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Show Clarion Farmers To Hold Water Meeting Will Discuss Important Questions and Select Delegates to Attend Salina Meeting. Tomorrow afternoon the farmeru of the Clarion and Fayette districts, together with others interested in the purchase of the Piute Reservoir and Canal project, will have a preliminary pre-liminary meeting at the city hall in Gunnison. The meeting is for the purpose of selecting representatives from this district to attend the meeting meet-ing of all interested in the big project, pro-ject, which will be held at Salina December 12th. Anent the proposition proposi-tion of the state to sell to the farmers farm-ers of Sanpete and Sevier counties, ;he reservoir and the rights therein contained, much enthusiasm has been manifest and the meeting to be iield at Salina next Friday is to de-ermine de-ermine final action in the matter. At the Salina meeting a permanent organization will be perfected and officers will be chosen to handle the affairs and make the final decision in what action will be taken in as- suming the ownership of the big project. pro-ject. The state officials, together with representatives from both Sanpete and Sevier counties have had the matter of the transfer of the project under consideration for some time. The price for the purchase has not been definitely settled upon as yet, hut that it will run ever a million dollars is assured as the building of the project has already cost the state approximately $1,055,000. The farmers interested in the purchase will be given splendid terms as they will have twenty years in which to liquidate. |