Show TO OPEN MANY fANY ACRES AGRES OF SEMI-ARID SEMI LANDS State Board Now Considering Enlargement of Sevier Valley Canal The state land board received and opened seven bids Tuesday ny tot for or the en enlarging en- en lar of or the time Sevier Se canal Several of or tho the members were absent and nOlI action action ac ac- ac tion lion on oil tho the bids was deferred UI this morning or until a full membership member member- ship Is present rIo Tho work worl amounts to from rom to The enlargement Is a part of or the Plute Pluto reservoir project The Tho canal on which the Ole work worl Is to tu bo be done belongs to tho the Savior Valley Yaney Canal company but is too small to carry the tho volume of or water necessary to lo irrigate the tho additional ad ad- land which will bo be opened and the state proposes to it so that It will supply water to acres of or laud In evler and counties All o of the land i 1 lp now arid and though a. a small email portion of or It Is used f for r grazing the bulk Is not available available avail avail- able ablo for tor an any agricultural purpose About half of the land to be irrigated Is tho time property of or the state state- Tho Tilt Sevier Valley VaHey canal runs Tuns from Crom the Sevier river at a point a n few miles from rom Joseph to a point southwest of ot Richfield where It H is s the Intention to connect with a canal 20 0 miles lonGto longo long to o Gunnison This was finished a short hort time I me ago ngo All AU of ot this work cork Is Js to be done this coming coining winter There will be vcr very much nuch work done before next season SOn in connection with tho thu whole project and an the he entire work worl will be rushed to com coin motion The contract for fOl construction and ana material for tor till tho bl big darn dam am will also allio betaken bo be taken aken up and awarded at tho the meeting I this his afternoon |