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Show DRAINA-GE IS ASSUEED. Big Area, of Land . to Be teclaimed in Weber Comity. Special to The Tribune. OfiDEN, Nov. 6. Two draanage dirt-tricte dirt-tricte that nre expected to reclaim about ;iuotj aTen of wat!rlof;yed land aro virtually assured for Weber county as tb reu1t of a decii'ion reached bv tarmrrs of the Hooper and Plain City dist nets during tha pat two days. They have divided to ak that A. "it. Hart, I'nited t?t;ttea drainage engineer, make surveys of the lands to he drained and if the .cost per acre does not exceed ex-ceed present estimates the county com-niiBt-ionerB will he petitioned to create drainage district. Dunne the papt two dava L. M. VTin-?or, VTin-?or, 1'tan Acri'-nltural college drainage engineer, and PreMun Thomas, countv farm doinouatrator. have nut with tarmera of both the Plain (itv and Hooper districts. In both localities a majority of thv property owners eeera to favor the project. As ncnrlv can be emulated before the detailed sutvpv has beon made by the government engineer en-gineer the cost will be ajjout $15 per acre in each district. It ia anticipate-that anticipate-that the value of the land will be increased in-creased sevenil tmio this amount by rcaton of draining. |