Show DUTY AND INTEREST INTEREST UNITE I Not long ago property owners and i others interested assembled at Lagoon and discussed a project for irrigating from fifty to a hundred thousand acres of now useless sel land between here and Ogden A little later the people of Lay Layton La Laton Layton ton held another meeting to look a lit little little littie tle tie more closely Into the matter Like meetings have been held in other towns along the route to be affected by the proposed canal Every man in the state wants every acre in the state to become productive The Layton people and all others want wantonly wantonly wantonly only to know just what hat is i to be done how it will affect them under what guarantees the enterprise wIn wM be b for forwarded forwarded forwarded warded No man is going to object if he will not be injured by it And no noman noman noman man is going ng to remain inactive and un unhelpful unhelpful unhelpful helpful if Il it is going to be of benefit to him Maybe there is not enough water in Utah to irrigate all aU the arid land in Utah We are not yet et prepared to con concede concede cede even that broad claim But oer certainly certainly I there is water enough to irrigate and vitalize a whole tot lot more land than is now under cultivation It Is the duty of every citizen of the state tate to help for forward forward ward every enterprise which makes for forthe forthe forthe the further reclamation of Utah land He has a right to demand that he be benot benot benot not injured Inured by the work Beyond Be ond that all aU his interest and all aU his profit combine to make him help forward the devel p ment of the now unused land even though It do not profit him personally Utah is in the gateway of a tremendous tremendous tremendous dous advancement And It is money in inthe Inthe Inthe the pocket of every man woman and child to help forward that worthy work |