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Show . . i immu,.. ,,, lh(1 ,,,.,, aftortrt "il Ho nnii'li more iluui ilu. law m 1 "8? ,""' 1 referance lo a luw i ,'' w Ni'iux. been to operation in caitforula, and which i tim laal ape- .rS!?n "'' ''"'' leglaliiiure im . ii, i.m.h , toMi v,.,.,,,,,,,,, , am fa. nilllar with the operation of Hum luw lu i aiirornla, where H lu known na ihi. Irrl-kiiuou Irrl-kiiuou bond loinmlaaton, compoaed ol I u-' M.u,. oiiui'iM, tin. uUorn.'V Kfiieiiil, in.' M.u,. englu,.,i', un, u, ,int lmik Mmmlaalouer, Thli luw Iuim done more io aiablUae Irrigation aecurltlea lu Cull-anj Cull-anj other agency, and i am kikiI ro earn tlmi u is now tlio law ol ,u"' 'rina vyho are Interested oan e. i niv ii ropy from the Vapretary ut Mtiui', anil i ehajl hurt merely oMiline lu gallant gal-lant feature; Requirements Made. "Befor any Irrigation dlttrlct In the state ,'mu iiv,. its i.,in,lM certified to im ixuus local Investment tor ull trust runda ami fr (!, fvmrtH of nil Iumvu'iiiu'i' Mmnautee, t'liuk-. nmi trust companies, .im! for the fxtrd Invest. In bonds of o oountlog, aVhool diatrlota, etr., tin. arialrs of tin, illstrlit sluill bo first luves-ttgttioit luves-ttgttioit by tlio Uoiul ounnnlsslou. onch an Investigation Involves Hie :i.lo.imoy u,l ivllablllly of tlio water sup-Ply, sup-Ply, the WHlor ivuulroinontM of tlio soil iilijl oroi's, tho 11.0.I of iliuluttito, lo fous-loilitv fous-loilitv of the pro,soil system, the mm -ket tnuue ol tlio water, eonala, reservoirs. tfA, tlio nutrkut value of the laii.ls wltli-lu wltli-lu the tlistrlot. ud whether or not tho value of the bond Issue exceeds 60 per Can) of the market value of the laiuls within the district. "Thus It is evident that evcrv prominent promi-nent feature of the proposed IiiIkii Ion district will have to be earefnlly Investigated Investi-gated froat itnvc differvut viewpoints, vis., the legal, engineering, and flnamlal "Notw ithstundlng ' the rlsldltv of the ronuir.in.'nts under this newly enacted law, l believe we can present a project which will meet with the approval of Hie attorney general, the stale engineer, and the Knk commissioner, and in this belief be-lief I hope to present at a later time S 01 t . ti.itK.ll dt: tuct law of Utah." jf IS GIVEN fliOTi aUeJ Fortier, Government Expert, Iues Second in Series of Papers. N,v l Samuel Koiller, in Mral Imt-tUiatlons ic ,,) drainage, tonight issued '"ll el of l'""'''' ''" ,r:'' 'ttlwr county- , oU - - ,l "u tl'vr l-Vrtier. owing to the u.-t B". here d.r.vtm the work ot wwal -( who are n-' n-' " fjM :iotments of water for ETmmi t" ttn' "'"'- fM'.( bv the state ensm.ee mwu "JJjattattWd by the avvermnc.if , .. .wid naner follows: S nsh as a stat. .. i J f bi' attained ivouta- destined to grove cd itSw tJ thecommcnwci.-.!'. tor .... Tins change ot sentiment if our immense elttMn army Sffte -l'uh boys' : , Ei' vi or general affletauc) and JtShonie wWeh had for its KSrtialngol w.tr met with liiStfal or united support. K mes, in Bun-M as boms 2Ll Vli th battles are not to be ?ta France- RWamg Ih, Anronna fi? Its maehlne-gun nests n Lev tisk to be ggrtormed ! Sted men of tho oountry. itr Task Ahead. ttMgta ef the west, in particular. ttein-v on ia the future, .is jo:-: ::.:eus warfare against it . Ti desert must be sNl.vl , b sbout the only weapon which Ktive :n such a struggle. V tah In, by Irrigation over a mil-Ims. mil-Ims. but engineers and others tell itliere Is sufficient water, if nrop-OTcerved nrop-OTcerved and used, to irrigate two Is is a task worthy ot the baat . and the best effort of all Its J trigation is the mainstay o. sate Every acre of desert or nor. -nhe land which is nvlaimed not te-efits fanning communities, but Uks