Show TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEM Utah County Farmers Discuss Best Methods of Draining Utah Lake Provo Dec 9 A rousing meeting of the Utah county count farmers was hold held at the tho county court house Saturday afternoon and about fifty nyo f farmers discussed the best beet methods of draining Utah lake J B the veteran water ater com corn commissioner missioner here was the tho first speaker and In a lengthy length address reviewed the entire situation for fot twenty years ears back lie He was wall opposed by George Y on some pome of the technical points concerning the agreement entered into years ago by bythe bythe bythe the Utah county farmers f and Salt Sl t Lake Lak county count Years rears ago an agreement was made to let the water flow unmolested In Inthe Inthe the tho Jordan river from Nov 15 J to March 15 16 1 of each year This arrangement ment stopped the flooding of land around Utah lake in the tho summer time and Increased the tIlt acreage of the county considerable Last summer r over acres of land landwere landwere landwere were flooded and thousands of dollars In crops lost At present the lake Is over three feet deeper than it was two years ago The meeting lasted for over three hours and resulted in the election for commis commissioner commissioner stoner of George T Pea of Provo Prove and Joseph E Creer Creel of Lake Shore The of officers elected of the Utah County Count Farm Farmers Farmers ers era association are Andrew president Joel A Johnson vice president president president dent E E Hinckley secretary Another meeting will be held on the of Janu January ary ao |