Show PLAGE Bifi 1116 TRACT UNDER CAREY ACT Oasis Land Irrigation Company Com Coni pany Hopes to Get Water on oil Acres Soon MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT Si St Louis Syndicate Will Re Reclaim Reclaim Re- Re i claim Rich Area in I Sevier Valley The Tue state stale of ot Utah made application yesterday to La tho the United States Slates land office omco that some acres In Milliard Mil Mit- liard co county count nty forming a pait palt of or the Se- Se j r volley alley be e se segregated from entry under the provisions of oC the Carey act The Th application was made mado at ut the instance in- in stance of the Oasis Land Laud Irrigation Irrigation tion Lion company which promises that by April 30 It fl will ivill be bo able ablo to furnish water to reclaim and irrigate ato acres of the tract an and that In a few mouths months more It U will be able to furnIsh furnish furn furn- ish viator ater for the entire district Tho company received Its charter yesterday Its capital stock consists of or l. l divided dl Into CO shares In Iii addition there Is a 1 bond ond of now l said iid i to 1 bo be 0 rull fully underwrItten underwritten underwritten under under- written 1 by r n a St St. Louis syndicate The Tue company campau h has 5 bought m and I paid for Cor a u. one half Interest rest In the Sevier Bridge reservoir r th the e Ia largest r reservoir In the state has a three fifths Interest interest inter Inter- e est t in tho lIlo l dam dam am and a a. three three- fifths Inter interest et in the Melville canal together with the water tights sights Incident lad Inci dent ent to and previously pie acquired by the three projects Tho amount of water water water wa wa- wa- wa ter so acquired totals to cubic cubio feet annually or more than than twice as much as the estimated rC rc-J rc 1 of ot tho the acres of land Will vilt Si co l The amount expended anti ami an to be eXl expended 1 In iii acquiring the thc properties and rights above mentioned and in bulJ Building ln tho the necessary canals and ditches leading throughout the tire tract tracts Is s figured at Under the provisions of the tho Carey act ct the thc company compan will sell perpetual water rights at so much per vcr acre to settlers This Tills figure will for tor the tire present pres- pres ent nt bo be 70 iO to be he paid 10 per centon centon cent cont on n tho the execution of the tho contract of ale sale and the balance in ten tell equal yearly early payments A As a r result Bult the purpose In fact of the thc Carey act the company hopes to make acres or of f the most valuable a agricultural nl land end nd to start a settlement of s s-everal thousand people A townsIte will be located somewhere neat near Oasis and a company bank store stoie and warehouse will be built Experiments on the land have ave shown it to be most snort fertile ferUle uner un- un under under der er Irrigation yielding excellent crops of oC f which alfalfa has thus far ar 1 been cen the chief Tho The Men Interested The officers of the company are James ames J J. Chambers president George 1 I. I Lawrence vice president and A A. 31 I. I Trader of St. St Louis secretary an and 1 treasurer The he general and aud place lace of oC business b s is Salt rak Lake Lako 15 West Vest Second South street Work York on the c construction of oc the da dams and i id d canals is s under way and antl will be continued until completion The application 0 of the thc state for forthe forthe the 10 segregation of the tract Hied mcd with the he local land ollice will be forwarded to o the general department at WashIngton WashIng WashIng- ton on at once and providing pro that thai no rio unexpected un- un expected delays arise the company compan hopes lopes to bo be in a position to sell wa- wa tel tet cr and land by the first of next m month Thomas H. H Wagner attorney f for forlie forthe ir the lie St St. Louis syn syndicate cate left for hi hits his home bionic ionic yesterday after attending to the Incorporation and the application pa pa- petS pers Ho He said that everything e had proved cd to be e most satisfactory satisfactory- and he had lad a most flattering report to make malee to Lo o hi his hid clients I of tiC Utah The company compan is tho the second one Inthe Inthe in the he state to take advantage of the Cale Carey arey act and hopes to 1 be 0 the first to o get set into active operation The Tue act actIs acta actis Is a now a well l known one and has proved proved ed etl all nIl that its framers claimed for it by jy the extensive operations under ItIn it itIn itIn In Idaho and other states A curious incident was recalled by bya a s stockholder of or the present company compan a n low fow days ago when he said raid that one onetime onetime time Lime Young hu hud had remarked to him when gazing at nt the valley years e r ago that some sonic day it iL would be bethe bethe betho the tho glana granary of Utah |