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Show f VOLUME XIV KAYSYILLE, LAYTON AND FARMINGTON. UTAH, THURSDAY, trip, to echo RESERVOIR was reached at p. m , and on in SITE spection it was found that Mr. Jo- - one of the many pleasant episode- - o' sephs Buick had consumer exactly the day. two gallons of gasoline since leaving and The trip was made in the interest Fertile Lovely Valley Through Balt j of the lake of a distance Monuments and Cit, Crop fifty company which proposes punfp Canyons miles. Each man of the from Jordan rverto irn Gasoline Low water Consumpparty wasting Conditions to read the indicator tank lamia required on in the south'tpart Of the Dam the Site gate tion Proposed j and witness V the on four of The galPublic and the taking county. Weber Railroaders feasibility of the Echo art the f was Good Fello and gas Morgan reservoir garage, A Genial Host apparent to' all .mom the! be of hers the of and Above a Perfect Morgan the valley of party ship A Perfect Day value late Weber for mouit-p?reof narrows up, at times the Score. tains being so close that there is bare-- ! water, but it is evident !t ho cheap -V life is too short to begrudge the lv room for the state highway, the proposition, either from l Standpoint Dfott of wealth of your fellow man though river and the railroad. The whole of construction or o water The his auto. in showed the dire effects of impounded. country you walk while he rides Experience has taught the writer that drowth, although ocassionally, there home more convinced thajqw that it is better to be on good terms with drowth, although occasionally, there pumped water from tb jtdan, was for wateryour opulent neighbor and get an oc- heavy headed fields of grain. On by far the cheapest metheit in lands the the the whole, however, the crops are ing soyfJAj of the casional ride in his machine, than to short. county. dynamite the vehicle and cuss the Those in the party tvjrre Harry S. At Devils Slide the rear machine owner. This bit of wisdom was proven last was held up a half hour by a United Joseph of Salt Lake City, a land ownSunday morning, when The Reflex States Railroad Administration freight er in the south end of Davis county man received an invitation from Harry train blocking the crossing, but the and chairman of the lacl Owners comS. Joseph to be one of a party of eight inconvenience of the auto party did mittee interested fft the Jordan puttito visit and inspect the dam site of not in the least' interest the soviet ng project; H. B. Parish of Bountithe Utah Conservation company on citizens of the nation who were tn ful, farmer and land n Er; F, A. Meet of Salt hydraulic Weber river, a Short distance above charge of the train. About half a L. , civil engiLake; Brandenbwj, the mouth of Echo canyon. The trip mile above Echo canyon, the entrance neer of Salt JoLake; IA'd A. Strain, of which is marked by a Pulpit Rock was made in two machines, Mr. end seph's economical, infinitisimal gas from which tradition says President M. engineer. Salt LoXCaptiun E. Price, U. S. Anng ft. Dougins; consuming Buick and L. Brandenberg-er- s Brigham Young preached to the PioKeith Barnes, ayrvey 'r, nd ijv. P. Chevrolet, a machine of standard neers while encamped there, awaiting of The Reflex, Kaysville. gas consumption. The Reflex man those sent out to find the trail lead- Epprson The party reached pysville, tit 7 and Keith Barnes joined the party at ing into the Salt Lake valley, is the . where p. m., per sop and Kaysville where, after laying in a sup- site selected for the dam with which Barnes wertTVdropp&i.4 trip was ply of ice cream sodas and cigars and it is proposed to impcund 60,000-acr- e made without inciku 'fyds wore decorating Mr. Joseph, the hostwith feet of water for the proposed High the pood, the maparty Line canal. chines made a perfei j! The site is an ideal one for an earth fcs. filled, concrete core dam. It is said that the specifications call for $ sixty MATER MEETING 4 AT CENTERVILLE foot dam and the deepest place to bed On Saturday evening a rfteeting of rock, as revealed by numerous test South Davis county. Ihid pwners was is The feet. crest of the pits sixty held be dam it appears would perhaps at the Centerville meetinghouse an for the mile a of from mountain to purpose of hearing the feport eighth mountain and there appears to be of committees and explanations of plenty' of mateYi&l on the east hills the proposition .hereby certaln'Jands to make the fill. The basin which iL.in south Davii countv are to be is Lproposed to make into a Take, seems watered by pumping from the Jor-- ' ideal for the purpose, is said river, the water will back upVight miles Harry S. Joseph of Salt Lake, a above the dam. Most the the basin land owner in the extreme soul! end tfie is occupied by tHe "famous Livingston