| Show MORE WATER development indications point to a greater interest ter I 1 being me taken in the matter 0 of water development in ID iron county and we learn that several projects project a will be completed this year one of the largest and most for far reaching locally is the wilford day and H L adams proposition in res ervo iring the winter water ild and spring and summer rains in the coop val valley ey basin when completed this reservoir will hold sufficient wai ter to irrigate in the neighborhood of 1500 acres of land in the paro wan valley and in order to get it to the land it a tunnell tunnel must be driven through a solid hill to a length of 1600 feet already this tunnel is in over feet and the workmen are making good headway anticipating having the tunnell completed by the latter part of june other developments are the drill ing of wells wella in the parowan carowan valley aa a well as test wells in cedar valley we understand also alao that several wells will be put down on the bacal ante desert in the neighborhood of L lund und all ali these propositions proposition to be completed 0 plated and furnishing furn shing water for ine increased maed acreage this year it will readily be wen seen that every acre well brought in 10 and every extra foot of water b brought from the mountains will be the means of helping tn increase the farming ne acreage and we have it from fromi good rood authority that this year at besst 25 per rent cent will be added tp t the already large acreage of cultivated farm lands slowly but surel aurela is ia the parowan carowan valley being beine brought until r tion lion and the same can be amid aard of the cedar valley and it will be but bat a few short abort years before every acre af f land fit to cultivate will be rate raia ing ine crops crop of alfalfa and grain irre irm gular from water developed by re tervo servo inne iring winter water and summer bummer rains and by the tapping of the vast underground supply of water in iron county |
