Show i an mam OPEN LET TER t brigham city utah january 14 editor vo box elder news the writer believes every of brigham city should assist in securing the drainage ol 01 the swamp lands landa in and around brigham lir igara city re regardless garf whether he is a land owner or not of course the primary benefits from the improvement will go to the land owner but the interest of all in a community is more or less affected allec ted by the tha well being ot of the majority it is ia a truism that a poor man and a poor piece of ground always go together I 1 it might be asked why this is so the reason Is simple a productive piece i lind will make its owner rich and es rectally reci ally if lie he works it iche it lie was poor when lie he commenced to work the land ho he cannot long remain so as such land will soon put him in the well to do class lands that have been drained in other states have pro en to be the very best land within the borders of those states and in some cases after tile the drainage improvement was vas completed alese same despised swamp lands brot higher prices than the very choicest lands that did not require drainage draina gp why because they were extremely fertile and the other lands were more I 1 or less worn out our swamp lanil ls ol 01 1 when I 1 1 e n properly drained no doubt will be of tills fertile class I 1 in looking thru a magazine not long I 1 since mention was made of a suit in I 1 court brot by an illinois farmer to enjoin bjoin the drainage of a IGO acre tract that was worth from 2 to 5 per acre as poor pasture and it was urged by this farmer that the land was so cheap that it could not stand the expense ot 0 draining and was so poor that it would ed chereb mar lost out in the suit in the lower court and the case was appealed to the su preme court during tile the laws delay the drainage system was completed and the alie swamp lan began to be ell cultivated and produced leed wonderful crops the like of which hall had never been seen in that bic from a price I 1 or of 2 to tc 3 5 per am with no bids iiii same land jumped to 90 to iloa pe I 1 lacre are with none to be had the aggrieved farmer having received an all of f fer of 90 per acre for his acre 1 j 1 tract made contingent on the losing of his appeal in the supreme couii I 1 drainage works wonders there may be a few cases in bri bria lam hata city like the above and there may also be a few cases where some people will lose their pastures but the law provides that all such must be compensated pen sated in full so that in the end no ni one will have been injured if we cannot be prosperous ourselves let us try and make our neighbors prosperous if they are doing well they will furnish employment for us and improve our circumstances by so 0 o doing the writer does tot ot own a foot 0 oi land in the proposed drainage district I 1 but sa BO sanguine is he of the good ra suits to be obtained by the improvement he as the representative of a bank all of whose stockholders re bide within box fider county fees that the proposed improvement is of such vital interest to its his institution and its stockholders arid and knowing that if general prosperity comes to the people a large share will come to the security savings nanh bank in order th therefore ere fore to encourage those who have I 1 lands to drain and to supply funds to complete the enterprise the security S bank will loan on bonds within the drainage df district strict where the necessary necessary water right is provided SO 80 per cent of the full cash value at the present time of such lands making a condition of such loan that the funds can be used only tor for drainage purposes let the good work go on respectfully J JE E HALVERSON |