Show WATER CLAIMS FILED BY CITY Salt Lake City form form formally for for- m mally ny lly to validate its claim to water from 30 artesian wells drilled dur during during ing the last several years to increase I the city's supply durin- durin dro drouth th years City Commissioner George D. D Keyser in ch charge rge of ot waterworks and supply filed claim to the Drop properties prop Drop erUes with the Ute office of ricer fleer T. T H. H Humpherys Claims to 70 more wells will be filed in the near near future the state engineer vas was advised ad Duplicate filings were made The titles were claimed under provisions provisions provisions provi provi- of the old underground water statute and the most recent underground underground underground under- under ground water law passed by the 1935 legislature The double claiming action was taken to prevent Io loss s of title should legal troubles regarding authority of the laws develop Mr rr Humpherys explained Such filings are in keeping with recommendations by the state engineers engineer's engi engl- neer's fleer's office which is Is isnow now conducting conducting conducting conduct conduct- ing a survey urvey of Utah's underground water supply and development Mr Humpherys sai said |