Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-08
RECLAMATION BILL
OFFERED BY POPE
Substitute Measure Compre-
bends Scheme to Reclaim
Vast Tract OF Land.
SUCCESSFUL IN COLORADO
New Legislation Closely Follows Act
Passed In Nciehborina state i'm
Which similar End sought.

one 81 the important measures before
the house,, and one Boo which t1e people
% the eastern part OF the state 8to iu-
tenscly Interested. is b b. As. 10y Rock
IA Pope OF Wasatch county This BE-
substitute bin Cor 49, b. iG. ALSO intro
duced by MT Pops, but withdrawn
early ,u the session in order to permit
the author of the measure Co include
some Of the features OFF o. bin recently
passed by the Legislature of Colorado.
Residents Of the Untah reservation
section are particularly Interested m
the measure. as les passage means re-
clamation this summer OF 10000 acres
Of land on the Blue Bench and 5000
acres OF land on West Bench both of
which Join the town Of Theodore. a
part OF the South Myton Bench cou-
tanning 5000 acres. and other largo
tracts in the Uintah basin Speaking
Of this matter the Norual Express
says.
II the bin Mr.. Pope has introduced.
becomes a law. the reservation ucUplr
VIII soon have the water problem
solved, and within few years thou
sands Of acres of land viii Doe re-
claimed. Tho bill provides for the
creation OF irrigation districts amy
place iu Utah under the supervision OF
. the county commissioners Of each
county 10 VIII permit the people 90
form districts and issue bonds Tor the
purpose OF raising money for providing
irrigation, The information has been
given cut that capitalists have declared
their willingness 20 advance money 90
the amount OF 81 100000 for the pun
pose as soon as the bin becomes a
law.
FOUND To BE A SUCCESS
The bin. according t1 Representative
Pope. embpdios the features of similar
bills passed 10y the legislatures of Colo
RADIO and Idaho. The plan has been
tried FOR five years in Colorado and
| has proved 10 be a great success. il
the bin is passed il win permit the
people Of district to practically form
20 corporation among themselves and
issue bonds, using their lands and
bitches as security For the first 10
years the interest on the bonds U.s. only
g por cent year ana tho second no
years the bonds are paid or in TO am
uu1l installments. Interest is collected
by the county treasurer.
Nj Pope says that as far as he
| knows the bin viii conflict with uo 9TH
er legislation. u viii. put the home
seeker 600 O position 90 irrigate his land
az nominal cost Hundreds Of land
owners are waiting until the law gives
! them permission % form districts and
issue bonds 20 begin work reclaim
ing the waste places.
Jackmau Heuick. OF Theodore. re-
Gently wrote q letter 90 the CONNER
cial club OF salt Lake, in which he de
clared that ". J.. Udlock. president OF
the Ramcy- Udlock Investment Co. OF
Grand Junction. Inspected the Blue
Rcnch "a plot of 10000 acres and said
that 10 is finer land chan the celebrated
/ Orchard Mesa. He said that Mr.. I'd
lock expressed his willingness TO loan
the settlers in that section any amount
needed for irrigation purposes. two
months after the law goes into effect
The Colorado company last year, n
December placed $500 600 worth OF
bonds under the Colorado law to ir. g.
gate the Orchard Mesa, and u 00O acres
were watercd "a O. cost OF SIS per acre.
Udlock thinks that If the irrigation law
is passed the districts irrigated will
have a population OF 100000 in 10
years.
The friends Of Mr.. Pope firmly be-
lieve that the Law will be passed and
Mr.. Pope viii exert every effort in
that direction. Some years ago iu
was % momher of % company that made
and unsuccessful attempt 20 float bonds
for the reclamation of the Orchard
Mesa country but the project failed.
The colorado state statute. however,
gave the protection necessary 90 get
the needed money and the Orchard
Mesh as at present one OF the most
valuable pieces OF growing land in the
state.
~ Is oaln.tol that lhere are 100000