Show mesquita MESQUITE jan 12 tho rio virgin irrigation and bruit land co of salt lake cit are going to construct a diversion dam on its recorded dam faite at alie mouth of the narrows i few miles above littlefield alic dam will consist of a cement core twelve or fourteen feet wide with a good width of dirt and rock on each it will be raised to a height of seventy five feet so as to turn the water of the river into the canal will cover acres of very choice land on the south side of the virgin river be nai rows and the dam 13 to be built and completed in the ear 1912 nearly all the men from littlefield hav e signed for forty acres of water right each from the company this is alic finest climate in the world the soil is first cliss ind when w e get on the bench out of all danger of hoods us this will be and plenty of water for irrigation it will be an ideal place for tho making of a home people who fisli to get a home in this best of all new places would do well to subscribe for water shares at once and prepare to work it up as a car load of plows scrapers and tools will be shipped in immediately to commence work the water shares are fifty dollars per acre in labor and cash A few of alie men have gone upon the mountain bitter posts to fence our public square and get it ready for planting biccs in the spring several of our men have gone down to kingman anz to work is a big boom on down there tonight after the school girls beat the town girls at a game of basket ball nephi johnson has been lo 10 kingman anz on business |