Show CO OF NEW MEM CANAL AMAL TO TOBE TOBE BE CELEBRATED Directors of Ditch Company InVIte All An Davis County People To JOIn In Event at Dans Davis High School August lih fth Interesting Program Arranged i Everyone in Davis DaIS Dav Da IS county is tend extend extended ed a cordial invitation to attend the celebratIon of the completion of the thene ne new Highline canal to be held Tues Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday day evening August 4 1931 at 8 o'clock at the Davis Da county high school according to Albert B Barton president of the Highline Ditch com com- company company pany The directors of this com com- com I company company company pany and the committees chosen to put over this celebration met Wednesday Wednesday Wed evenIn evening at the Barnes Bank bUildIng and the reports repOl ts of the com com- committee committee committee te that every ery everything everything thIng is in re dIness for the event The program will be as follows follow Overture The Mariners l Brief History of the Davis and Weber CountIes Canal From Prom Its Beginning to the Present Plesent E P Ellison EllI cornet solo H Ii L Gleason History of Echo Reservoir From Its Inception to the TIme the Project was as Taken Oset OHI by bythe bythe bythe the Federal Government Together To ethel WIth a Sketch of the Highline Canal John G M l Baines tenor solo John Parrish Building of Echo ReservoIr I A P Bigelow Big selectIon election Farmington Harmony quartette Advantages Ad of Irrigation Govel Governor nor George H Dern selection Farmington Harmony quartette What Conservation of Water Means to Utah William R Wallace tenor solo olo John Parrish remarks President Heber lIeber J Grant GIant finale The Dimmers 1 Special invitations to attend the celebratIon have been extended tended to Governor George H Dern Secretary of State Milton 1 H Welling President Heber J Grant Senator tor Reed Smoot Senator William Wiliam H King RepresentatIve Representative I Frederick C Loofbourow Rep Rep- RepresentatIve Representative Representative Don B Colton David Jd F FSmith I SmIth Bigelow low Ward C Holbrook A P Bige- Bige low E P Ellison J G M DI Barnes H J Sheffield W R Wallace PresIdent President President dent Henry H Blood President Jos- Jos Joseph Joseph Jos Joseph eph H Mayor John F Bo Bowman Boman man of Salt Lake City 1 Mayor or Ora Bundy of Ogden George M DI Ba Bacon Bacon Bacon con P H Commissioners A R Cook E 0 Muir l H J Barnes and to the directors of all an IrrIgatIon companies in Davis Dais county It was as v as reported at the meetIng Wednesday evening that this celebratIon celebration celebration tion completion will III not only mark the comple comple- tion of the Highline canal but will also mark the beginning of a new and andre re revived Davis county The dl dream earn of ofa ofa ofa a reservoir e a the Echo reservoir now stands has been in the minds of some of our citizens for 35 years The story of this fight to store the waters aters of the Weber 11 el and use It Iton iton iton on the fertile lands of Davis county IS one of high courage optimism and resourcefulness illness in the face of almost Insurmountable difficulties and final victor when hen the waters v atel s of the 1 run un for foi the first time tune into creek cleek and md the added water of the Echo resel reservoir saved the crops m in DavIS and Weber county The dream of these far seeing Cit Cit- CitIzens citizens cit citizens is not completely realized It as reported because it was hoped and is still hoped that Weber river water ater ater would irrigate Davis county as asfar asfar asfar far south as the Salt Lake county countyline line This celebration should bring the citizens of this county closer closel to together together together possibilities gether should point out the tIes and advantages of mote mOle more and should encourage those who feel that plese v prices do not war war- warrant war rant lant the cost of a full and dependable water right The decoration committee reported that the building would be beautIfied wIth flowers made possible bv by the water ater no now coning coming from from the Weber rIver Holmes Creek reservoir Kays- Kays ville Kays-ville I ulle sille Irrigation company New Sur Sur- Sur- Sur Surey Survey vey ey ey reservoir and creek would long since have ha been dry had hadIt hadit hadit It not been for foi this added water |