| Show VALLEY AMPLY A WATERED hy by T CLARK CALLISTER irrigation engineer i seventy years ago when east hlll ara county that strip of laud land flacil flach ing tho the Pa livant mountains tor for 30 miles along tho the east cast side at 0 tho the valley w was ns settled thero there amo IL tow few meagor meager streams of water creeping down tho the larger canyons whore where thu Pa livant indians grouped their scanty wigwams hero a tow few mormon families built a foit felt arid and planted a tew few acres to orchards badens ga dens grain arid and hay lay they pastured cattle on tho the outskirts and ana subsisted from tile tho products of the soll soil isolated arld and but a contented and happy people not until recent years have tho the water supplies been developed dovo loped which aro are to spread out over hundreds of thousands of fertile acres arid and con coll vert tho the rich desert lands once dotted over with a fow few hundred settlers into a commonwealth capable of supporting a quarter of a million people thu tho question may ariso arise why this vast rich calldy valluy tho the last of tho the great fertile well weil drained frontiers has so long lain dormant in this ago age of eager progress tho the answer is plain tile tho sevier river the largest stream of at tho alio great basin has for ages its floods of water into sevier lako lake a briny waste large as aa in an inland soa sea chero its wat ura ars havo have evaporated or wasted away through underground channels out of the bottom ot of tho the G great reat basin F for or 70 years tho the settlers sett lors of 0 atit valley looked with longing upon the terrific tor waste of those pre precious precyous clous floods and dreamed of a day when sufficient i money amounting to millions mil llona ot of dol aars should become available to dam ou if construct to impound ind ud canals canal s to divert arid and control its mighty flow and conduct its waters upon lipon tho the hundreds of thousands of acrus of loamy prolific land which spread out in fit magnificent vistas thru tho the length and breadth moving lik ilka 3 intangible ghosts in the twilight of their apprehensions they sat down in ill listless sleepy corn com waiting tor for the visitation of an all angel to materialize their heir visions and bring their dreams to realization and reality ila ho came but not as aa they expected a hardheaded hard headed tar far sighted keen conservative business an all with courage money and genius to accomplish results beyond their most sanguine expectations today the sevier canal is carrying into last mellard county acre p arc fecat from the sevier bridge reservoir artesian wolla wells are arc irrigating acres mountain streams spreading out over rich orchard and farm lands ag acres from kanosh kanoski to Alc mccornack Cornick McCorn lck a distance of 35 miles the country Is ler laia with water that can be pumped at a reasonable cost the lift will range front from 20 to feet E electric power is available from tho the high tension line of the telluride power co at a very reasonable cost A largo large body of 0 land especially adapted to the production of sugar beets arid and alfalfa seed extending from IRV halton alton thrash through tho the robinson ranch Pah Pati vant greenwood ani an I 1 Ilaw bush requires but very little water about all that Is needed la is to got al alfalfa salfu started and thu tho roots will reach moisture mols tuio enough to support Us its growth grow th thereafter during favorably tavor favor ablo years alfalfa has haa been started successfully without irrigation about acres of laud lying unter under tho the east millard curial Is being taken owr over by tho the sevier canal co who will operator operate 1 it from now ou on this ihla is being irrigated tom from mount aiu bt roamy but hereafter will bo natured from tho sevier canal aud and train wells leaving tho the mountain mou water to apply to tho the bouch bench lands a bove the canal this la Is especially valuable for foi orchard bichard aud and garden tracts 11 acts tile tho sevier bridge reservoir la is now completed with a storage capacity of acre acie feet this year ear 2 tha flow las has been sufficient to supply all needs without drawing up ill ou oil tho the stored waters which havo have nover lowered lovered to tho the lovel level of tile tho spillway tho the sevier Is a remarkable stream in that tho the water diverted from it tor for irrigation purposes spreads out over tho the land and returns to the river chan net nel with but very little loss much water comes lu in through tho the river trough below the bridge reservoir this la is used to fill the hu gunnison Gunn lson bend reservoir owned by the deseret irrigation company and others also tho the fool creak crack reset heser voin owned by tho the savior canal co sufficient clent water cornea comes in below these reservoirs and anufrom from tho the lands landd irrigated below them to supply 20 acres to the blue lako lake irrigation company and other lands with ample water to sum summarize marizo acro acre feet estimated annual runoff run off oc at the sevier bridge dam artesian well flow oak city mountain stream 2400 holden 2500 fillmore ln imore meadow kanosh pump wells in tho the lower valley estimated pump wells from mountain troughs estimated below deseret return flow 20 A total water supply of tho the available supply in other words has now reached to upwards of acre feet with an annual precipitation of 14 inches and with tile the return how flow seepage arid and sub irrigation and with acres of dry farm land that will produce 20 bushels of wheat to the acre lying above tho the canal this means that acres will come unde cultivation in valley where a few years ago it did not exceed acres acree thero there la Is no land moro more prolific in the valleys of tho the mountains tor for wheat oats barley potatoes alfalfa alfalfa seed sugar beets orchards gardens and the flowers and grasses that add so greatly to tho the beauty and refinement of homo home life HIGH SCHOOL commencement PROGRAM the program for the eleventh annual commencement of the millard high school will be held at the L D S chapel Thur slay eveni evening nL may alay 21 24 2 1 and will include the fo lowing numbers mixed chorus high school students invocation bishop A A kirn ball of kanosh piano solo miss aliss laru clark principals report principal joseph F anderson music alusic high school orchestra valedictory royal kimball music alusic girls glee club sentiment supt bupt alonzo huntsman reading miss lucille tuttle clark male adale quartet morrell hunter harold carling dean wood war wa ren lZ pollens reading jr miss aliss melba stevens address to graduates dr george 11 Brini hall vocal vocal solo miss aliss delia dame presentation of Diplo diplomas inas pres J C bennett of board of education mixed chorus II 11 S students benediction F A robison on thursday af afternoon a banquet will be given the graduates and all alumni of the school the alumni association will hold its annual meeting after the banquet |
