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Show RJ New Irrigation K District Sought IHft W Preliminary plans have boon launch HKFjH' cd for tho formation ot a now lrrl ISffS gatlon district in Utah county, and, Bn . K according to the declaration of thoBt IctB E back ot tllQ Project, a large area of laKjf fertile land will bo mado avallablo for IflSlf agricultural purposes. IBflT Tho project la to bo known as tho Hfffj Santaquln Irrigation district, and It Is Mnj proposed to procure tho required wa- HfflSJ tor supply from tho Strawberry vnl BHi loy iprojoct and Summit creek. Hop HattF resented by J, II. McDonald, an ot- Ht& tornoy of Provo, rosldonts of tho ilia UjE trlct havo petitioned Ooorgo F. BKk McOonngle, stato engineer, to in alto n jK water survey and to propara hucIi doc- mKmi umont as nro roqulrod under the Kg provisions of chapter C8, session laws HI of 1919. which dentins nrncnilurn In creating Irrigation district. Accordingly, Mr. McDonald has prepared pre-pared a petition to Governor Dnmborg-or, Dnmborg-or, requesting him 'to potltlon tho county commissioners of Utah county to list the land to bo Included In the district and to mako required land and water allotments. Tho potltlon to bo signed by Governor Bamberger Is In readiness and awa.Ua only his signature. sig-nature. Tho approximate ncroago of land to bo Included In tho district has not boon determined by tho state engineer, en-gineer, but several sections, It Is said, will como under tho projoct. All the land Is said to bo of nn exceptionally rich charnctor, onnily ausceptlblo to Irrigation and at n low cost. In tho event ot fnvorablo action by tho commissioners ot Utah county on tho potltlon to ho submitted by Governor Gov-ernor Rnmborgor nn (accurate survey or tho district will bo mado and tho proposition will ho referred to the vntorn nf Hin illatrlnl fnr nnnt-nvnl |