Show VA VALUABLE D DATA ATA SENT fir a 1 TO I U ON RESERVOIR fw D that the government Is cd ed in the pleasant valley reservoir proposition and that it believes from superficial examinations and dat datt t that it is 6 worth thorough la ion ton is evidenced by the fact that engineer J L lytel aho vho ho wont went over the project recently his been requested to forward complete data relative to the reservoir site the kind ind and size of dam needed and the territory to be served the following ing questions rind suggestions ae as to the nature of the data wanted was burnished shed th the local committee names of with statement as its to their authority to act answered with copy 01 of the roin min utts tits of secretary short historical sketch of oi price river ver valley fully covered in ai at a article by A ballinger statement relative to the total acreage in price river valley character and amount of crop raised etc answered by II 11 ammond ran dolph nd ind fl L G mathis markets for products raised answered by mckinnon and gilmour business and populations of the towns in carbon county answered by A J loo tta k history of price river irrigate irrigation ion coir answered by the copy of the report of the directors to the stock stockholders helders names of the canals diverting from preap river location of the point of d vaston I 1 ditches under them and of the corn com pane answered by A ballinger ton mall map c of ot proposed sed dam and reservoir sido side in pleasant valley in the courso course of making by emmett olon olion statement as 19 to the and crops on additional lands to be brought under water being compiled complied by emmett olson tho historical il sketch of price river ville valle the development of lure ture drains odd the coming of the thc ballio id and tho the opening of tho th coal a amps written by mr bal astr 1 is replete with valuable in tat and dati dat L and will serve W well ell to give the off lelvis of the interi al 11 department nell formed ideas as to this section I 1 ahe lie figures sui bitted by the committee on crops and acreage are of 0 as much local interest as they will be to thoe tho e for whom they are prepared the amount of production product io was not estimated hub but the acleane acreage of various crops follows wheat spring 2100 2190 acres winter cat 2683 2685 barley rye corn CO 60 potatoes onion 25 beets beans garden truck wild hay 1000 alfalfa fruit total acreage ol 01 various crops in emery county 2600 total acreage under cultivation irrigated land not in crops largely held by speculators dry land not yet cropped that there is a market here for a much larger amount of agriculture products that can bo be raised under present conditions was shown by the figures produced by mckinnon and gilmour relative to foodstuffs shipped in from the outside figures obtained from local dealers show that during the past year there wap wa shipped into carbon county c irs of oats 20 of wheat corn GO 60 fl hur aur salt 00 90 sugar 52 canned goods 10 meat 20 from one company and although the report dd not contain an estimate from the ogden packing and provision company that company has j in more than 20 carl carloads to produce what has ha been raised in in this county there were shipped in carloads of implements proof that carbon county farmers are us in QS the best methods and getting as g good results as can be expected 4 that the topography of the mining camps precludes any thought of thele inhabitants Idi adlain id lain allig any apprel bablo quantity of farm or garden crops is further shown tn in the data comp compiled lel by A J leo lee relative to the altitude character of the formation und the occupation of the people his dau data also included the statement of the names of all the cc corn mp nies operating number of days worked last beir total tonnage pro deuced in the mines and total caces paid together tos ethor with the population which shows tint the people are amply able to to buy liberally liberal lyol cf any foodstuffs produced in the he county the latter part of thu tho re report p ort will bo be found elsewhere in this issue all this data was placed in the he bead lia of 0 it R marqueen Marcu Marc uen who forwarded or it to mr lytel at provo yes berday morning emmett oison olson la Is also spending several days in the office with mr lytel drawing maps and compiling data and he now states that the reservoir will be at least east 0 20 0 per cent larger than pro vios alo estimates all the local parties who are tak ing an in interest in ithe matter are greatly gratified at the interest taken by the government through the proper officials of the department of the interior and everyone is most optimistic as to the ultimate outcome |