| Show Utah's Irrigation Projects i Aj I Iy More on Hand Now Than I Ever Before SO r are arc more moro Irl irrigation atlon projects I than 1 under way In Utah now 5 ever e before At present the of ot the s state tate Is d area 0 Ic tS The completion of ot the projects which actual work of or construction going on will bring under water no ow D OS 6 acres more making the total mount count acres or an Increase Increaser trover r over O 60 per ler cent of or the present area la lD every e section of ot the state this work ork of ot reclamation is going on not one b by the government and the state t by numerous private concerns both Urge rge and small Heretofore nearly all alle t e land brought under water has been fined floed to the valleys valles and those ad- ad i ilag ning streams but the tho promotion of or ito to te largo large undertakings enables reser- reser and dams to be bo built a and d water b by means of or can canals ls to the ferl fer- fer ls l bench lands Chief among the projects now u under is tho rho one b by which tho United ties lites es go government proposes Ins s to o redeem 0 acres es of ot high land In Utah cr coun- coun n- n Is hI undertaking and 1 t. t r This a hugo huge hen then completed will cost ork vork has been going oln on on for tor nearly ire e years most of ot which has been in he last two years cars It is expected to toS tobe be S 8 completed by the spring of 1913 To Q 0 bring tho the water on the land the tho government Is constructing a n. dama dam a aCross the Strawberry river from I segregated from the public domain for tor irrigation and settlement One of these companies Is promo promoting tinS tinS' what is known nn as the Delta pro protect ct located hero i in two tho e north end of ot d d county where 43 93 43 acres will be reclaimed The fcc fcc- furnishes the tho water ater rot fat viler ler river also built ac across this project a dam being from theland the theland he miles mils m forty that stream m about stored In a reser- reser water land and the y ay V voir In Beaver county 48 j acres ha hao have o been segregated seg for tor or Irrigation purl pui pui- poses The water for tor this rl land will willbe river and from the Beaver Benver be taken which stored In tw reservoirs from which ft It will bo be conducted to the the land lying west of Milford l and further down t to the broad brond Escalante valley Another Carey Caro i act project Is I. In where It Is 18 proposed to Emery gmery county count reclaim reclaIm acres acres This Is known as the Buckhorn Duckhorn project and Is located eight miles mile's west of Water will be diverted from the river and watersheds to three reservoirs resor- resor Another Another company In Emory Emery county count will reclaim acres taking tho the water from Muddy creek Forty Fort thousand acres of or high land In Weber and Davis counties will be bo re redeemed redeemed redeemed re- re deemed when the tho project now in course I of ot construction in those counties Is completed Water Yater is to be diverted I from the Weber river I One company compan near Green Grcen River city will divert water from the river of ot tho I same name and distribute It over lands In to Emery Emer and Grand counties county count will reclaim 7 5 acres from creek Four thousand acres In Box Elder from county count t for r whIch w Water ter wIll be taken Deep creek creele acres acM Utah in hate laUe Utah Utan Irrigation Project Utah lake count county wa water cr taken talen from Utah Another Project of ot acres I In In county water for tor which will come b means 33 ot of f tunnels from Irom Currant Currant Cr Cur Cur- rant creek Cache Irrl irrigation project 20 acres hn In Cache Vale valle valley Bear rIver will furnish the water orator In tho Uintah Basin t e eIn In the Uintah basin In the eastern part part of or the that state stute there are numerous undertakings under wa way In this basin which comprises Uintah and Wasatch counties there are already acres under water The reclamation on work now going on but not yet et completed will water acres more making a total of Qt acres The projects now being constructed are tho following follow tollow- ing Oura Ouray valley project acres practically finished water from the White Rocks river Colorado Park irrigation project acres water ater from tho the Uintah r river Uintah tah project Caro Carey act acres water from the Uintah and Ahloy Ashley Ash Ash- loy ley rivers rl The Lott LoU project M are arey act acres on the south Myton and Leland i I v x p 1 I sate r 1 r rr r s y tr 1 I io 3 Al r n e Y 7 alJ i i r. 9 4 1 f ci a The Sevier River at Leamington a tunnel three and quarter three u long IonS through