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Show I FIRS ITER DISTRICTS HERE Northwest Engineer Encourages Encour-ages Formation of Projects Pro-jects in Utah SAT.T LAKE Aug. 6 L. J Lytel. project engineer for the Yakima reclamation rec-lamation service project. In Washington, Washing-ton, urges Immediate organization of Irrigation districts In the eleht counties coun-ties served by waters from th Utah Water Storage Association yssterflas Mr Lytel is wall known In rtuh as( the project engineer and later the project manager of the Strawberry reclamation service project which Is serving water to Utah county He I' a member of the executive committee commit-tee of the l lab Water Storajre association, as-sociation, which is an organization of tho eight counties concerned Salt Lake, Utah, Davie, Weber, Morgan. Summit, Wasatch and Tooele ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS. A. F Parker, chief engineer of the m association, recently recommended the organir-atlon of eight irrigation districts, in addition to the four in Njuj this territory now being organized, in under the Utah irrigation district law The Bonneville district recentl) voted; a fCOO.000 bond Issue for Its district, planning to pump water from the ML Jordan river The remainder of J- Davis county, and in addition Weber tW ; county and Morgan county, are now jm in process of organizing as irrigation districts Mr. Parker recommended) also that Tooele. Wasatch and Summit Sum-mit counties each form a district, and that three be organized in Utah coun-YjM coun-YjM ty and two in Ball U.nke count . Those jflB in this county would le de lded b the I f Jordan river, while the Jordan and L'tah lake would divide two i those V, in I tail county, and a third would be j a organized In Cedar valley, which, be- , lng without surface outlet, prtsents a ( problem all Its own. r m i A TION I it(.i--i. jbfl Mr. LytcU who Is thoroughly fam- ) illar with the Irrigation problems of ,81 tho entire district, is heartily In favor of the organization of these districts at. this time He urges immediate ac-MH ac-MH tlon. In order that the distrcts may KM be in shape to present proper data to tho next legislature that a slate rec-plM rec-plM lamatlon service may be' formed, sim- M liar to that which is now doing ef- tMm feotlve work in Washington Mr. Lytel's letter addressed to the acting jH secrctno' of the Water Storage asso rt elation says iJH ' I have yours of recent date, Lrans- mltting copy of Mr. A F Barkers lfl report to the members of the exet i- EH live hoard, and wish to state that 1 believe the formation of irrigation Sfl 4 districts as outlined In this report is one of tho important preliminary steps ,H looking toward a omplete sur. e; pi vH the resource of the Htate of Utah 1 from an agricultural and Irrigation standpoint. jjH "If these districts co'ild he formed tH at an early date, and are ready to do business before the legislature meets, 'tfl rhey could materiall sr in secur- JH ing the passage of a state reclamation jH ?' act Blmilar i the one now In force. In the state of Washlnrton. JlL ' For the information of the associa- ' .?Hr j tion, I am encloslug thl i QH f ' tho state reclamation act and land '' settlement act of Washington. It ap- ! pears to me that a similar enactment mM for the stale of I tah would be an ex- W. cellent thing, and 1 uggs'. that a Rij commltte,- from the Utah YAstfi stor- ago association take up the matior of jirV Studying this law and drafting one 3J! applicable to the conditions In Utah fjj for presentation to the legislature thlsj .aj coming winter. "The Washington slate reclamation j rS sen ice Is doing a considerable amount i 1 of work and I am looking for some 'M good results. pM l appears to mo that the proper gjC way to secure data on the water and HP land resources of the state Is through Pjfl some state commission, as In that way the entire state bears the expense for work that is of great benefit to :B ' the public in general CB "The last Utah legislature did some j good work In the wa of revising the WM IrriKation and drainage district laws, ywjj and I trust the next ono can see Its way clear to pass a state reclamation |