of the county and chairman farm and livestock ranch, with its committee, which has the propdfeition valuable improvements. The basin of in hand, called the meeting to order the proposed reservoir is traversed by and asked that a chairC the Park City branch of the Union pointed. e chairmanllib y Pacific railroad and it would be ville land owners committee was to reconstruct the line on named as chairman. As chairman of the general comanother grade before buliding the The railroad crosses the dam mittee, Mr. Joseph explained details site perhaps 20 feet below the crest of the proposition which includes an of the proposed dam. Apparently there open ditch from the Jordan to a point Harry Joseph, Pilot. are no great engineering difficulties just below the Denver & Rio Grande a prize winning dahlia, the radiators to overcome, provided of course, bed railroad tracks at which it is proposed of the machines were pointed to Weber rock is found as indicated by the test to make' two lifts, thus reducing the cost of power for pumping. The land canyon via the mountain road. Stops pits. for inspection were made at the mounAfter lunch at PuTpif rock Ranch at to be watered includes south of North tain road bridge over the Davis and the mouth of Echo canyon, the party Salt Lake station, Howat, Val Verda, Weber Counties canal and at the in- headed for homey At the Warner take works just inside the mouth of ranch a stop was made for water and Weber canyon. to read the gasoline indicator on Mr. In It was, indeed, a great sight, Josephs gasoline saver, when it was these days of prolonged drowth to found that only one gallon of John watch the lifegiving water hurrying D.s monopoly fluid had been expended down the concrete lined canal to the since leaving Livingstons ranch, a parched farm lands of Davis and We distance of 35 miles. It is not known her counties; to beet fields, hay fields, what the indicator showed on arrival tomato fields, corn fields and orch of the machine at Salt Lake City, tut ards, which had been sustained and the writer would advise the Buick were being sustained and matured agency to look up Mr. Joseph if they by the precious fluid. After passing want a record for a page advertiseMorgan the Weber became a mere ment in the Saturday Evening Post. rivulet, with hardly sufficient water This gas story is by no means a joke. to care for the fish. The safron tinged It can be vouched for by everyone in flood water which was rushing down the party. Mr. Joseph was a bit ento the canal had come from the great thusiastic over the low gas consump- East Canyon reservoir of the Davis and Weber Counties Canal company, where it had been - stored for exactly MICKIE SAYS the purpose 4for which it was being used to save the crops in the event of VctTN HELLO'. wwassaT? drowth. Again- - came to the mind of CASH REGISTER the writer, as it had come before when WORKIkf? WELL, WMAOOA ( contemplating the great concrete lined the nopk,ThainT REPAIR. SHOP WVCV DONTCmA canal and the towering dam in East Trn advertising? That canyon, that these great works of MAKES 'EM VMOttVO. Vf concrete and steel were the best monuments to the honor and memory of those great men, dead and living, who planned and built these structures, not AUTO 1 , j 'ns andv)d thetoitg at j Jrreturned . -- neces-secar- res-rvo- ir. f South Fast Bountiful, and Centerville, The initial BountiCgT cost of the plant ivh given at $25tUk0 ami the annual cost of pumping, up'keep and sinking fund was given at 'M2 00, per acre. It was explained that the company committee had filed oy 200 second-fee- t of water in the Jordan and on additional water in Utah lake. John G. M. Barnes of Kaysville, R director in the Davis and Weber Counties ('ana! company, was asked to answer a query as 4 the possibility of his company extending the canals of his company to cover these lands and to express his opinion as to the feasibility of the pumping proposition. Mr. Barnes stated that his company had no intention of making such extension and should it do so the cost of water wxnild be greater than the price offered by the Jordan river project. lie advised land owners to go into the enterprise, no matter what the cost, so long as it was within He wanted the proposition reason. over put just as he wanted any proposition put over which would advance The wealth and prosperity of Davis county. He told of the fAeut development in north "Davis county, made possible by the constrjtiuf'of th Davis and .Weber Ttfunties canal and prophesied even greater development if the end of in people put over the pumping enterprise. He declared the price of annual water assessments nnd construction cheap when the benefits to he derived were taken into considration. Nearly one hundred land owners from the Bountiful districts and Centerville were present