the Wasatch rl m range e till II carr carry It to the benches on the west ilia M o of tho the mountains Tho The govern Jovern- ent eat has also aleo spent in contracting contracting con con- an Irrigation system In the lands of the U Uintah Indian ru reservation T Water Yater ater has been heen taken from the Straw Strawberry berry Duchesne Uintah lid end Lake Fork Tork rivers ors through h miles t f main and lateral ditches In cleat clent quantity to Irrigate acres of land S 'S States Bute's tes te's Two Projects The state has two projects under way ty one of oC which Is practically com- com l t d. d The Hatchtown project Is in county near Pan Panguitch and embraces 7 acres Water Yater for foi this e is taken from tho south fork r f tho rho SevIer river rivet and stored in a reservoir Most of or the main canals and laterals have been built and are ready read IW to receive the water The luc other undertaking un- un which is going g on under the direction of oC the the- state Is IH known as the Plate project This Includes urea Utes of ot state lands and 10 acres under private ownership in and Sanpete counties For this project also we the water Is taken from the tho r river and stored The rhe reservoir Is salted sa- sa in Pluto Flute county count Already the I has spent and proposes s to spend between and OOOO before it Is completed Several e prIvate ite companies have ha been r under the provisions prO of ot th thy the e Carey y act and large lare areas have o been This land Jand Is s suited Hell principally for tor I orchard purposes The The Green Green rIver Is I Ithe the lar largest est water course in the state Probably the most extensive project In point of acrea acreage e to lit lie redeemed will willi take its water both from the Green and San Rafael rivers It Is proposed to redeem acres n acres res when completed com com- A dam feet long Is being I I built across the Green river about twenty miles north of Green River nl city and taken to 10 the land lying west and south of at that town Work Vork on the dam Ilam i has been going g on for some time Ume Other Irrigation Projects Other Irrigation projects their acrea acre acre- I a ape e location and source of ot the water supplY are as follows Newcastle reclamation project acres In Iron count county water to betaken be betaken I taken from the tho Grass Valley and Pine FIne creeks Provo reservoir project acres I I in to Utah count county water from the tho Provo I river rUT I Price River Irrigation project OOOO i acres In Carbon county water from the tho I Price river ri This work was started a n number of oC years cars ago but was abandoned aban n I until this year ear and Is now progressing progressing progressing pro pro- gressing steadily I A small project of or 4 acres in Emery county count which takes lakes Its water from the Price river Another small undertaking In Seyler Sevier county count which will water acres from the So Sevier and rivers The Spanish Valley project In Grand benches water tal taken en from tho the PU- PU Duchesne chesne and Strawberry rivers at tho the town of Duchesne Tho The Blue Ulue and Purple benches project acres water from tho the river The Fruitland project acres Lake L-ike Fork river A Census of Irrigation Under the direction of ot the tho department department depart depart- ment of ot irrigation l and drainage o of the Utah A Agricultural college a census of Irrl Irrigation has been published tho the work of or collecting this data extend extending In from 1910 up to the present time lime The preliminary report gives gUes eM 1 the number of or irrigated farm farms tho he len length th of or ca canals canals ca- ca nals reservoIrs number o of pumping stations and other such information as aswill aswill aswill will be of value to not only tho the a agriculturists agriculturists agri agri- rl- rl culturists of ot the thc state but also to people peo peo- plo outside of or the state who are arc contemplating contemplating con con- residence here The rJ remarkable ablo Increase in the next two years In the number of oC irrigated acres Is due according to Professor ProCessor W W McLaughlin of oC tho the Agricultural college not only to tho development of ot new enterprises but to a small extent to the extension of or old oM enterprises The census returns t bays sn'S a s Professor McLaughlin l In indicate that we are aro on the owe o of or a considerable le development of or t the tue l underground waters of the state b by pumping or flowing wells This department has att attempted to estimate the available under underground round water but finds it so 80 extensive extensive that the amount Is 18 almost Incalculable |
