Show Plans Maturing l For Por Development II Of Beryl District District Investigating a plan to colonize the Beryl pumping district In Iron tron I county a project which if It carried out will probably result in the grea greatest test de de ment Inthe inthe in inthe the history of southern Utah a group of Iron county people met with a similar group from southern I I California Frida Fridal and visited area 1 that is to be developed A A. E. E Mc- Mc Garry ho ho owns heavy land interests inter Inter- ests i. i ii 11 the Beryl section and 1 I proposes to colonize the area by dividing the section Into 40 or 80 acre farms and Installing wells on each conducted the tour About 1 I fifty people made the trip I 1 In addition to the local and CalI California Cal Cal- I hernia people present several state 1 I and arid government officials were present pre pee sent the development plan having I attracted the attention of the govI government gov gov- I because of its vast 1 I Among those present were J. J Howard Maughan Land Planning Planning Plan Plan- ning Specialist and John E. E Hayes Haye I of Washington D D. C. C Hydraulic Engineer Engineer En En- of the Resettlement Administration representatives of the State Land Board Chairman J. J F. F Tolton and Secretary Geo Oeo A. A her Fis-her Ezra Gull of the State Stale Commission lon To show the possibilities of the section the party parly was taken to the Clark Ranch a acre alfalfa farm on which there are 6 wells pumping a total of gallons of j water per minute and to the Sato BaLo and Inatomi ranches where excellent excellent excel- excel 1 lent truck gardens are thriving under under un- un der pumping Items Mr Maughan and Mrs Hayes of I the Resettlement Administration 1 anxious to prove the extent of the I i underground water supply before e eI 1 I the development project gets under i way arranged a meeting to be held H In S st if Lake City on September 8 8 to to determine the best method of 1 i surveying the water and ascertaining ascertain ascertain- I ing just what the supply is This meeting will be attended by byI byH I H I Mr Mr Hayes and Mr I I i Maughan Maugha together with State Engineer En- En 1 T. T 11 H. Humphries Extension director Wm Petersen and representatives representatives of the State Land Board 1 I I and the State Planning Board I The government will undoubtedly make the survey and if 11 it Is proven thet the supply is sufficient for the I I proposed development and Mr McGarry McGarry Mc- Mc Garry claims that private surveys have proven this the colonization will proceed and should result In Ina Ina ina a great agricultural development that will ere creat at an extensive livestock live live- stock feeding area |