Show FARMERS or HIND LEGS S SMore More Protests Against Proposed Smelter at Hot Springs From Prom Tillers of Soil With a view of getting their protest into a more tangible shape the tile farmers farmer who own the lahd land within what Is called the smoke zone of the proposed site for forthe forthe forthe the independent smelter at the Hot Springs have called a meeting to be held at Plain City tomorrow evening An in invitation Invitation invitation has hlas been extended to all those who are Interested In inthe the bringing of ot the smelter to Weber Veller county count This will wiil be bethe bethe bethe the third meeting of ot land owners held since the meeting at the Weber club about abouL a week ago On Wednesday another meeting was wail held at North Ogden with about forty property owners in attendance and like the meeting held at South Willard the tho th sentiment was vis unanimous against beat locating locatIng beating ing the smelter at that point It is ex expected e peeLed that the meeting at Plain City to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow night will result r sult in n an open ope declaration against the smelter proposition proposition proposition tion C M Clay of this city who has con considerable considerable considerable land in North Ogden stated to The Herald yesterday that he lie believed all of ot the farmers in the district affected were we e opposed to the bringing of the smelter sm lter here It is a bread and nd butter proposition with us We Ve want the smelt smell smelter smeller er but do not want It at the very doors of ot our farms While the smelter w uld be located at a place where there was a little barren land it is certain that by bythe bythe bythe the time the fumes reached the ground they would be on good land We Ve do not desire to appear bullheaded In this mat matter matter matten ter ten but we have hav to protect our own in interests Interests interests We Ve mean mean that those who are fathering the scheme if they insist on bringing it here shall do it with their eyes open as to what they may expect from us The plant of the Utah Smelting company located at the same place where it is proposed to erect a new plant has done a great deal of damage to the property In that territory There are plenty of other good sites and arn unless the smelter people want to get stubborn I fall to understand why they do not consider the sites at Promontory Promontory Promontory tory point the mouth of Bear river and other places where there Is ty of fresh water and no possible danger of ot the fumes doing damage to farming land landAt landAt landAt At our meeting at North Ogden one of or those that took part has three acres of fit land hand used as a peach orchard which brought him in this season 1160 and there was only half halt a crop You can see that the land is rs worth considerable to the farmers and fruit growers and this is why we object to the smelter When hen the other plant was built we had no opportunity to voice a protest as we have in this case All I want to say is that anyone anone who ho favors the smelter coming here should attend our meeting Friday Frida night and present his side of at the case At about the same saine time that the farm tarm farmers ers era are expressing their opinion the railroad committee e from the Weber club and a delegation of mine owners will be conferring with the railroad officials In I Imade Salt Lake in III an effort ort to have Ogden made a common point for ore ort shipments This visit to Salt Lake was to have hava been made yesterday but was Vas postponed un nfl until til today toda |