Show WOULD REDUCE E SUPPLY Y OF WATER t Farmers May Demand Rights in Parleys Parley s Canyon t t WILL GREATLY AFFECT AFF CITY I i j jNO NOT NOl NO GETTING S U SALT S L LAKE CANAL 4 T HE farmers along the Salt Lake LakeI THE I canal in Farmers and Sugar S wards ward want more iv water ter They Th assert that they are not getting th the supply their farms need and d that th t they are entitled Jo 0 Water Wa er they t the e should have hac is going to waste they the claim and unless the matter Is rem remedied remedied they propose to demand their water from Parleys canyon canfora which is t 1 exchanged to t the city for an equivalent equivalent lent of canal water If r this is done t the e city water supply will be cut short and a over water may result re ultA A number of or farmers living a alg the tte canal were in the city yesterday yest est rd y regis registering registering protests against the shortage of qt water and among them was John Gab Gabbott Ga Gabbott bott the representative e or of the oa oil the board of distribution According to the statements made by several seer l of ot the farmers to Jo a Herald Heral representative they are not getting anything like Ilke the water necessary for fOJ forthe forthe the raising of ot their ther crops ops and the cause they assert is neglect of tle t water ditch According to their claim there are about gallons of water daily dally going Into mb the mouth o othe f the canal but that at less than gallons of that supply reaches the farms farm for Cor which It Is intended On account of ot this shortage in fn water ater Ute tile crops are suffering Buffering It lie 11 is Ia claimed and an anthe the farmers feel Ceel that unless something is done d ne to restore the full ful fU 1 supply they t ey will be forced to take some Action themselves to get enough water The claim of or the farmer tarm r is that th t the canal is overgrown with heavy helLY water grass near the source and this causes the water vater to back up in the canal until it seeps through and is In in other lost from Crom the canal until less than half halt the amount that enters the ditch reaches the placed for tor which filch It Jt Is in intended intended intended tended The farmers tanners say sa that all ajl that thatis t is Ia necessary to remedy the matter Is Isto Isto isto to have the grass and obstructions re removed removed removed moved from Crom the canal and they hei would get the supply that they need If It this Is not done soon though tho gh they th y state they will be forced to call caU upon the city for their share of or water from Parleys canyon In order to da anything at all aU with their crops If It this Is done the s ply of or the tM city will be greatly reduced and the effect upon the city will wUl be severe se ere as as will easily be seen The they tiler are not anxious to demand city wares but they the must have haye nough enough to raise their crops that if hey ey cannot c not secure It f from om one source they will have to get et it from another |