Show hurricane proposes big irrigation scheme hurricane july 21 on sunday the people of hurricane interested in the vie building of a new high line canal met and appointed a committee to meet et with A B christensen Chrls on whose application tor for surplus water in tha the virgin river the project Is based and draft articles of incorporation for or the new irrigation company the committee met and made a tentative draft of articles fixing the name dixie canal company for the project and set the first monday in august kugust for a meeting of the people of hurricane and surrounding towns to perfect the organization the proposed canal will irrigate gisteen thousand acres in the immediate vicinity of hurricane mostly southward from the town it will take oser the ditch and rights of the pres ett berry springs spring bench project AS well as the interests of the former dixie irrigation company represented by mr dir christensen Chrls the line will wil consist mostly ct open canal with tunnels through a few lone long points the water will be taken from the river at a point six hundred feet up the river from the bonit of divet diversion sion of 6 the present hurricane canal and the new line will parallel the present ditch at an elevation of abou 76 feet higher this will be a co operative cooperative enterprise enterprises which has been found the most satisfactory way to irrigate land engineers estimate the total cost at or something less than two dollars an acre for the area to be covered the new now plan eliminates the three mile tunnel projected by the former company and nil will cheapen the cost of contraction considerably by resolution of the committee mr christen ien was directed to prepare a detailed report covering the status of his hill application for which report rill will be presented to the meeting called tor for th eArst monday in august george isoa isom has bought the prop erty of 3 V covington consisting of c sixteen acres aeres of land with house and barn team cows and all ma chinery and and tools were included la in the deal mr covington will probably move moye to cedar city local teams havo have taken tw twenty entys tire rit tons of pipe to ryan tha the new now topper camp on the kaibab plateau where the kaibab copper company la is constructing a pipe ling line to supply their mill and camp dixie cursory of this place has ha received an order tor for fifteen thousand fruit trees ten thousand of which are to be el elberta borta peaches the fruit growing industry in utah Is 1 only beginning cutting of grain on the dry farms arms Is i proceeding rapidly the average yield being about ten bushels an acre aich A Is considered very good in such a dry year so far no thunder storms have happened to hit this town though they fall 11 all around and light showers sometimes lome times settle the dust here kay ay button has sold his property la in la verken and has moved to hurricane buying the place owned by Sherl dlan lyon county agent J A Tip tippets was in hurricane on business connected with the fara farm bureau last monday walter stout brought a new chevrolet truck from salt lake city this week eek for alien allen stout herbert isom is building a small frame house on his lot in tho the north section of town chauncey brandborg Ban Band dberg borg returned from bait salt lake monday with a new now car joseph oseph Wit largo large brick buni w Is now going up hr dr F i woodbury who ital here le steral weeks ago tor for baltimore md bid wits M so 60 much indisposed when ha lie ar at salt balt lake city that he bad had to lay over there he was sufficiently It improved aDroved to proceed on bis his journey on the I 1 esth D ith dinst when be he left salt lake for baltimore hta ills many friends lecog here join in wishing him permanent anent improvement in hla his health which ach was much impaired by oer ark some so me of the fit ceorge people ho hale te gone to pine valley to spend the th are mr and mrs julius keate heats and 1114 family mr and mrs BI M snow ana family mr and mrs clare ilor do s and family and mrs M t L an ro and alles caddie andrus they ww to bo IOU dgill 4 wt |