Arizona republican., 1920-08-05

according to the reports of La Rue, of 375,000 second feet The proposed height of the main dam is 250 feet.
 The lands proposed to be irrigated from this project have never been sur veyed by the government. some months ago, at the request or MT Dudley, the state land department made application for a survey, but no action has been taken yet by the gov ernment. The estimated cost or the project for the dams and the neces- sary canals is $3,000, ,00O.
 Wonderful Fruit Country
 The nearest market for such vol ume of produce as could De raised Tn such a project would be Gait, on the Salt Lake road. 60 miles west of Lit tlefield and the country Is an easy one for railroad building. The pres ent market for the limited products 1 now raised is St. George, Utah, for | fruits and vegetables but the hay and grain are fed to cattle in the Virgin mountains It is a wonderful fruit country. though this year the peach and apricot crop is a failure on ac- count of the late frosts- But there IS an abundance of apples.
 The trip to St. George was made i through the wonderful Santa Clara tvalley. which is watered from an ex- tensive irrigating plant in Washing ton county There the governor saw the wonderful benefits of water pow CT over which the people maintain con tl-ol. There are two plants operated by the Dixie Power company, which supply electricity for lighting. heating George Bloomington, Tourqueyille and Hurricane. The rate is a sur prisingly low one, IA cents per k.w. hour for power and heating and 8 cents for lighting. Beside this the company furnishes, gratis. or rather in the frQnrhiSa. Parfafn volume of juice" for street lighting and power for community flour mill at St. George. That whole country is in enjoyment of the benefit of those two power plants. One man told the governor that his total bill for light ing. heat. cooking and power had never run above $5 month.
 St. George a Prosperous Town
 St. George. said the governor, is a wonderfully beautiful and prosperous town with a population of 2,500 Originally the lots each contained three acres. but these holdings have been ireduced. though in the residence part of the town there is none smaller than Il an acre. There are about 5000 acres l. under irrigation in that vicinity, the , water being brought from the Pine , mountains. IS miles distant, for the irrigation of fruits and vegetables. There are at St. George Mormon a tabernacle and a temple, the latter 2 -t tIndknlllCenk SlIuClQTe, COulpicicu III LIle , eos before the building of the great
 temple at Salt Lake. The temple is
 four stories in height, with q frontage . of 80 feet and a depth of 14o. It is built of cut red sandstone, plastereo
 with white gypsum. The building Is
 set in a natural amphitheater sur- ? rounded with red sandstone cliffs anc in this setting it produces an effec that fills the beholder with admiration for the mingled wonders of the work. , of men and nature.
 Speaking of the flaming red sand : stone, the governor was reminded O
 Fire Valley, through which he passed in going from Search1ight to Little field. 1t is an elliptical depression
 filed with red sandstone and at . distance, when the sun strikes it a ' the right angle. it seems to be file with flames.
 The timber for the St George tempt 2 was brought from Mount Trumbul , Ariz. There is in the temple mag q nificent pipe organ, built on the groun from the native cedar.
 Found Region Full of Wonders
 Leaving St. George, the governo l, and party passed through the settle U ments of Tourqueville, Hurricane an T other places in Utah. all of them in Fl 1creasing their wonder at this countr I | that had seemed so isolated and en ' tering the state again went to Ere q donia- situated on the east side c ' kanab river in Coconino county. Ere Il donia was established in 1S44 and hs
 a population of $50. There are in tn [ vicinity about 400 acres watered fror the Kanab where a masonry dam an r sitting basin have been constructe, About 600 acres are given to dr
 farming, which is productive about or
 year in three. But the water for dc . mestic use is obtained from tn
 heavens as the waters of the Kama
 are always too muddy for use. There
 fore all the roofs of houses and barr
 are of galvanized iron and the watt
 is conducted from them into cisterns.
 From Fredonia the party went
 Jacobs Lake on top of the kaiba
 Plateau. To this point there is
 good road from Fredonia and 40 mils
 beyond. or this way, to a point opps
 site the Fl Tovar on the south si<
 of the Grand Canyon of the Col,
 rado. At this point the Wiley con
 pany has established a big touri
 camp and it is extensively patronize
 It is 13 miles from this camp aero.
 the canyon to Fl Tovar. The platea
 known as the Buckskin mountains,
 the north side of the canyon, is abol
 1000 feet higher than the Mogollc
 Plateau on the south side and is
 limestone formation, in which it di
 fers from the southern plateau of vo