more food and clothing for the fees in towns and cities, r nl for tha guiufacturers .fcrthe merchants and mora traffic tkt tnasportation eomiianiea. campaign seems to be on. the .uaiast aridity begun, and the r"f the fight is for the rcetrntr. One of the ma n datve is the holding lack of the atters by secure dams dur:: -; A Hit. for use in August ar.d - The slogan is "more water for at county. intent on Conditions. Wg4b development m "Weber g. n elsewhere, has followed the ,af last resistance. The first ditch ktakn out in 1S48. and from that Matte present lands have been ir: phi haphazard sort of way. with Itkaght of economy in use s aaafBaent or to what chaotic eon - act' a course would eventually at aoacy of drifting along without Stt tor the future might have been I beyond the present if the sum-flaw sum-flaw of the streams had furnished Mat water for so wasteful a us. over thirty years ago the summer of the Ogden and Weber livers. S.U the smaller creeks, were overrated, over-rated, and since then there has ttle, if anr, progress made in eti-t eti-t the irrigated area, a WJ known that in this part of est, the bulk bf the annual precipi-i precipi-i occurs from December to June of rar. and that very little rain falls If. Aaeust or September. Y jr'.her- 2 I tile snows oa the mountains and able lands in the eastern part of "' JJWy melt and flow into Ore..' S i 3 Wore much, if any. water is needed A late crops as sugar beets. frequently happens that the flow 4en or Weber rivers is aa much in ; ' I day in May as it is during the 1 month of September. Considering it". I hare not doubt but that the - l average flow of these rivers in Jtwld be from ten to fifteen times In August or September. One , I nstilts of so wide a fluctuation in 1 nd Precipitation has a trio make water fairly cheap and ml in May and June, but verv ' ""."-'jable In August and Sep- ' w.i . rituation Is so fully reai-V reai-V the farmers of this county that I W dwell upon It. ly Suggested. Werto overcome the natural in-lT, in-lT, the stream flow, the chief 7." aBPly. and one which is be- feasible and -..-'. .:-; "1 asiaty of the district organlza- PWorm, is the buiiding of one , ora? reservoirs to retain 'Kasonal use a part of fr-.e water u now wasted in the spring it sr.o-jid he clearly md. ll o i that the building of storage res-Jj res-Jj i a costly undertaking an.l J"; there is ample securitv ba jk awempte'i 'h'S k'lld " ha'1' beLter ganher years ago a few of the grfn of HuatsviUe asifed mo to Itwn.ea 36"'0'1- ' and estimate myf1 t0 bulld a dam. TImsv ithaT ,h efore 1 '"W" the exami-mjS exami-mjS 'J had J10.000 to put Into 'or li;,?,:, wm Probably borrow klne 1, ,more- 't was therefore toil m "-T P"Pect, when I re- . me dam would likely cost f- 'SSL? Way. every earnest at- lC ,'j''ed,; !. ft is of lr; f until the bre,. nia- lo'br'nt UC8rs of the county wKTtol'J 'ugh i,a legislature, has ' 1 SBtforTl?, !nea'!ure which pav. s Kftttil 2''ln!"g a nu::,er of rela--fcto nnt Irrigation aw B uffirl. Kt Ofganization pos- Wtie a?r?,vexistinS 'tenis W T?" Wltn a plent:rm sup-.!' sup-.!' the ee. maorlt:-- f the water totty , un,v' are considertim tne JW U th. ,rBanizing under this law. BM a f.Jl'T'1'0" dist ri. ; lav,- of P'tOMjin;. ' references to some fs " mav not be out of place. l'Fy Is Good. .Hof,U.a'; S f'r MWeb...1:'. Tiie ass. .,.-4 . . M nSlyU.hi,v' ' '"sive of r. ,.,. i'-K r,"1' I' nioro than ag-PSt" how, ... -4P ,"'," Practised, the .M1- Alii ' owners of n Bp the co,im the fH'm i"'1 "" IT vaiuaiilth!n county, their 7 lh total l"mH ahout ' per .tiifclude , t, that " 11 I- Pos-'MM Pos-'MM to , " t'l e t.ioposed district 'P"llly acres of liiigate.l ff KI Wo'"! 'amis, and Iron, u a"03 of dry lands and |