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Show : PLAN ADVANCED TO TORID I IRID RID WATER OF SAND - I The construction of a large ldrge sand bo bo"C boC bo\at bo at \ " c cat I at the head of the Moab Irrigation Irrigationcompany Irrigationcompany Irrigationcompany company s 5 canal to eliminate the sand sandwhich , wWch which for several years has been com- com corn- corn - commg cornmg com coming - ing mg down Mill , MUl Mlll creek in ever increasing increasingquantities increasingquantities increasingquantities quantities , has been advocated the thepast thepast thepast past week by Mayor J T LearningI Learningand Learningand Learning I and members of or the town board A Ameeting Ameeting Ameeting meeting will he held beld this evening by bystockholders bystockholders bystockholders stockholders of the Irrigation Irrlgation company com com- company company - pany and other interested citizens to todiscus todiscuss todiscuss discus discuss the matter ma.tter . and take definiteaction definite | actionI actionThe action ' The constantly increasing amount of of5and ofsand ofsand I 5and sand in the irrigation water has be- be beI be become - I come a problem of major importance importanceto to the town as well as to local farmsDitches farms farmsDltches farmsDitches Dltches Ditches soon fill fi1L . up , . allowing water to tooverflow tooverflow tooverflow overflow into the streets , causing causingheavy causingheavy causingheavy heavy damage Moreover MorE-over MorE over - , the ac- ac accumulating accumulating ac accumulating - cumulating sand along dit ditch < : h banks banksand banksand banksand and heads of fields threatens to ruIn ruInfarm ruinfarm ruinfarm farm land , unless steps are taken to toelim1nate toeliminate 10eliminate elim1nate eliminate the nuisance . Those who have had experience with withslmllar withsimilar withsimilar slmllar similar situations sltuations state that practically practicallyall I all of thp- thp the thpsand - sand can can be b < * elIminated ftlimlna + pri bY byconstruction tvtf tvtfconstruction construction of ot a large settling flume flumeat flumeat flumeat at the head of the canal The sand sandit , it is argued , , will Wlll accumulate in thebottom the thebottom thebottom bottom of the flume and can be sluiced sluicedout sluicedout sluicedout out at regular intervals intervaIs , say once a day dayIf dayif dayif If necessary . The R F . C relief rellef committee has hasagreed hasagreed hasagreed agreed to furnish labor for construction construc construc- construction construction - - tion of the Improvement , , if 1 ! the irrigation Irriga irriga- irrigation Irrigation - - tion company will furnish the lumber lumberneeded lumberneeded lumberneeded needed At tonights tonight s meeting definitedecision defmite definite defmitedeclsion definitedecision declsion decision will be made as to whether or ornot ornot ornot not to proceed with the matter . |