Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-25

a Washington special 10 The Chicago
Tribune says:
THIS miracle which yesrs ago trans.
formed The arid tract of land belong
lax 10 the Mornons In Utah into =
beautiful, smiling city IL about % be
worked Ia other parts Of the state
and through ~ parts Of the western
United States.
The huge project Of the federal gov.
eminent for retaining this great por.
ton of the arid west BY means q II
rigatIoa has II last come 10 4 head,
md thin subject, which for years past
hxx been discussed and argued. has
for the frat time come 10 take on the
appearance u reality.
The government has decided % cos,
s,rBet r~sssrFosrs. canals and other i'm
proYemsnts hat win reclaim q nail.
lion acres IL land in Utah u ar esti
mated cot Il lsyc106o0. Thls viii m
eiude the preservation of the Great
galt lake using the ogdenrIucien
cutosf rs d Ssm ID separate the north
era i'm 81 ne lake from The refnsia.
DEL. ii il announced TIA, st5e9od0
VII BE- spens IN isrlgsttng 10000
acres Of fhe zig Horn basin. rear Cody.
Wyoming. Tbis h . part o. the work
which i company Organized ty naf.
fao Bfn Was II undertake
ror m0ntss Dast 1 number N prom
meat engineers have beer Thoroughly
Investigating conditions In he vest
with q sses 10 The commencement q
work. and D ,hese engineers are u
conferences Il ne national eaplisi pre-
pairing flnz, estimates before presest
Ing plans for ne approval 81 he zee
Rotary Of TIE Interior.
This. III ii AeAessd. ~ das ~ ~
tstloa three yeara ago Ia she Egbs
Of which NJ Esooi xca6. he Ursse.
States eonnissDner Of irrigation sai
at tbs bad Though Il remained 10
ths present seaf TO realize their hops
The work doae Il that time By Mr.
Mead ana ~ men'wss prosuesi.e o
results.
Some of TIC greatest Irrigation pEo
,eets On hand sre 70 10 carried ~
III Arizona ~ weli Al Utah. Eurrsli
sre noT hesrg made sCr d great dam q
The Salt river Ill the mouth ~ -
Tonto creek and plans have been pFe
pared for 3 poser plant. cement nil
and other structures which viii =
necessary 10 cafty o. 70 colossal q
Undertaking
Az anotnef rep preparatory N 81
relaycrasi0a ~ thss land. me gcferE
meat has now slthdrawn All the put
lie lands ID ~ GAIT river valley. !
irrigation does Tor this psrched teri
,ory half that /. Is hoped Il viii thes
board tracts VII be worth many tine
the lbs pr aeye Al which they coui
be taken Up under he homestead IA
Another bsg dam may be erected !
San carloa ri mn ella river, and -
government engineers have picked n
several localities along tho cosorad
river where shsy believe irrigation pf'
jec,a viii yield blk rcsprrs
A notable work IL being undertake
in California il connection win %
storage nna n'lliza.spu Of the waters
tho Colorado river ! Ne southeasieF
part 81 the state IRE experts are ~.
at work figuring ops how d ire glylfl
bapsfsm II wateF Hay be bestowed VI
III tha sacrament ana san Joaqnl
valleys
III Colorado sht government s1per
are ae,oilng most u their atomic
10 a saenel which ii is proposed
build 10 caayey he uncompahgre v
iey ~ he vicinity N the towns
Monsrose ard Delta, it il also espect'
III husla I higA line canal from Il
GRIND royer, near Grand JuDcsio
which vii ifing ne Invaluable wat
u many Z tract of land that Is 10
desert. and an even more ambltioI
scheme which Is now under consider
ton Il a daring attempt 70 divert q
store the flood water Of the Sou
Platte river IN the vicinity Of sterlir
thus putting 70 good use millions
gallons Of water when now go
waste.
Idaho. the experts declare, is n
with opportunities for the reciamati
OF arid land BY means Of the sna
river and rs tributaries A large tri
u land has been reserved on the sna
river desert. 10 the vicinity Of the To-
Of Dubois. and another below Amefic