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Show fl Important Irrigation I' Meeting Held Monday fl' Old Hoard Members He-elected. B. Agreement to Kxchange Wnler B With I'roTo Hirer IteserToIr B Co, anil the I'tnh Lako B Irrigation Co. B, -0ll of tM0 "10St impnrtnnt meet- B' IngB over held In Lehl looking to the H development of our local resources H wits Hint held Monday afternoon by B, tli Lehl Irrigation Co. While nn B ngroomeut to exchange the waters flb that como from American Fork Creek Bl mid Dry Creek for those that may he B'j pumped from Utah I.ako waH not B)1 mnde mid entered Into at the meet- fl1, ''"' l'"3 ,nemuorfl of the Company fl'j evinced audi n kindly fooling toward B; the proposition that there lenves no B room for doubt that thu exchange Bj will bo made. This will permit tin B? ,lso of at least 20 or 30 second feet flf of water on tho higher lauds that for- B morly has been tiBed In the lowct H , floI,,B during most or thu Irrigation Htj I season. f Tho water that will be traded to Kj tho Lchl farmers for their canyon Bj water will come from Utah I.ako. II Bt. will bo pumped by tho Utah Lnkf J Irrigation Co. at n point one mile K 801,tn of tho Saratoga Springs to an K olovatlou of 100 feet Into the Com- Hk pany's canal, brought north to a point Htj l" the Jordan Narrows, syphoned Hl! n'OB tho river nnd brought trough Hjj another canal back south eaflt to the H, I-onl Irrigation system near Bishop Hl Lewis' home. Hf Tno ngrecmout submitted by tin Hf Wnh Like Co. for acceptance by (Ik Hl I-chl Irrigation Co. provides that nil Hf expoiiRO Incidental In making tho ex Hf chango shall bo Bustalned by the Utal. Hl; I-nk Irrigation Co. The woter wll' Hl probably bo taken out for use of the 1 lands -skirting tho low hills north of Hj town nnd by making .the exchange f will supply, with that, that will be B' brought from Provo Canyon, all the Hl water that Is necessary for tho Irrl- M vy Ration of tho lands In Lehl precinct i Hl' . cnBt of Jordan River. Tho ngrco-ml7'' ngrco-ml7'' Vtltoi moi,t nU6 rovWcB that tho water IfT vlHglM ' '" b0 measured whoro It Is token Mjf , .i&Jmi; TRggk"" measured where It Is put In Bp"gjjgggjg' go that ljt nny water i int B vjP7laRoTTOwot)ii iMpiuo mid Lehl Hri tho Lehl Irrigation Co. will be ahead B , Juat that amount. H ' Tho meeting voted once to author- H Izu tho Doard of Directors to mnk B tho oxchnngo, but largely becauso oik l Hj ot tho directors did not wish to no- H sumo tho responsibility, this vote wnr Hj rcclnded nnd a motion carried tc H mvo tho board nnd Its attorney go K carefully over tho agreement nnd Bi ,non Biihmlt It to n voto or tho stock- B't lioldora at nn adjourned meeting H'i which will bo hold throe weeks from Ht tho last meeting. A Blgnlflcent feat- Hf. uro of tho meeting wast that while Bf many Bpoko In favor of making the LLB oxchuugo no one or nil those present IoppoBed It. So well sntlsfled woro tho member wltli their board of directors that thoy woro all re-olected. They are 3 a ' Comer, II. C. Lott, (Jeorgo Y I K Mycrs- w- W. Clark and Isrnel H Tho roport of tho secretary, I). J Hi Thurumnu, which was read, showed Hjj ' that tho company had on hand nt the K' beginning of tho year $98C,5G and Btj ,llnl t.30G.81 was collected from the H 1913 HBseBsmcnt and tho snlo of dc- Hl llnauout stock. All this was spout H; for keeping tho ditches clean mid Hj making needed Improvements except Bt'j ?S8!).8a which Is now on hand. |