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Show FAVOB UTAH LAKE PLAN Irrigation Congress to Solicit Government Aid. OTHER RESERVOIRS LATER Delegates to Water Meeting Conclude Their Business and Adjourn Until April Special Committee's Rcpoit, Recommending That Attention Be Given First to Making Utah Lake a, Reservoli, With Duchesns River a Tributary, Was Unanimously Adopted. (suiiila s H til) i I lah bike for a it-kervolr the Duchesne Du-chesne rlvei as it suptlvlng irlbutar)-that irlbutar)-that was Hie pinpnltlnu lo receive the Ilrst and slicing! at Indorsement nf the lirlgutlou Congress lesterdu) The le iort of the special lominitlet mi reservoir reser-voir sites presented such a rinding be-fore be-fore the Congress Immedlatrl) upon Ihe opening of the afternoon session Die report was utuiiilinotisb adopted, nfler some sllt,ht alterations In Its lonstruc Hon bnd been made II) the term of Ihe commUteis reports the Heir Weber We-ber and r-cilir iIvcih mid Hear lake arc next to the Utah lake ptojeit lu Im IKirtnnce. nn.l nuordlngl) worth) of special consideration When the iliilm fof assistance fiom tin (lovenmicnt Is made the project that Is to be insenled will In drafted In nuoidaiicc. with llu iniuiiilltees report re-port After Indorsing the lepnrt the Congress ndjouined until Ihe time of the legulai tinnuul session next April, m until n epicln! call Is Issued b the president The loiniiilltie a uport In full follows lo the lrrlgitlon Congress of I tali Hentlenifn lour epeilil committee on lisirvolrs to whom was refrrrnl the various va-rious propositions ror utilizing the ucli-mitlnn ucli-mitlnn run I iiieclfully recommend that what Is known us Ihe t'tali Ink. proposition propo-sition l,e recoin mended as the ilrst lo re Hive attention from Ihe (lovirnnitnt It being the inn width In our opinion will Invoke the greatest amount of cut and promise, the Innst sallsfni lor) rcuilt e further reiommend that Hiofc pro. Jecta known ns the Wilier river the Sevier river, the Hear lake nnd llio llrand river are next lu order nf Importuncc and should be next considered, and. Ilmll), thiil all the prnjtcta tnsenKil aro with-out with-out exception worth) of special lonsll-eratnii lonsll-eratnii and are teconilnended as promising promis-ing most desirable an I proiltaliln results J (' Will M os. Chairman A r JHIHI.MI'H, Hccretari. I. It Cttol'PIIlt W o cm I u JAMI.H JDIINSO.S then the leport wna Ilrst presented before the Congress objection was made by severnl dele Kites lo having the Ctab lake nnd Duchesne rlvei pioposltlons saddled together In the report Judge Mllnor nsked Hull Ihe resolution be amended so as to make th Utah lake reservoir and the Duehesne ill or supply sup-ply s)stem separate and dlstlnet clauses "iddllng the two logether might mean Ihe failure of both, and we elnnt wish to hurt the chances of ellher," said Judge Mllncr, Chief H)diographer Newell was called upon to give an opinion In regard In the matter, and he stated that be believed the (Invernnient would give both matters fulbinnslderntlon If presented pre-sented as one Judge Milner then with-diew with-diew his request for nn amendment to tho leport. IS A l.IVINO IMSL'K. lllihop tlniUnir of hpinlsh Pork Hill maintained that the two projects should occupy separate plates In tn retort He said Hint as a icpresentntlt c of Ltuli count) he objected eirongi) to have the Duchesne river proposition left out eif the report cu Included In tho Utah lake reservoir project. 