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Show 5 gJ ' - . " AMERICAN FORK, UTAHrFRIDAYrJAJJUARY 29,1937 "T "- ' ' 1 .'. ,. ' ; ZtMBElTlQ V ( J fe lork llch ehi Mr. ing by ham bj Sul urea it. tin! he Pep halll mi and. rine rfcei ed4 of ayef arc1 shof iccf rkUf ;th 1 ect Should Bring New Develop ;nt to North Utah County-Will provide Labor for Several Years jihd Make Possible More In- tensive -Farm - Operation 'atrlcan Fork citizens will have the opportunity on Saturday, 4 tth of deciding whether or not initial steps will be taken to community in a position to subscribe for water in the Deer ject which is rapidly nearing the construction stage, til tu made possible by the action of the City Council recently Uued an ordinance calling an for the above date. The ordl- m ptsseu au ww uui if oo uuKnoiuic tur us to cany a news k tut week's issue. However, the legal publication of the ordl- m made in our last issue. t Vote Now Does Not Mean Subscription Uwrable vote to form a metropolitan water district under the lit itate of Utah does not necessarily mean that the water dis-would dis-would then be formed would necessarily subscribe for water t Creek Project. "Before any valid subscription could be made of Directors of the proposed district will be required to the project carefully, and then if their decision should be inter they would be required to submit the proposition to a lAt tax payers living within the confines of the district. Ijx payers under the law, include all those who have paid a tan Water Election Set For Feb. 6th or real property tax of any kind during the preceding calendar fey quaiincu vulcs van vuic ul uic t'leuuun on rDruary oui, iIwot1 wyMe vAnm -t r-nt-- proposed site or DEER CREEK RESERVOIR vi itnmo Jasan Rve of whether taxes have been paid or not. City Fathers Not Committed ht action of the City Council In passing, first the initiatory W and then the ordinance calling the election does, not neces- that the City council nas commuted itseii, or will commit l subscription for Deer Creek water. It simply means that Fathers have concluded that it was wise to put this matter up to the people for decision. ' '"" "'"''A---:-- necessity oi iorming a metropolitan water district oeiore towns can subscribe for water for the use of the people living ireas was made necessary by the peculiar warding of the Utah "SdS and' town's1 as such( to their corporate capacity, -eannot1- k for, or buy water or spend money in the erection of a water which they ao not own ana control exclusively, saanuesuy . i liie size "'tit Deer Creek could not 'be owned or controlled' hy" idty or town. New Law Necessary pa pending the growth of cities and towns it would be neces- order to maintain rignts, to tease tne water occasionally ior use to others. The Constitution forbids the leasing or selling termed by cities or towns, order to meet this constitutional problem the Legislature pass- Urtropolitan Water District Act in 1935, wnlch created a new mbite eoroontlonkro district. Jjinizatlon was permitted for the express and only "purpose of water rights for people living wiuun ciues ana towns, it can other similar corporations or irrigation companies in building projects. It has the power to sell and lease sucn water pee, if a district should be' formed in American Fork, Pleasant jrliidon they can lease the water or sell it to the fanners or seeding it during the years or at rocti times M it wiu iw oe , !lj the people of the community for culinary purposes. The ;w Departmen. can also get water from this metropoUtan water ilitan-water"distriet8ave already been-formed in-Provo Salt Lake City, and organizations are now proposed in Lin- t Grove, and Lehl in aduiuon to the one in American wo. and Orem have made tentative subscriptions for water in r Creek Project to take care of future growth. Provo will prob- 1,000 acre feet; Orem 1500 acre feet. Insurance For Future Growth i normal times both of these places have sufficient water for f needs, but they do not have a supply for future growth nor p years such as 1934. iij is substantially the same position the other towns in the ad of the county, including American Fork, are in. Salt Lake iewise in the same position. 5e cities and towns already proposing to take water have felt toty to provide insurance for an emergency, as well as to pro-future pro-future growth. pere will only be one water supply available in this county, and Sat is gone no more is to be acquired, unless irrigation rights Lt. The buying of irrigation rights is found to be rather an proposition for the reason that the money usea to ouy uiese t bear interest, if borrowed, at a ratner neavy rave, suu mm of this water only robs surrounding territory of water which upon the farms. The farms must be successful in order to prosperous, as each city depends upon its surrounding ro bustness. ' Deer Creek. Project merits serious consideration. It is not iary promotion enterprize, but is entirely under the auspicies of iited States Government, and particularly the Reclamation J 'This Bureau has a record of thirty years experience beck of 3fflng dams and in constructing worthwhile projects. No Promotion Profits Provo River Water Users Association, a corporation, which . organized to buy the project from