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Show H The Dry Farm B Meeting. K Thoio was quite ti numlmr who jfl attended tho meeting hold Monday fl evening ut Hie Piimary School H building in the iutoicst of mid jjB fanning. Bishop Andiew Fjehl fl1 acted us chairman with J. S. fl( "Willcs as secretary. fl After the (iiusliou wits discussed Bf of how to obtain the land, the B prioo of planting, fencing, etc., jfl letters fi oni dlll'orent ones bearing B upon the object of the meeting was fl lead. By a vote of thoso present fl it was decided to oigiinizo a com- B pany and farm on a large scale. A B committee was named consisting of B A. J. Evans, O. L. Stookey, Henry B Lewis, Peter Schow and G. N. P Child to go over to Cedar Valley Wti and select u tract or tracUs of land B amounting to live or six thousand ff aote,s. HI Thuro was subscribed by those fl present 15500 ncros and a committee fl was appointed to solicit acreage fl enough to make at least live thous- and acres. The committee is: Ed. Southwick, J. M. Kirkhum, Dr. ' E. C. Merrihow, H. J. Whipple, John Koboits. I Congioss has passed a measure I thiowiug open for selection the Foit Crittenden Military lcscrve, f which consists of the gt outer part ' of Cedar Valley. The State Land Itoaid will have charge of same as soon as they aie otlicially notified by the. Secretary of the Interior of the lapBo or this bill. -They will now accept of applications and when the time comes will consider them in the outer Hied. A. meeting will be held next .Monday evening at the same build- flBhte iug for the purpose of hearing ie- flc Our committee on selecuoir will Bp act in connection with a committee w fiom American Fork in selecting jt tiacts of land. K Tliuto is some of our citizens who r ale taking up under the Home- it stead Act land in Cedar Valley P and may form a smaller company 1L to do arid farming. R Fiancln Child, Joseph Anderson, H J. E. Child, lly Anderson and K othoi-s went over to Cedar Valley m on Tuesday to look over new tracts of land. |