and it developed that all the Bountiful men were favorable to the projeet. On motion of Mayor Williams, the Centerville land owners went into executive session and were still considering the proposition when the Kaysville visitors had to leave to cntch the last Bamberger Bountiful, - the--ou(- the-coun- ty h JT.Rn-da- MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage licenses issued by the county clerks office are ns follows; James GroTas and Anna Shepherd f Bingham. mnd Zin E- - Madwn of Salt Lake City. Harold M. Mayfield and Marvel Ileas of Farmington. Charles C. Fox and Florence E. Miller of Ogden. Fete M. Vauras and Clausse S. Kenny of Salt Lake City. John Deere Corn SALE good as new; just used to bind four acres of corn. W. A. RobAdv. erts, Layton, Utah. FOR Binder, aint caret oevet only for themselves but for their fellow man. ' Their reward is the life giving and sustaining waters which today and for years and years to lanSs come will water, the sni-ari- d along the west BU sccthe Wasatch range in the Salt Late' valley. But the mission of these men still living and those who follow them as offi- -' cers of the company, has not been f at least another reservoir must be constructed and canals built until the full heritage of the company, that is to ay, all the lands under Its canal contour, are supplied with water. VPhen this work will be taken up is not yet determined, but aurely it is .. the destiny of, the company to do iL Morgan Ciy, the bustling, growing, little city where the Anderson Brothers have builded their monument in the shape of the largest pea cannery tiader one roof in the whole world, r AUGUST II. 1919 ( V-- NUMBER 46 OMMlSMOFRs SKED TO CRKYJF. IRRIGATION DISTRICT t the meeting on ugut 4 of tin cunt J fommi'MoiHTi', Hart S. Jo a petition soph and other to create an irrigation district umlei the provisions of Chapter tiS, Session Ljiws of Utah, lit l'l. The mutter was dbu.ssed for some time and wte re ferred to the county attorney to check over With the irrigation law and a i certify if regular and in accordance with law. and wh to report to the county commissioners on August lb. Other Business. Commissioner Parker reported in the matter of Julius A. Smith and others asking for further time to in the cne County Attorney L. 1 Layton made an explanation to the commissioners in relation to the drainage law. Henry H. Blood atAi others appeared before the board in the matter of the proponed increase on merchandise of the county by the State Board of Equalization. A communication from E lv. Morgan was read, asking for an extension of their option to lease the gravel pit. The time was extended until August lb. Da.vid Stoker appeared before the board in relation to a certain drainage pipe. Tlie matter was referred to Commissioner Parker to investigate and report. The matter of fixing the county tax levies for the current year was discussed and upon motion it was ordered that the county tax levy be fixed at l.K mills on the dollar. Tl; district school levy 4 7 mills on taxable property in the county and 0 3 mill fm the mnintenaneea ml relief of the indigent sick nnd dependent poor and 0.1 mill for the support of dependent The levy for sheep and mothers. goats was fixed at 5 mills, 4 mills for range horaes and rattle, 1 mill on domestic cattle for the purpose of destroying wild animals. One mill was levied for state road purposes and 1 mill for county road purposes. A commuhication from the State Board of Equalization was read and ordered filed, fixing the following For general state purposes 2.4 mills; for state school purposes 2.4 mills; for state high school purposes 0.2 mill. Notices of the following city and town levies were rend and ordered filed, viz: Bountiful City, 6 mills; Farmington City, 6 mills; Kaysville City, 8 mills; Centerville Town, 4 mills. The petitions of Maude Afflek and Patricia Pace, asking for assistance from the county was read and on motion of Commissioner Parker, seconded by Commissioner Gailey, $5,00 per month for each was appropriated, and their names ordered placed on the dependent mothers list-iris Jacobson, county recorder, the appointment of Nephi t lAVTON ii, foe mbfet of fertdo tom-en- d t el in the producUou of milk, field, micar beet, llu the feetei? 