The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-03
NILE Of AMERICA
RUNS THROUGH Utah
known as the Sewer River Its
Course Is Through
Desert.
LOSES ITSELF IN LAKE
OF THE SAME NAME
Economic Worth of the Streams
Of the State Is
Shown.

| DHUWu.
The Milo of America flows through
| Utah. IT Is the Scyier river and it's course
is largely through desert waste The
rivers Of the State comprise, a valuable
contribution to the natural wonders OF
Utah. In many countries the rivers fiow-
Ing through them have been entrance
ways for explorers and pioneer settlers.
and have provided means OF transporta-
ton for bringing in supplies and taking
out products. Such highways OF nature
| have invited settlements and uulckencd
development. but the streams OF Utah
| nave been practically valuclesS In this
OF this region came across rugged noun
| tains and barren desert places and Its
commerce has been carried on either by
stnSe lines or railroads. These conditions
haNe retarded commercial growth.
Economic Worth Of Streams.
The economic worth OF the rivers OF the
State have been derived from the water
they have supplied for Irrigation and the
medium or electricity generated from their
water falls and rapid currents. In neither
OF these capacities has the full extent OF
their usefulness yet been nearly ap
| preached.
No Great Rivers in State.
Rivers OF magnitude as they ara gem
| orally classcd are not found In Utah. and
while II embodlcs an empire In aree there
Is comparative p1ucity In the number as
well as In the size OF tho waterways run
ming through it. For all this. these rivers
arc among tho States chieftcst factors.
From study OF the utility OF the waters
! of the State many lessons have been
learned and still others are being devel-
| oped
Facts About Irrigation.
1t is stated by those who have worked
| In the photographic service OF the Gov
ornment that tho amount Of land that can
be eventually irrigated Will be at least
50 per cent greater than that cultivated
! under present methods and strange as II
may seem. IL is held that tho irrigated In
crease Will be greatest In the north part
Of tho State where 1t would naturally be
| supposed that the water supply was near
est oil utilized. while the least increase In
acreage will be In the south. where the ir-
rlgation Industry has been developed the
! least
Reasons for Conclusions.
The reasons for these conclusions arc
that In the northern part OF the State
the climate Is colder and snow Is held
longer before 1t Is melted Under this
condition nature helps form a natural
| storage system, as the greatest ilow i9 in
tho early summer, when 1t ~ most needed,
way OF storing water by artificial means.
| In the southern part OF the State the snow
melts almost as soon as II falls and Is
Conditions In Southern Portion.
In the south another unfavorable condi-
tion exists, The soil Will not hold or alb
sorb water In that region as 1t does in tho
north, so that n greater amount Is needed,
and must be applied oftener than in the
north. Another difficulty Is In the fact
that the southern soils are lighter and
greater amount OF sediment ls carried
would soon be nlled by particles that are
carried in with the flow aud soon settle
when the water becomes quiet. Until
some method Is devised to clear this sedi-
ment, either in transit or from the bot
toms OF reservoirs, a system OF conserving
| waters in that region will not be a decided
success.
Noted Streams of World.
But what the rivers of the State lack in
capacity for irrigation and power. and
| realizing their almost entire uselessness
for navigation. they make up by being
| among tho most noted streams OF tho
world on account of their characteristics
and their scenic wonders and beauty,
The waters that flow from the east half
OF tho State are conveyed by the Green
and Grand rivers into the Colorado river
which carries them into the head of the
Gulf of California The waters of the
west half of the State find lodging place
either In the Great Salt Lake or Sewer
| lake which have no outlets and are
among the noted dead seas of the world
Grandest Scenery in World.
The Colorado river and its tributaries In
their course through the cntiTe distance OF
| the State from north to south form some
J of the grandest scenery on earth. and
! especially Is this true of the Grand Can
| Won along the Colorado through the south
ern part of the State. But few people
have view the the grandest OF this scenery
! owing to the dangers of making n trip
down the stream, while travel upstream
is utterly impossible. and in many places
for long distances on account of high and
rugged banks no crossing places can be
| found The banks are said to In places
ch height OF G1o0 feet and are almost
oycrhanSing.
Nile Of Utah.
| The Sewer Is in reality the Nile of tho
continent. II is long and passes through
| course Is irregular. Some of its feeders
| start near the extreme southern part of
| the State 1t then goes north. making n
| loop In Juab county and returns south to
| It's burial place In the lake of the same
| name, which la surrounded by q vast area
| OF desolate alkall marshes. It's winding
| course Is such that streams starting some
! CITY miles west OF the lake travel over
! 2O0 miles before reaching their destina-
| tions.
Streams Of Surprising Beauty.
| With the scenery of the Colorado being
| grand and that of the Sevler being SOM
| bre, there are other streams OF surprising
| beauty where fish abound and where the
| heat of summer can be avoided and for
| gotten. The Logan. the Bear, the Weber
| and the Provo rivers arc only representa-
| tive of Il class smaller In dimension but
| equal in attractiveness which helps to
| make Utah not only habtable but ono OF
| the prettiest dwelling places on earth
| Probably the greatest economic growth
| from the waters of the State Will be from
| developing the electrical power they are
| capable OF producing.