the Government, is com-prely com-prely of irrigation companies, metropolitan water districts, and p districts. No promotion fees are allowed in putting over its p. Those who are working for it will probably receive a salary if a the project la successful. In this respect this entire project 'ant from the ordinary promotion Irrigation enterprize. This kept clearly In mind in considering tne project. . Big Payroll For Central Utah reliably estimated that during the next two years, if the pro be put under construction, there would be a payrou oi ap-four ap-four million dollars. The entire project, including the ion of the Duchesne Tunnel, a diversion canal across Kamas Tn the Weber River to the Provo River, witn a capacity oi cond feet, and the Deer Creek Reservoir with a capacity of lre feet, the enlarged Provo Reservoir Water Users Canal across fJ end of Utah County, with a capacity of 650 second feet, is .r contract. The total cost is fixed in this contract at $7,600,-Jtt $7,600,-Jtt cannot cost more, and the water users will only have to pay dually costs, but not exceeding the above sum. wnere on this page is printed a numoer oi quesuuus ich will throw some light on the project. me meantime, every voter in American Fork snouia sees; to get iniormation concerning this great project. i f "N , ' ; 1 n-r- .ammaik) m (Courtesy of Salt Lake Tribune) PROPOSED SITE FOR DEER CREEK DAM One of the proposed sites for the Deer Creek reservoir to Provo about 200 yards above the Junction of Deer Creek and Provo River, impounded water if the reservoir were filled to its maximum capacity outlet would be on the other side of the dam itself. Canyon. This is the favored site and is located 14 miles above Provo, The dotted lines along the mountain aides radicate the possible level 6T " of 155,000 acre feet. The farm land would be inundated and the dam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON DEER CREEK PICTURE TO BE SHOWN PARENTS k Carr, a member of the f of Health, will present f motion picture on venereal the Harrington building TMriaWiirst of lectures and pictures 1 by the Parent-Teach- on to be given each A special invitation is Is- Parents and teachers to PEOPLES BANK DIRECTORS ELECTED The annual stockholders' meeting of the Peoples Btate Bank was held last Tuesday, at which time the following fol-lowing officers and directors were reelected: Joseph H. Starrs, president; John L. JOrmage, vice president;.. Clifford E. Young, cashier; Clyde P. Crook-ston Crook-ston and Edith Thornton, assistant cashiers. Additional directors are George P. Parker and Hans Chris-tensen. Chris-tensen. The report of the secretary showed the bank to have increased its resources re-sources over $100,000.00 during the past year, its total resourees now amounting to over $400,000.00. WULoU water rights be interfered inter-fered with by the Deer Creek project? proj-ect? . . !,,..,. Answer: No. The United States intends to help irrigators not to hurt them. All. the ,water in the project is taken from flood waters of Weber and Duchesne rivers. Careful records rec-ords have been kept for more than 30 years and it has been found that there Is ample flood water in these two streams, not now appropriated, to supply the project. If Salt Lake Metropolitan District Dis-trict comes into the project and an aquaduch or conduit is built from the dam to that city, will the rest of the subscribers have to help pay its cost? Answer: No. Salt Lake will have to pay the entire cost of the conduit. No other subscriber will have to help pay It, or furnish any security whatever for its payment The contract con-tract which has been' signed by the Provo Reservoir Water Users' asso ciation does not provide for - the construction of a conduit and It cannot now be added to that contract. What Is the cobt of this present election? Answer: Approximately $50. The city pays this bUL Is a metropoUtan district expen sive to operate? Answer: It should not be. Under the law the directors serve without pay. Its other officers win not have many functions to perform, which can an be done on part time. City officers usually serve in double ca pacities with only a slight addition In salary. If a cfty or town buys water In the project what can It do with the water in years it does not need it? Answer: It can carry it over in the reservoir until it does need it. so long as there is unused capacity, or it can lease It to Irrigators in the near vicinity. This will especially be easy to do because the American Fork Irrifta-tlon Irrifta-tlon company is not taking any project water and there are a large number of stockholders who used more water under that system. If American Fork should Increase its public park system It would likely need more water now. Can the water stored In Deer Creek be used any time needed by the subscriber? Answer: Tea, within reasonable limits.. It la "fair water, and can be distributed upon short notice and in quantities desired. By reason of this fact this water is much more valuable than primary water in streams where there Is storage. It is in effect insurance against drought shortages and needs of future growth of communities. ITew can American Fork get good euBnary water out of Deer Creek project? Answer: By exchange with water