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Show Utah's Centennial Featured In Bureau Magazine UTAH'S Centennial dominates the July, 1947 issue of, The Reclamation Rec-lamation Era, nationally-circulated official magazine of the i Bureau of. Reclamation. I Both front and back covers are devoted to Utah's celebration 'and an article, "Utah's Centen-I Centen-I nial,'' is ' illustrated by photo-; photo-; graphic reproductions ' of J. B. Fairbanks' murals depicting the first irrigation and the advent of the pioneers in Salt Lake Valley. Val-ley. Calleen Robinson, centennial queen is featured on the front cover turning a valve on the intake in-take structure of the Jordan Narrows siphon. She is described as "a true descendant of the original or-iginal Mormon pioneers, who first practiced irrigation in the State a century ago,- being the granddaughter of a Provo River propect farmer." Another picture of .the queen in her royal regalia adorns the masthead page. The back cover shows "This Is The Place" monument. ' The magazine editors point out that the "Salt Lake Aqueduct which will convey Deer Creek storage water to the lands of Salt Lake Valley as well as provide pro-vide a domestic water supply for the people in that area is near-ing near-ing completion 100 years after irrigation was practiced in the same valley." The article appraises the significance sig-nificance of Utah's first irrigation irriga-tion and estimates the results, commenting: i "THE State of Utah now is a commonwealth of some 600,000 persons who enjoy living conditions condi-tions comparable to the finest of present-day civilization. "Not without the gr'atcst sacrifices, sac-rifices, toil and bitter- disappointments disap-pointments was Utah's progress made possible. Yet, by the turn of the century more than 1,000 miles of hand-hewn canals had been dug and most of the lands irrigated in Utah today were under the ditch." Utah's irrigationists have been aided by the Federal Government since 1906, chiefly in stabilizing the water supply to lands previously pre-viously irrigated, it was pointed out. , . . "As a new century of irrigation irriga-tion dawns," the author observes, 'the pioneer attributes of self-' help and cooperation continue tp be demonstrated in the Mormon State. Utah reclamationists arc looking in desperation t& the Coloroda River Basin for a new water supply and have effected creation of a state 'reclamation bureau" to finance small pro-iects. pro-iects. "In a larger sense, the Utah Centennial commemorates those attributes and commends them most strongly to the nation as the basis for future understanding understand-ing and progress." "A limited supply of July Eras will be available at the Bureau Bur-eau of Reclamation display in Federal Hall at the Centennial Exposition grounds. Copies may be requested by writing to 32 Exchange Place, Salt Lake City. I |