Show ANOTHER irrigation SCHEME IN EMBRYO the land Is in emery county south east of this town with the granting of an application filed tuesday with the state engineer another big irrigation and anti reclamation project will be added to the already largo large number which arc are causing crops to grow on an once arid wastes the land to be irrigated is in emery county south cast of price and totals to atals acrea acres E warren steea an irrigation promoter who haa has been successful in other projects is the applicant for water rights mr bir seeks to acquire the right to cubic feet per second of the flow of price river will be impounded in an immense reservoir voir behind a rock dam clam the length of the diver diverting channel cilibe wili bo about fiftysix fifty six and three fourths mills this great irrigation canal will be extended alborg the blash land and from it t will radiate a number of smaller canals the top op of the th main channel will abe 40 feet the bocim bottom 18 feet and it will have an average depth of feet of water tho the storage water will cover acres at a point a number of miles from price tho the mammoth dam will be feet long feet wide and will be constructed ted of loose rock it is eftim estimated at ed that this dam will impound acre feet of water by a system of wires the stored water will be released when wanted during tho the high waters in the spring and fall it will be possible to lo irrigate from tho natural flow of water Fi figuring juring tho the cost of the land at tho average government givern g ment valuation of va 33 an aero acre for land in irrigation projects the land to be reclaimed hns has a valuation of |