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Show STATE RECLAMATION COMPANY PROSPERING In another column will bo found the semi-annual roport of tho State Reclamation Recla-mation company, formed for the "purpose "pur-pose of reclaiming tho lands lying between be-tween tho city and tho Groat Salt lake. The report snowB that 698 shares of stock havo been subscribed for; that thero ha6 been- expended in development develop-ment work more than $8000, and that thero is still- duo the company on stock sold tho sum of $16,164. Tho board of directors and trustees aro acting without compensation, and their interest in tho work is only because be-cause of tho great advantages which will accrue to tho city and its people, because of the reclamation of tho large acroago -which lies to tho west of tho city, and which, in tho opinion of drain-ago drain-ago experts, is ono of the most feasible projects in the history of drainage and reclamation. A letter and report from B. A. Hart, supervising drainage engineer for the Unitod Stntos government, 13 made a part of tho committee report, and sots forth the general conditions while expressing ex-pressing the engineer's opinion of the land and of the work already done. |