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Show LaoiWi7 uiuyIbJ5? & leafed !iO risip his reople ; of underground water by control-ling control-ling the l'low from wells. In spite of all that has been cone, he said, a large part of Utah's water runs oil as waste. At the present time the state is irrigating irri-gating approximately 1.300.000 acres, but only about hall of them have a full water right. The j state's annual ruii-cif is 8.332.000 acre feet, and of this amount only 1 3.000,000 acre feet a:-e used, the ! rest running off as waste. SALT LAKE CITY' Governor-elect Governor-elect Herbert B. Maw told the Utah water storage commission at a meeting Tuesday in the capitol he had worked out a program designed de-signed to supplement the income of the average citizen and would submit it to the 1S41 session of the legislature shortly after he takes office. Without revealing the details, he explained the object of his plan is to develop the "natural industries" of the state, and thus help the business people and citizens generally. gener-ally. He said he felt sure this could be done without increased taxation. "It is my opinion," Dr. Maw said, "that the great responsibility of government is to look out for the welfare of all the people. Hie big problem is to supplement the income of the average person." Tile governor-elect said he was much interested in the water problems pro-blems which had been discussed during the early part of the meeting meet-ing with representatives of water users in a dozen or more counties. Representative Abe Murdock, senator-elect, and Representative-elect Representative-elect Walter K. Granger also addressed ad-dressed the meeting, pledging continued con-tinued effort on behalf of the movement to provide more storage water for Utah's agricultural lands. Mr. Murdock declared Utah cannot can-not go very far in the conservation conserva-tion of its water and other resources re-sources without the help of the federal government, and people who are prone to criticise the government gov-ernment for its expenditures should remember this. He said it is only right that Utah should receive federal allotments, since this state produces great -wealth but a large' percentage of the profits go elsewhere. else-where. He took occasion to praise the water storage commission, William R. Wallace, its chairman; State Engineer T. H. Humpherys and other state officials for their cooperation co-operation with the federal government govern-ment in all matters pertaining to Utah's water resources. He said he favored the establishment estab-lishment of the proposed Esca-lante Esca-lante recreation area along the Colorado river in southeastern Utah, because it would attract tourists, and denied there was any disposition on the part of Secretary Secre-tary Ickes to rush it through with out giving state officials and others concerned a chance to have their say. A telegram from Mr. Ickes was read by the congressman, in which tlie secretary said he wanted to discuss the proposal "openly and fairly with all parties concerned," and that "no immediate or drastic action" was contemplated. After reviewing actions leading up to the recent amendments to the Boulder canyon project act, Mr. Murdock said he advocated further amendments which would enable Utah to use funds obtained under the act on projects outside the Colorado river basin. At the present time such expenditures are limited to the basin itself. Although the bureau of reclamation reclama-tion has reported that the proposed pro-posed Colorado river-Great basin project is economically in feasible at the present time, Mr. Murdock told the commission he believed the state should not rest until such a project is finally constructed, construct-ed, if it is practical from the physical phy-sical standpoint. T. W. Jensen of Mt. Pleasant told the group that although the Associated Civic Clubs of South-em South-em Utah had opposed the Escal-ante Escal-ante area withdrawal, they would not object to a recreation area there if the government would give assurance that water, power, grazing graz-ing and other rights of the citizens citi-zens of the state would be protected. pro-tected. E. B. Debler, hydraulic engineer of the reclamation bureau, who gave a brief review of the status of some proposed reclamation pro jects in Utah, expressed his appreciation ap-preciation for the cooperation this state has shown, averting "it Is unmatched in any state in which the bureau wor'ts," adrhnrr: "We j have secured more water for Utah, in comparison with the possibilities than for any other state." T. H. Humriherys reviewed what has been done in watr ccrr.rrva-tion ccrr.rrva-tion work since the drouth of j 1940, mentioning the construction I of small reservoirs and the saving |