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Show Utah To Get Ten , Thousand Japs Construction work on the war Relocation Re-location Center for Japanese evacuees evac-uees from the Pacific Coast Assembly As-sembly Centers should be completed" com-pleted" within 60 days, after which 10,000 persons will be moved to the Delta, Utah, site it was announced an-nounced by the Army this week. The area, located seven and one half miles west and three miles north of Delta, Millard County, Utah lies in the famous alfalfa region re-gion of Utah, approvimately 125 miles by airline from Salt Lake City, in an area where large portions por-tions of hay are consumed in the i intermountain country are raised. Lying at an altitude of 4700 feet the tract is practically all capable capa-ble of being farmed with the exception ex-ception of a few rocky promontories. promon-tories. Ample water is available for the complete development of area an a considerable system of irrigation ir-rigation ditches and laterals are already in, needing only repairs to be already for use. Water will be supplied by the Abraham and Deseret Water Company, one of the early irrigation ditches to draw water from the Sevier Elver. Elv-er. Following construction of the physical properties the 20,000 acres ac-res will be turned to the War Re- location Authority which will ad-j ad-j minster it for the balance of the war. It is expected that a valuable valu-able addition to the permanent agricultural wealth of the State of Utah will result from the intensive in-tensive cultivation of the area. |