Show stake president tells importance of machinery purchase to uintah basin water supply W will ill do more to aid development of bain bibin supplemental water supply than any other thing with exception of moon aloon lake project according to B 0 colton president of the roosevelt stake of the L D S church purchase of the machinery including 2 large caterpillar er tractors 1 bull dozer 2 large carry alls 1 ripper and 1 tamper rented from the landis company of salt lake city and used on the montez creek project was at a meeting of the presidents of the duchesne Du chegne roosevelt and uintah stakes with harold B lee and mark austin of the church security committee in salt lake city last week no other single item connected with the development of a supplemental plem water supply for uintah basin lands except the moon lake project itself is of equal importance to the purchase liase of this machinery use of the equipment on the montez creek dam has insured completion of that project for the estimated cost and at some con sid erable saving in time the L equipment quip ment is now being used to construct one and ahall a half miles aniles of canal from the reservoir to the delivery system below which will make montez creek water available for use next spring the machinery will go next to long park north of vernal where it will be I 1 used to complete a small reservoir this fall to be kept kept in the basin means that it will be kept in the basin for such other reservoir and canal work as may be necessary to carry on the program of securing a water supply for lands that are found to be sub substantially worthy of the expenditure necessary to conserve the water which would otherwise continue to run to waste or to lands in arizona california and old mexico church and water officials hops hope that proper response will follows follow the purchase of the machinery which will be available for use on any uintah basin water project they feel that this purchase will make the continued development of a secure water supply for the uintah basin possible |