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Show ilagie Urges Utah to Speed Investigations of Projects Looking forward to an extensive exten-sive program of reclamation which will help absorb the thousands thous-ands of men as they are released releas-ed from defense training camps, F. O. Hagie, secretary-manager of the National Reclamation association, as-sociation, Thursday urged the western states and Utah to advance ad-vance investigations of projects with utmost speed. Mr. Hagie's message was received re-ceived in a letter to State Engineer En-gineer T. H. Humpherys. "In several private conversations," conversa-tions," Mr. Hagie stated, "President "Pres-ident Roosevelt has been quoted as strongly urging persons interested inter-ested in various types of construction, con-struction, including western ?c-lamation, ?c-lamation, to find as many feas-.ble feas-.ble projects as possible, to get the engineering work done and be ready to take advantage of a huge construction program." The reclamation official said it would be well for states to match Tunds of the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Rec-lamation in conducting the investigations, in-vestigations, since the reclamation reclama-tion fund is, of necessity, limited. Utah's position in this respect :s excellent," Mr. Humpherys staled Thursday, "since we now ' have detailed reports complete on six projects and are expecting expect-ing others in the very near future." fu-ture." The state has cooperated with the bureau for a number of years m supplying both money and in-oimaiion in-oimaiion necessary to the investigations. in-vestigations. Reports are now completed for the Newton (approved). Woodruff, Wood-ruff, Scofield and Mammoth projects, and the final draft of the report is almost completed for Joe's Valley and Miller's Flat m Emery county. Reports are expected soon for Ivin's Dry Wash and Santa Clara Bench sites in Washington county, coun-ty, and detailed reports have been requested for Porcupine and Beaver sites in Cache county, Diamond Fork in Utah county and Hurricane, Ash Creek and Kolob sites in Washington county. coun-ty. "I believe these projects are all feasible under the Case-Wheeler construction progra m," M r. Humpherys said, "but it is the only plan by which they can be constructed, since the cost of such without aid of WPA and CCC labor and without the benefits ben-efits of flood control credits would prove prohibitive." Utah is the only one of the 17 western states with any projects ready for construction under the act, according to information received re-ceived at the office of the state engineer. |