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Show NEW FARM LANDS ! IN EASTERN UTAH Vernal, Utah. Non 29 One of the Important irrigation projects of Uln tali county and one of the former Uintah reservation is fast nearing completion It is the Ouray valley project Already the left arm of the hip. canal has begun pouring its writers wri-ters over the rich virgin soli and eighteen teams and a large force of men are crowding the right arm of the canal construction work as rap-Idh rap-Idh ns possible and have completed an additional t-n thousand acres of land 'I he richt ,irni of the canal will not be completed before the first of next May, but the farms under this branch will be able to mature crops next year. The Ouray Valley project embraces 30,000 acres of the most deslrablo qualltj of soil in Utah. Its elevation is 4700 feet, or about 300 feet lower than Vernal. it is located approxl match ton miles due north of Ouray, the Junction of the imchesne and Qreen rivers The soil is of tho warm snutly loam type Land values under this project, a'j shown by some recent transfers ranee at about $12 tier acre, including wa-ter wa-ter rights proved up to the present status ol iiti.il building. The Ouray valley lies directly in the path of the Moffat railroad survey. The completion of the Ouray Valley Val-ley project Will add to the state of Utah an acreage larger than the Ash ley valley with Jensen Included it an elevation lower and a drainage area offering few difficulties to the homesteaders ru i |