in order to get the big field crops, wool and livestock to the central cen-tral markets. |