Show bishop eklund tells of the vis of state officials to ouray and promises made LEOTA aug 11 when our source soune of water was so low that we were obliged to rotate in order to get a lit tie ue onto our gardens there was falth ith in a gunshot of many at least a thousand second feet that can be had going to waste when a number of gardens were all but dried up and our fields burned red there was still two hundred and forty second feet the low tide rf of the stream thia this year I 1 am told flo flowing xing by this want of water has caused many to turn their hopes toward the duchesne river A committee as sent to salt lake city and there were very cry kindly received and listened to by the state land board before they left governor Govern br dern to make a it trip to the ouray valley so that he see for hinry saturday the bilth at day break the word that the governor would be at leota that morning waa was hurried from ranch to ranch before many could rather governor dern vern senator king aln secretary ex harden dennion and ray dillman of the water storage Commiss commission fort ere on the scene the visiting party were viere taken to prints of vantage here the or mere acres of tillable ground that is to be covered by the new canal could be they also visited gardens rard ens t to 0 sf see hat could be grown if the ua a ter was put on the land the melons feasted on were pronounced of excel lent quality by the time cur our honored visitors and nd attendants had returned to ow our little settlement the relict relief society alters had prepared refreshments for all an the speeches made by governor dem dern and senator king were more en cour eging then we could have hoped tor for we have hae the best beat of reasons to lock forward for result results this new canal once under head way the ouray valley will sill then awak en from her long hibernation those that are here will remain those ho became discouraged and moved away will return to their holdings and the land that Is still sull open for entry will in the not far off future find families living upon it IL the this primeval appear ance will to exist and the desert will blossom 1 As a the ROM rose LESTER E n EKLUND |