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Show BIKE MlIS mm I the STATE OF UTAH In the last year a great development has been undertaken in the organization organiza-tion of drainage districts under the state laws. Six districts, embracing nearly 7o,000 acres, have been organized. organ-ized. our of these have voted bonds amounting to nearly $600,000 and. It is understood, the other two Will vote bonds shortly amounting to 1,250.000. According to R. A. Hart, senior , enBlneor with the local fed-! oral office of the department of drain-age drain-age myestlgntions, two more districts arc being contemplated. Some simple facts concerning the four districts where bonds have al-ready al-ready been voted, follow: ccKo acres? m!ooofll0re n0rUl PrjCCt' G $80,000. Brightn proJecl- 4000 eS'l ajtlVZ0' 3'20'000' ppSSS SSer dfStricts havc endy re-eclved re-eclved the approval of the county com-, , missioners; have completed organization, organiza-tion, and will vote bonds shortly for the carrying out of the proposed reclamation. recla-mation. These are, with acreage and bonds: Millard county district No. 1, 44,000 acres, $1,125,000. Sevier, county district No. 2, 22,600 acres, $65,000. The two districts in course of organ-iztion organ-iztion with data are: Sevier county district No. 3, 1360 acres, $35,000. The Benjamin districts, 5000 acres, $125,000. In addition to the foregoing construction con-struction -work, in three districts is now under way. These districts involve in-volve 22,000 acres of land and an expenditure ex-penditure of more tjian $300,000. Also two company projects have recently been completed, involving reclamation of 7500 acres of ground, while a great amount of land has been reclaimed by individual and company efforts, here and there, over the state: The work under way includes that on the following projects: Millard No. 1, 5280 acres, $60,000. Corinnedistrict, 12,000 acres, $175,-000. $175,-000. Sevier county No. 1, 4000 acres, $68,-000. $68,-000. The two company projects completed complet-ed this year are: The Delta South Tract, 4500 acres, $120,000, and the Redland Tract. 3000 acres, $60,000. All Are Operating. Federal and state officials have shown a now co-operative spirit in the last year, and both are working in close conjunction with both the large and small farmers in gigantic efforts to increase the tillable acreage in the state. The new needs of the government brought out by the war, the demands for more food and the cry for a greats : ;' , er production of farm products have , .. made the co-operation of all federal ag- ,' y ricultural agents and state depart 1 ' ments necessary and the evidence of I , ' the effectiveness is visible in the I r great, sweeping expanses that where II p ill for years have grown the sagebrush. j iH and the grcasewood, now "blossoms It ! the rose" and the sugar beet and tur- 1 1 j IIH niP- oo I .'d |