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Show 600,000 ACRES OF LAND WILL - r PRODUCE CHOPS NEXT : , SUMLfER :. . C. J. Blanchard. ' statistician of the . , J V. &.' Reclamation service, waa here. Saturday oa his. way from Denver to' -I 8alt (Lake. . Mr. Blanchard attended ' ' ' ' the convention of propect managers , '' and other reclamation officers, re-':. , ' eently held in Denver, and state that . '. many matters of Importance were con- ' sidered. .. .. . : .... , - .,;:?..- Among them was what he 'terms ; peaoe preparedness." It Involves a . thorough survey of reclamation ser- " ' ' 1 vice engineers, of the State' of Utah, ' " Colorado, Wyoming. Idaho, Montana. Nevada, Washington and California,-" for the purpose of determining ad van-tageous van-tageous locations for irrigation pro- ' Jeots and favorable conditions for ex- tending existing projects. This data ' will be prepared and be available at : the close of the war. when It la believed be-lieved there will be a great number of men who will want employment, ' v and the actual work on the projects will then be undertaken. - '.' : Another question considered waa that of plans for bringing under cultivation cul-tivation 600,000 acres of land in private pri-vate ownership, now embraced within the several completed reclamation projects, pro-jects, but not cultivated. Special efforts ef-forts to this end will be made by the government In order to increase the source of food supply. (Both of these projects have the approval and support sup-port of the secretary of the interior and their working out will, in the opinion opin-ion of 'Mr. fUanchard and other reclamation recla-mation officials, be of great beneficial benefic-ial importance to the west and the entire country. In Utah special attention is expected expect-ed to be given to new projects on the Green, Orand and Colorado rivers. |