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Show 'Yes' Vote Urged For Deer Creek Salt Lake Civic Leaders Strive to Bring Out Heavy Ballot on Proposals "Vote 'Yes' on both propositions in Tuesday's special water election" was the last-minute watchword Monday of proponents of Salt Lake City's participation in the Deer Creek reclamation project. ' Climaxing a three weeks' effort to acquaint all eligible voters with the facts concerning the city's acute water problem and the answer an-swer Deer creek provides, civic leaders favoring a "Yes" vote concentrated con-centrated Monday on insuring heavy balloting Tuesday. Never before in the history of the city has any proposed municipal j project had such nearly unanimous unani-mous backing from civic, labor, political po-litical and professional groups, they emphasised. No organization has taken a formal for-mal stand in opposition to the! project, and most of the few ob- J jections which hav been raised I have come from anonymous sources. Merely being In favor of the Deer creep project lent enoue-h. .Mayor E. B. Erwin said Monday, "for It I Imperative that every taxpayer expre himself with a vote Tueeday. "Deer creek offers Salt Lake City its one opportunity to solve the water shortage problem which is becoming more acute every year, and it would be a asd thing if apathy on the part of eligible voters causes this opportunity to be lost. "Salt Lakers owe an obligation to themselves, to their futur proaper- (Contlniwd on pas Pour) (Column On I 'YES' ON BALLOT JECURElVJIiL (Continues from Pass One) would be kka buying a horse and buggy, without the bona. s Herbert 8. Auwbavch, chairman of the metropolitan water district board. On behalf of the board or the metropolitan water district of Salt Lake City I wanrto-tlumh the pub-lie pub-lie generally for the live and intelligent intelli-gent interest they have taken in the question of participation in ths Daer creek or Provo river project The numerous individuals and organizations or-ganizations who have Indorsed the project after the most careful consideration, con-sideration, hav contributed a genuine gen-uine servic tc th municipality by actively helping .in the solution of on of our most important and pressing problems an adequate water wa-ter supply. The hope of the board now, on th eve of the election. Is that this same active and commendable Interest In-terest will continue throughout election elec-tion day. A large and affirmative vote on both propositions, which will appear on Tuesday's ballot Is desirable from the standpoint of the board, the city and citizenry generally in fact, everyone concerned. con-cerned. Th merits nl th projcct-JUel and the district's participation therein hav been so thoroughly explained ex-plained and so widely agreed upon that we, the members of the board, feel there can be no further doubt aa to ths desirability of "yes" votes on both propositions. But It Is important im-portant that the widespread public approval, which has alrsady greeted the project, now be transformed into positive and official Indorsement. Indorse-ment. This requires not only the passive approval of the citizenry, but a positive expression of that approval ap-proval through the ballot box Tuesday. Tues-day. so Preeident Heber J. Grant of th L D. S. church: Importance of acquiring an ample am-ple supply as a protection against drouth and a provision for the future, fu-ture, and tha equal importance of establishing a priority right to the sons for a favorable vote on th Deer creek project. A vote in favor of the project la not an expression of disregard for the general authorities of the church, who have repeatedly counseled coun-seled against debt. This project is an Investment that promises security and growth, and it is in no sense an Indebtedness incurred in-curred for luxuries or for something some-thing which has little or no prospect pros-pect of giving returns. so Charles Jf. Fehr, president of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce com-merce : We are not only Interested in a good affirmative vote on th Deer creek project in order to carry this most important election, but we feel that out of respect to a group of men who have worked without remuneration re-muneration for two years on Salt iLaks City's important problem -water the citizenry owes it to this group to express themselves at the polls Tuesday. Paul M. Peterson, president of the Utah State Federation of Labor: In addition to augmenting Salt Lake City's already inadequate water wa-ter supply, the Deer creek project will provide a large amount of em- ployment at a time when It Is! urgently needed. From the standpoint of labor as well as the city as a whole, therefore. there-fore. I favor Deer creek and urge taxpayers to vote "Yes" Tuesday. State Senator Eldred M. Royle, secretary of the state CIO council: coun-cil: The Deer creek project will promote pro-mote the general welfare of all classes of citisens by relieving unemployment un-employment and Increasing purchasing pur-chasing power, both during construction con-struction and after its completion. A favorable vote Tuesday will enable Salt Lake City to participate partici-pate in on of the finest moves this Mat ha seen in many years, e e I. Cecil Alter, government meteorologist: meteor-ologist: Salt Lake valley has the climate, th resources and the opportunity to support a population of 500.000. but local water supplies are not sufficient to support a population any larger than at present. If the area is to progress, new water must b imported. |