Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

30 that IN time Of plenty they can be
teservolred for times of scarcity
C-~To place pumps Into Utah lake
and pump water into the Jordan river
| az the time of low water levels.
| D--To prevent losses OF water by
| pudding ana cementing main bitches
In places OF excessive seepage and by
| the practice Of more cultivation Instead
of excessive irrigation by Individual
| farmers.
1.-The buying up Of the milling and
other properties on the River Jordan
which usc water for power purposes
alone. These rights Ought TO be bought
UP at the earliest opportunity aud the
waters stored In Utah lake. They
amount to 60 second feet,
2--The diversion Of the winter
| spring and food waters OF the Weber
river into Provo river and thence into
Utah lake. The situation here 10 that
| while the Irrigators using the waters
| Of the Weber are short Of water from
| the middle Of June until the end Of the
irrigatlng season, during the other por-
| ton Of the year there Is water, on this
water shed, they are unable TO use and
| It runs to waste into Great Salt Lake.
The water thus wasting into Great Salt
lake, on the upper Weber at the point
where 1t could be diverted varies from
so to 500 second feet during the months
commencing In December and ending
IN June. The length Of the canal to be
built would be eight miles and the cost
would not exceed $4,000.
3-The diversion OF the Duchesne river
also into Utah lake, This river which
runs into the Green river and the Gulf
Of California, heads in the high noun.
tain, near where the Provo, the Weber
and the Bear also head. The diversion
Of the head water OF the Duehesne into
the Provo would not be very expen-
siye proposition; but the Duchesne
after q course to the south. afterwards
turns eastward, TO bring over the
lower Duchesne would necesstate a
long and expensive canal. 1t, however
ought to be investigated.
A. The enjoinlng Of the use Of waters
BY irrigators in Utah. Wasatch and
Summit counties, whose rights are sub
sequent to the irrlgators In the Jordan
canals. This has been discussed con-
slderably by the board OF canal presi-
dents, but while they were unanimous
In desiring to carry this plan out they
as usual were unable to agree on the
mode of procedure. We need not expect
that much water will be regaIned from
this source, rs the amount of water
taken out by the new bitches is small
compared with that taken by the en-
lorgment OF the old ditches, and should
the Jordan farmers endeayor to compel
the irrigators Of Utah and other ooun-
ties to reduce the flow in their bitches
TO what It was twenty years
ago, the Utah county farmers also
would be apt TO bring the attention Of
the Jordan farmers to the fact that
the latter have brought q great deal
Of land into cultivation since that time
BIN the matter of retaining the wa
ters Of Utah lake, In times Of plenty SO
they can be used In times Of scarcity.
This Is n matter Of absolute necessity.
Az we have formerly stated, the high
est point reached at any time during
the past season by the waters Of Utah
lake was thirteen inches below COM
promise point II Is, however to be
hoped that Utah lake may raise during
the ensuing winter In any year the
lake should raise through snowy
winter the raise OF the lake should be
retained and prevented from going to
waste.
The board Of canal presidents have
agreed In this matter, to petition Con-
grcss for an appropriation Of Sl,0QOO0O
to be used for this purpose There are
two ways of accomplishing this.
one, by buying the lands around
Utah lake where the waters would nood
II the waters were raised two feet
above compromise point The lands to
be purchased. much Of it swamps Of very
little value, would be about 5000 acres.
The other method is to throw up a
dyke on the eastern and southern
shores Of the lake at a level below
compromise point This would reclaim