| Show Marvelous Development t of Drainage in ill 3 Millard County The need err ti age as a a guarantee of permanent agriculture in the the irrigated portion of County has l long ng been It haS had come ome to be regarded as s of equal importance with irrigation irrigation Itself The Federal o Government v t and the State tf tural L College Feth hav been ln res In the drainage problem ot of the section for tor years In 1909 it a general general general gen gen- eral survey of ot the Hinckley Deseret- Deseret Oasis area was made by engineers of Drainage Inv Investigations of ot the U. U S S. S Department of ot Agriculture H. H R R. R Elliot C F F. Brown Guy A. A Hart and R R. R A. A Hart now now Senior Senior Drainage Dr Engineer Engine r rI rot I of ot the Department Department Depart Depart- ment conducted conduct d this survey v As a result of ot the investigations ns m made de it wag vas as rec ended that the 9 1 area en bo en jn The organization of ot drainage tracts dia districts for the purpose was not advise adVis ad- ad vise Vis at the time owing to a fundamental funda- funda mental in the drainage district t law aw r The Des Desere Irrigation Company Comp to took k the initia h initiative lt-i lt fv- fv tv and purchased a suitable for tor the 1 line drag drag n excavate cavato construction l of oC Opt canals and pro pro- po TOs L to tol enter l ter In L arrangements with with mutu u of ot landowners landowners landowners land land- owners for tor the Uie construction of ot draInage drainage drainage drain draIn- age systems The only work done under this arrangement wad was wa the installation of ofa a small system of ot outlet t canals in the area east n and d southeast of ot Oasis in 1911 No actual farm tarm drainage was d done ne in II- this area so thoro there was little opportunity to to judge of or the merits of drainage Meanwhile a new nevI drainage law taw was prepared and t a a. recommendation l' l was made by Guy A A. A and andR andR andR R A Ai Hart of ol the U. U S. S Drainage Investigations Investigations In tn that further reclamation in the iho area be conducted under drainage drainage drain drain- age oge district organization and that as ns astar asfor tar for as possible covered tile the l j be employed This was in kt Uh the experience of a number of ot years in man many other sections of the west It was also advised that complete drainage systems not mere merely outlet systems be Installed by the districts Fortunately for tor drainage development development development develop develop- ment and for tor agricultural advancement advance advance- advancement ment in general Mr J. J P. P Welch was established in Millard County in the spring of ot 1913 Mr Welch Velch ImmedIately immediately mined mined- lately recognized the thee need for drainage drain drain- ago age as tho the chief problem of at the section section sec see tion and at once began the tho 1 promotion of the idea of ot reclamation During the summer of ot that year ear Mr Welch Velch labored with the landowners IndIvIdually Individually individually and in assemblage and succeeded succeed succeed- ed In getting petitions circulated and ond signed up for tho the organization of ot a drainage district at Hinckley The area involved involved comprised the present Millard Ullard Co County nty District No 1 1 and that tha portion of ot 11 lying north of ot the Sevier River The district was organized in inn the following following follow follow- ing November but the owners of the thelast thelast thelast last lC area withdrew from the tho project I 1 County District No 1 has had a it rath rather r stormy carer due largely large large- ly t to the Il lack ck of proper engineering g guidance e but it appears appears that the h district is now to be reorganized on a business business basis nn ac and I there therl is is' every ever Y t to anticipate a an ultimate su suc- suc r rC es tl l t reclamations reclamation I J C a complete a t tile file drainage a ol I. I f tho J l ti as l lell Uy by y ya La Lan Land t and Water Vater Company in its U South Tr Tract east of ot Oasis In gen general gener gener- r. r al nl the tha drai drains drainage e a df of tra tract t Is is suc successful successful suc- suc and th l lands land's want but cultivation vatin n and ir irrigation g l to y yield satisfactory satisfactory satis satIs- factory returns returns The small ot the system that is jn inoperative Is being repaired ed an and l other corrective measures are tobe i to be applied Mr 11 Welch yelch continued his endeavors and early early h iii 1917 undertook ok the organization or or- rt n of ot ld County CO District No 11 at 11 at Deseret and After ACter muc preliminary aty work worle individual dual exhortation and arid discussion in general meetings meetings l mass ass meetings gs were vere held and the cooperation n of ot the Federal drainage service was secured In lit co cooperation cooperation co- co o- o operation with Mr Ir R. R A. A Hart the district was organized in 1 Mar ar of oC that year It comprises some 22 22 acres s and represents an expenditure expend expenditure iture iture- for drainage of oi nearly a half hale million dollars and benefits of at the lesat a million dollars Before Detoro the end of the year ear Millard l County Count Dietrict No Ill the tho largest district In the entire west came came into being t Tho The process of ot organization was much tho the same but more moro objections objectIons objections object object- ions and greater difficulty had to be bo surmounted This district comprises acres and covers most of or the North Tract and Abraham and Northwestern areas arens Th The Thu coat Bust involved in In- solved is about a million and a quarter quarter ter tor dollars and the tho benefits b over three million dollars Not satisfied with this crowning achievement Mr Welch immediate immediately ly Iy undertook the tho organization of or Millard County District No IV and tore his his' recent promotion n to themore themore the tho more more highly developed field of ot Utah County had the satisfaction of seeing seeing seeing see see- ing this district launched The No IV t comprises over acres and represents an expenditure of about and benefits of ot over a n million dollars Notwithstanding Notwithstanding- g the war the No II and No III Ill districts were were successfully suc- suc financed although it il r re re required the combined efforts of at Sup Supervisor SuperVisor Super Super- r. r Visor Marcus Skeen of at No II Engineer Engineer En En- R R. R E. E Caldwell of ot Districts Nos II III and IV and Mr Hart Haft to secure the tho permission of ot the Capital Issues Committee to tb the issue of ot the securities It was necessary for all three of ot these m men n to go to Washington Washing Washing- ton to put the proposition over oyer The financing of ot District No IV is also assured Construction contracts at satisfactory satisfactory tory prices have hive b been en let in Districts ts Nos II a and III Work Vork is is already under under under un un- der way in No II and within a matter matter matter mat mat- ter of or a a tow tow few weeks the tho Installation drains f at atthe the rate of ot several miles lOp ton t 1 p c 1 lie liek k districts It is proposed ed to finance financed finance 1 11 District and nd to let a contract as soon suon as possible All of ot these these- districts are arc under t guidance guidance- of ot cOI conscientious caw cap men mon and tho the services of or highly potent engineers have been cl All engineering is done in cor pera coc-pera- pora- pora lion tion with tho nure iu QC of Public llo HO of t the tho U. U US U.S. S Department of ot J Agriculture ture lure Mr R. R A A. A Hart Hait Senior Drain Drainage age ago Engineer acting as consulting engineer AU ians plans specifications and operations 01 s n are e submitted t. t to the tho Bureau for or approval Nos II II and ami III districts have been fortunate in having let the thc con con ru work WOl to fo big well equipped con COil contractors contractors tractors who are practically and t financially able to properly con conduct conduct conduct duct the work of or reclamation There Ther Is every reason td d anticipate a t- t thigh high degree e of ot success in the seVeral sev seV- several eral- eral eral But nut one one thin remains ema n to to insure tho the desired success success suc suc- I cess and that Is IJ the whole-hearted whole cooperation of or the land landowners I This involves consideration consideration- n to the several boards boards boards' in their- their tremendous us tasks of ot administration care in the use uso of irrigation wat water r in the vicinIty vicinity vicinity vicin vicin- ity of ot drains both during and after constructions and the necessary s subsequent ent treatment of the he soil soU which which is II so essential to successful r reclamation I |
