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Show FARMERS PROPOSE ; RECLAMATION PLAN ; Tunnel Will Be Bored Through the j , Mountains for Irrigation Water. imperial to, The Tribune. ! EPHKAtM, Jan. 7. .In a proposal directed di-rected to-llcnry C. Lund or his assigns, I the fannrrs of 'this community have ex-prpsoil ex-prpsoil tlicir willingness to eom-lude a .ontrKft lor tbe construction of a tun-nrl tun-nrl tlirougb the mountains east of this citv, together with diverting' works for ' the imuntion of H$6 acres of laud. The proposal' was adopted at a meeting in the library- auditorium, and the motion mo-tion for its ' adoption t arried unam moii5l v. A committor of five is now security signatures to the proposal, aud it is reported that in le?s than one day iU) shares were subscribed for. It is cnnserv.-itivriy estimated th;it tlie proj-t-c-t wiieu uuiploJed will double the water supply for irrigation now owned V hv the hphraiin farmers. ' The dan involves the appropriation of the water of several big springs on the ea-t side of the mountains and also the impounding of surface water on the iir-t slope of the mountains, which has in the past served no beneficial purpose. The water will be stoied in reservoirs, m as to couser e the rihls of the farni-ci farni-ci on Ibc etist side of t ho mountains ami to be available for diversion thionu'ii the tunnel whenever it is needed need-ed bv the farmers of this community. , . It 'i1 planned to complete the eon- i ruction of the tunnel and the reservoirs reser-voirs on the east siope next summer. The water will be carried through the channel of the Krhraiui Cottonwood neck and will supply the shortage on hind which is now under cultivation. It will al.-o be the menus of redeeming irr:ch waste land north of the city. It is probable that in the near future the proposed corporation will const met one t or more reservoirs north of Kpbraim. ' which will provide water for the cultivation culti-vation of every acre of arable land on ; iie et side of t ho valley between i' r in l: t it v and Manti. At the present rare al! the stock of the proposed cor-pn-atiou will be sold before the end of the week, and in the event that the st ock is subscribed for within the next t wo moot hs, t lie construction work will bein as soon as the w cat her will per-init per-init next spring. |