The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-28
)MEIt1ING ABOUT UTAH AND ITS RESOURCES

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many hsrdships two years after they more
through s s a a @ NSu wSs sOng
and great o aa Sa In the dm G9ta Basin
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~ When the reservations thrown open to the peo-
that Sx Was SeS good IN only E'Sn dr
when water was snae ined
so n % M and this
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nGe S,see the & alr9ad G DIV was bull, from Mack
o% esSn nder Mes hS county Win The Moat railroad
Ho to west sa, and MD When i%e Inc completed which It
mere viii be boom in this great county that will
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
%.serS, sD is eold & but in me valleys especially
that In story about rlnyth county in so far as asr-
Or 9.5 basin sin is the referred The COUNTY
Chains the Wasaeh S on the y Sor the
wSs aS s6ee 6e r&ahs n on 70 the northeast This
which is tabe which constitutes 100000 acres has
thus %a 6eered 'gS from leh the 9Orhve S
slope RE
the same a d ia sIera6y a y YIN M Satss of
% daed fact b,. Of the qaer ma is that It's climate be
I red a SEATED Ee So r6r TSm onS 3 Yo Of
fractions of this entire section.
IRRIGATION ON THE RESERVE
settlers shS wsrs sary OF hs when the
near the river banks there was many an anxious look
IN the early spring the snow-capped mountains
10 the north lest the rush of the roaring rivers
he % so great as 10 threaten The safety OF yher
continue TO less IN proportion many irrga-
non projects now under way become more No
than the Cntah Basin from the standpoint irrga-
tlon Many OF these irrigation projects way
evidence of the great confidence of the settlers in the
slimmerns future of the reservation The help
which has been extended 10 the settlers bv the
hent mas so FAR been inconsiderabc while the
ing OF the privilege OF using the Indian canals
dtces already constructed has been valuable to only
portion OF the settlers. while OF
the larger irrgablc remains stin partly
The Blue bench and West bench other lands
which contain greatest areas of tilabe Land ON
ton the hards Of the through cooperation
GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
The irrigation problem is much solution i'm
the eastern end OF the than western
due to the fact that the United States government.
through the Indian bureau has ft complete the
system Of irrigation OF Indian lands throughout this por
lem Of irrigation in this part by giving the white settler
the privilege of permanent right TO the OF the
The basin is 122 There ~ miles Of
by private corporations, and other being
projects completed There fifteen irrigation
panes in the county outside of tho which
have capitalization of s63577S the OF the canals
thus far being SSl 49, The mileage embraced Is i63
OF maintenance last year sO.93I while
the number of irrigated was s3S.SSo.
eROOUcTVENESs OF RESERVE.
The productivcness of the reservation be
disputed 1t has successfully passed the experimental
stage and the pessimstic views. which yet
heard. are no longer believed Too much aSa-uoth'rg
alkali bed These other are even
frequently heard The fact OF the matter is however.
that there is absolutely nothing 10 indicate this Like
alkali spots appear but there ndica-
tons that IL will increase or become permanent On the