Show Plans Laid For Reclaiming 55 Acres Dixie Land DIXIE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT CO FUND APPLICATION APPROVED APPROVED APPROVED AP AP- PROVED BY STATE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ll WORK TO CO COMMENCE WIT WITHIN lN 60 DAYS AFTER FINAL APPROVAL BY BV FEDERAL GOVEa GOVERNMENT The agricultural development project pro pro- proposed proposed by the Dixie Development Development Development Develop Develop- ment and Dairying Company of Washington WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington County which would be the biggest project of any kind er e undertaken undertaken undertaken un un- In southern Utah was given state approval Friday when the federal feder reder- al public works advisory of Utah approved ed the company's application tion for a loin loan of The project project proJect pro pro- must be sanctioned by R. R A. A Hart public works engineer for Utah and Nevada and then the application will willbe willbe be sent to Washington D. D C. C for final Inal approval al The development de contemplates construction construction construction con con- of an irrigation project on the Virgin river to provide water for acres of or the finest kind of or land between Hurricane and St. St George To complete the project plans involve construction of three dams on the river the first near Virgin City and the others ethers down the river toward Hurricane drilling of a mile four-mile tunnel and building of distribution canals The irrigation project would Impound 00 feet acre-feet of water wlter with the first dam to have ha a capacity of acre acre feet and the other two dams to store and O acre feet Sponsors of the development plan I assert new lands would not be brought Into direct competition with other farming areas now producing Instead trey tiey assert It would foster cultivation of deciduous fruits poultry nuts vegetables dairy products grid arid quality beet seed The Dixie Development and Dairying company is headed by former Senator Reed Beed Smoot as president W W. B. B SUck Stick Provo vice president and andt general man- man State Senator David id Hirsch sr r Hurricane treasurer and Forest V. V Phillips Los LOi Angeles secretary Other directors are Dr D. D A. A McGregor or of St. St Continued 1 e ea a Paw Page Fire Five PLANS PlA 8 1411 Foa E L. r r M ACRES Dm DIXIE LAND Continued from Page One George Samuel A. A King Kine Salt Lake and Melville Doder Daler Jr Los Angeles Angelea AnC lea who will wilt be chief engineer The Utah advisory advisory- committee was Informed work wort on n the development t project project- could b begin gin within 60 GO day days s after final a approval by the federal 1 public works board in 10 Washington iliad would prO provide employment f to for y more more than 1000 workers for a a luU y year i |