Show commercial CLUB MEET B discuss 1 the question of rendering assist abcejo ance to well owners OTHER irrigation QUESTIONS anESI IONS proposition presented to provide wat er for acres bench land baad the commercial club meeting last friday evening was perhaps the most interesting session held in a long time the committee on irrigation presented a report embodying the information that fourteen wells are now either dug or under way that the owners ot of these wells feel that they are promoting an enterprise which means much for the material advancement of brigham city and as such might expect expect some elcox encouragement rage from the ci city ty this encouragement they thought could be shown by concessions in the matter of power they were prepared to make one suggestion only and that was that they purchase transformers on their awn account and apply part of such purchase price on the regular rental until they had received the value of the transformers when they would become the property of the city the mayor and some members of 0 the city council were present not no as city boffl carlut as deml members ers of the club i aciz ZA was learned that the city had a already y sp ent a in line construction this year as it could stand in tact fact the lighting tem had even incurred some extra debt so that as mayor hoist put it the plant itself needs some encouragement after discussing the matter pro and con at considerable length a mation prevailed that for the present at least the club drop the matter the idea of dismissing it entirely was not agreeable to some however including some city officers present and the impression was left that there is still a chance for the well owners to g get some aid prof thos 11 glen who had bad been invited to be present was given the floor and asked to state club his position on the question of pumping water for irrigation he gave in brief his ideas which were in the same velu vein as the article written by him and published in the report last week he said however that he preferred that the club members ask him questions that might be in their AF continued on page seven commercial club meet continued from first page minds an and he would endeavor to answer them A dozen or more questions were asked and while his theory as previously advanced was admitted on general principles it was evident from the questions of those who have given the matter their attention and investigation that they do not belleve the theory applies local condition dr A W ensign solicited the aid of the club in securing and maintaining a good baseball team for brigham city this season the doctor regarded ad the matter as of vital importance to the life and business of the city and strongly urged the club to use its influence toward getting a winning ning team A motion was carried that the committee on public entertainment tain ment be notified by the sec secretary y that it is the th request ot of the club that I 1 they hey take up this matter atter ir and do everything ery edi thing possible to make a success of it sir IT holst hoist explained that thai he had not understood that members of the club were allowed to meet with the board of governors in their regular meetings and so did not know what had been done he thought that the committee on manufacture and ne new w industries should have been doing something toward securing some of the enterprises that seem to be under promotion in other places manager tanager i E W dunn e expressed lp himself on the business of the club prid and the lack of interested manifested by the committees these committees had some of them been appointed when there was dirth of material and some members had been appoint ed without special reference to their particular fitness for the work his idea was that thai special committees should be appointed for special work hebald he said that he had tried every way known to him h to infuse t iffe life iud and L action into some of the standing committees mit Tit tees and had been tva successful Fres president ident frank W fishburn took oc occasion caslon to say that we are working at a disadvantage in this city due to a division of inte interest reit some are indifferent to everything except their own individual affairs and ethers others will not take an active part because they have feelings toward members of the club this latter difficulty seemed to be the worst feature to contend with I 1 the matter of securing water for irrigating about acres of choice land and of town was brought up but butin in nowise disposed of the proposition was to secure the use of water now running over the dams that is botts bolts mill and poul foul sens mill for diversion higher up so BO that the land across the creek could be reached As it is now these n mills have a water right that cannot be molested and by the time the water vater has gone over their dams it is ishoo too low to get it upon the bench II if the owners of the mills nills could be induced to exchange this water tour four or five fire months out of the year for a an equal amount of electric power a great dealoe the valuable fruit laud land could could be redeemed and made extremely profitable this patter will come up for final discussion in a meeting in the near future |