Show A SPLENDID enterprise ON thursday the imbt a very important movement was decided upon at a meeting on the sand ridge lidge between 17 ausville Kays rays villo and ogden it is well known that a large fertile region of country slopes from the mountains in that vicinity down to the shore of the briny lake only a small portion of which has until recently been brought into cultivation there have been I 1 for several yearb years some farms firms watered from springs and little stream ieta lets close under the mountains and by constructing canals canala from the weber in the neighborhood of ogden city water has been conducted to the strip of country now known as hooper city where the growth of trees and vegetation is wonder ful and where a thrifty settlement prospers near to the lakes edge but bat many thousands of acres were left because of the lack of water for irrigation and although during the past three or four years dry farming has succeeded very well and considerable land has been preempted pre empted or purchased from the UP railroad still a large area has been left untilled unfilled but bat the feasibility of taking out the waters of the weber from some point up the catlon cation from which it II 11 could be brought around the base of 0 the mountains and turned upon this naturally fertile land laud has been discussed for over twenty years past the great expense attending such a project has hitherto deterred any attempt to bring it into effect however Ho a number of live men in weber county de do to make an effort towards its and taking the steps required by law obtained from the county court of weber county the right of way for a canal but there are landowners in davis da vib vis county who have for years been agitating this same question and who would be as much bene fitted as s the Webe Web rites by buchan such sueh an enterprise A meeting of landowners landow norg nors in both countie counties 1 s interested in the undertaking was held on Thursday when an amalgamation of forces was effected and plans were adopted for the construction of a canal to meet the requirement of all parties the davis county people were admitted by the Webe rites to a full participation in the benefits of the right of way each party to do an equal share of the work on the main canal and its own work on the branch canals the great ditch Is to be commenced about a mile and a half up weber callon cahon from which point to the forks fork s where it will mill part into the weber county ditch and the davis county ditch it will be nine miles milea in length and carry a stream 12 feet wide and 3 feet deep the fall is 3 feet to the mile the cost is estimated at or at the rate of 3 per acre for the land to be watered thereby it Is to be commenced at once and put through to its completion there are business men connected with the enterprise and several capitalists as well bs hb a mall small farmers they are all in earnest the work will be done it is no dream of theorists and the scheme will not remain on an paper the changes that will be brought about la in a few year years F through he the building of this long talked of canal upon the country between kaysville Kays ville and ogden on each side aide of the railroad will be a most moat pleas ing ng and pron profitable table tabie transformation it t will give another demonstration of the potency of water as described by the extinguished statesman colfax but people with both eyes looking for lor causes when they see the effects will credit something to labor energy skill pluck determination and wise direction not only will fields and farms take the place of sage and sand but the country will besotted be dotted with ileac ant homes bar sar rounded surrounded by the foliage of orchards and shade trees and made beautiful with flowers and shrubbery the solitude will be broken by the voice of merriment and the sound of cheerful industry while the lowing kine and domestic birds and quadrupeds will add their various notes to prove that active life has come in the place of the silent wilderness rich klch crops of grain and fruit and the product of the vine will contribute to the general wealth and the whole re region reelon I 1 0 n will become a mormon bifia village g ce with its peace plenty and general good order we commend the course taken by the parties to this union of interests and with their grand enterprise all the success desired and expected by its worthy projectors project ors ore |