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Show cBeap land and water "Test Thousand Acres of Rich Land Between St, George and Bellerue Proposed for Reclamation. ' ' .',!' J. M. Laurltzea returned Tiicb- day from Salt Lake City, where be bad, been oa nuslUetB cooneoted with ' ' Irrigation propositions in this country. ,''-; -Mr. Lauritzeu hos plana under nay '!' for another Irrigation projeat besides i the big one on which be is engugod 44 la'the western PBrt of this country. -ftf The BObomo Ib known rb the Ash , (Jreek Irrigation project, nnd it proposes bringing under irrigation aud oaltlvatlon about ten thousnud acres of excoptlonnlly desirable fruit land situated In tho best pmt of the Dixie fruit belt - The plan contemplates building n reservoir on Ash Oreok, about uild-way uild-way botweon Now Harmony and Bellevue, with n oapaolty of ton thousand naro feet. Tho water will bo released from this rosorvoir und allowed to flow down the nuturnl nbanuol to a point nenr Bellevue, wborolt will ho diverted by means of 'a canal to tbo Inndi to bo Irrlgat-'r Irrlgat-'r i ed. In a gonoral way tbocaual will , patallol thoprcBout county roud run- i nlng from Bollovue to St. Qooege. Tbo canal will terminate at n point about tbreo miles oust of St. George. The bulk of tbe land to be Irrigated lies abovo tho county road and ex tends pructioally tho whole distance from Bollevue to tbe canal's termination. termi-nation. In two or tbreo pieces the atrip of land la two mile wldo. "The lark est tracts to be irrigated tbnt lie below the road itre batwoen Loeda nnd Toquorvlllo nnd extending down to tho Virgin river, nnd south of WnBh Ington and Middleton and extending ' down to the river. It is estimutod that at loust ten thniiBond acres of excellent fruit land can bo roclnlrred . under tbla Bystpm. Wnshlugton G' 15.' News. |