UTAH LAKE ABOVE COMPROMISE POINT The Utah Lake (Land Owners Asso elation held a meeting In the Com- mercial Club Saturday , afternoon. President! Andrew Knudsen presided. Secretary LeRoy Dixon read the minutes min-utes of the last former meeting showing show-ing that the special matter to come before the meeting was that of couriering couri-ering the question of possible legal ac- tion against Salt (Lake county canal companies to compel the canal companies com-panies to remove obstructions from the dams in Jordan river. He reported report-ed that an assessment of 60 cents an acre on land affected had been levied; j also that a meeting of the Utah Lake ' Commissioners O. P. Miller, A F Doremus, J. W. Farrer, B. 8. Hinckley and Isaac Grace would be held on the 15th. Vice President J. A. Johnson reported re-ported conditions at the river and the intake of canals in Salt lake county Secretary Dixon read letter addressed address-ed to the Salt Lake canal companies asking for planks to be taken out of the Jordan dam, and also a letter tik- ing that the flow of the water through the river be regulated for a period of three years by the Utah Lake Commission, Com-mission, regardless of former agreements agree-ments or canal decrees, in order to determine effects of new conditions, caused by the increase of water from the Strawberry project, etc., as a basis for future adjustment. No satisfactory reply had been received. iPresident Knudsen reported the employment em-ployment of Rawlins. Ray & Rawlins as attorneys to represent the Utah county land owners, and gave- some detailed information on what had been done, and was intended to be done to protect the Utah county land owners from the high water overflow Commissioner Farrer reported that there are not now any obstructions in the river. Mr. Farrer stated that the water at the Lehl monument is three inches above compromise, and that would make It about 6 3-4 inches above compromise at the official monument. He reported another meeting of the commission to be held Tuesday, when W. W. Kay would give his interpretation interpreta-tion of the Hatch decree; the commission commis-sion had already heard the interpretation interpre-tation of F. S. Richards, representing the canal companies. iMr. Farrer stated that the canal companies had not used the pumps the past year. He also stated that the Hatch decree de-cree took the matter of regulating the water, while It Is below compromise, out of the hands of the commission and left it with the canal companies. Secretary ixon read an extended review by Rawlins, iRay & Richards, of the Salt ILake canal companies and the Utah county land owners, relative to the water question;, and an opinion by the firm was given that the canal companies have no right to obstruct the flow of water from the lake after the water is 3 feet 3 1-2 inches above low water mark, which is the compromise point, and that the canal companies are liable for damages resulting re-sulting from such obstructions. The secretary reported a large acreage acre-age of land assessed to defray expenses expens-es of the litigation, and that reports from all the canvassers had not been received. He urged that the action to secure relief from the overflow of water be vigorously pushed. Commissioner Farrer and others al so urged that the landowners continue actively in efforts to protect their rights. (President Knudsen reported that the Suael Island monument is now out in the lake, and that another monument will have to be established. A. N. Taylor moved that the com-mitees com-mitees to secure acreage be Instructed to continue their work, and that additions addi-tions be made to the committees, if necessary. This carried. President Walter P. Whitehead of the Provo Commercial Club pledged the support of the club In the movement, move-ment, and spoke of the great benefits to be derived from reclaiming lund from overflow of water.