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Show : -sh tli:in :i i-imI million di .! 1 um." j Tin-re will he a meeting of tin people i f Brigham city nn Monday next , wl it'll it will probably be decided whether the i'ti-t branch j will hi' commenced this fall in tiiiic to provide irrigation fir next I war's crops. A-mM. i ' ail MUTi'lt lUlhll! ill lill A liiMiisI Mi Miu li ( 'iiiuil .M.-- ii!jr Will I),- lliM .Mun.hiy Ni;rlil, September fiftli, at 8 O'clock, in the Second Ward Hall, Brigham City. Representatives of the Bear River Canal Company Will Speak to the People. it. -pi. M-nlaliVH I r.iin limry T.nvu l-'rom Tlirro Mile Cr.-.'U to ( .l I Li. 1 1.11 Sin. Illll ((' IV.Ml'l.t. Who dui-n not waul more water? Kneuiinie llie east branch of ihe Hear River I'tuml and your want,0. will he nup-plied. nup-plied. A meeting will he held in the Second waul hull, llrijrlinui ('iiy, next Monday liilit, Sept. Mil, l S p. in. The en-'t branch project will h.; discussed dis-cussed by representatives of ihe eiuutl company. l're:-ident Uncoil, Mr. .lurvis ami olhcr.s will he present. The disposition llie people exliihil on this oreu.Mori will jro far toward deriding the future unions of the company. The following naincil places in particular parti-cular should he largely repi esen tc.l at. the mccling: Three Mile Creek. Ilriglnun City. Lake Side. ('all's Fori. Moncyvillc. leueyvilK C'ollinslon. A representative for every sipuuv foot of hind lying between the river and the inon n tain, from Coll ins ton to Three Mile Creek, should he present. If the people show u lack of enterprise mid u spirit of cool iudiHerciice, we might as well forget that this hig project for rci-lainii ng tens of thousands of acres of sagebrush tracts was ever conceived by mortal man the work will never be consummated; but, on the other hand, if they evince a proper appreciation, the work on theeast branch will he re-cnio-ineiiced this full in dead earnest and jiiished through to completion by July next. What say you ; shall we have a bi stream of Hear River water iiowing along the line by next J uly, or not ? This matter rests entirely wilii the people. Tl i e ens t I ra nc I i en 1 1 a 1 a go n t s have up to date secured eon. tracts for furnishing nearly l.OUU acres with perpetual water rights. , 'Unit represents $10,000 lo he expended on the proposed big ditch. The company com-pany wants u guarantee for 20,000 acres before they will again tackle the tremendous tre-mendous undertaking, we are told. Out of the total iio.OUO acres lying under the ditch, good judges say 10,001), or about one third, will be all that the company can possihly depend on for years. This means thai ihe company expects the people to build $'JOO,000 worth of the eamil, which will cost t he Co. 1 ,U10,000, ami it is c.-limatcd the people cannot stand more than if 1 00,000. The company xpcct a six per cent, assurance on the 4700,000 more V. hid) is required to complete com-plete the great work. Tlmi'Mlay al'lerne-in. the Bear River J t'unal nioi.llls were ill tow 11. They 'ave 1 Tub ttl oi.ril olihe a pleasant rail. The parlv eeie-i-aeil of Messrs. .Inrvis ami v ' mk lin , t'l'eiileiit .1.11. baron, Caption li. M. Spivey, Kniritieer burlier ami il. I M ,l:l'.is. They eanie lo town tn' look over Ihe line oi Ihe pioposeil eannl. They weie nil hi..hly ph'iiseU Willi our i pretty t'it oi Homes. j Messrs. jarvis anil t'onklin I b-ave for Oejon this mornine. on j business eonneeti'il with the liear ; liiver Canal. "The w estern braneh of the eanal having been com- lileteil." sa'ul .Mr. Conklin, 'The ! next tjueslion with us was to iiuluee selllers. ami to this elui ' we have been workine very assiduously. assidu-ously. Wc have audits all through the I'niteil Slates am! in Xorwav, Swecrlen ami leum:lrk. ami have ailvertisenients in over lllil newspai- rs. to attract si tilers to Ibis country. Wo conli.lently bope to have a n '.:! r portion ol the 10'i.iK"! aens s.llb.! by next Year. 'I be ie tern branch will b" IHI'li.4 to ,Mii.!etin at once. jiiMvUitv that we lo t the neces.-.try ciicour.urrment. ale! 1 b. li. vo this will b' fori lie Biiiiri H's wow HI i-onij.leio tin' o.isl branch in th same thorough iiiamu-r that we have the '.vest, and at a cost of not |