Show THE ap irrigation MEETING THE MEETING G held beldin in this city wednesday night of 0 last week it at which hon A F dortinus Do reinus chairman of the scale arid and land commission coan assion is sion and hon F b richards attorney for the commission were ere present was of more than passing importance as it showed a plan for irrigating the arid and and semiarid semi arid irid lands janos of of the the state stale which if carried into effect will easily double the population and wealth of the state slate in a few years vears the plan as outlined is the work of the commission and when presented last winter to the secretary of the interior at wa washington A by these gentlemen avns accept edby him and a promis gwen given of his heirty hearty support and operation cooperation co the government officials have now a corps of engineers taking measurements ot of the the waters embraced in in the giop position ion getting data as to the he practicability tic ability of the echeme and making an estimate ot of its cost their report will probably be omitted st before the opening 0 of congress angress tins this far fall and if the proposition is is then ihen considered favor I 1 ably and there is avery every r reason eason to baege it will be active work will begin next season in diverting verling di the waters now running to waste to irr irrigate ga te the a arid rid lands land ot of this state and m thereby building up p a commonwealth that co could aid nol lot be ac complis lied d under tinder uther other contis lions in a century century lion hon F r W rish fishburn burn our representative in the last legislature was selected as chairman chai iman of the meeting and before it closed made it a speech in favor avor of tile scheme P proposed and spoke of its benefits locally the proposition is as outlined b y Dort doremius Dormu mius 3 and richards richard embraces tic braces a plan ot of irrigation fur cache salt lake and utah vals nals for this purpose the waters for purpose ica kejs of the duc duchesne besne pr prove vo weber bear river to lot le fiher Allet iiii mih that ihal of u the bedr bear lake bilci and tributa rits ill be utilized the project for irrigating thi the lands of cache dud and box iau elder counties is ii to lo make A i caal 1 I on bear river near id I 1 to convey the matcha aniu what is known as mud lake near ni ar the north end of 0 dear bear la lake ke at this I 1 point acres of marsh land could COU id be reclaimed from dear bear lake the flood waters would I 1 be I 1 released leas edus als the required require dl it will be diverted ou bu hii biall talat ill the lanas ianda on the west side ol of cache county could be irrigated 0 it is proposed to have a big intercepting cc canal bear river liver t to run alone the mountainside south through box elder weber and davis I 1 counties to 10 salt lake tins this will be enough to tak lake a r in in all the valuable bench lands of the counties coun litis named as wiil well wi il as tile laiu lower landt lands not now irrigated the commission also proposes to utilize till all the available reservoir sites sites the idea being to put ever every y inch of 0 water in the mountain region to a beneficial use another project apropo proposed sed isto is torun the surplus waters of 01 the blackfoot river idaho into the bear river and ther thereby ebs greatly re atly increase the available w water ater supply of this state the meeting was thrown open for those present to ask any questions desired there were a burn nurn number ber who took advantage of this and the questions were fully answered the following resolution or was offered and adopted it boeing toeing app that the plan which wa do iscol by tile arid land fund 44 i utah and presented by tt it to the hie sw ste detary of the interior will if carried into ef lec be of inestimable value to the people of thia tate by enabling them to complete the reclamation manon of their lands through the procurement 1 ut of a sufficient water supply besides making possible the subjugation inn of large licati of choice bench lands that are arc nu anuw w vil alati lolly ly without a water supply and therefore of little value and in view thiet tatt we mhd ho are here assembled are among tile number jthn ho w will III be directly and greatly through the execution of 0 the plan proposed therefore be it resolved that the of ilia 1110 Is deservi deserving rig and that the plan I 1 lia sone unqualified approval and that lint its furtherance be gevea our must car ornest neEt sup ort drivon driven to living at sin an out of the way plate remote from civilization a 1 family is often driven to desperation in case of fc accident aident resulting in ill burns cuts cuis wounds ulcers etc lay in a supply of bf bucklen Buck leni I 1 q achica salve its it the best best on earth at the eddy drug arf etore |