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Show If SEES MIEFOR 1 THIS SECTION t fl' Utali Conservation Commission Approp- H' rintcs Fund to Assist in Develop- fl fug- Southern Utah flf ' IRON COUNTY WILL RHCEIVB PORTION I' , More Evidence That Southern H n Utah is Attracting Wide fl Attention R ma . Two highly important cams'- paigns were launched in Salt I Lake last week, according to the flf Salt Lake Tribune, by the Utah fl- Conservation Commission. The W ultimate results should K; mean millions to the agricultural fl resources of the state. One pro-K pro-K ject has been aptly termed by "fl the commission the "moisture I conservation" movement he flf other is foi the purpose of teach- ing the farmers of Millard, Iron - v and Beaver counties how to make - use of the great supply of sub-' sub-' j . terranean water in that vicinity. mi ' Investigations conducted by VMH experts from the Utah Agricul-p Agricul-p tural colledge have revealed the rB? fact tha1; the water now used tM- or rr'Sation in " the state is jjL . about half wasted. It has been Jv&loiwr fr tne college 'to. If "" turanri'tereats of Utah. But in if the last six months the idea has it , h spread that there is urgent need, i if Utah is to develqp agricultur- ? ally, to conserve this wasted water for the watering of arid lands. Recently, through a plan pro-,. pro-,. , posed by the agricultural college ", , and jointly advocated and sup- j ported by the Salt Lake Commer- , cial club and the Utah conser- ?,"" - vation commission, six experts were sent into the farming fc' districts of the Btate to investi- 'l gate the irrigation wastes and w, ' . educate farmers, water com- panies and others to the proper , , conservation of water. Although these men have been in the field only about a month they are f i . meeting with encouragement. Ms ' The action of the conservation ij' commission yesterday will fur- T ' ther promote this movement. Ah initial appropriation of; $250 -' was made to cover the cost of ' .. preparing posters, bulletins, charts and other literature showing show-ing the necessity of better use : j r if of irrigation water. These will i ' be distributed broadcast through- t l! - out the state, and posters will be !1 put up in all public places where .1 farmers gather. The committee in charge of this work, consist- jj ing of Dr. John A. Widtsoe, president of the Agricultural I college; H. T. Haines, state 5 statistician, and J. E. Pettit, state coal mine inspector, will also arrange for lectures and demonstrations at county fairs, the state fair and at all gather- , ings of; water users. " The commission is fully deter- j mined that in . order to bring s about the proper development of Utah's irrigation interests, water conservation must be vig- orously prosecuted. It is with Jv this idea that the campaign was opened at yesterday's meeting. Jj k The otnr movement is closely allied. It has been known for some time that there are great flows of subterranean waters in Millard, Beaver and Iron counties. coun-ties. A committee consisting of Professor L. A. Merrill, George Austin and T. L. Allen was appointed ap-pointed by the commission to take the initiative In bringing this water into use for irrigation. The co-operation of the state Agricultural Ag-ricultural college, the county commissioners of each of the three, counties, the adjacent railroads rail-roads implement dealers, farm-ers, farm-ers, land companies and all others who would be benefitted will be sought to establish dem onstration farms in these coun" ties at once. On these farms the use of subterranean waters will be tried out and the best method studied for the benefit of the farmers in that vicinity. An initial appropriation of $500 to start this work was voted at yesterday's meeting. |