users from the American Fork creek. The law permits exchange of waters. The project will enlarge the Provo Reservoir Water, U second feet. Water from )t can be used to supply American .Fork irrigators irri-gators and the- town can use an equivalent amount In its mains from the creek. If Salt Lake comes Into the project proj-ect and a conduit is built, American Amer-ican Fork can arrange to get its supply direct from the conduit. This water will all come out of the reservoir reser-voir and will of course be treated as all open stream water is now treated to be safe. When does the water have to be paid for? Answer: Payments begin one year after the project has been in full operation. The payments " are made in 40 equal installments without with-out Interest. It is estimated that the total annual charges, Including operators and maintenance charges will not exceed a maximum of $2.00 per acre foot. This is one of the most liberal offers ever made cities and towns in this country. Southern California towns had to borrow 220 millions of dollars from the United States and pay 4 per cent to S per cent Interest, as well as pay the principal princi-pal back. Cities get In on liberal terms under the Deer Creek project proj-ect because it Is primarily an irrigation irri-gation project and culinary use is only incidental to the main pur poses. That was not the case In California. IIow much wQl likely be spent for labor? Answer: About 75 per cent of the total cost of the project, directly or Indirectly. Direct labor will cost about $4,500,000, and materials bought In Utah, manufactured by Utah workmen, will add to the labor la-bor expenditure. WQI workmen be selected exclu sively from areas where subscrip tions for water have been made? Answer: Yes. It is the plan of the Provo River Water Users association, asso-ciation, and we understand also the plan of the government, to give the subscribing areas a chance for placing workmen In proportion to the amount of water subscribed for in the area. WW workmen be idrawn exclu sively from Relief rolls? Answer: No. There will be some Answer: No. On all Reclamatlonfore, to lncnaso ths averag-pro- projects the. subscribers have been permitted to use the water one season sea-son before making any payment to the government. :The Deer Creek project will no doubt follow this practice. r i" .vwwu.,. Who may subscribe for water In the project?- " '"" " Answer: Irrigation companies, Metropolitan water districts, and Irrigation Ir-rigation districts may subscribe for water. Individuals cannot subscribe directly but if they are stockholders in any company, the company may subscribe for them. How many irrigations will one acre foot of water give? Answer: The average irrigation during the late part of the season requires about four inches of water on the land, so that one acre foot will give an average of three irrigations irri-gations for each acre of land. What Is the equivalent of one acre foot of water in second feet? Answer: One second foot of water running 12 hours Is equivalent to one acre foot of water. The average Irrigation stream is approximately three second feet. A company needing need-ing a stream of . three second feet running for 00 days would require 540 acre feet. A convenient way to figure the cost of the water 6 to compute what the cost would be per irrigation for an acre of land. Assuming as above that the average irrigation is four inches, the cost of one irrigation would be 1-3 of $1.80, or 60 cents per acre. This Is a very reasonable cost for water that may be called for at any time during the year. Is the water supply of Deer Creek reliable? Answer: Yes. Records indicate that for the year 1926 72 per cent of the supply would be available; for the year 1931 95 per cent, and for the year 1934 64 per cent. For ductlon to the amount of approxi mately $10.00 per year. AmericFoTk' Trhrrnphs Over Pleasant Grove The rejuvlnated Cavemen, led by Jack Mayne, forward and only senior sen-ior of the American Fork high school basketball team, smashed Pleasant Grove, "dark horse favorite", Friday night at the local gymnasium 48 to 18. Starting with a burst of speed which left the Vikings gasping 16-3 at the quarter, the Forkera continued contin-ued their rugged play and effective shooting, running the score to 30 to 3 at half time. The Insertion, at various Intervals, of the remainder of the American Fork team failed to stem the flood of baskets. Grant Hicks and Dale Peters, finding themselves after having a rather eratic night in the Lehl game, "tanked" 11 and 6 points. Their floor and passing game was exceptionally excep-tionally good. Eaklns, giant P. G. center, along with Harvey, tried vallentiy to stem the American Fork onslaughts. TEAM STANDING W. L. FCT. Lehl 1 3 0 1.000 American Fork 2 1 .666 Lincoln 2 1 .666 Pleasant Grove 1 2 .333 Provo 1 2 .333 B. Y. High 0 3 .000 Friday's Schedule Lehl at Lincoln. Provo at Pleasant Grqve. American Fork at B. Y. High. Friday's Results American Fork 48, Pleasant Grove 16. Lehi 21, Provo 18. Lincoln 25, B. Y. High 18. AMERICAN FORK O. all other years for the past 25 years Mayne, f 7 there would be 100 per cent of the! Hicks, I. .... 