Show i UNCLE JESSES JESSE'S GIFT GROWS S IN VALUE Recent Donation of Dry Dr Lamto Land Lam to University Turns U Out Wet I Republican Sp Special Service o April IS H About About a year car cor ago agi tit tin I Uncle Jesse Knight presented Brigham Young university with acres of or dry land on Provo bench A At that time there were mall many win Will thought the tho gift amounted to only i a afew few hundred dollars In value and thai that the th sound of oC GOO 00 acres OCIeS was tho tue largest thing about It U It but to today uy there Is r a very tory vcr different version It now looks vcr very fax favorable arable that au an abundance ol or water will within the Immediate fu Iu future future fu- fu ture tore be lIc provided for the land Jand This Thil last ast venture like the first Is the work of Incle Jesse I Knight and was started started start start- ed ell when he hue announced that he lie would give enough water to irrigate all the tillable land hand In the 50 acre act piece At t tile the time Ume tile the announcement was made nado It was thought that tho the water would be taken from the thc stream being developed In the Mountain Lake nc but now It Il seems that the scheme Is vastly vastl larger than the one connected with tho the mine Some time ago a o Provo Pro people nIell on five fl lakes at the head of or Provo Pro river rl and antl nd the tue matter of oC storing water In these natural reservoirs was nas tested In the thc courts Tho The court held lucid that hint water to the he amount of oC acre feet might be stored in itt time the lakes cs which was time the prIncipal bone of or contention in iii the hue litIgation lit- lit gatlon Of this storing capacity in Ill the tile lakes Uncle Jesse Knight owns a acry avery cr very cry large portion and fand It Is from Crom the tile supply In Iii these lakes Jakes that the thc university sHy Ity farm will be bo irrigated or if f II 11 Y u U U. U i That the time matter will be pushed Is 1 evl evidenced b by the action o of the time board o trustees of the B. B Y U. U in iii their meetIng meeting meet meet- Ing ng Friday night when It was ordered thal the thc executive committee proceed nt it t once to get Jet estimates of the cost of if f building a canal in which to bring the hue ie water frotH from the lakes Jalcs to the thc l land and north of Pro o Provo o. o Two engineers rave tave made made rough estimates at ot the cost if of the tho venture One of them says sa 8 10 00 the thc lie other not more mora than It has been said on good authority lint hat the canal will be built this tills sum- sum mer ocr regardless of cost In a addition to building the canal lucre here is a n lot hot of or work to tobe be bo done on out tho the akes lales so as to lo enlarge the storing capacH ca- ca pacH This will m be bo done at the Uw con- con of the promoters of or the Uio cherne but will wiil be started at once Since Sluice tho the announcement was made malic that hint water in great reat abundance could be ic obtained for Cor the lie fruit truSt land on Provo 0 the value aluc of oC the property has else In Iu somo Instances GOO per cent When tilt the lm water H is I turne on to the thc farm arm irni the tue property will be worth GO- GO 00 so the time knowing ones sa say |