| Show WAI A NO CHEAP electricity AT BLUFF A trip down to aluff elevation ft or less will convince anyone with open mind that bigger days daya are near at hand for that pait pai t ot of utah that old pioneer town Is a landmark having havin g been sette fifty yard ago 1 l if t blodow isai owa near the ahe turbulent san juan one a or important streams provided with a narrow strip of land along the river known for fruit and melons utterly isolated it has passed through neer near livestock town of southeastern several cycles from the original plo pio utah to the partially de populated condition today from blanding elevation about 6 ft down gr dually 2000 ft in 26 ru miles iles the stranger Is impressed by the large expanse of good land mostly used as range and perhaps little of it owned it Is an interesting study hut but suddenly one drops about ft rather abruptly and there is the river and there the little town of bluff tile the old pioneer settlement still having ninny many excellent and expensive homes cliffs forming the side walls to a canyon about 1800 ft wide perpendicularly rise up there la Is ample water now 2000 ft or more la is possible and never a small stream why not a dam some so were in that locality it will pay raise tho the water with a dam ft dy by a pump raise it 1000 and a vast area of fertile land may be irrigated at hoover dam the U S Is going to sell power at ic per KW at bluff we dont believe it should cost more at such cost the re of supply the excellent drainage and a lift no more than salt lake city paying to get utah lake water onto the high land surely there la Is a future of real magnitude pumping water from to 1000 ft from the top of the dam that may be made will be cheaper than water used in many irrigated sections of utah and in a better climate |
