Show WANTS TO BRING IN irrigation WATERS FOR SANPETE CO A II 11 chris ensen 0 salt lake city and jamea jame 11 of u ogden vere mere in aldritt Wed neadlY and met vit a number of citizens to their proposed reservoir site 11 nt tarn rn and ard the bli i 04 of vater from the i al at a l sloped of tile gnoun ila into till allay while no exact figures aro are yet available preliminary calculations are far enough advanced so thita it quite certain that sanpete can get or 70 acre feet of water now going into the colorado river hier and store it at thu tile 1 head of this i valley alley to bo be rele ased at leisure and at a coat cost per acre lesa less than that of the strawberry project which was less than TOO per acre in outlining the project mr air christeasen said thero are acre drainage in and cotton wood canyons and acres in ili spanish fork canyon most of it a bove the foot eleia elevation tion which may be directed into thu the proposed reservoir at al milburn the precipitation tation in this part of the range Is between 20 and 31 inches so in lit kiik ing plenty of allowances for elanora tion seeps and other losses it is re to expect to get got an acre foot t f water for each bach aero acre of drainage the water from the huntington and cotton woods canyons would be taken across the divide above fair view and that from spanish fork would come across the divide at ili hilltop with a 20 foot dam of cubic yard yards it milburn a covering 1148 acre i could bu built which would etore store acre feet of water more definite figures will bo be submitted later and maps and profiles rent pont out as they are prepared tho the visit 0 of the salt lake ginilo men was more to sound out public sentiment tor for the project than anything olse else they are willing to put the project through and then turn it over to the farmers or to have the tile farmers do it ives or any other arrangement that would be sul suitable fable to the beope of the valley mr mir christenson Chrls tenson filed on this water last year but his ills filings were returned the gentlemen were given tho the assurance that any pro joet they could bring jn in to increase the tho water flow for this valley at a reasonable ren cost would receive the hearty cooperation of the people |