| Show DAVIS DA VIS COUNT T irrigation DIST TO t B ORGANIZED john A bourn urn chairman of the county farn ar n bi bureau alti I 1 iga ga tion committee C eld ci a county meeting at r a I 1 rm I 1 ignoll july 18 at it 8 p in to disc discuss is s s the feasibility of continuing on oil he ic fori formation nation of the davis count irrigation dis brict delegates t J from var various ions parts of the coun county met with the central committe to prefect a program of worl anor proceeding edill th the ele election action those j in atten attendance C were D F S it A T L dark clark W D criddle gral gran S dark bark john child T A philip jos N ford geo E holt M P roberts john 11 blood geo IS ill bennett john A bourne W 1 A potter and W J thayne 4 5 t chairman baill bortne ne reported that lie he was in conff confidence fence with the governor on ju dufy 12 to obtain liis his opinion re regarding gattling the district formation the p governor governor has the matter under c Cn t but stated off handt bandy that lie he thou thought the matter of or organizing ifan izing an tion district to L thoroughly io roughly in invest vesti gate the possibility bithy of conse conserving arving the water of dais divis county was a very credible rk and stated that he thought ahe matter should be thoroughly explained to the people lie ile thought lit every bod owed it to X ieni selves to thoroughly iivo 40 f t iga t e the irrigation district mc le and should not be content wi I 1 I 1 street gossip gossip or 1 hear say T governor has agreed to att and nd a number of meetings to 1 1 C s held in davis county pravio is to the election previes I 1 mr bourner stated that a meeting of draina drainage i p e committeemen of the county 11 yarm apa arm bureau had ilna been held at recently 1 relative to the irrigation district hand handling lino the drainage M 10 to lo be done in the county the people at this meet in ing howe however verj iid did not work out any definite ians lans mr bourne as ked those present to express their opinion of ahe district move david P F started lie he wt was is very much i favor of the ditri district ct organization kil yie lesaw saw no daniger danejer in orga organizing 1 the district for 1 w a board of sit of davis county owing ow ingland land in davis da vis county would L the right tn ng as near as possible e 2 two thirds or if the people aliye h c to vot i for a bond issue issue belo any thin hung C could be done and hep lied rould depend on oil this number of savis avis county people doing the ri lit ht thing and 3 he be was not abrail of the high line canal fo no on county could build it alone 11 lie felt that all the water that is no noy ping going to waste in davis county be consert ed cd and the only ay to do this was to org agniz fi 0 1 district to investigate vesti gate pos possibilities sibil ties N no construction st work 1 r no large expenses incurred 1 conditions were settled of dj 4 ire ile stated the district was organized th tb board of direct ors would do teiei theora ork at some fu 0 ture date ming through gli all the preliminary work of organ izing it again and filings could be made by the dist district t and held un til such time as ts ft 0 thirds of the people support sup porte edhe lie board of supervisors in so definite work while if the dist distinct t was not organized cori sidel le had been spent by thi the county kiny and state which would no esula n ani akyi good to davis co clugy y bishop J N F adl I 1 stated that there was condit considerable rable water needed in north lit erville and he felt sure that ye e should organize to obtain ve ment aid if for no other ra rebon n and stated that the government he thought would do consid elble work in the future and dott for districts havivi having za some to present UK 0 t john 11 II blood stilted stated he was in favor of organ iziu it hut i it stated there was some I 1 A opposition in kaysville Kays ville because t lf people not standing the ther irrigation district move and not frn knowing what it meant to them he que felt that a vig orous campain campain cam paig q should be conducted through 01 t the district in ill order that t heip eople people in might ight know more about e irrigation district move john child T Ag phillips geo continued 4 I 1 E holt M 0 roberts W D riddle criddle geo E ennett grant S dark clark bp A L lark and W E potter expressed themselves as being in favor f this I 1 organization bishop A L LJ lark ark suggested 0 that hat delegates at he meeting take the he matter mattei up v th their local bishops to try a ai d have them devote one parent parental class in sunday school and one ste mr ramen t meeting before august 1 to irrigation work at which face ce very compe tant state speaks As will speak the appointed a p program committee to oata obtain in speakers for th thea elie meetings and since the meetings have been arranged in quite number of the th 1 wards to take place in parents parent S class and sacrament meeting most of which w be held on oil july 31 every landowner lang landowner owner in davis 41 county should attend these meetings in order tha t he may hew hear first handed banded as t what the possibilities bili ties of davis county bounty are in order that he will know definitely what the irrigation district move means I 1 in n the rulan mean time if any question arises ag to the work some of the aeve comi committee cittee sl biou be consulted for or augut 15 t arfe I 1 e day of botin voting 91 is drawing nearl nearl Lets investigate e and know far 0 ourselves X what the w irrigation 0 are arc some of the to be considered about th the bavis avis county arri irrigation at n district jire re 1 the law was vas passed by he state legis legislature a where baie farmers themselves sel es could organize themselves for eor the protects n of their rights in putting to b use the waters of the site sate and 2 it takes a majority of afe people to beate a district and 4 66 bonds can be 10 sold or construction commenced without a two thirds majority ote of the haq lar owners 3 it 1 i I a means of conducting a thorough investigation aiba aia uniform expense to all the land requiring water the expense ca cannot not exceed 2 per acre as provid provida by the law and 4 if this dinv inv instigation ti gation is not made by the people or land owners themselves sands of davis co will have to remain high and dr dry y until some it capital wants to or sees fit tk make an investigation at whit which time the shares of stock will b basold b sold at enough in in addition to pa pay t this expense plus a profit for ahk alii company 5 all work can be d dane laraby tie more 0 gli ly and cheape the farmers themselves for t t acre are no profits to be made t th 1 board of su pervis ors being pai haidi i 0 oi for actual time spent all and 6 evely t vety body it in davis county wl ill benefit by an JL increase supply of water for lands now having insufficient supply will increase I 1 ij 3 9 va value lue this will mean that lamb now having a sufficient supper will be increased increase c d in value for ivill make a cor community i tj y an anaa richer county ss |
