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Show TUNNEL FOR WATER AT AMERICAN FORK 8perlal to Tha Tribune. AM'iKICAX FORK. TUth. Jan. Tha Aroerl.-an Fork City Council haa formally derided de-rided to dig a tunnel about forty rods long, where they expect to tap a good Irrigating stream of water. The tunnel will be along the county road between hero and Alpine, and will be started at the foot or a b-ng. sloping hill and win be tunneled Into It- The notices asking ask-ing lag bids have been posted, and It Is tha Intention In-tention to hava the wr,rk completed before gji pat (bat a satisfactory teat can be given thei. m heme. Tola. If proven to be a success, will be of an Immenae value to Amerban Cork Vrarly much damage Is done the many different crops because of the lack of sufficient suffi-cient irrigating water. The canyon stream, on whleh they are compelled at present to depend de-pend frc all of the Irrigating water. Is. after Pleasant Urove and lehl have received their share, far from w ha It used to be The action ac-tion taken by the Councils of tha three towna. In an endeavor to Increase the supply has had a c effect They have already Completed a reservoir rn th. - ' r IjsJi- ftt which will hold an average-alaeU body of water They have t lao determined to tunnel In on many of the canyon streams during tha coming spring M this they expect to be able to Increase tha rt.'v. f the springe very materially Tha etrat location of the canyon la such that If proper tunnel work la dona there la no doubt that an enormxus amount of water can be added to the present stream The fact alone that water haa for the past few yaara been getting scarcer every year has been the means of may American Fork people going to Idaho. anada and other northern porta, but If by acanc energetic means tha water supply gg this town alone can be sufficiently Increased It win be of an immense value to American Fork In the iHj.-hesne river Into this valley, which Htate engineer TVtreinue told the people of ve e-i.an Fork waa tha Intention of the Gov-1 Gov-1 itimafiT. providing it was feasible, which, he .tab ' aftrr a careful ln est Iga lion, was ra- rton. -To Mr and Mra John W airy era of Uiie I iav,e, a vlaugLUj. Jabuary i. |