The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-12

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asks THAI il may receive vour early and
Il favorable consideration.
The popularity Of the situation in Ttah
= with respect 10 the water supply seems
& O. demand the. following brief description
4 ~ the conditions which generally ure-
vail. The total area of the state IS about
'ss,ts5,H| acres, = large part OF which is
Fertile and arabic land. The water sup
p3F IS 50 Inadequate that when fully
utilized not more than or S per cent Of
8 ell the land OF the state can be supplied
= with water for irrigation. At the present
Il time only about 1 per cent of the total
area OF the state is irrigated, and the
production OF agricultural crops is inn
possible without irrigation,
Sources Of Streams.
with the exception Of Green river and
Its tributaries, ali zAe streams of the
state have their sources within tho b0r-
- GERS or the Sta24 and none terminate he
yOnG its boundaries All are ts,rrentfsI
- and very little has been done to e0uaIize
the variability OF the flow. Great scarcity
Fl 5n the water supply is experienced during
me low water period Of each year al
though not more than about oue-fotirtli
Of the whole annual supply has been
utilized, the other three-fourThs being
wasted By absorption and during the
y flood aud winter seasons.
From @Le foregoing il is evident that
70 regulate thS How q she stream by
- means or storage reservoirs and 20 extend
y the irrigated area are matters of nara
mount Importance to the future Of the
state. IT is also clear, when the disDro-
portion of land 10 water supply is con-
zkldered, that the greatest care shGald be
~ exercised in selecting the land upon which
the water IS to be ultimately S1sed Only
- =lcn lald as VIII return the greatest DOS
sible value for the water applied should
ssbe considered as worthy Of the water.
and the less worthy lands should be put
&C some subordinate auxiliary use with
out water Because OF she shorter sea
sons ana me liability 20 late and early
.jrosts in the higher valleys of the state,
III IS I}e rule thas= the lands of the lower
galieys ase most worthy OF tine water.
The Wasatch and Uintah mountains are
- the sources oE practically ali OF the water
supply Of the northern half of the state
y and the greater portion Of the water
flows naturally into the Great salt lake,
where il is etissipated by evaporation. The
zwater in passinE from uiouTuain 70 lake
~ travcrses the three principal valleys of
the state. known as Cache valley, salt
Lake valley Gs9d Utah valley. respective
cly. salt fss.lxs v=lIey is the lowest valley
In the state. the elevation t-sing about
49, feet above sea level Utah and cache
sNfeet above sea level With respect TO
shcHmate, scenery character Of soil, etc,
sit 8 doubtful Fl these three valleys are
excelled by any in the world.
Utah First in Irrigation.
The first irrigation Institutions in the
valleys nearly sixty years ago by the
-r-=eneer settlers OF the state The plan
then initiated and subsequently adhered
to was one Ok small farms, Intensive
S5zEnethods and cooperative ownership of
BAN irrigation WORKS As a result of op-
serGtious during these sixty years all Of
me water supply mat can be made avail
bile through Individual or ordinary CO.
$cfpera tive effort has under this system.
q cen put 10 use and there is no further
&opportuntty Tor great Development. eX-
cent through extensive and complicated
works that involve engineering. legal and
Financial problems quite beyond the pow
f.aH
Re nous.
These three valleys comprise Cache.
q BoX Elder, Weber, Davis. Salt Lake and
- 4 tan COsin ties; nave about l43,tt0 people
and contain property assessed or the
basis of S., COOS go There are altogether
B bout 100000 acres of irrigabie land In
#the three valleys. less than a third OF
about $4,000 acres being at present irri-
gated. the remainder. or about $500
ncres. having no water supply. This If
- rlgated area Is apporuoned among about
- i0-z09 owners. making tha average size
of the irrigated farm about thirty acres.
There are, nOwever, about 6sSo9e acres
81 but of the c7G 600 acres that are i'm nrf-
vate ownership, SO that the average size
0f the farm consists of abcIt siXty-siS.
2cTes. more than nalf of which. or thirty
" acres Is without Wcter supply. ia
extreme cases the estimated value OF the
right TO the Use OF water. in salt Lake
- galley, Is as high as SlS9.O1u per second
1nd-fO0t for irrigation, While these fig
ares should not be taken TO indicate the
hf-A heAttF Oh klit water tAAte axe
suggestive OF las possible worth.
The Sroductiveness Of the soil and the
possibilities Of these valleys are best in
Heated by the great variety and valUe of
"a rOps that have under favorable cOnui-
81 ions been already produced, some Of
q which are as follows.
Sugar beets. DER acre .--...-...-...3.}ii & tons
81 Aifalfa hay. per acre-.----------- u tons
II Potatoes, per acre ..-...-----.,- so bushes
tliultSs Per acre .-----.--.... s.l lu1 bushels
Peaches per acre fnet1..............S 200 "a
lrs-sfss nor sn-n Tor. n
Bdspberries. per acre tgrossl...-,. SEQ 90
strawberries, per acre gross ----. 500 60
Grapes, per acre gross .-.-.......-. 100 III
Population Of District.
The present population consists Of frt-
sal. energetic. prosperous and prolific
communities. whose constantly increasing
1umbeTS would naturally overflow onto
Ind occupy the Immediately adjacent
suds, but who. because there is no water
supply Tor these lands, are now forced 70
- find footing elsewhere. to their own great
ieITlment. as well as thar OF the state.
= a public school system that viii COM
bare fav0TabiS with that Of any other
tate has been established Churches and
5ther public buildings have been provided
yhicn are ample 20 accommodate a much
an ger pu5liaIlon lnilL could De quickly
md proutabiy settled there II the water
upply would permit Ample transp0rra-
ION facilities are already provided. tine
- mining industry affords am excellent Local
market for all the products of irrigation
3Dc sugar factory aud several auxiliary
81 -tations in each of the three valleys ere.
u bic a sure and profitable market fCT
Shout 2sl15t tons Of beets and produce
shout 50UtIO0D pounds of sugar annually.
The present density Of population as re-
2fed To the irrigated area is about one
ieFSou 10 each acre and Jhree-guarters OF
and u IS the opinion OF this commits
Jon IL an ample water supply can be pro.
idcd for the whole irrigable are u,0a8.00
tcres) that these valleys would be made
.apaule Of sustaining 100000 People oI
t the rate OF one person TO each acre OF
land.
Tho pnesence OF the Great Salt lake
Saving surface area of about 1900 SQUARE
piles. mas most beneficial climatic eff
.ctL WnlCn Is not aDpTcCidbic beyond this
nree valleys here considered and which
u makes them the most desirable habita.
loas- The preservation OF this lake IS
therefore, an important matter and Canuot
ae ignored i'm any plan pertaining 20 the
Fater supply OF the state.
TO provide an adequate supply of water
OF an the worthy land wiz require not
My the complete conservation and regu-
alton OF the water that naturally flows
nto these valleys. bua other sources ot
q upplT must also be secured. Fortunately
De- situation is such as 20 favor the ac-
ompushment OF both these requirements
Like Links in Chain.
As shown by the accompanying map
lc position of these valleys with reia.
Jon 10 each other is much like the link.
n n chain fin which salt Lake valley
orns the central link. with Cache valley
SCOTS EMULSION
makes Dale thin children fat