Show farmers given new outlook on agricultural possibilities uc the ort aela of A boda of water ex through til rough the upper part of rimah t valley for four our and across the be alley three and A halt half mile miles at tho he was the sigbe abt that 11 the excursion of carlou county farmer farmers friday morning as the tile special denver deaver rio grande orande western train tints travelled travelle 4 tooth south along the hugo huge roer roser clr toward shield ofir ld it wa was not difficult to vision tho tile tel f filled storing acre sere feet of water behind horsley 1 dint the let test possible for the agricultural success of carbon county farmer farmers and their Isai lilles nearl in number looked on and uw MW the solution of their ling felt problem of water shortage which hai has put ltd IN alamp of restraint real upon the agricultural development of thil this territory terr tory since fint first it wa wait settled A fuller taller realization of tb 0 benefit benefits fame came to thoe those most itally aa terel ted the ta al excursion left prie price at tit 9 A dozen doten or more farmer farmers were picked up at helper and the 66 train TI off again branching off at bolto 1 and continuing up fish reek creek to bed field fifteen mile miles from cotton colton the ex at curti were given aa ila to laok over oytt thi this little railroad junction of inhabitants the he center jenter of the famous clear creek and winter quarter coal field fields before the train re turned miles down the tha canyon to the dam to be ba completed june 15 it ii Is estimated that more moro than half the farming families of the county were represented on oh tho the excursion which was made under the auspices of the car bon county farm bureau Coli tion for iti its success should if 1 given afoa or 1 P madien madsen agricultural agent naj had charge of all arrangement and the committee assisting aid sting him com corn posed cf of 9 R pierce kenneth wilson and clarence Nl elzon zon of price anil and W A anglo and sad E b L draper of welling ton june 15 18 hould should fee see the of the woric wort on the dam itself A six foot rock core tote reaching dwa 34 feet below the stream bed to bedrock and mounting moua ting to the top of tho the dam ot 64 feet above the tream stream bed ii is nov noir two third thirds completed and will win bom the primary foundation of tho the tru etore the rock for this ii Is being J secured ft om the north fide side of the canyon where tc er ex caration carat ear atlon ioa for the y ii is being made in the solid rock A ia ae na il ii eai aa aloyed to place plat the th hu boilden bon iders care fully in position pofi tion in thil this rock ic i ton tion so 0 o ai as to afford the maximum strength jn in front of this ii Is the dirt fill made 0 of f a clay material mAter tal will pack as hard ai as eem cem nt the entire surface of the dirt fill ii Is being carefully faced with a layer of large rocks tl to present cat any danger from wave lathing lashing the dam feet in length feet wide it 0 the baso base and tapen tapers to 25 feet at the top if it ever become becomes this can be railed raised another 15 or 10 feet and allow tw for additional storage t fl 0 acre act fat stored t the average depth death of the wate I 1 day was estimated at eight feet with approximately acre siere feet of water backed up behind the partly finished horsley dam when tho the two control valve valves in the outlet tunnel weri were om plemely closed down fu tu may 13 tor jot the first time the level of water on the dam raised at the rate of IS 18 inches every 36 hour hours in order that the crew might proceed with the boil wor without bing being pushed too about half the thle tream stream wal was turned out through the tuo tun eel tel again friday the water wac wat lota om ing up on the dam at the rate of 4 inches a day the intake at the tunnel which I 1 19 tf cement ineal aring ek atz 1 tn eight tight feet is in the arth porah cast east corner co af M the reservoir reer voir in frat ot the dan darn th onabe of t the he bre Us ex tends in a big curve back under the mountain moun talo off into the creek continued on page four FARMERS fit D GIVEN A NEW OUTLOOK continued from pago rage one feet below the intake the othe spillway will be built la in solid aock r ock and cemented built in the rock oil tie north side of the canyon and di dropping to aping off into ho the creek bed some feet below the dam there will be absolutely no danger of undermining the dam from the rear the spillway pill way will lim hae a a 2 capacity of second feet of water or more than thin fit fi t time times us as much as ei eich er come down the anyon I 1 I 1 the time of highest mi measurement construction work on the dam proper was 83 82 per cent rent completed friday the ely construction company of spring alle ile which has the contract for the v dam work vork will start on the spillway a soon as the other is finished excursionists enjoy trip the crew and equipment of the con ruction tiou company at the dam includes 75 men met 81 84 horses one drag line a steam a roller engine and a donkey engine which pushes the train of small dump ears cars ont out onto the trestle dump there is enough water stored now for three good irrigations of all crops after the middle of july according to agent madsen he ile tates states there are about 20 acres under cultivation this year and with the completion of the dam the arable land of the county will be in creased to acres the visitors ate their luncheons at the dam and after witnessing the vur vat ious IOU operations unde way returned to price about 4 30 oe oclo belok lok k president A IV horsley of the district an aar the two other directors direct org IV A thayne and henry G mathis Q 0 J ulrich consult ing engineer for the district 11 if gushing cushing district passenger manager cf the D it 0 IV E L B ca cz agent for the Su Sul herlin barry company bond boja buyer buyers and anti M wife and his fath cr er enoch jorgensen Jor geneen principal of the sandy high school were in attendance enoch jorgensen was the first principal of the carbon county high school 0 daniel wells snow aged agea 53 half brother of mr mrs abbio whitmore and I 1 mrs william moaitt of kenilworth died at a provo hospital saturday eve ning after an operation for stomach trouble funeral earves lees were held in I 1 tie mapleton ward chapel monday at if j tero tc roon toon |