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Show OGDEN IS FACING SHORTAGE OF WATER Special to The Tribune. j OGDEN, June 24. The present scarcity of water for the farmers of the county has become such a problem that the ; business menof the city are considering: the advisability of building a large reser- j voir In the east end of the South Fork ; canyon at what is termed Sku lie rack, ! where iscveral thousands of acres of water can be impounded during the spring months and held until June. July and ! August, when it can be let Into the main i channel of the river and come down to i the irrigation canals. It Is stated that a mass meeting for the! men of the city and county will be called at an early date to consider the prnposi- i 1 tlon of building' the dam and reservoir. 1 |