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Show Will Solve Water Problem. If tho bill Mr. Popo has introduced becomes be-comes a law, the reservation people will soon have the water problom solved, and within a few years thousands of acres of land will be reclaimed. The bill provider! for tho creation of irrigation distrlcta any place in Utah under the oupervlslon of tho county commissioners of oach county. It will permit tho pcoplo to form districts and Issue bonds for tho purposo or raising rais-ing money for providing irrigation. Tho Information has beon given out that capitalists capi-talists have declared their wllllngnesB to ndvanco money to tho amount of $3,000.-000 $3,000.-000 for tho purposo a3 soon as tho bill becomes a law. Tho bill, according to Representative Pope, embodies tho features of similar bills passed by tho legislatures of Colorado Colo-rado and Idaho. Tho plan hss beon tried for Ave years In Colorado and has proved to bo a great success. If tlie bill is passed it will permit tho people of a district to practically form a corporation cor-poration among themselves and issue bonds, using their lands and ditches as security. For tho first ten years the Interest In-terest on the bonds is only G per cent a year, and the second ten years tho bonds are paid off in ton annual Installments. Install-ments. Interest la collected by the county treasurer. |