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Show Well Drilling in A.F. Canyon Discussed Tuesday Well owners and independent water users of the Pleasant Grove and Lindon area met at the city hall Tuesday night. According to Leo P. Harvey, general committee member, the meeting was called to formulate plans for lodging a formal protest with the State Engineer, En-gineer, against the drilling of water wat-er wells near the mouth of American Ameri-can Fork Canyon by the Metropolitan Metro-politan Water Board of Salt Lake City. "Present plans," said Mr. Harvey," Har-vey," include the raising of $2000 by contributions of those vitally interested to employ legal and geological geo-logical advice in the local protest." Negotiations are now underway to secure the services of Ed Clyde Salt Lake Attorney, and George Hanson, head of the department of Geology at Brigham Young University. Uni-versity. Mr. Harvey stated that the whole controversy will, in the final analysis, be settled on the legal aspects of the case. Prior underground under-ground water rights will have to be considered before additional water may be pumped from the ground, regardless of the number of new wells that may be drilled. Mayor Lewis F. Wells was in charge of the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Beck and young Robert of Ridge Crest, California Cal-ifornia are visiting their parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Beck and family. They will leave for home Sunday and Mr. Beck will resume his duties with the U.S. Navy. aPLeR2 zDfs |