| Show Gov Spry on the Irrigation District Law t Governor IGo said a reporter to Got GoX Spry yesterday I 1 see there is a movement on foot toot to put the district t irrigation law into operation in Davis and Weber counties The rhe law being be ing a new one it will be of special interest to the people if will ill explain in 11 ti general way a its its' provisions the advantages to be attained rind and the method of procedure to the plan effective and with that end Cud in view I will first risk you ou What i is the purpose of f this new law The liThe purpose primarily is the building of a greater state replied the governor Jo Utah cannot grow much beyond Its present population unless its agricultural conditions are materially materially materially ma ma- improved and enlarged Th There sire are great tracts of land no no- better to be found in any state state-in in the Union which are practically valueless for homemaking homemaking home- home makin making by reason of the lack of water wafer The cost of construct constructing con con- ng and canals t to serve these lands would be ninny many times ir th ir present value and this applies to the lands to which you ref refer r For instance there are approximately approximately ap ap- proximately forty five thousand acres of arid lands in Davis and Weber counties worth about 25 an acre sore I name th this s price advisedly advisedly advisedly ad ad- for the reason that afew a afew few years ago Eastern parties undertook the reclamation of these lands on the basis of bu buying buying buy buy- ing one half th the acres acrea fn- fn water to the other half at cost or below they proposing proposing propos propos- in ing to too make their profit by the sale of the lands which which after after arter furnished with water vater would have e a greatly increased d value l eI e. e I am alit told these parties secured se- se secured se se- cured under udder option about i twenty ven- ven ty tv thousand acres ait at t an average price of abo about t 10 14 Ier er acre The estimated cost df if Water to be delivered to this land Was nearly f five times tile the of the tile land and it Was wail foUnd the money imaney could riot not be lie borrowed With the tilt lands as is s security The same q quality of land hind lying under a cabal i is Worth front from to p l without without with with- out Water vater the the v writer water t f being froth from to mak making ing the land With the Water vater Worth s say i ti average of p peY pcr t acre add arid in the case dase se of the higher I b lairds la ds probably ba ly double that afire One One of bf th the purposes fir 61 this dew ta laW tais is to make inake it p pOSsible to borrOw sufficient motley molley on these lands to t the necessary irrigation works arid and reclaim t the i lauds for home homebuilding homebuilding building V is any L land or im- im it in tHe tile district tt to be bet t i d excer except the lurid ludd directly dir t No ho th the law v pro pro ldes s that only the lati land Hen c by Jr th the tiie e eus us use oi tit th the water i id io held liable for th hid tax taxi tax Theil h this tax tat is not to tb be considered as is a 3 mortgage age No o more than city county arid and state stat taxes are a tl mortgage age in Ire rt case of or a mortgage the tIk land nud arid and the individual buld beheld be Held for the all o dt and aud the tiie basis of a loan is about fifty per vei cent c of the pres present ut value whereas her as the farmer is isett getting ett ng a u loan of say four or fiVe l' iii e tittles times the present Value and none o of HI liis lils other property is held beld liable Then front from your knowledge of the law and it i conditions you ou be believe the farmer or landowner land landowner owner is fully protected and no undue advantage antage can b be taken taken- of him I certainly do believe so 50 and do lo riot dot see how a fairer or more liberal proposition could be I framed in the interest of the community affected There may be other ques questions arising in connection with t this his h i s d district l i s or sanitation organization Would you be he willing to answer further prop proper r q queries regard to it Yes I stand r ready ad to lend it un any proper and legitimate leg aid within within- my power power Inter Intermountain Inter Inter- mountain I Republican I |
