Show BIG SAUPET SC Effort to Reclaim Thousands of Acre of Swap Land Ephraim Aug 21Preparatlons are now under way to begin work on the system of drainage of the swamp west of this city This swap is located I about two miles wet of the town and extends from a point near Chester on I the north to Mat on the south I contains several thousand acre of the finest lad in Sanpe county The center of the swap was formerly the channel of the Sanpete river but the formation of a bar across the charnel I b8 n11 wet of ManU some time in ages past caused the water to back up over ali al-i that stretch of country that now oem cm prises the swap As time passed the tme te channel became fled up until now from a point dIrely west of this cIty to the bar there is not a sign of a channel During the high water season in the spring the water floods over this tract of land but It drIes out later in the season Some seasons i produces a Druce sPlendid crop of vld hay and oats have been successfully grown On some porto s of It The completion of this enterprise will add a great deal to the farm arca Of this count and i will Particularly are benefit this city as most of the land Is oWled by our citizens Hon Peter Thompson of thIs city ha been the mot prsistent worker In this enterprise and it is due chiefly made to his efforts that a star Is soon cle be |