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Show WATER LOGGED LAND DRAINAGE Salt Lake. Sept. 12. Farmers owning own-ing water logged and alkali land between be-tween Salt Lake and Ogden and near Rlverton will form drainage districts and drain the water from their alu-able alu-able farms within a month or more, if the plans of the federal drainage investigation bureau are carried out. Guy A. Hart, assistant drainage engineer en-gineer in charge of the district of Utah, with headquarters In Salt Lake, has just completed preliminary surges sur-ges s of the land In those neighborhoods neighbor-hoods and has urged the landowners to take up the matter of forming drainage districts. He said esterday that most of the farmers are in favor Surveys Are Concluded. The preliminary surveys of 160 acres near Syracuse, 640 acres near Clearfield and sixty acres near Riv-erton Riv-erton have ben completed, and Mr. Hart yesterday busied himself with making maP8 Ol tho territory and preparing his reports. These will be submitted to the head of the department depart-ment So Important is the Utah reclamation rec-lamation work considered that S. H-McC H-McC rory, chief of the Investigation, has announced that he will come to Salt Iake within a couple of weeks and personally investigate the conditions con-ditions Among those owning land In the districts sun-eyed, who have agreed to support a drainage district formation forma-tion plan, are J. J Bennett, George II Bennett and Larson Call All three men have property in the lower lvlng portions and wish to hnvo the upper portions which the government govern-ment man asserts will eventually be water loggod-drained at the same time Most of the alkali areas are spilt up into small parcels and the proposition is to have the several owners combine, elect a board of director di-rector and either install tho drainage system themselves, or let the work by contract. Mr. Hart is of the opin- I ion that the cost will be about $15 an acre. A tile drain system will be used. Speaking of tho result of his investigation. in-vestigation. Mr. Hart said: "The land I have surveyed was formerly some of the best in the state and I consider It c.o valuable that it Is well worth reclaiming. It has become water logged from over-irrigation over-irrigation and as a result contains alkali As soon as irrigation ceases, in a month or more the farmers will have an opportunity, to Install the drainage system. Most of them with whom I talked expressed themselves as In favor of the plan and I expect to see the drainage districts formed. ' oo |