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Show j WFIEELON REVIEWS 1 WATER SITUATION wgm Conditions .Under Price River irrigation Sys-ifl Sys-ifl tern Compared With Those Prevail- rm ing Elsewhere West. HI I'rleo tllvvr Irrigation rointwny H 'R innklnic remlr to rnplnro n nunitiw of H ltif wgolln (lumen nlon-r Hip mnnl I M9 route from the invention 'lain nhovc H I'rleo la Miller Cree with teel Mum HH InK nml Iron nliiitmrntn. Thin ma Am tcrlnl linn heen ileelded uion by the 'H( board uf illreetom upon the recom- "HH iritmlntlon of J. C Wheelon. chief en- HI gtnecr. Unglnccr Wheelon came HB down from Hntt Iake City hit Hatur H tiny nml on Hunilny nml Mnmliiy went DH out over the line with Frank Mell- M hnncy, who I In ehnrgo of the ennnl HW nt l'rlce. Hnxlneer Wheelon ntntcs H that mime of tho flumlnit I nlremly on H the itrouml nml the remainder I com H Irtir. It will nil bo ilncetl Innhlo of n HH couple of week. Next yenr the fluin- Hfl Ins on the hill Jtint went of I'rlen will flH lie dono nwny with hy the ilrlvlnic of HI n tunnel through tlm hill where the Hi fltimltiK now In line begin nt the went. H Thin will he nn expensive piece of HJ work, anil It linn heen decided to mnke , H the wood flume now In uxe Innt n Ions V 9 an In poniUile liefoni ulnrtlnK the tun H ne) work. , jHJ "The limt of the ntored wntem of UH the l'rlce lllver Irrl-tntlnn compnny'R m MJ yiitenr'wnii drnlned from the Mnm dBV lU moth rriervolr In the Ooonelierry VhI n , uj ley Iniit Krldny." wild lnnlnerr Wheel M HI on. 'The cnnnlit will lie dry for nn W H Indefinite period, nn the l'rlce river M H hnit tieen too low for Mime time to I U provide only mime of the enrlier rlghtn IT M with nny wnter nt nil. Huperlntendent Ml V Prnnk Mcllhnney linn mnterlal on the All , H ground and will r.tnrt nl once on the llJ M mnconry work Hint will reoulre n dry 111 M cnnnl for n niton time to place mill yU ,M nhle foundation nml footing for the ID H rencwnl of no me wood flumcK. lie IH H will he nlwny rendy, however, to pawi iH IH the utrcnm over the workn nt nny time ill IMA nn Incrrnne In the flow of l'rlce river H JH will ennlile the wnter rominlMtnner to II Jit supply tin with wnter from tho river." U fK HpenklnK of the linimunl oliortngn Wi ifB of wnter everywhere thin nennon, Hn HI JH glncer Wheelon wyr "The fnrtnera III Tfv under the l'rlce ttlver Irrlgntlon com fjm pnny'n cnnnln nre rorlunnte In hnvliiK MM nucili n long unci ntindy delivery of M HK water thin renMin, nn tnokt of the Ir- M rlgated d!trlit in the Intermouiitnlti -jtM region hnvo nuffcrcd for wnter to MHJ noma extent. There hnn heen received into the 1'rl.f lllver Irrigation om-IHtnr'a om-IHtnr'a nl. and dkrlrttmtel. up to Aiigtlnt Uth, ono nml eight-tenth nero-feet of water per nere on the nreriige. nnd oomiwrlng thin with one nnd rtxty-neveii-hundredthn nrre-fnet tier nere under the big Hear river oannle In llox Klder county nnd leen than one nnd five-tenths acre-feel ior nere on the l'rovo, thM'aynon nnd Itluhmond henrhen In Utah, and tho Oakley, Kalmon river. Twin Palln nnd mime nf the ennaU In the Idaho I-'iilln pottlon if Idaho, the fnrmern hero can congrntulnte themnelven. The rropn here show that the wnter hnn been rklllfolly lined, nnd I have no doubt that the farmers will Improve upon even the prcncnl nklir In Irrlgntlon. Irrlgn-tlon. "The making of n home nnd a com-petcmy com-petcmy on the denert under Irrigation In the mont Mrloun undertaking I know of. It requires fertile noil, the bent practices In good farming nnd crop totatlon, the nklllful tine of enough water to supplement the natural nat-ural precipitation nnd fundn enough to HUpport the family unit until the now homo will support It, nnd tho farmer must provide every one of these factors, except the noil, and thin enormous requirement often falln up on men who nro fighting In the Innt ditch, nnd are making their Innt ntnnd for n mmpetency with little npnre money nnd often dlneournged nn well. "There nre thounaudn of prunpernun fnrinem, howexer, today In the din trlitn or the Went that have made their competency In ten enm after coming lif the Irrigated denertn. The unttletn on the l'rlce project nre no exception to the rule. No Irrigated project nhould fall where the natural stream supply Is reinforced with a competent renervolr nyntem. "livery farmer on our project nhould vUlt. during tho month or August Aug-ust or oftetur, every other farmer on the tract nnd when he rinds n man that hnn n better crop, than hln own nnk him how he does It, nnd write hln nnuwers down o that he inn avail hlmnetf of the bent practice. "If his county Is fortunate enough to provide n county demonstrator, ply him with iiuentlonn nnd he will be nblo 1. 1 nunwer them nnd fortify hln advice with the practice of nome farmer far-mer who has worked It out." |