The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-11
urAHs IRRIGATION COMMISSION.
Preparing to Issue u Valuable Work
ON Irrigation.


Utah's irrigation commission will soon
issue a splendid work on irrigation in
Utah. Colonel Stevenson and C. z.
Wantland are preparing the matter,
and the book will be filled with valu-
able information. A partial list of the
other contributors is as follows: Caleb
w. West, governor of Utah; Hon. Will
ford Woodruff and Hon. George Q.
Cannon, presidents Of the Mormon
church; Ex-Governor Arthur L. Thorn
as; Judge l.. W. Shurtliff, Ogden, Utah;
Prof. Samuel Fortier, u. S. Agricultur-
al college: Lieutenant Salisbury, U. s.
Weather Bureau: Judge G. S. Kenney,
Salt Lake city; Captain Whitall, U. S.
A; the Utah Irrigation Commission,
and other irrigationistS and scientific
men of Uath
A handsome prospectus was issued
from the press yesterday setting forth
the following facts:
THE recent National Irrigation con-
gress held, at Denver has caused a
phenomenal demand for information
concerning irrigation in Utah, especi
ally for copies of the report of the COM
mission for that territory. To meet
this call. already running into the
thousands, the commission has decided
to issue an entire new edition. starting
off with 5000 copies. 1t will be a book
of some one hundred or more pages,
illustrated with half-tone engravings
appertaining to the subject matter. In
addition to the former report, it will
contain statistics concerning Utah
lands and best irrigation methods of
the west; also valuable papers from
the best known irrigationiStS and scien-
tifc men of the territory, as will be
seen by the list of contributors
Requests have been sent in for dis
tribution at the Kansas state irrigation
convention at Hutchinson, November %;
the Mississippi congress at st.
Louis, November 81; and the inter
state conventions at Kansas City, Mis-
souri, and conventions following in
Texas, Nebraska, New Mexico and
Oklahoma; while a large edition will
be distributed through Utah, Montana
and the adjacent states, and to irriga-
ton and investment companies and
hydraulic engineers"
COUNTY COURTS ASKED FOR AID.
In connection with the prospectus the
following appeal to the county courts
will be sent out:
Salt Lake City, Nov. 10, 1894.
To the County Court:
Gentlemen:-As you are aware the re-
port of the Utah Irrigation commission
to the third irrigation congress, held
recently at Denver, and the work of the
Utah delegation at that congress have
proved to be productive of great good to
the territory.
From the Enclosed prospectus you will
see that 1t is necessary to issue a. new
edition supplenenting the report to the
Denver congress. This work, now in
rapid preparation, gives full irriga ton
statistics from each county, the flow of
rivers and streams as gagged by the
United States official surveys, and for
the first time published in a succinct
shape for Utah; and further the precipl-
tation of rain and snow. not only for
the whole territory, but as well for the
principal cities and towns. Divided in
to counties, for the best returns of all
physical data relative TO irrigation and
the general utilization Of waters, it
shows every portion of Utah in detail
for the benefit of all its people.
The expense of publishing the first
report, and getting together the infor-
nation necessary to enable the commits
sion to do the work, was advanced by
few individuals to whom the commits
sion is pledged to refund the moneys |
SO advanced.
After consultation with number Of
state and county officials, it was felt
that the county courts would recognize |
the Importance of the work, and in be-
half of the whole people, through It's
officers, willingly make the ap-
to cover the necessary ex-
penses.
The many important problems arts |
ing in connection with our irrigation |
work and the adjustment Of the land |
grants under the enabling act and |
Carey law to the new state of Utah |
certainly brings the question of irriga-
ton regulations and methods in Utah |
second only in Importance to the re-
of silver. Weber county |
has already complied with this request |
and appropriated 800 to the commits
sion for county purposes. We feel sure
that you will give careful consideration |
TO the statements in the attached COM |
and we respectfully urge !
you to appropriate the sum of s. to |
he Utah Irrigation commission. Yours