Show It- It i I OUR SOIL SOll OUR STRENGTH By y Carl Wilker Unit Conservationist Soil Roil Conservation Service Shop at Home It Pays Precipitation Seems almost a waste of time timeto to read rain or try to measure any snow on the snow courses l however o vever here are some measurements that may be he of interest They are for t the h e month of N and were made by th the men at the Great Basin Research Center at Ephraim Eph Eph- raim Sorensens Sorensen's Field Majors 1 Flat Oaks O l Meadows 1 6 in of snow Richfield Meeting Soil Conservation Service engineers engineers engineers engin engin- and unit conservationists from Sanpete and Juab south the Escalante met in Richfield last week in an engineering training session conducted by George Lawrence State Conservation Conservation Conservation Conser Conser- engineer from the Salt Lake office This training raining session was conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted to polish in m met t of assisting farmers and irrigation groups in planning Installing and major conservation projects Subject matters covered at the meeting were practice standards computations designs specifications specifications specifications reinforced concrete construction construction construction con con- hydraulics and relations relations relations rela rela- with Utah Water Vater and Power Pow Pow- er Board State Stale Engineer a and n d dother other agencies Sanpete District Board oard Meets Meets Meets- The Sanpete Board of District District District Dis Dis- Supervisors met in regular regular regular regu regu- lar monthly meeting last Monday Monday Mon Mon- day in Manti l at the local office Lee Barton and Tom Yardley reported to the board the subject subject subject sub sub- matter mailer discussed at al the re recent recent recent re- re cent zone and state stale meetings attended by these men Croft Christensen reported on his lis trip to lo Chicago with H 4 Club members and on the talk on cons conservation given by Harvey Harvey Har liar HarI I vey Firestone Jr i Grant Johannsen will prepare the next distrIct newsletter which will be he sent to lo all district co- co operators Records show that the past charges for forr the district truck were not paying the expenses of operating this unit The board changed the rates fates to lo cooperators co- co operators to lo a minimum charge for use at nt 5 and the mileage rate from lOc to Manti ManU Irrigation System 1 Manti a t n t i f Irrigation Ir Company shareholders and engineers met mel last Thursday to lo discuss Dud and review in the field some of the problems relating ng to lo modernizing modernizing modernizing mo mo- the company's irrigation Uon tion system A topographic map is now on file fie in the office covering the system and estimates will be prepared for roc consideration by shareholders rs s s their desires for Cor modernizing the system or parts of it When the extent of the company's company's company's com com- pany's plans for improvements pro are re known an engineer willbe will willbe willbe be assigned to lo plan the im im- im New Post Office And AmI Office Building Richard J. J Stromness Bountiful ful Utah stopped in this office to borrow engineering equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment to si start Jt on the new Office and office building It II will be located just south of the Court House and we hope this edifice will improve Main MainSheet Street Sheet and give uble service service service ser ser- vice to Sanpete people for years to lo come o |