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Show HAS GREATEST HOPE TOR NEW HOPE PROPOSITION After it thorough iupcrtiou of the. nf fairs of the Now IloM irrigation district, .In men II. Wolfe, nwtstant atlonu'.v general, is back in Salt bike City, ic'iorling Hint with prointr euro the distriit, he believus, can lio made into one of the mot prodii'tivu in the state. Ho iledniv it to be n choice trml of laud consisting of five thou sand aertM of fertile Hill with Hiuplt water to be had, and which will add lo I'IhIi h priMlui'tive area keeoiid to none in the state. Unfortunate as Hit) New Hope distriit has been, it is nut ton lata lo turn mist'ortunes into u blwtfing to the state, Wolfe wi.vh. The distncl nrevioiulv isMited forty thou- Mild dollars worth of bonds to pro vide itself with wattir Ihe statu fund board took twenty thousand dollars of I lies IhiiiiIs, width they still hold Luter the district went defuutt, and it was in hnpw of finding a way out of the financial difficulties that Wolle went to look over the dislriit It lies in hath Uintah and nunhiwiiu counties, about a hundred and liftv miles troin Sail Iike Citv and Wolfe thinks that if it is not aduullv in tho path of the new railroad which will lap Uintah HhIii, it is so near that it will Mime dsv lie w ridt leeder for that line, whieli will umaearil mil near euougli to linn the district close to adequate markets. Two wutei souries weiu found to Ik uvailablv, one on Lake l'ork and Hie other the Duclitsme ilvei. The appropnatiou from Ijke Fork is not ttdwiuate ami the tlistrnl in it strsiiKhlviieil fiimiit-ial eiieumtUnees has luit had moue.v enough In perfect its ditchwt and luteinls t put the watei m Hie laud front the Dueuesue. Tliete is nil appropriation filed with the slutu engine!', however, ioi sev eut,v-one acre-feet from the Duehesue rivet width will yield a sufficient I'liuutitv of water. Hut owing to the fact thut Ihev have not hud enough nione.v to bundle the projool, limuv of the settlers have IwHsmie diseouragwl luxes huve piled up strsinst the lands anil the goveiumeut has sliut off what water ioimeil eame down from tho Indian eanal btniause the distuet had not mid uiaiuluniineii elmigi. lint in Wolfe's opinion Hiu togion tan lie developuil into one of great pioimctivtt.v, it the money enn bo totllid to (lour the debts of the ill-tint ill-tint uud (oiutnict tho ennaU to earry the water from the Duehesue river. The construction will be aimple, ho says, requiring no impounding reservoirs, reser-voirs, but mcrol.v nciessitnting the building of some cnnnls and the en lnrgement of others. If this is done tho land m ten jears, in Wolfe's opinion, will iin back iinv ndvnnccd tiHinoj, ns well ns yield n good crop to settlers, and become n real asset to the state. Wolfe visited Vernal nnd Duchesne, looking up records nnd satisfying himself ns to lilies nnd legal standing stand-ing After a thorough investigation he believes Ihe district enn be put firml.v on its feet bv Ihe advancing of n small innount of innnev towards getting n water suppl.v, and in lifting some of the oppressive burdens that are encumbering action and depress Ing settlers |
