Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-08-08 | Page 18 | Plan to Utilize the Flood Waters

PUN PLAN TO UTILIZE 1 TilE THE FLOOD WATERS VATERS Overflow From Provo Prove River Will Be Used for Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation gation Purposes Flood waters of or Provo river will be utilized for watering some somo acres of ot bench lands lunds which have been lying Idle for want vant of or Irrigation although hold held b by private owners owner for many years Tho company which hogan began active work on Ol or this Irrigation project last week expects to have havo Its Us system complete completo within two years and water vator will bo ho placed on ft n part of or tho the land lan In less time Joseph n. n Murdock John B B. Keeler J. J W. W y Knight and Dr Geor George Georgo o II IL Brim Brim- ball hall aro Interested In the tho project and I tho tile owners of ot tho the land In a l semi-circle semi north of Provo American Pork Fork and Lehl Lehi also aro backing the tho enterprise This company according to sir Mr Mur ur- ur dock has hal obtained rights to Impound tho flood waters of ot Provo river at Its head where acre acro feet of ot water can be bo Impounded during the tho spring at ot tho the head of ot tho the river The Tho compan com com- has already started work at tho tIo pan pany mouth of tho the cunyon canyon whore 1000 feet of or tunnel feet will bo Iu drilled I Contracts for a mile of steel week and also aso were let last a ell the work or of 10 to o men IB It now engaged on Time llio companY compan plans to soil sell Its KB water outright and tho land that It vv will II sup sup- sinai mall farmers farm tarm- pI ply owned now mo mostly by to poach ers ors Is admirably adapted althOU although h without water u It t crowing hits has been regarded as HS practically vamo- vamo ns loYs less This Th lit land nil till slopes towards Utah lake and tho tim seepage will take ItH its courso down clown through h a a. rich agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural country already fairly well supplied with water