American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-01-31
Mosida By /
The Lake
''1oo Acres Of Desert Being Made TO
"'ossom as the Rose-5, 1000 This
fear-New Lift to $50 Feet
Now Being Installed.

H..
III erage citizen of Utah county IN 49, !,
ice Trip TO the west side of Utah Lab,
ms 20 see what Colorado push and foro
10 sight and little Utah Lake water 4
uoing In the way of fulfIling o.,
On propnesy OF Isaiah that the desor,
ne snail blossom as the rose
~ Inc chief value of this article ,,,,
.e ue 10 snow what will be the resp,, .,
If '"e projects now being developcd IN
'ne western part of this precinct w,s,,
of Jordan River. 0''
inc Mosida project has now hoon
D - successful operation for the mas,
'nree years The basis OF IL ~ , goo
acres OF gently sloping ground an1
an appropriation of fifty second ,aa.
Oh water In Utah Lake. The land was
puicnasod from the state at $3.50 Nor
acre. ana the water right is that Wit,
was originally filed on and offered
gratis TO the Lehi farmers. ana 49,
oc'ns refused was sold to the Dsnyor
promoters. o"'er
'ooo acres Is covered BY three
e'"ais' one at an elevation NJ s,x.,
rect above the level of the ,.Lo
. u'ner at ITO foot elevation. and tho
'"iru' which is now being buiIt MI,
carry me water 23o feet above tha
lakes level '"e
Inc water for the new canal ,.n,
80 oe pumped into the 10 foot ditch
~here another pump will mr. n 100
'eet higher. i-o
me plant on the. shore of tho ,.ro
onsist OF three centrifugal pumn.
"o Vi mem with capacity of twenty
ee CUBIC feet per second each ana
o'"er having capacity OF tbir.
sen second feet One of the I.rn.x
hes mas been installed the mast w,n
" me pumps are being operated
TWO 400 horsepower motors ana
'other OF $50 horsepower. Tho NM
= pump VIII require another 4oo
''Sepower motor. making the total
assumption OF electrical enerov oso
rsepower. i''oV
'or the past three months men bovo
- building the upper pumping and
Wet mousse and blasting out the rooL -
the hrst few hundred Yards n, ~,
ted No.. "'i nave been COM did I
II :, g., e's are ready to over.
,bo, ,,a the {
40 10 a. ei'izen wants to The n
an soyo.a, p'oJect bay, II has went
"a oro no., o"iS 10 learn what think
. are pest adapted to Mosida soil plan,
az Is not good paying crop and Mr.
'ocs ana not yield heavy last veor sav,n,
re Chi. vas raised the year ing to
len 10 nrons, eh' formerly OF cludin
10 PROBABLY the best farmer In the 10
ted nv ha "e'"ous VIII be acre
,12 Nr e'S next season that a
y,s'x bushels of oats to the acre max,m
ousheis OF barley. He had their
",u proved early and got tbem sama .
- at the right time. Mr.. Jensen dition.
n"u a Held of mangel wursaI. nou."
produced the phenomenal yield A n,
~ tons per acre. ~
a and ,ho were on new under C
1 that had -, seis were on any pre-
ar besoro 49,. painted TO grain IDEALLY
err. ho S'ouhu,
comno,v Of soil
thai thts ''o-acre tract OF Of the .
Is of oI,,I,. p'ouuced over Last f,
NV cIav ~ ao'e' The land predict
Vim nj. ""o formerly Gov be dupli,
a'haiihe' This is the SECOND M, 60.
'"e aia'fa Last year n was
win light stand OF oats as
Up "nich yielded forty-sis To the
per acre The alfalfa reeeived We win
"rlsauons OF five-acre inches beets ON
ara, "a'vrinss were given be- Lehi City
"Ts' cutting, one immediately, there FOR
'o"''h AFTER the second We Will c
harvested The crop office at [
oeeh sold on the ground 70, BY orde
on. ioi O. "o
d. curtis, who is the pressnt
:. Of 4, t the project, is authority sURpRI
statement that the cost n
water this year was with
of $3.50 per acre Tho ,, The QUI
all in the same svs,oa '"i'e thorn bark
'rs all pay the same ,' %"u IN Adler-i-l
Tor water. Mr.. Chris en, came famol
'nds which have been o''',i Is surprising
raj years do not reon,ro -. FOUND that
nifty OF water thar n n so much fol
lire. He is of tho on,a 80" that A SIN
farmers. II given an n stipation. SC
want, would use too r,'a@ the stomach
'he maximum yield. Farm nuier-l-ka is