Show Still Good Chance For Gooseberry Says Thomas W. W Jensen From The Mt Pleasant Pyramid The Gooseberry dam project was not given a permanent go by as a result of recent action of the Bureau of Reclamation which last month dropped the project from a It proposed flood control program So declared Thomas W. W V. V Jensen this week following a meeting with na national national national na- na and local reclamation and water officials Mr Jensen a resident of Mt Pleasant is president of the Associated Associated Associated As As- civic clubs of Southern Utah and coordinator for the Utah Water Vater and Power board Attending the recent meeting at which Gooseberry and other water projects in the state were discussed were Mr Jensen Stewart McMaster attorney for the bureau of reclamation Reed German state director of the bureau Ed H H. Watson state engineer and the following three members of the the Utah Water Vater I and Power board L. L B. B Johnson Randolph Joseph V W Johnson Layton and B. B O. O Colton Roosevelt It was announced at the meeting said Mr Jensen that the Colorado re report report report re- re port which included recommendation of the Gooseberry project has been approved recently in the western states and is now in the hands of the federal commissioner of reclamation and the secretary of the interior It is exp ted they will approve the report Mr Jensen said after which most of its recommendations will be placed in a bill for the consideration consideration consideration con con- of congress Since all the preliminaries necessary to final approval of Gooseberry have been made on the needed long-needed water project Mr Jensen said it is at the top of the list He pointed out that individual studies studies studies stu stu- stu- stu dies on Gooseberry are completed in including including in- in eluding an extensive engineering re re- re port The Gooseberry project Mr Jensen state is one of the tributary developments developments developments develop develop- ments under Ute the e over-all over plan for water and power development in the Colorado basin Payment of construction costs estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated at would be by ast as assessment assessment as- as t of landowners in North Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete who have contracted to pay of of the total cost The balance |