Show A SQUARE DEAL Is intended to all who own virgin river water rights by big irrigation scheme promoters mr john R wallis editor washington co news sac george utah dear friend when last in st georgo I 1 only made a few hours stay otherwise would have called in to see you while I 1 remained I 1 rested up a little having spent a strenuous week up tho anor going 0 or the essential features of the proposed irrigation project I 1 hive been very much pleased ever since my first introduction to dixie to see the stand that the news has taken regarding tho bunching hunching Hun ching of new enterprises such aa would tend to develop the country and benefit the people your paper is abw a s boosting and whatever of good happens to dixie will be largely duo to your intelligent efforts and I 1 know that a large proportion of your representative people feel as you do and are always ready to do everything in their power to encourage anything that tends to advancement and progression in undertaking a project such as wo have in hand I 1 feel the weight of a great responsibility while we are anxious to conserve the water supply as much as possible in order to make it available for as much new land as wo can et we have never lost sight of the fact that those who hae homes on tho nver and who have struggled with the alc mants these many years must be protected in rights in every particular wo count upon the en couri gement and assistance of the people of dixie and in return we propose to see that they leavo a square deal and the benefit of every reasonable doubt if our project proves feasible and I 1 hac every reason to believe tint it will it appears very probable to me that a number of the people living on alie river where they arc in danger of having their property washed away will be glad to transfer their water rights through our canals to the higher lands all of the lands under our project that arc not now in private ownership will be sold by alie state land board to alie people under the provisions of the care act at a price of fifty cents per acre on ten ears time the company that proposes to furnish alie water will biao nothing to do with the disposal of the lands thus you will readily see that when these lands are open to entry by the state that the people who ine in the country and are acquainted with it will haye a considerable advantage over all others in the matter of securing the choicest lands As I 1 said before in entering upon this vast undertaking we count upon the hearty support and assistance and the good will of the people of dixie because we feel assured that a project of this kind cannot help but prove of vast benefit to the whole people wishing the continued success and a broader field for its laudable efforts I 1 am yours respectfully J M LAURITZEN richfield utah sept 15 1909 |