'The bringing of tola Duchesne wntcr Into tltnli cuun t) Is nn iibsolule- neccsslt)," said lllshoii llardner. "Willi or without Ooternnient all It fihalfhe done It la a living Issue, and the people of I'tuh county will do the work themselves If the) cannot get nsslstamr " 'Ihe report when voted upon wns adopted without amendment b) the Congress It was dedded b) unanimous vote that the special committee bee (mull (mu-ll permanent organisation, from which any Information tan bo secured by the (loverninenl nfllilals concerning the Irrigation Ir-rigation conditions of I'tah All the members of the committee agreed to serve In lhat t ipacit) DlbCUb.SI.D ItPHIHtVOIll Hin.8. At the opening of the morning session ses-sion ut 10 30 n m It vvns decided to devote de-vote the first hour to the discussion nf the different propositions which had been placed before tho special committee commit-tee the day before The Weber river reservoli for the residents of the Komaa valley and -aur-loundlng districts wna first brought be-fore be-fore the Congress b) James Johnson Mr. Johnson explnlned that there Is a siiltnMc location for u reservoir near Ivnnias, und that nt n cost of about JliOOOOO a dam rould be thrown across the river at (hat point und the water Unrounded during tho flood seasons. I'TAH LAKi: Hl'PPOIiTllUS Hardin llennlon of Uintah (ounl) and Judge Milner of I tub county both spoke briefly In favoi of the rtali lake loseivoli- pmject si)lng the needs of Hall Lake loiint) were twin lOlng tliuii those nf other distil, ts, and should be given prlmnrj ionderatlon the needs nf Cliche lount), especial-1) especial-1) the northwestern portion, were exploited ex-ploited b) P H llarsinn of Cliirkaton He vv is of the belief thm Rnn, C,er-volr C,er-volr sltea me plentiful In that setllon of the inunlr) Horn which he came, and believed Ihe u talillshtnent of res-civolrs res-civolrs would hi of Immense benefit C II Wlleken of Millard county spoke, favoring the establishment of a. leservolr on tho hevler, saying that this vvouhTfesult In Ihe reelalmlug of n vast area of uild land, not to mention th,i benefit In the farms now undei cuillvu. lion The people nf Millard lount) he Mid wej-e not able In build the lesu-volr lesu-volr for themselves although It was generally tomided umong the farm-rs that ono Is badly needed, POIt WAriAICH COI'NTY, J II Murdoik of Wusaleh county sild time wei numerous naturil n:s-civolrs n:s-civolrs lu hla county whkh tnuld bo utlllied tilt hnusli there would he (on-Hldeinble (on-Hldeinble expense nttutlied, mine er-baps er-baps than the risldems of the totinly would he willing to meet James Jenkins of Juab county said Ihe funnels nf his i Hon have ulread) begun a movement for their own benefit bene-fit b) storing the an lus walei from Ue mountain stienmi, for use during Hie months when Iho vvutrr supply Is low WOULD WAIVH f'LAIMH I C Thoreson of Cache county favored fa-vored the Utah lake reservoir project He s ild teservoirs were b idly needed III hla own county, but that the people woull doubtless waive their claims for tho time tiling III oider that the wuter might be secured by Ihe section lu which It was needed the most Halt Lake count) Mr Thoreson thoughti Is tho one where the imputation Is greatest great-est und tho need nf wa,ter most Imperative Im-perative Aceordlngl), lie favored the Utah lake nservolr as deceiving Ilrst and trrcalest (nnslderatlon A number of other suggestions were made before the congress, among Ihe speakers being L It Cropper nf Mil-lard Mil-lard tounlj , W . O. t reer uf I tah coun- I ' ' 1 II i -i r or Inn. tl) llut.li M ti ugail if I ah coiini) UNI P11DJ1 e r r V. 1 1 M i-The i-The iiiientlon of the , ngi was '"'lid at this time h) he mar) lleoig I i I iin hen lo the fact that the Ool ! eminent will handle but on. i ro t a time II,. ,t when a proposition was present! d In the t.oveiiiu m II left Ine p.oples bands enlirei) nv mnnev ndvali. ed bv Ihe Hove mini lit would have to be repaid within n peiinl or ten )cars Willi the How mil nt t Is n purely business mallei John llenr) Sinltli said Hi t s n -but one ptojeet could be .onsidne! it a time Ihe one of tin most In p itan i should l. Ilrst pre.ented ll( iliouglil the Utah lake pmjeit bv fur the o-i I Imiatrtiint also Unit tin nth. r nml - ' briuikht ItefniT" the .ingiiev ,, worth) of iiinsldeiatlon hill Hut Hid should be urged later on , outiwizi.t) i rpoitr m i in h slnt! fnglneer Doreinus nld tin i shnuld be orgmlsetl iffort lu Hie Htile without whl, I, little (ould be iikoiii pushed Whutiver the tongriss de i I led upon he said, would go lufoie the National lirlgntloti congnss and If the needs of t lab were presi nted be fore that laid) aa unt pioje. I It wnull bi more llkel) to meet with uiprov.il and bu favorabl) re pule I upon Whatever What-ever the scheme pieseutid, Mi Dore urns said. It would have to be a, perfei t one, In ordei that It should not be thiown out b) the (.ovriuiiirut experts ns not practicable Mr Doreinus expressed ex-pressed no sentiment In fawn of an) of the pi npnsl lions Angus M innnnn followed with a short talk on Inlgatlm In Ihe West expiesslng the lnllif that Ihe present movement aiiinug the Western States menus the beginning of a new irn In lirlgutlou Tin the eutlie icMnn He tluniRlit the (lovernuient s offer to nld In inlgatlon iiuiHcm should be taken advantage of He was also of (he opinion opin-ion thill the Utah lake project should be given prlinar) consideration Itesolutlons legirdlng tin situation weie Ihen pn si tiled b) John lleur) Smith and refetred to the speil.il nun inlttoo Ihe resolullnna (onluliKil Ihe order lu which the various piojccts would a pear, n lining the I'tuh lake reservoir Ilrst Weber second Scvhr third and lb ir river fourth f H ltll'HUtDSS ADfilll is At the afternoon session Attorne) franklin S Ilk bards c.elliered an ad dress on the subject of lrrlgitlon lu vvhlih he simgestrd that there arc prnb abl) more effective wn)s of dealing with the water situation thin that of soliciting Hov eminent aid "It bus been the Idea for some time said Mr lilt hards, lint the C.oveiii inenl shniil I aid In reel ilinlug the arid lands of the West nnd Hint Ilea has llnall) iDstalllzed Into n law providing for help from the Cu eminent for the sixteen States and Trirltorles which have arid binds within their borlers Hut In considering the aid which the tlovernment proffers there are n number num-ber ot things to be considered One thing the people under (Invernuiint wuti rebels will have to settle Is the distribution nf water anl the rates of pn)ment for Ihe same Theie will be another dllllculty In Ihe collection of these pn munis for all water that Is run on binds of private ownership PLAN .NOT PPV.SIIH.I: 'Is It possible for us to lake adtan tage of the (lovei iiin3ta offer" Pei-snnall), Pei-snnall), I do not relieve It is at lensl It will Inko lonmr to gel llio thing started thou It we start in and do the work ourselvis In the first pi no II will be neccssarv to have a perfeetl) sound and priutlcable proposition In order In get nttentlon from the ilovern ment All the points of the project presented pre-sented villi have to be veillled by engineers engi-neers the legal ph ise will have to be Investigated and the matter viewed b) the (iov eminent emplo)ees from n purely pure-ly buslnesH standpoint before It can pass mueier The Hni eminent work would possibly be done better, but It will tnke longer, and In the end cost more money than If the work weie done by private enterpilae 'Ihe Utah lake proposition Is a big one. nnd perhaps per-haps here Is a (hamc to nvatl ouraeliea of the Coveriinient's aid Hut Is there no other way It etn be done? Can t wo find a wa) In do this work by prlvato enterprise? If we rau't then get the nld nf Ihe tlovernment DEI.HCSATHR TO COLORADO follow Ing Ml Itliharda's address the matter nf sending delegates to the congress con-gress nt Colorado Springs, which opens Mnndn), was brought up, and It was decided lo send two delegates President Presi-dent Abel John llvnng appointed Harden Hard-en llennlon of Ulnlnh county and Amos b (labbolt of Fanner's ward to attend the Colorado (onventlon and both slg-ullled slg-ullled their willingness In go The congress then "adjourned until Ihe annual meeting next April, unless sooner called In special session. |
