OCR Text |
Show First Citizens Tell Vital Water Needs Salt Lakers will ballot Tuesday in the all-important Deer Creek election. From every hand Monday came urgent picas that all eligible city residents vote, and vote "Yes" on both propositions. Typical of th various viewpoints1 represented in the comments are these: Governor Henry H. Blood: By voting "Yes" on each of the questions in Tuesday's ejection. Salt Lakers will be doing their part to insure th city's futur water supply. This action will brighten the economic eco-nomic futur for th entire state. Salt Lak City needs more water to grow and prosper, and there is no other plac where water for municipal and irrigation purpose can Be bad in sucb satisfying amounts or on such favorable terms as through the Deer creek project. e Mayor E. B. Erwin: We must hav water not only for our present needs, but to provide pro-vide for the future requirements of the Isrgerr more populous, mor prosperous city that will surely be here tomorrow. The Deer creek reservoir and aqueduct project is our opportunity to obtain that needed water, but the jvote of every eligible Salt Laker is needed This is one instance you 'cannot afford to "let George do it " Your "Yes" vote is urgently necessary nec-essary on both questions, for to buy - the wster without the aqueduct (Coatirn1 Pa Four; i iColuma JTiisj - " HEAVY WATER VOTE-MGED (Continued from Pass One)' tty, and to their city to vote Tuesday-He urged, too, that voters chock to find out the location of the polling place for their district, sines the usual 149 oity voting districts have ' been tunsolidaled Into 0 for Tues-- Tues-- day's election. Any registered voter who has paid tax on eltheTTeal or personal property within the past year Is entitled en-titled to'Vot Tuesday in the election elec-tion called by the metropolitan water wa-ter district board. If real property on which ths tax la paid Is hsld in the nam of the husband only, the wife cannot vote, but if it is held Jointly by the husband hus-band and wife, both are entitled to note. City Attorney Fisher Harris explained Monday. Both Qualified If household furniture, automobile automo-bile or any other property of any kind la actually jointly owned by husband and wife, and a tax upon It has been paid, both are qualified to vote. If the property la mortgaged, and the mortgagee has paid the tax, the owner or owners may vote It will not be necessary to present pre-sent a tax receipt at the polling place. The judge will ask the question. "Hav you paid a property tax In the year preosdmg November 13, 13T?" If the applicant's answer I "Ye" he will be given a ballot It was emphasized, too, that vetoes vet-oes should vote the same on both propositions In the election. Joins In Plea Victor L. Olson, president of the Junior chamber of commerce, joined Mayor El-win Monday morning In a radio plea for a largo favorable vote Tuesday. The mayor and A. B. Irvine, attorney, at-torney, will deliver two of the final preelection addresses at a special meeting of the Sons of Utah Pioneers Pio-neers in the Newhouae hotel at I B. m. Mondav. Representative J. Will Robinson Monday added his nam to th long list of public officials, business men, labor loaders, engineers and church official who have publicly Indorsed th project and called for a "yee" Vote Tuesday. "An adequate water supply Is th saost Important problsm confronting confront-ing th Salt Lak valley." Representative Repre-sentative Robinson telegraphed from Washington, D. C. "All agree it I Imperative that em new water aourc be found, otherwise a substantial growth and development la Impossible. "Both privat and government expert ex-pert hav recommended participation participa-tion In th Deer creek project by Salt Lak City. It la not only feasible, feasi-ble, but, according to all experts, constitute th only source from which a sufficient supply can be obtained. "The bureau of reclamation agrees to make th money available for th entire project without Interest and with repayments to be made over a period of 40 years. This opportunity op-portunity I unusual. Moat of the money will be spent In Utah, and thsrefore every cltixen of Salt Lake City will receive not only direct benefits, but the Indirect benefits to be derived from th expenditure f a large sum of money within our m state. "All technical difficulties have been (llmlnated. It now depends upon th cltlsen of Salt Lak City to make th dream of an adequate water aupply a reality. I sincerely hop th voter will turn out Tuesday Tues-day and vots for participation in this project" Specifically, Salt Lak City voters will ballot upon two propositions: On to authorise th metropolitan water district to subscribe for up to (0,000 aharas of stock in th Provo River Water Users' association, which will represent AO, 000 acre feet of ' water from th annual Dear creek yield, and, second, to author-Is author-Is th water district to contract with the government for aa aqueduct aque-duct to carry th new water from th reservoir In Provo canyon to th city distribution system. To consider Salt Lak City's participation par-ticipation in th proposed Deer Creak reclamation project, members of tha Salt Lak county chapter. Son of Utah Pioneers, will meet Monday at l:lt p. m. In th New-aous New-aous hotel. Speakers will bo Mayor E. B. Erwln, Alonso B. Irvine. Judge George Goatea and Harvey H Cluff. It waa reported by K. B. Phippen, county chairman. |