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Show BELIEVER IX SOUTHERN UTAH. Milford, Utah, Nov. 14, 1920 I resigend from the government service where I had worked for more than twelve years as an engineer on hydrolic work, eleven years of which were on irrigation work, to put in wells and develop alfalfa land near Milford. Utah, for the following reasons: rea-sons: My government work had carried me into most of the states of the West and South, where I had worked work-ed on various problems relating to Irrigation. During the last five years, I worked almost entirely on wells for irrigation. For several years I had been looking for a location loca-tion where I could find good undeveloped unde-veloped resources in land and ground water. While working m utan last year, I directed the sinking, equipping, equip-ping, development and pumping of several wells near Milford and the results secured convinced me that I had the "Lucky Spot." A large part of the soil in the valley val-ley near Milford, Utah, is as rich as any in the state. It is part of the bed of old Lake Bonneville of ancient anci-ent times. Having been deposited under the waters of the lake the surface sur-face of the land is very level and in most cases Is easily prepared for ir-regatlon. ir-regatlon. The same condition which made the smooch surface of the ground gro-und caused stratas of gravel and sand to be deposited under the v ley in which large quantities of water wa-ter are stored to be used for irrigation. irriga-tion. The water stands near the sur face and the wells are shallow, which makes the cost of water much less than in mo?t places where wells are used for Irrigation. The drainage, both surface and underground, from a large area comes down into the val ley to replenish the supply of water so there Is little danger of its being evhausted. The fact that the irrigation water comes from below so there will be no accumulation of water and that the surface is such as will let los water return to the ground water ' makes extensive drainage unnecessary, unneces-sary, and makes water-logging of the 'land almost Impossible. The Telluride Power company hn? extended a branch power line down the valley and thus supplies a convenient con-venient power for pumping. This is a great help in developing the valley. The Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad rail-road runs through the valley, giving rail transportation and a chancs to ship such produce as may be desired. It will be a long time before much of the produce will have to be shipped, ship-ped, because Milford, with her railroad rail-road shops and mines in the surrounding sur-rounding mountains, offers good local lo-cal markets, and much hay and grain will be fed in the valley during the winter to cattle and sheep from the ranges. When I found near Milford good land, cheap and abundant water, electric el-ectric power,. railroad transportation and good loca'l markets in a good climate, cli-mate, among friendly and industrious industri-ous people. I decided to cast my lot there. Yours truly. CHESTER G. HASKELL Former Senior Irrigation Engineer, V. S. Department of Agriculture. |