Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-13 | Page 3 | Propose Extension of Water Survey

PROPOSE EXTENSION OF WATER SURVEY SALT LAKE Julv 13. An amended amend-ed proposal was accepted yesterday by the t'tah water storage commission commis-sion from Director A. J Davis ot the L'nite.l St.itrs reclamation service, whereby the federal official reconi-mendB reconi-mendB to 'ho secretary 0f the interior in-terior that $25,000 of its fund for Invalidation In-validation of Irrigation projects he allotted this yeai i utah This la i-ondllioned on the state raising a like amount Of $2u,000, vrhldn the water Btorace commission pledges Itself to do .with tho approval ap-proval of tho governor. This will make a total of $50,000 available Immediately for Investigation Investiga-tion work under a Joint agreement between the. state and federal governments, gov-ernments, supplementing the former agreement under which a total of 114,000 is now being expended on tho j Provo-Weber project. The conditions of the former agreement are mado a part of the new arrangement. Tho new agreement supersedes a proposed agreement of a few weeks ago. under which slate and federal government each contributed $1 5,000 to the further fur-ther Investigation of tho Provo-Webor project. oo