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Show STATE GEOLOGIST PETERSON URGES OUR FARMERS TO SAFEGUARD WATER SUPPLY COPY OF PROPOSED LAW REGULATING USE OF UNDERGROUND WATER READ AT MASS MEETING NO CAUSE FOR IMMEDIATE ALARM South Milford farmers wishing to I definitely assure themselves of a i rpetuaiity of tillable soil, others '-i. hing to be more informed on the rii'j'tt, and others downright op-j op-j pored to underground water legisla-! legisla-! club house Wednesday afternoon to hear proposed underground water legislation discussed by William Peterson, Pe-terson, director of extension service, Utah Agricultural College. Fifty-' Fifty-' four persons were in attendance at the gathering. Mr. Peterson, who is also state gedogist, prefaced his remarks by a de.-cription, both geological and typo-gianliical, typo-gianliical, of the Milford valley, and finally brought out the fact that he came to the valley farmers wifh a word of warding that they should urge legislation which would guarantee guaran-tee the perpetuality of their water supply. However, he declared that he hail no occasion to believe that the limit of land development here was anywhere in sight. As stirred up as the residents of the flats are about the issue, it is an absurdity to presume that their wishes will positively be followed by the legislature. Prof. Peterson beg-jred beg-jred them to voice their sentiment to the county representative, George Jefferson, and urge him to do his best to help the bill or kill it, as uhected. As immediate action would be necessary, (we understand that the bill has not yet been introduced in legislature), farmers are advising a meeting at the earliest possible date to arrive at a conclusion regarding what they want. The closing date :cr the introduction of bills in the j legislature is February 22. I The essentials of the bill are printed print-ed in another column of this paper. |