The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-21

in regard TO the forest reserve s.l-F0fes-
sor Pincbot IS here to discuss8 that with
YOU any suggestions which fveu might
make ln regard 10 the foEE Pest reserve
laws he and I have talksEd over this
matter az Portland Reno, ( and other
places and have come here tOAtalk to Your
governor and the land boardS and would
also be glad 10 hear your sid Of Tire pro-
Forest Lands in State.
Professor Pincbot said hbat the gov
eminent had withdrawn y sri0us tracts Of
forest lands III this stat for the purpose
OF protecting watersheds, the timber and
.This land" he SAID, "vi1 be withheld
until il is dtscoyersd what interests rs
viii best serve. tis-fe the primary object
is the preservatiG-l OF the watershed
hut iu doing that we must not overlook
the secondary objects of the reserve
would ike an expression from you as %
whether or not fou arr SATISFIED with we
policy of the government with regard to
/ forest reserves j therefore ask all these
B who are satisfied with that policy 10
/ raise their han Hs
/ All present 81 the meeting, with the eX-
ception of fuhr raised their hands
I was suggested ny President Cannon ihat
/ those four nlkn were probably sheep Own
/ President cannon then called upon an
present wh5 desired 10 express their
! opinion as 10 the reservoir project After
( a few minutes OF silence. he called upo1t
/ Vice President n. A. Nelson eli the tasL
Jordan II fRatiOu company. Air- Nelson
( said that ITO his mind & WIS tne very
I thing TO Fd0ne, and mat it was cnaate
CATION id If it failed the farm
( ers are not the losers. He said that
I in one season alone the farmers
lost $50, 90 on account or lack or WaL-if
and that in 1870 on his small farm nc
/ lost $3.50. He thought the scheme the
/ best proposition ever placed before tle
public. and he would advocate d llfstr
/ last. and all the time He said he mac
/ looked over q vast amount OF coun{f1-
| between the Sierra Nevadas, the Rocbie-s
/ MeNico and Canada, and ne was salIslle4
/ that this was the best place of them AL
Where the Water Goes.
I T. l. Bergen wanted 10 know where
an this water that is 10 be used iu the
/ future now IS. Professor Newell eN-
planned That it lies below the present level
/ of the lake or passes off In eVapQfaI igi.
/ a fair-sized river is going into i1e lake
/ bv evanoratiOn everv day. This viii De
! cut down I'm proportion as the area Of the
/ lake is reduced. Mr.. Bergen asked ~ me
/ farmers would not be the losers should
( the project fail The reply was that lf
/ the water was not delivered according 20
! contract the farmer did not nave 10 pay
/ for it. But the government would nos pul
/ ir its money unless u was assured oI
I success.
Rights Would Be Preserved.
/ Mr.. NcAlister wanted some suEgeS-
lions as TO a means whereby the farmers
could ger together on the process
I
| done elsewhere in similar protects re
] said q cali for O mass meeting should na
made. and the matter talked over uIat.t
the farmers talked themselves out Alt'-
form water users association. elect Or
/ ficers. take subscriptions for water GER
tifiCateS. have certificates issued piedglnE
the holder to take certain amount tL
[ water at a certain rate These ceftlfie7le7
/ are lien on the land. and the sssocia-
ton sees that the stock is paid for it
1 is necessary 10 see how many acres ~
land there are to be supplied ana nor"
I many acres signed Cor before the govern
/ meut viii proceed
I The association would have 10 decide
i where II is necessary TO build additional
( canals or whether all lands can De
reached by the present canals
Deputy County Surveyor.
/ John c. Mackey asked If present rights
would be lnterfered WIZ FIole
! Newells reply was In the negative Tie
stated that the action was purely Eolun-
tary on the part Of the farmers II tneE
wanted the water they agreed 70 take q
certain amount and pay for II. lf theE
didn't they would not be intertered win
Mr.. Mackev wanted 20 know ~ the gov
eminent would guarantee an ample SUP
ply even If there we're seNeral years 3E
drouth. Professor Newell replied tnaf ne
could not guarantee what Providence
would do. The farmers must Judge or
the future BY what the streams had done
in the past II. g. Petersen made a warm
speech in favor Of the project.
"AIl ] have got 10 lose IS my land, ne
I said. "and without water il is useless
/ He was greeted warmly, but with re
less enthusiasm than was John Larsen
who also talked with fervor.
II ann willing TO do as Uncle sam
/ SAYS" he declared. ''Tf he wants a mort
gage on me or my lands he can have It.
Some Of the questions asked mere today
viii have 10 be answered Dy 600 A.
{ mighty. ] want 20 see the spirit OF univ
I here These boys Of Uncle sam know
{ what is best for Utah and this country,
/ and they know now TO figure thank
God that I have been TO this water meet
William II. Haigh favored the propo-
/ sftfOn, but he did rot think that the
North Jordan would take financial in
terest in the project at the present time
Others Favor the scheme
! Others who spoke in favor Of the pro-
IeCt were Willard Ennis Peter larsen
president of the Utah Lake Canal COM
panv: Charles +. Miller. John ~, sharp
= William FairbOurue and Thomas II. Page.
/ State Engineer Doremus asked an pres
! eut who favored the project ana were
willing to do ali possible 10 promote me
scheme to hold up their hands EFeft
/ person present responded
/ Mayor William II. ROylance OF Provo
/ was invited to speak He declared MINI
self in favor Of encouraging the United
States to do more for irrigation I'm Z tan
At the suggestion Of President Cannon
q committee of seven was appointed te
harmonic the various interests oiE+ltif@
/ the water users and cooperate with the
state arid land reclamation commission
/ in arranging the details necessary go Sc
. cure government aid. Il was finally de-
Cided that each of the five canal COM
pauies should select one member OF the
= committee and that two should lee cho-
sen at large to represent The dry farm
ers. The members at large elected were
state Engineer &. T.. Doremus and Cello
rel T. F. Holmes. president Of the COM
: follows:
Committee Is Appointed
Utah & salt Lake Canal COMPANY. r.
p. Page. East Jordan Irrigation COM
Dany. W g. Ennis North Jordan lTri-
gation company. John C. AackeE: soutn
Jordan Canal company. Angus NJ Csu-
ron: salt Lake City canal. TO be selected
| by the city council
4 The eudeaVor now VIII he 10 find oHt
Just how much water cacn farmer Nitt
( agree 10 use. and arrange an cquitaeia
basis for payment
. After the Bingham junction meeting
adjourned at lz-29 T. m. Sir. Newell air
, pinchot and party came 90 salt Lake
! az tha Commercial club. They went to
ar organ recital at the tabernacle whiea
was NOT over until such late hour tnat
, AR Newell had scarcely fifteen minutes
to- meet with Governor Wells ana sHs
state arid land commission. For this
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