Show WATER USERS TRYING TO GET TOGETHER Whites and Indians to Combine Combino and andI I J. Petition U. U S. S Reclamation Do- Do y vf to Construct Reservoirs R S. S Collett of Roosevelt representing representing the white water users in the litigation Indian department vs and others is In Provo conferring with J. J L. L Lytel with reference to the construction of a number of reservoirs In the Uintah mountains The plan Is Is' Is for a consolidation of lof Indian of Indian department and whites under one head h ad and then induce the tho reclamation to build reservoirs A number of ideal sites are said to have been located at the heads of the three rivers to the north the north the Uintah Whiterocks and s w The flow of water in these streams is inadequate for the vast acreage of land now under cultivation to say nothing of tho tiro thousands of acres yet to be brought under The minimum flow In the three streams Is perhaps second feet The TheS J S amount required to water all the theland theland theland land would be more than twice that much The Indian claims a prior filing That would leave all other users destitute Since 1916 the parties parties parties par par- ties have been in court and much cost has been and is piling up It is hoped and believed that the present plans will mature and that thata a number of reservoirs of sufficient capacity to store water wate for tor all the theland theland theland land will be constructed If the farmers have bave to go through another summer as dry dryas as this one has been 1 there ercill will ill be lots lotsof of cheap land in inthe inthe t the north orth coun country y o n |