| Show fi EAT ACTIVITY IN NEW COUNTRY Farm Farmers Farmes er s Are A r e B Busy Is Y in Millard Count County's Y s 's Recent Recently Yn 0 Opened coed A Agricultural 9 Lands BIG RESERVOIR SYSTEM Natural Stara Storage g e Area is Ei Eight g ht Miles Long L on g With Many Man y Canals James Jame A A. Melville returned Saturday Satur day morning from rom l Hillard count county where ho has hns been beta In II the thc interest of Ir the Abraham Irrigation atlon company lie IIo reports great activity In agricultural work warp in vicinity of Abraham townsite At present lUU teams tooms arc aro at work enlarging the tho canal clearing and breaking lund lend and planting Within With lIth in a few Ecru days SOU OO teams more mare which arc are at rat work worl on the canal farther east cal will 1 be transferred h to lh the lands adJacent ad adjacent ad- ad jacent to A Abraham and tt will III b bf be employed In developing tl tho IOlJ large tract of land in that vicinity Mr M r Mr paid Bald Saturday that he wusI was sure suio there thele wa was ryas more morp agricultural activity activity ac ac- In ht the section from Crom which he I had hall just JURt returned than in any other othel pa pat part t o of tho tiro slate The fhe Abraham company has hns control of oC about acres aeres of QC land all o of oC f which will soon be under cultivation tt with ith a of water to test Insure I Its Irs becoming a highly productive tract The Tho Abraham canal which with wIlh ft Its lis laterals Is I.- SG miles mills In ln length lh has ha g boon been built for fot some time lime but hut it was wa d decided ll by hy the he promoters to enlarge P the lw Ny system to accommodate mote mon water rimier than hart had hen boon planned for or Thi This work o of or alteration e will III be he completed t 1 anil the water turned turnell Into Int the cants canal canul l within ten days daH The Tho canal when completed cum com cl will be bP 30 0 feet deep and will wit willm I m measure asure 20 feet across the tho bottom liy l The canal Is fed cd by hy n a reservoir sigh eight t miles milts In length which Is formed d bUte h b by bythe Ute the Sevier elver At the head of th tin tin- o canal where the water tenter Is releaser released d l from the reservoir the company compan ha has s built huilt levels levees to aid In controlling th the out outflow How and to provide a good head bent i for th the sU stream eam which I is can carried I ecI nu out nut t sr several Ial miles across the tho farming lands In m order to protect these levees i in n times limes of high water the company i ic is 14 c constructing nt rat the southwest end u uthe of the tho reservoir a spillway ny where cur sur surplus plus pius water may cony be hl run rim out of the rite n rev res reservoir when necessary af Into brio the tu river rive r blow bolow This Thit spillway Is IJ being constructed con can strutted under the supervision o of or En Ln- Engineer Richard R R. Lyman It will be bl completed within a few days Tho spillway Is feet long and ami 10 0 feet feel deep It Is s built of concrete anti and Is said sold to be so IJ substantial that it will stand fur for many Y years ars no matter what amount n of water tenter Js s tI to lo over over- It It- It Across cros pass cross the lop lup of or the tho a a teem learn bridge e has haR boon been built Xh form om u part t of or the direct ct lU road ht between w teu cH the f A Abra Abra- hahan h a han tan tile i t j f f J t Iles' Iles i t i i r Hl t 1 i- i Th The c are arc six apart much of uC the farming tanning lands slug lying between be he- tween tw tn them Melville Is on the lint line of oC the thc Salt cult Lake Route Fix miles this side of Oasis At present passengers lS l'S s going to the Abraham country go as asfar far faa as Oasis by rail call but arrangements arrangement have been made with the railroad company company com cum pany pang to establish a station at Melville and this will be th tho junction point for fOl forthe the Abraham country Already a sidetrack ack has been built at l al although al- al though the town ha has not as yet et been beon built In the Abraham townsite buildings build build- ings arc b being baing stetted erected rapidly and It Itis ItIs is thought that a thriving town will be seen there this summer The Illi promoters promoters pro pro- of oC th the liTigation Irrigation protect project ct fool feel sur sure that they III will soon have l the largest town In n the Iho state stale south of Pro Irot vo u The he soil of oC Hillard county is a n sandy loam and is especially adapted for forthe the raising of or curt Cnut and alfalfa While ar as a yet yN there have lJ been boen cn no largo orchards or ot for commercial purposes plant plant- planted ed cd some Nome u of uC the r farms Calms haw have raised fruit o of superior quality and awl andIn andIn In quantity lo to a assure the Ial raiser falser er of eY- eY excellent ex ex- c cell nl results in planting on nit a I Pears apples and anti lh the smaller ft alts aie aro especially suited salted to the conditions con cnn lIlios of the valley valloy Some line floe apples of ur lh the New Note Town Pippin Gano Galto at and 11 Mackintosh have br been en produced pro pro- cI there One t hundred noes of or apple orchards s have been heen planned d forthe for fOl the Hie coming cumins summer and the trees ha have o been beon ordered |
