| Show capital eager to get water i from present indications it will not be long until practically all of the desert rt wastes of southern utah will be rr claimed by the magic hand capital an application for water right amount ing to 1000 cubic feet of the flow of price river was filed riled yesterday by the northwest company of chicago with ith the state en engineer grieer if the application is granted work will be started on an irrigation project which means ultimately the reclamation of acres of desert land in the neighborhood of woodside emery county utah an immense dam will be constructed in price river with a length of feet and a heights of feet it will ill probably be built of loose rock and will impound at one time acre feet of water it is likely that it will be refilled a number of times each year during the period of high waters the natural how flow of the river will be used for Irn irrigation gation purposes the store water being used during the lew low stage of the nver river As much of the water a as may be necessary will be used throughout the entire year to fo domestic and culinary purposes to reach the thousands of if acres it will be necessary to build a diverting channel and a diverting flume of an aggregate length of 68 56 4 5 miles the top width of the diverting channel will oe ne forty feet the bottom width will be eighteen depth of water six feet the width of the flume will be twenty tweety eight feet and the depth of the water r five ve feet the land to be reclaimed is practically as level as a floor having just a slight slope towards green river it is adapted for growing all kinda kinds of crops the wonderful success of the farmers in raising peaches apple apples and pears at orcen arcen river probably fifty miles south of the great tract to be settled will undoubtedly induce many of the n new 0 W settlers to plant their land in orcha orchards ads |
