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Show SENATOR WILLIAM H. KING IS PUSHING RESERVOIR PROJEGT 4 Outlook Is Good For Great Irrigation System to Water Price River Valley's Lands. riuin the llmo the PlcuMnt Valley r,.cnolr proposition up near Kcofleld ' win firat drawn to the attention of nlld fitrtlc Hcnator William It. King he hn Mt nothlriR undone that v isht Kit the matter to the nttontlou the Rovernmcnt offlulaU ut Wftuli- ' ipl. ti l l. rxpiHilall)' with Kranklln ' K Line, werctary of the department ' i t'u mli rlnr. A few dayx.'nRO Nell ' M M hImmi. dcniocjatlc county chnlr- ' man hml Hime inattrm up In perron ,ilth Hiimlor KlnR xluce hln rnmliiR i, k . I'liih mi 'hU vncatlon. Thfxe i.p nl nf Heiialor KIiir took oen-on oen-on l lefir to the tei-ervolr prnjert n't t clonk In the moxt cncournKliiR ,1, f lllx hopeM nf llx blllldltiR mid i iff 'it' In tin' matter In n letter Tin Hun thin week tyetialor KIiir inioliR other tlllliRH I I tear I priienteil tin ni.iltiT tin prptr offldiilx or the Interior , l, unit nt nnd the reclamation xer .' mil urRed that Mcpx be taken nK i R ! the iiitixtrili'lloli of H rer-ir rer-ir I the kov eminent In order to nip. nnd tin "litem of the I'llce river ''Al'inRe arm I expretwed the npln-. ii ih I it rexenolr could be con-rutil con-rutil nt ii Muipiirallvely xmall flR-te flR-te mil Hint the draluiiRe areu would j. 1 1 Mifflcient water for the IrrlRii-l IrrlRii-l n t f thouxandx of ucrex t moxl trrllmt tiRrleiiltiirnl landx. Hi'Kiinlol Willi l'nor. i Thi' official treated my renuiwl ry x)iumthellcall' and lmmrdlnte dlrectid J. !.. I.)tel, project n i.itirrr. to make it preliminary exnm -..it Ion of It After xuch dlrecllnu l.ytel Ultcd the xectlnn of countr) .nvolvnl and after inakliiR the exam-uiatlon exam-uiatlon xubmltted n report to the In-firlnr In-firlnr department. I hetrny no con-uJiue con-uJiue when I xtatc that the Inforniu-Min Inforniu-Min furnlthcd by him nnd otherx Imx rd the Rovernmcnt Hi tak further lp In order to detenulnu Juxt wlmt uitnr Ii available for xtoraRe pur-porta pur-porta and to procure xuch neci Mary .ti ax to enable It to InlelllRently a In the premlxcx. "I wim told by n director In the reclamation xervlce that In u few ln taucca Inxufflclcnt data had been applied to the Rovernmcnt a to Hi" tutntlty of water available for xtor tt, ax a rexull of which rcxervolm hd been conxtructod at considerable ott and (here wax not xufflclcnt wn irr to fill them. I feci confident Hint i the RoNrrnmtnt can xocure data hat will clearly prove that there lx i-ulflclmt unappropriated Mater to "nlfy the conxtructlon of n reservoir to foiuwirvo the walern of the Price tver district, that affirmative action Hill be xtrondy urrod by the Interior tfparlmint and that the remmmen ilatlon will bo favorably nrted upon y conffrcx. Senator Comlnc llcrx. I regret that there lx not now ixiUliln xufflclent Information ux to the runoff In the Price river drainage 'iirl t It ta unfortiinato that ae JT4tr nnaxuremeiilx havo not been lilt cf the waterx available" for xtor-se xtor-se purpoxiH. Tho Rinernment l nt rmptliiR to Mccure thlx definite In rmatlon. It me add that In my ! pinion the reclamation xerlca will 'nKldii in a fair and In a tympa iii. t mimur tht Prlcn river project. If It U poxxlhte I ahull vlxlt your -unty before returnliiK to WuxhliiR-, WuxhliiR-, '"n, 1). C, n I xhould like to ru ovt-r il "' district mid lo vnubled to xpeak lth a lliilo morn drflnltenexx In re- krd i tho qucxtlonu Involved In thlx nti in,lated Irrlguilon project. You "i ' stMiirmi I nlii.il do all In my -mrr i i bring tliU matter to n uo j H i i nucluxlon." If t I ptihlo for Honulnr KIiir to ' P at I'riie im hlx way back to the Jti.ini (Hpllnl In will be tal.cn H im "" ,,,yl' automobile to Heo " "I'M mil tin. reservoir nil" nnd tb n" H Un,r' HUrr",1iidlnR hIiowii to hint In' Hl that wilt com line tint moxt tlt( ,il or IIh practicability Tho s umr iiIhiuI I'rlco It lx proposed to 'ti, H '"'r will iiIko e gone over. It I B MM'tlls ,, (0 ,(V0 Htfnnt()r HlllR V H i W,K tbo country tulk to tin- I. H "in ni In n- nt tin. Kko theater mime nit nJ |