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Show FARM ACREAGE - Reclamation Project to Be Discussed Tonight r j A plea to more than double the cultivated laada of thla country by tha reclamation of more than .-see .-see acree will ba the subject of dlaeuaalon at twa meetings called by tha county commlaalonera -fori tonight. This la aald to ba ona of the largeet racisms lion . schemea aver projected la this atata and the farmers here will attempt to enlist the aid of tha federal government which recently ostabUahed a fund ef I14.v00.e00 for such Baa la seven weetern ate tea. i The project would Involve aa-! largemsnt of tha carnal and reeervelr at tea paint of tha mountain and tha straightening and deepening or tha Jordan river and eurplue aanal. It would bring under cultivation 15.-, S00 acres lying eaat of the Eaat Jor-' Idea canal from tha point of the mountain to Fort Dourlaa; 7008 ; acres west of tha point of tha mountain moun-tain and 10.004 between the Lincoln highway and tha Oraat Salt Lake. Thla would be an increase of -more than 100 per cant on tha preeent eultlvated area of the- county and would glva Bait Lake Impetua aa a distributing point of agricultural products. , . In addition to tha agricultural phases, tha reclamation project would. It la aald, increase tha water available for cuHnay purposes and aid considerably In tha abatement of mooqultos. Tonight's meeting will ba held In the Oranger and tha Sandy First ward chapels at I o'clock. . Members Mem-bers of the county commission will preside and the farmers will be asked to vots on tha desirability of undertaking auch a project. |