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Show THE GOVERNMENT'S FILING. There is no mistaking the importance of the llllng made upon the waters of the Weber river, by Mr. George L. Swendsen, of tho Government reclamation recla-mation service, for the benefit of that service. The water filed on Is ample, and the use to which it is to be put will be of tho very greatest benefit to the community. But the significant fact at the bottom of the filing is that the Government Is so much in earnest in Its helpful work of reclaiming lands here for the people's peo-ple's benefit that it takes this Important step, which contemplates the use of all the otherwise untaken water of that considerable stream, for power purposes as well as for Irrigation! The enterprise enter-prise proposed 1b one of the largest that has ever been proposed in this Stato, and it certainly has the strongest backing back-ing of any. While this filing indicates unmistakably unmistaka-bly the extensive character of the Government's Gov-ernment's purposes in Utah, what are the people doing to forward those purposes? pur-poses? What step to meet the Government Govern-ment in its beneficence is taken by the water-users? Let us look at the Utah Lake proposition. What have the farmers farm-ers here done for months past to keep that project alive? In what way have they indicated their sense of tho mighty opportunity held out to them by the reclamation re-clamation plan offered? Are they not afraid that they will lose tho chanco here presented, nnd that tho Government's Govern-ment's force and enterprise will be directed di-rected elsewhere? Once lost, or allowed al-lowed to drop out of sight, the Utah Lake improvement is liable to bo abandoned aban-doned in favor of other schemes, kwhosa v advocates arc clamoring for Just such an opportunity for them, ob the people here have presented to them, and Ib theirs for pie taking. Tho Government engineers have worked out tho problem most completely and satisfactorily. Wc should bo sorry Indeed to see all that work go for naught, and to nco tho farmers of this valley lose tholr opportunity oppor-tunity for the sake of mere neglect. But of course If they don't want this work dono, they needn't have It. The Government Govern-ment Is not at all anxious about It, and can easier than not go elsewhere with Its experts and their work. It Is gratifying to note that, other communities in Utah arc not so indifferent. indif-ferent. The Bear Lako reclamation project Is pronounced by the engineers to bo an Ideal ono. And tho people to be benefited by It are keon to have the work done. They are moving actively In the matter, and the prospects now are that the Bear Lake reclamation project will take precedence of the Utah Lake Improvement. As the whole matter mat-ter in both cases rests upon tho deBlre and support of the people, ij. Is quite proper that the rule, "first como first nerved" should be put Into force; and that 1b precisely what will bo done. |