Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-26

In but feebly described and the thous-
and and one other Ills which YOU are
more familiar with than !, II Is my
earnest hope that this convention may
az least point way out of some OF our
difficulties II we s1re heirs In COM
mon of deceased parent who had LETT
family Jewels 20 be- distributed amongst
US. We would. II we were wise, Ret Toe
gcther and recognizing that the Jewels
an belonged to US c0llectlvely,We would
entrust to some disintprested person on
committee the distribution IN each OF
US his proper share. IN Ike manner
why may we not get together now and
agree to mtrust our water rights
sparkling jewels Of rare value IN the
arid region to state authority under
Well-defned and proper regulations to
be mutually agreed upon2 Through
the medium of a central board OF com
troll with such auXlliariea AZ may be
deemed advisable all existing rights
could be recognized and q proper record
Of them filed, disputed rights could be
adiudicated. newly acquired rights,
arising through the construction OF liri-
cation works or storage resefNoirs
could be defined, ana 1t is connIcntly
believed order brought out of the I'M
pendng chaos. II ii Is argued that
the adoption Of such methods would
be ineXpedient ON account OF the
expense involved the answer
IS that the expense of future litigation
provided nothing Is done would In a
very few years amply pay the bill and
lenve "a large surplus for the consuuc-
ton Of storage reservoirs
40 10 WATER STORAGE
During your deliberations. also, !
hope yod VIII find it eXpedient ana
profitable 10 consider all of the many
plans suggested looking to the storage
and fusbuudng OF the water supply az
a time before II Is actually needed for
use. mean By this of course only
those which are practicable, or seem
TO be SO. for IN this as IN most other
things in life, suggestions ana schemes
having only a basis of theory with ut
Tie on no feasibility, are by no means
conspicuous by their absence ana the
wafer question is too practical "hen N
use 10 admit Of visionary schemes.
Among all the plans proposed. that OF
reserVoilinE Is the most common II NOT
the most ust lul. II undoubtedly has us
failures ana casualties together Win
IT'S drawbacks and impertectons, as
any other must OF necessity nave Tor
the reason that the element dealt win
Il 50 iasidlous and Persistent In us
quest OF lower level; also as IT'S volume
increases by reason of It's flow being
stopped, is power for doing harm az
well as good increases IN rapid raNo..
II thus UnCWs that the dams employed
should be strong In proportion to the
estimated quantity OF water Whlen
they are expected 10 resist, and not pc
subjected to any greatcf pressure Il
Is not however, the engineering obsia-
cles come cied with asofage reservoirs
that most concern US az the present.
with the rand strides IN science these
may le readily overcome. II Is rather
the financial obstacles, | trust You WIN
be very much in earnest regard
ing this phase Of your dellber-
atlons, because 1t is a fact
which appeals to our Judgment
every day Of our lives that
of TIN great quantities of water
which cur state actually possesses bnt
a very small proportion Is utilized the
great bulk oGit--What exact proportion
cannot be told-runs 20 waste instead
of adding to the productive capacity OF
onr irrigable lands. Il is high time in
view of our increasing population ana
new districts being settled which de-
mand ana must have their share OF wa
ter-whle the volumes thereof 40 nor
Increase but I'm. places may be SAID TO
diminish, that this subject be given the
most careful consideration,
THE SEWER VALLEY.
I'm many parts of the state, notably
the great SEWER valley. on either side OF
the railway aud the large stream winch
blsects the vast plain for many continu,
Gus miles Is some of the finest land
within our borders II Is for the most
part huge sagebrush farm, just as u
has been from the beginning The land
Is there the water is there, the trans
portation Is there-the three things IN
social economy which united Win labor
produce wealth, but after q general set
Element Of the commonwealth for more
than half a century this land Of sueh
leviathan possibilities Is as barren tas
n whole as when Il settled into place
after the great upheaval II does seem
that IN this age Of experiment, inVen-
ton and achievement some means
ought to be devised for bringing those
wealth producing elements together,
And this Is but type of many other To-
calities whore settlement and progress
are impeded awaiting the storage res
prvOir which never comes. TO await
The advent OF private capital to install
our reservoir plants would mean that
many of us Mould grow much greyer
than we are noW'before realizing the
fultion of our hopes. rhe state NJ t.
self Is powerless To construct them, as
sipder It's present land grants but $780,
GOO acres OF land have beea
set aside for the purpose and
The urocess of selling and ac-
ouiring proceeds Of sales OF these
lands is necessarily slow and in the end
the amount derived VIII be found hone
lesslv INADEQUATE II we are to have
storage reservoirs. therefore, IL follows
the must come through the aid Of the
national government and 1t Is gratiiy-
ing 10 note after years of earnest en-
treaty that Congress IS turning at least
n listening ear 60 our petitions, and
that the immediate future promises
sIme relief
ARID LANDS BILL
"'rhe arid land bin now before Ton
gress is not all that cogd be expected
of such a measure. but lt IL a stride la
the right direction. and II might be
malicious 20 mcmorialiSe that body, en-
dorsing the bill In a general way while
pointlng out defects which could easily
he remedied without cndangerne the
safety of the measure as a whole. II
roay be that Iitahs voice may not be
heeded with greater interest than chat
of other arid land states, hut the fact
that Utah has long been distinguished
AZ The pioneer user Of water for lrriea-
tion In America ought to and viii chal-
ieure the attention Of Congress- and
tompel the deliberations Of this body 10
be- regarded with respect our repre-
eontatiyos at the seat Of government
sro actively alive 90 the situation also.
and Il II believed they are looking 70
iris convention for welcome intorma-
Ion as 10 the Views on peudlng sub
iecta Of Utahs irrlgatlrs. As to what
ositlon we should take on the matter
81 the maner in which federal aid
should De extended ! shall not attempt
rrematurely to disturb the serenity OF
the convention.
.....,,,,r, MY tspaAf ENTITY