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Show SANPETE HUNGERS FOR VALUABLE RIGHTS II S N lti: ON MWIMOTII HIS. riiom WAiP.ii. t Cot of t-cven llunilrv.1 nml 1 Itty Thousand Dollnrw It Could Ho Taken Acroi tlu Hnngo Into Initlniintit Vallc) nml to the i-t nf Pnlrvlcvv nml tho til) of Ml. Plcnxnnl. Hwen O Nellson, merihant. lHinkr and Btoikmnn of Pnlrvlew, has n communication com-munication III Munll's Messenger of last Prlda) which show that the people peo-ple of Hanpelo county arc utlvc to the water situation over ncros the range and that It would not take much urging urg-ing for tin in to ngnln become Interested Inter-ested In the Mammoth reservoir project, proj-ect, upon which mnn) thousand of dollar vvn expended b) farmer and other of that section several )enr ago and before the water wn diverted llil wn) Nellson ) ' At thl lime there seem to be n good opportunlt) for getting more wntir for Irrigation iiurpom- for Han-pele Han-pele count) It I ver) propable that the Pnltcd Htate govcrnmilil will build n nnervolr below Heoricld for the purpose of suppt)lng the formira at Prke und vlclnlt) with wntir for Irrigation purpose. If thl I dono there I no doubt that tho Mammoth reservoir can be obtained, and take II storage woter Into Hanpeto count) by mi an of n canal three mlli long and u tunnel through tho rldgo Into the south fork of Hanpltch Call) on I'rom thl point n ditch ian tic lonslruited at lint amnll com lo inrry the water Into Indlannla Valley and there Irrigate n vast nrm of land. Another An-other innal could ho conMrinted that would carry the water to Hilltop and west of Pnlrvlew and Ml. Pleasant, and around nbove Pounlaln Orecn Oilier innal could bo taken out on either side of the valley and Irrigate prartlcall) nil the land In Hanpote Vallc). "Kxpirlciuc ha shown that the mom we Irrigate tho high land, tho more spring and nccp occur on the lowir laud, thus the name water can bo used rt number of time Il must Imi borne In mind that storage water ran be ured when It I most needed Thl would give Hanpeto county n splendid opportunlt) for Ihe growing of sugar beet mid soforth II I within with-in the posslbllll) to double our production pro-duction and grenll) Increase our population Thl end rprlse could be brought nbout b) three illffirclit liu tlioil Plrst b) the United Htate government doing It ii ha been dono In the Hlraw berry Voile) projei I lu Utah iniint, mid then III turn mil the water tu Ihe former on cny term Hecond. luduie the stnte In construct the -rrvolr on the same plan, and third, an Irrigation dUlrld tan bo formed b) lull rested parties lu Banpete conn-t) conn-t) and bond Issued, nml thu the) will be the owner mid full benefl-clarle. benefl-clarle. In rigurd to the approximate votl It should not exceed $760,000, nnd the water Ktored should not bo Irs Hum thirl) thutisand nrre-fcet, nnd nt the value of sevent)-flve dollar nil acre till would iimnunt to $2,250,000 II appear that the nbove nuggcMlon should be larefull) considered b) the puiple of thl lotiuty mid I recotii-mend recotii-mend that u mas meeting he inlhd or convention be held nl Ml Pleasant, nod that ri-fireseutatlve of all town In si nt to the wild meeting A fur ii I know this I nbout the onl) opportunlt) left for Hanpile lount) to Increase It water suppl) to mi) grnt extent " |
