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Show FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO MAKE RIVER TRIP BAXtT I.AKP Sept. 2 A party of reclamation official.", including di-rector di-rector a P Davis and chief Engineer F. E Weymouth of the t'nited State reclamation service, Clarence station, secretary of the ColdfadO River com-' mission, and E f! LaRuO, engineer for the 1 nlted States geoiUKlcal survey, arrived In Salt Iako yesterday to Join the party of officials taking the trip down the Colorado river which starts from Richfield Sunday. Director Davis and Mr. Weymouth have been tourlnj? the northwest Inspecting In-specting work being carried on in the several states by the reclamation sr r-vlce r-vlce In cooperation with the states. The two Official! were In conference yesterday with It E Caldwell, state engineer; his deputy. T.loyd Garrison, and V. M Qreen, ensrtneer In charge of the cooperative Investigations being: be-ing: conducted In 1'tah. The trip is being made, Mr Weymouth Wey-mouth said, primarily for the purpose of seeing how the Investigation work Is belnff carried on in the various States in I'tah he said, the progress being made on the T'rovo-Webcr-Too le valley and on the Dead M;m s bench project In I'lni.m county wa satisfactory, Re discussed with thb state englnoer the future work In the state as pertainlnp to continuing these Investigations, but declared the pres ent plans of the reclamation service did not Contemplate undertaking i vesllgatlon on any new projects, at least until the investigation on the PTovo-'Weher-Tooele valley and the Dead Man s bench projects nre further advanced. |