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Show LEGAL PHASE IRRIGATION PLAN. Commercial Club to Discuss Matter Friday, Using Special Committee's Commit-tee's Report as Basis Experts to Address Meeting. Irrigation has tho right of way In the Commercial club theso duB nnd bids fair to hold It till something tangible Is necomtdlshed. There will be a meeting meet-ing of the entire club on next Friday evening for the purpose of discussing tho legal phases of tho problem. All the best posted Irrigators and a number num-ber of tho best lawyers of tho Stute will ho Invited to address this meeting. Tho basis of tho discussion will be supplied by the leport of the committee commit-tee on lirlgitlon appointed by the Commercial Com-mercial club last October on the occasion occa-sion of r II Newcll's visit to the city. This report was signed by Chairman Cleorgo C Lambert, br , yisterday. It argueH that bj converting Utah. lake Into a Government teservolr by the U'o of money from the national Irrigation fund from 70 000 to 100,000 acres of arid land can be reclaimed, and the taxable valuo of the land Increased from J5 000,-000 000,-000 to J7 000 C00 It Is nectssnty, tho report aigues, to bo nble to submit to the Interior department de-partment a ilenn-cut business proposition proposi-tion In order that Utah may Heture ItH full shaie of tho lirlgntlon fund The committee secured tho legal services of I' B Hlchaiels whoso knowledge of Irrigation Ir-rigation matters Is considered to be of especial value It was reported that ho canal companies of Salt Lake coun-vvetc coun-vvetc getting together and would . rt formulato n plan for complete cooperation co-operation within the next, week Hpeclal attention Is called to the fact that modifications of the Htate Irrigation Irriga-tion lawn will be required In order to get aaslstanco from Washington, and a meeting of tho Commercial club Is urged for thn discussion of this phase of the subject. The board of control of the club held a meeting last evening and decided to call a meeting of tho entire club for Friday evening next. This Is expected to be a meeting ot unusual un-usual inuiortuncc. |
