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Show , DROUTH CONDITTONS Berkeley, June 24 Primitive living liv-ing conditions in drought-stricken areas of Utah will be corrected by a Resettlement Administration project which calls for the relocation of 100 stranded families on individual farms where they will be able to earn their livelihood. Jonathan Garst, Resettlement Administration Ad-ministration director of Utah, Arizona, Arizo-na, California and Nevada, announced announc-ed today $915,000 has been allocated ' for this purpose and for the purchase pur-chase of an additional 4000 acres of siibmarginal land in Utah. A land use adjustment study of one problem area disclosed that $320 is the average annual income of farm families and that many of them are reduced- to the use of tallow tal-low candles for household lighting. Children are obliged to go barefoot until cold weather sets in. Telephones Tele-phones and other modern necessities necessi-ties are practically unknown, the report re-port declared. Once a lively agricultural trading center serving 1200 families, the town of Widtsoe in John's Valley, one of the problem areas, has been abandoned. Only 50 families remain in Uie valley, which is 18 miles north of Bryce Canyon, National Park. A majority of the families were forced forc-ed to go on relief. Failure of the water supply, combined com-bined with the short frost-free growing season, is blamed for the failure of agriculture in this region, the altitude of which is more than 7000 feet. One farmer reported he w-as able to obtain but one potato crop out of 12 plantings, due to frost and lack of water. Project plans call for the purchase of 100 farm units totalling about 6400 acres. These will be selected in various parts of the state where good land is available. Families resettled re-settled on the units will be supplied with the necessary farming equipment. equip-ment. They will purchase the land from the government on long-term contracts. con-tracts. Submarginal land purchased from the settlers by the government will be returned to grazing, the use to which it was put before the coming cf the settlers. o |