1. of the Suicegeompanr. eennery. mllor mill, rmimenr and concrete Motion of the Slate roed. tloud opportunities for thne eeekliiK nburten er reeve for fruit KrowiiiR, truck gardening, rhnken raining ami dairying On t ha iL linea of th Hninherger fcjeetrle, Oregon ),e- - . Short I4p ami D A K Q.. Haa trie light and waterwork. Write 1 . jt-t-on -- e Onninemal dub fer information, l 1 - pre-ente- l ves-tigat- lev-je- s; 1. j K W Adam and family left via auto ft.r the Boar lake country Tues tuv i g N4Ih Clark of, Farmington la the g licit of her aunt, Mrs. Robert Miss Dirk in. The Mixhps Joule and Luclla Layton arc viHiting friends and relatives in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They expect to lemain two weeks. The Chautauqua committee held a meeting Monday night and closed up the financial end of the 1019 season. A substantial balance was left on hand which will be turned over to the Lay-to- n warda. were also Suggestions made for the 1920 meeting. Phone 83 ing is the outcome of a previous cussion in the Parents class. dis- Joseph I. Morgan and Miss Janet Lilly Jaquctt, both of Iayton, were married at the home-o- f the groom's purents Monday night. The ceremony was performed by Bishop James E. Kllison, after which bounteous refreshments were Aerved, The bride Is tbs daughter of Mr. and MrB. John'JaqtM and the groom. is the son of Mr. at-- ' Mrs. Alfred Morgan. A large cirf of friends join in congratulations wishes for happiness and prosperity. v ? antf'' . Mr, and Mrs. E. G. King returned from a three weeks' auto trip through Southern Utah, California and Nevada Monday morning. They report a very interesting and, in most parts a comfortable trip. They went out via the Arrowhead trail and returned via the Lincoln highway. They were present at the launching of the "Utacarbori at the Alcrneda shipyards and met the governor and several other Utah people there, They did not encounter much hot weather and had the good fortune to cross the Mojave desert a couple of days after a rain. en 1 The First division was first in everyMisaMary Abrams has returned thing, except going home ai d last from a weeks vacation with friends at that. It's getting Late, so I will close, hopLogan. Miss Armrrong of Bountiful filled the place as agent at the ing to hear from you soon. ' Bamberger station during Miss Ab rams' absence. v There will be a meeting of the parents of the Iiityton wards at La Tonia hall this evening for the purpose of considering wuys and means to provide clean amusement for the young leoplo of the community. This meet- -- i v The hall game Saturday will be between Riverton and Layton. Both teams have lost but one game this season and a game worth twice the price of admission is promised. ThR game last Saturday was with Honey-vil- le and the locals scored to the tune of 6 to 2 over the visitors. Palmer as deputy recorder, without PARLEY WEBB ON THE RHINE pay. This was granted and the apOberahr Germany, pointment made. July 18, 191!) A list of claims was allowed and Dear Folks: adjournment taken. I received your letter of June 25 and KAYSVILLE was glad to hear from you. I am well except am a little stove up from too HUNTING SEASON much drill or else it is rcheumatism OPEN TOMORROW coming on from lying out in the wet The State Fish and Game commis- so much last fall. sioner has sent out information Today has been a sort of holiday. through his district wardens that open We only drilled two hours today. Our seasons for various kinds of game will regular drill is six hours a day. One be open as follows: year ago today we went over the top Open season on sage hens, willow at Soissons. I think the First division grouse and blue grouse (pine hens) captured 3500 Dutchmen and there in all counties of the state except Mor- must have-bethat many- - Killed for unand Rich from August 15th I went back over the battlefield the gan til August 31. The bag limit will bt next day to get bandages and . the 16, of all kinds, or in other words, a ground was almost covered with dead hunter must not take more than eight Germans. birds of all varieties in any one day I am sending a box with a few little and not more than 16 in a season. trinkets and a trench knife. The trench The season on mourning doves knife I got from a German officer opened August 1 and closes August which I captured in .the St. Mihfcl 31. The bag limit is 15 per day and drive on the 12thof September. My 30 for the season. buddie and I got that officer and aeleven privates that day. That was a pretty good days work dont you BYBEE MISS FUXERAL OF ELLA think? Very impressivef uneral services Well, I am leaving this town towere held last Sunday afternoon for morrow. A sergeant and 1 and three Miss Ella Bybee, 21 years old, daugh privates are going on a billeting detail ter of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Byfcee of down close to the Rhine. This division Farmington, who was operated on for is taking the "Second division .sector,-The- y ' appendicitis Monday. August 4, and home right away. That are died the following Thursday. . Con will leave going the First and Third dionly soling remarks were made by Charles visions over here. The third will go IL Mabey, J. D. Wood, E. B. Clark and next, I guess, and we will be left until Bishop A. L. Clark. the last. -'- i 4 - -- Layton Auto Co. 4 . Yours, TARLEY WEBB. |