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Show but it ia but a short time until an outside market must be sought.The work on the new railroad i3 progressing and bids fair to be realized within a jaXaxJt few years at moat. A ytyffn-. •'•:•- fyy ft -:^,-'Y ./• •'•. '-.' yt.-y.tf'f'RttkF' '.'. 7' ''•" "'•""" '•' ;.'.'' '"'•'- F'FFtF The averager elevation of the irrigated areas is 5100* 7 - -• ' yytyy..-; with a mean rainfall of 9*; the average elevation of the ..:"-. -. . • •• o. A W jyy watershed is 9000* with a,rainfall of 18". The temper-- ature rangea from 100 to 30 below. Water supply, and Water Rights. The water for the irrigation of the land ia obtained from the streams traversing the reservation. These streams enter the reservation from the mountains ro the north and run diagonally across the reservation to the south-east, and ars a part of the Green River Rasin.All 3tEeams run :. a great deal of rater during the spring months up to July when they rapidly assume their normal summer flow. The water has been filed upon for ths Indians under the law3 of the State of Utah. The Indians have the first right in priority but many subsequent filings have been made by the white, homesteaders who • have in many cases al-A '!-^ ready put the water to beneficial use. The time for the proof of beneficial use for the Indians ha3 been extended six years and expires in 191 9. At this $ime a little over one tenth of the land has been put under cultivation. Under the State law the homesteaders occupying land adjacent to the Indian lands have enlarged the government |