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Show Commissioners Confer ConferRegarding ConferRegarding Regarding Boundary BoundaryThe The constant shifting of the thechannel thechannel thechannel channel of the Green river during duringthe duringthe duringthe the 40 years ) ears since the county lineswere hnes lines hnes"ere lineswere "ere ere were " established establshed ! at statehood has hasled hasled hasled led to a dispute as to the location locationof of the boundary bet between " een Grand Grandand Grandand Grandand and Emery counties at the town of ofGreenrher ofGreenriver ofGreenriver Greenrher Greenriver The Utah statutes statutesadopted statutesadopted adopted in 1896 at statehood statehooddesignated statehooddesignated designated the boundaly boundary between betweenGrnd betweenGrind betweenGrind Gr\nd Gr nd Grind ' \ and Emery counties as the thecenter thecenter center of the main channel of the theGreen theGreen theGreen Green nvcr nver river At that time the main mainchannel mainchannel mainchannel channel made a loop to the v . west westand westand est estand and ran close to the town Later Laterthe Laterthe Laterthe the channel was diverted about abouthalf abouthalf abouthalf half a mile mUe to the east leaving a ahrge alarge alirge hrge large island bet between " een the t\\ t two t0 \ \ 0 nver river nverbeds riverbeds riverbeds beds The old " west "est est channel has hasgradually hasgradually hasgradually gradually filled up with sedllnent sediment sedllnentand sedimentand sedimentand and much neland new ne\\ ne \ \ land has been creat Great Greated created created ed there by the accumulation of offiver ofriver ofriver fiver river silt Since Smce the county boun boundalY boundaffy boundaiy dalY daffy remains in the center of the theold theold theold old channel there has been consld consid consldelable considerable considelable elable erable dispute as to its location Re Recentl Recently Reccntly centl cently ) the Grand county commis commis510ners commissioners commissioners ReI I 510ners sioners authorized authonzed the county surveyor sur surI surveyor surveyor I ( veyor Otho R Murphy to make makea a survey of the area and attempt attemptto attemptI I to locate the county line using old oldgovernment oldgovernment oldgovernment government maps to guide himThe him himThe IThe The line established estabhshed by Mr MrI MrMurphy MrMurphy MrMurphy Murphy was "as as " not satisfactory satisfactol ) to toEmery toEmery iEmefj Emefj Emery count county ) authorities authonties and as aresult a result a Joint meeting meetmg of officIals officialsof of the two counties . was v.as vas held officIalsI at atGreenner atGreennver atGreennier Greenn\er Greenn er Greennver \ } yesterday esterday in m an en endeavor endeavor endeavor deavor to work out the problem Those attending attendmg weie "ele ele were " County Com Cons CommissIOners Consmissioners missIOners J A Somervllle Somerville A.f A \.f .f M \ . MRobertson .fRobertson Robertson and L L Taylor Sur SurI SurI Suroeyor I oeyor e ) or Murphy County Attorney J JReed Reed Lanrp Lance C'nnntv Cnnntv ' Clerk ( " 'Iprfc Iprfc ' H TT S .c c . I I i i i I , I i I [ | I 'I I I ' , I Rutledge and Sheriff Shenff J B Skewes Skewesof Skewesof Skewesof of Grand county COW1ty comity and CommissIOn Commissioners Commissionera ers era Peter H Riley Carlisle Carhsle Cra Craw Crawford Crawford w wford ford and Bland Fo1Cler Pox Fo1\ Fo1 Fox \ . Cler Clerk ! . Hector HectorPeterson HectorPeterson HectorPeterson Peterson AttorneyWilliam and Coimty COlmty County Attorney Wilham William countyThe Peacock of Emery county The area in question was looked lookedover lookedover lookedover over and the line established establlshed by bySun bySurveyor Sun Surveyor ey e ) or Murphy was checkedrThe checkedrThecommissioners checked-'Thecommissioners checked 'Thecommissioners Thecommissioners checke : " - ' ' The ThecommiSSIOners commiSSIOners of the t\\ t tno t0 two \ 0 counties countiesagreed countiesagreed countiPSagreed agreed to cooperate in a new sur survey survey survey vey to be run by the surveyors of ofthe ofthe the theO ofthe \ two \\O O \ counties They will use old oldgovernment oldgovernment oldgovernment government maps and all avalable available availableevidence avalableeVIdence availableevidence ) eVIdence channelto regarding regardmg the old channel to guide gwde them in their work Th Thi . , . satisfactoityto satisfactottylto line Tin.line Tinline they agree on if sa satisfactottyl ttsfactol ty I to the counties countiesa -a a \ will - ill then be adopt adopted adopted I ed as the official boundary . |