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Show !Thc Walcr Question of Salt Lake County . . f Stilt Lake eanul coinpunke aio very '2 muoh woiritd over tlioshot'iigeol water, js Mr Ai gui M. Cannon prciident of the Halt Lake ennui companies lias elnted I tliat tlieio isCO.OOOauiw of In 1 1 tb- niost of wlileliis in gniln that will buf- 3. for, and altuoHt bo lost unless rain comes . ' in a low days Mi. James II. Onrdner I ol-Lehl wlio is rfow Bupt. ol the Utah 1 8ugar Co. lias wiotc ft long litter to tlie Dusuiet Newa.on th' tiubjic' and makes H n proposition to the eaiul louipauies H whereby lie will supply them with all H the water iieccseaiy. !The folbwing is his piojiotlthii: "The water can bo raised out of the luKo for a nominal price, and can be done in tin u to dp .in amount of good in Salt Lake county tins year, This pi mi was devised by Bishop A, Gardner of West Joidtin, tho veteran canal builder and pioneer of Utah, This is the only plan, out of all that hus been advanced ad-vanced that will insure Salt Lake county coun-ty nil tlie watoi needed for irrigation purposes. "Tlieio lias never been any complaint from Utah county on account of (lio lake being loo low, it is the high water that causes law mi'ls, etc. Dyking jr -' tlie lake on tho south and cast have talked of alio diedging the river to draw oft' the wnlor to a lower point, hut both propositions aio too costly for poor farmers to cvou think of entertaining, ' '! |
