Show PUTTING IN A BIG DAM keven miles long to raise biar lake ten feet WILL AWARD in ten las lie f afa ailes of canal acif mner AT n THIS ani tt dispatches the ix bother central kia dan at ahe e dilla july li PAT HEIR llor A is being fully biks lunsfo mi A reporter of TUB yesterday met air freil Ji lallas of the company which 14 to provide alie city ft etli water for all tune to come aej obtained from him a few detail of ahe work which is already in progress many hate thought that until the contract for dillea f ranal al ilia plaiting waa let not lung would lie done in fact that the company waa only awaiting taj time to open alio bids and determine n bo would be the lucky con before anything would be done this idea was dispelled hy what air had to eay to alie pes tion when are the contracts to be opened and aro many bids in tha awk he well I 1 can giva you an idea of what e are doi ng V e are recel 11 ng a great number ut letters and tele p ims from various contractors from 11 parts of the country and there is no doubt that we will have plenty of aids ti select from the bids are to be in and to be opened by the of this month it may take like half a month after the ia awarded to got to actual work I 1 am an ore that many think that ve are bloing nol hiot and that 0 o are lying idle wliilam awaiting the SO ti but such is not the case why the company are now a dam across he northern end of bear lake which mill he beven icieg long etien completed As alio ler expressed surprise attlia mr took a piece ot paper and drew a outline ot the location ol 01 hear ake and aind lake lying north 0 it half ot bear lake is in anil alia other halt in utah at the north end there is au enlargement stretching out for miles which is tilled with wa ter at present the water in this lake ia about feet deep at the northern limit of hear lake between it and mud like this levy is be iut built and a coolly force of men in no employed emp loved on it thia il im will be beven mile long and vi be between 30 and 35 feet wide at the top and about 20 feet high thia is done ti raise alie water ten feet in tho lale which will rive us an ample cupply lor atia canal when necessary how large is thia lake the waters of chich you hare appropriated for it covers an area of esnare railei macir has om that sa loot ol 01 water an aero will water that acre during nn im bat edg season square mile contains acres makes a surface area on the lake of acres it we raise the lake ten feet wo will to macir Pon ellB tion laie water to irrigate acres of land that will be more than we need down dioro or on the western branch cf alie canal but we can use it in other places should MB have too mui h an living near the lake bayo ho once dropped a line 00 feet and failed to reach bottom how will you ret the water from the lake into alie river you see the isear river aiges in the almost east if silt lake and then takes a direction then it turns in north beaverly Bea terly direction until it reaches tha north end of die lake alen it turns westward wesl ward and iff D southwest datil bait ake ij beached ea ched in daia we will have that will to feet wide when we want to turn the water into the canal e open the pates and let be water pour out into lake it will pasa into the river as the lake empties into it bethere will be no need whatever to make a canal to conrey the water into the river what about the claims of the ranchers living on the river biome balm lalm that when they take their water there will not be any for the i anal well the year than it may be airala tor owing to there belog ao little enow in the moun taina alieu igafo many appropriations have been roada since we Et artel we therefore laie alie priority of right in thorn and nill leave to ut them out wo will not deprive them of alie water but wo with to furnish it to them 1 do not think rom the Burey we hava raade and liia measurement of alie capacity of the edream that there is any danger whatever of water ot interfering witti the plans we laic in diew have yon aidy ers at work at any point at present 9 yee there are two co ps at work in he canyon at the head of the canal and even now them ia one corps worling mortn of city surveying and the capacity of the add is burth of here aa the U itea ditch and elioso further from ha mouth of oden cannou it mil be buthi elfort atma before wo work on alitt alno iu the canyon to bring the water to ini iCily etere water from eliae up the canyon in a canal oa tho elile of the river until ahe of the canyon is reached when we will pat it in pipes end take to the reservoirs whan it reaches ali mouth 0 alie canyon it will probably bo feet upon the or thereabouts we have not made lie survey yet we then drop it in the pipes almost to the level of be river and cany it over the hilts to its destination from this you cm see that wo are far from jle idle v bile we are wailing for tle opening of the head the main canal what is the cost of die dam yon are now building at alio llio northern end of bear lake it will involve an expenditure of nearly ta tor the earth works and the remainder for tho head kates you can uell imagine il bo of an size will abo raising of he lale not interfere wilh farms that may he near no the balce ia hy except on the north fed by many small streams there are a few farms on the north west corner near st charles that nill be blooded but na have made satisfactory satie factory arrangements for their purchase mr bothwell bratel eliat the