| Show proto river project at the hear of are some sixty two little lakes or rather ponds which are natural reservoirs the of them each cover only about two or three hundred acres of gronna by means of a live or six foot dam at the outlet of the lowest lake all can be hroon into B rand reservoir system covering three or four thousand cres these little lakes have been utilized in low water seasons as natural re by the canal companies of provo river 1 hey were tapped last month with beneficial results just after the meeting of the water comis elon at heber some four years ago they were also in demand during the water ceason bat now it is proposed by a salt lake syndicate as before referred to in colu moB to take op these small hakea for a grand reservoir and the water stored will be eold it is aard to seven counties wasatch Waa atch utah and salt lake on the provo side and summit morgan we berald on the weber nver side there ere prominent citizens of these counties including the the conefy court of utah chanty engaged in the enterprise for speculative purposes we hope the farmers depending on the waters of provo river are alive to their in his matter it looks to us like the lakes belong to them if a reservoir is to ba made out of them it to be made by the provo river people already the cry is more water and farmers aon want to be dependent on a syndicate for their water if they aek into that position farmers will find they have to pay for wetting their whittle |
