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Show Water Supply Is " Holdine Out Well Old Timers Tell of Early Days When Two Ditches Held Water for Entire System. The iiucstloii of the prcswn. water supply was being discussed. Some were cxpressllng tl. opinion that Ih.. supply was becoming searce, but a general Id.-a was that the supply was holding up remarkable well, much hotter than the most saugulno had hoped for early In tho season. Then the conversation turned lo former days, ami Win. Kobinsoii told of a year when thoro wero but eight farms In Amerlcnn Fork and tho pco-plo pco-plo had to sit up nights and Irrigate to krup them from burning up One year all the. water was placed in two streams on ony side ot the creek, and then changed Into two ditches on the other side. The following year, he said, was Just the ree.rse. The creek was so high that for two months a cow could not bo gotten over It They were left on tho opposite hank and two logs were made lato a foot bridge over which tho milk mnld crossed to her milking. Th.it jenr lho people could not control the water and many acres were Hooded. The local power people say that the American Fork canyon stream Is holding hold-ing up better than any In their entire system All four plants In" this district dis-trict nro being inn because of the shortage of water at tbe other plants. One plant In Idaho Is high anil dry Provn Illver Is dryer than nt any pre. Ioiik year In lls history. |