majority report of the city council committee appointed appoint pd to investigate his proposition and lie had accepted had been bent to many points east anil the project bich wai BOB an assured thing had aw much interest in irrigation circles in the fat on wednesday baat an attempt at kidnapping occurred in aliis city lee a eon of mr blichard taylor of this city aged about eight ears waa on lie tabernacle square about noon watching the atone cutters at work in the yard they have established there while ahns innocently employed a daik looking man appeared on the acene and as he passed lie crabbed the boy by the arm and re quested him to go with him alie boy resisted but the man drag red him along when lio saw that abe boy was about to make such a disturbance tur bance that it would attract attention he picked him up in his arms and pared his liand over liis mouth ie carried ln ni down twenty second street to the depot over the bridge aad into alio brush here he sat him down and began teaching libin to swear saying that he was not to see big parents again and that they were going lie roust lemi anctil ant Til to the we of each language he also wanted him to go him peaceably finally he told the frightened boy eliat they must be oina and they at once started out alie hoy knew bot where his struggles and calls however were scon and heard by a called to alio man let the boy go lie did not peem disposed to do so but ou the br aleman the demand the man let him go and began direction while the boy started in another the boy got home at ia abe afternoon and told his parents what biad occurred they had not been very alarmed at ilia absence as he had been in abe habit of placing around only thinking him A little late in uniting in this may eerie as a warning to parents to keep a sharp lookout for their children as they are not cafa w hen out of their eight the only ro arct is that there is no way whereby to identify the man that his arrest and might be secured considerable complaint has been beard on the streets because of the non receipt of the dispatches sent by abe nebraska press association to the chamber of commerce stating their numbers and the time of their arrival in this city aliey efto one of them from cheyenne neither of them befog received here causing annoyance and preventing the city from making the necessary arrangements for entertainment sir president of the chamber of commerce was seen on the matter yesterday and ho denounced such doings as an outrage on the public why were they not received ce ived lie said our messages were received by them and aliey answered each alie d I 1 patches were lost and what was the cause the union Pacific railway has aldays discriminated against ogden in favor of bale live and I 1 think that this ia only another proof of that assertion alie action here would also carry out that idea aliey were promised that they could stay till midnight but when ians found hat aliey were boing entertained too well orders came that they must leae for kilt lala at 10 hy good maneuvering they biad the time eitenne eit ende to 11 when they left alie city again hie anan in charge of the party a U P official left them hero to get along as best they coull whilo lie went to salt lake to arrange for their reception there that however ia of lees consequence alien public bodies cannot secure tha same service from a telegraph company when matters of importance to the city are involved as at other times it is certainly laigh time that an investigation was made in order to see where the fault lies ogdan does not propose to be bulldozed in any such way by those w ho are enriching from the pockets of the public but will see that the same service is extended to her as to other more favored cities in this one particular I 1 repeat eliat it is a shamo and an outrage to thus treat one city yielding preference to another where the treatment should by all means be equal firt council district the delegates tor the first council district convention met at kaysville Kays ville n alio day named in the territorial call and elected jaa H grant chairman C II 11 clark secretary gro A lincoln chaplain and 1 11 harris at arms fourteen out of abe twenty delegates eliat should be there answered to alie roll call the freedom of the house being ac W penrose lq that gentleman represented the interests of alio peoples party in its present situation as far as the work of this contention was concerned the nominees voted for were joseph barton and chomas F Kou eclie after a free discussion on I 1 he question of representation of the people to alin legislature T F Itou eche asked to leave ins name withdrawn and abe vote for joseph carton waa unanimous this being alie only of it adjourned tint die 0 it secretary police ins the follow ing cases receded attention before justice yesterday lavid lloyd for drunkenness will win II 11 stone was found cuilty 0 stealing a wringer and a set of china from abe family hogeland Ho leland was given JJ days in jacif he will work on the gang with a bill and chain II 11 K tompkins paid a fine of ta and coata for being drunk A complaint was made by lorenzo joseph watson a herd boy biad forcibly driven cows from him while taking them to the estra pound tor continually trespassing tres passing on liia lands the boy admitted the to la 18 true aej w s lined 8 in clu ire of costs which he baid john obrien tilled to a fine of 15 tor the peace ami v ent to J jil for an esnil number cf nays |