| Show C IN EWElL INSPECTS I Head of ol U. U S. S Reclamation SerI Ser Ser- Service Service I vice Pays aYs Visit to Provo S PLEASED WITH CONDITIONS Work ork on Strawberry Tunnel S. S Project Will Be R Soon and Pushed R Republican cm Special Service Provo Prove A Aug u 2 P. l V. V E. E Newell Jewell director pf Pr the th United States Reclamation service was wn In he he elt city today en cn route to to the Pacific coast where re he will give I e l a lecture lec it-c- ture for before the Irrigation con congress r 8 at Sacramento Cal Col ks ome some time during durn tho the early part of or September r. r Mr 11 Newell came to Provo Prove from Montrose Colo Cob where he inspected the tho G m im river project Yesterday he was met at This This- tie tlC h hy by J J. J L. L Lytel engineer In charge p i of cir the Strawberry valley y project ho es- es carted cartell him to the tunnel and over o the works ork of that Irrigation scheme Mr lr Newell wll said he was well pleased with i the conditions found along the lie works but hut lamented the tact fact that common labor habor was scarce lucre here as 18 it n mulo Io In Colorado Colo Cob rado ratio Much of or the work worl is is retarded said Mr X Newell well because It Is Impossible to get and common laborers W We can can get cot et pI plenty PIl I of oC teams but laborers are scarce nor do 10 we WO look for better bettor conditions hero here until sifter after harvest Speaking of or when the tile power plant near Spanish Fork Folk mi might ht be lie completed Mr fr Newell r refused to venture a gue guess s ns us to tho the time when tho- tho ho work would be he completed He Ire was certain that Jt it would not IJ be he before spring at fin any hazard hazaret The tunnel at Strawberry was run 1100 feet to determine the thc kind of or rock that would have to be lo encountered cne lie He thought the conditions were favorable fa for rapid work and amid tho the work on th the tunnel would be resumed a as soon as ns the two 11 t engines are afe In working order r at al' the plant above o Spanish Fork Pork Vork ork ork Is ls being pushed along the canal as fast as ns po sl hile hII le nod and the order Is In for tor tile tHe cry erv K llio Country Mr Ir Newell Is not a n stranger or In these ports DartA b by rin rIi any means lie He line has tramped over over a great deal l of or nit thie state flate and anul knows v every ry t r foot root of or coun country tr around 11 Utah ah lake lak end and the lie streams which te feed d It It It was he ho who made macic the tho Run surveys of or the lakes and anit reservoir o sites altes In iii this thin section in 1 M. Since Sinco that taut time he has Imas gradually worked himself If up In the tho 1 service I 1 e until he 18 is now at tho the heath head of or the department jf L reclamation service In the United d States I While hll waiting liar her lere for hl hut hili train which Was wall several hours lute JaU today Air Mr Newell visited a it number of or time the the men of or tb the tb 11 city ity dm dH then left eft n for yio ho Wt m t |