5 supply available. This shows even ; Peters, c. 2 a better record than the Echo Res-! Strong, g 0 ervolr for the years 1931 and 1934, j Huggard, g 3 and better than most primary water Durrant, f 0 rights in Utah. Conder.f 1 ' 1 AHpji u 0 Taking into consideration the fact ! , cover about three years, during which all the money will be spent for labor and materials, and the repayment re-payment of the cost will be extended 19 10 48 PLEASANT GROVE O. P. P. MASS MEETING CALLED FOR WEDNESDAY A mass meeting la called In American lrk for Wednesday, February 3, at 8 p. m. in the City Hall, when the questions pertaining pertain-ing to the coming city election on forming a metropoUtan water district in our city will be discussed dis-cussed and the Deer Creek project proj-ect explained. Citizens are confronted with a vital question in this project and everyone should get all the Information In-formation available so that they can vote intelligently on the question when the election Is held February 6th. Be Present Wednesday at 8 p. m. Harvey, f. ....... 1 over a period of 40 years without i swenson, f 1 interest, it makes this project par-1 Eaklns, c. .J", V1C "V"""5 ticularlyattracUve at this time whm limitation In the choice of workmen! Jl t for the expenditure of the $1,000,000 P W A funds, but tle balance of the costs win be paid from funds under direction of the Bureau of Reclamation, and will have no limitation lim-itation for labor or materials. Win any payment have to be made before the construction work Is completed? Glllman, g. Walker, g. Heldenrich, f. Johnson,, f . .... Johnson, f V. Walker, f. .. so many men, are out of work. It has been conservatively estimated esti-mated that the returns from supplying sup-plying this water to lands as a supplemental sup-plemental supply will Increase the production at least 30 per cent. The JNellson, g . . 0 average gross Income from farms under the Droiect is anoroxlmatelr 6 0 16 $30.00 per year per acre. The Deer American Fork 16 $0 40 48 Cir w&ter mtv he exnected there- Pleasant Grove S S 12 16 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 City Discusses Pay Advances Measures varying from the appointment ap-pointment of a city dog catcher to the rental of the overflow water from the city tank were discussed by the city council which met Monday Mon-day at 8 o'clock at the city halL Work on drawing up plans for the proposed city park were set for completion com-pletion January 27. This work is belhg'!doiiefcy''F Humphries, local landscape gar- uuh mt. Ail rea jonnson naa been appointed dog catcher and had ta- ken::bois:il& amson said, would be visited and all dogs registered. The present condition of Main treet was discussed. It was recom mended that the ice and snow be removed Immediate, . ..... . The council decided to award Mr. Dick Wilson the overflow water from the cltv tank. Ha is to mv ;the''tyv$T5r the 'Water. - - - The matter of increaslns the sal ary of the night policeman and the street superintendent was discussed. - It was also recommended that 00m-ooa'Jalxfcerawages waul vj j.uu per aay. i nese matters mat-ters were tabled for further debate at subsequent meetings. The matter of increasing the num ber of pool halls in the city was brought before the body. It wajif moved that the council reconsider the question of amending the city ordinance pertaining to regulating the number of billiard halls. The motion carried and the matter will be discussed more completely at the next meeting. -0 CITY'S RED CROSS . ALLOTMENT SET American Fork has been called upon to raise $200 as its allotment for the flood stricken districts in the Mississippi valley and local Red Cross officers and the city officials have set Monday afternoon as the time to complete the collection of this fund. Workers In each ward will be di rected by Rulon Nlcholes, First; James Tattersoll, Second; William Preston, Third; Dan Jorgenson, Fourth, who have Joined forces with the Red Cross committee under Mrs. Ora Chlpmarl as chairman. The 8tyle Shop has been chosen as headquarters and Miss LfUle Shif ter will receive contributions from anyone desiring to help In this cause. Each ward bishop and ward committees will cooperate In making the collection. -f ' " Red Cross officers, cty officials . and . church leaders have endorsed the drive and accepted the allot ment and feel that the community will quickly raise the needed funds to aid those flood stricken victims so sorely in need of help. 0 VALUATION OF CARS IN DISTRICT INCREASED The value of automobiles in this district has increased materially the past three years according to the county assessed valuation. The to tal number of cars assessed in American Fork during the past three years, has not increased as rapidly as the value of the cars. In 1934 there were 610 cars assessed, with a total value of $47,965, or an average of $7830. In 1905 the number was increased by 40, or to a total of 650 canvwith a total value of $64,730 and an average value of $90.37. This was an increase in value of $12.07 per car. By 1926, 678 car owners were listed bringing the total value up to $81,220, with an average value of $120, making an Increase In average aver-age value of $41.70 over 1934 and an insrease of $39.64 over 1933. I. -i Ii 'f ' r JI 1 i it Li fir 'Vj ' tit t -1 i fx- ::'; 1 ' ' Fit ; 1 ' T3 1 1 U lia r t .,) |