Show JACOB v i URGES WATER VATER STORAGE IN BASIN Federal Court Water later Commissioner r. r Commissioner Submits ts Annual Report to Judge Tiliman D D. D Johnson l 1020 20 Was Tas Good Good 1 Year Development of s s1 storage ag t f facilities Ulti Is the only h supply sup sup- v ply problem m of h i 9 Uintah nt h basin basin hays bays C. C C C. Jac Jacq Jacob d' d al' al c court urt water water wat wat- er er coi commissioner ne f L basin In his annual r report pot which has j just st been submitted to Judge Tillman Tillman D. D JohnSon Johnson Johnson John John- son of the United States district court The total total- acreage ge n now w actually under cultivation is greater than cau can be safely supplied with normal flow vater an average vera Q season or ox even dur during ng a favorable year such as 1920 the report reads in part As has been pointed out In former reports reports re re- re- re ports the only solution only solution to the problem problem problem lem is the development or of of all the available storage on all the streams concerned at the practicable date The season of comparatively high run-off run Just passed seems to have induced a spirit of lethargy among mong the people as far as storage development is concerned and there is Ls a decided t tendency to forget forset tIle the stringent years of ot 1918 and 1919 The activities s of Mr Jacob have continued from the bringing of an In In- In junction by the United States Indian service In July 1916 against various canal companies enjoining them from using waters of the principal rivers and streams and nd the region Until until until un un- til sufficient water was used to IrrIgate Irrigate Irrigate gate Indian lands E. E S. S Borgquist w was s appointed commissioner to administer administer ad ad- minister the tho court order until such time as an adjustment could be made of the question of water title titles In the area Mr Borgquist served during 1916 and 1917 and Mr Jacob was wa's was appointed to succeed him in 1918 The people generally are becoming becomIng becoming becom becom- ing better educated in the proper us use of water wilter although ugh distribution llo h is Ls not yet on a perfect basis ac according to to Mr Jacob The water supply this year as shown in the statistics was was slightly more than the average Compared with 1919 1919 which was a subnormal period the flow showed an an increase of ot 50 per c cent nt Approximately 1100 0 acres were cultivated ted during the year The Tho section of the commissioners commissioner's r report port pertaining to crop product production n follows follows fol fol- lows La Lack k of adequate transportation transportation ta tation fon facilities to points outside of ot the basin has hns been the determining factor in the nature and distribution of crops Grains and forage crops predominate and tb the th qualities produced produced pro pro- ordinarily satisfy local consumption consumption consumption con con- only Occasionally flour flourIs Is shi shipped ped from the tho basin as S in 1918 but generally speaking this is not profitable A number great great eat n number er of cattle catale cat cat- tIe ale ar are fed In in the the basin each winter and later Inter driven out to market The Tho PI II production of honey has been remunerative remunerative remunerative re re- re- re the last few years owing to high prices and the favorable c conditions ns n's for for for- bee ke keeping bee P g In this locality ft J ri r i 1 81 |