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Show '" i " gggBgeaa ar M Drainage District I to Be Organize I City Drains Develop Much Water and Creato Sentiment for Big District. Tho two drains now bolng con-stuctod, con-stuctod, ono on Center Street and tho other on First West Strcot, nro largely large-ly rosponslblo for n rosuroctlon of offorts to cronto ono long district that will Includo all tho Wator-loggod nrca of this precinct, rioports nro thnt tho Farm Bureau dralnngo commlttoo will meet In tho noar futuro and perfect per-fect plans for tho iiumcdlnto organization organi-zation of a district that .will com-menco com-menco in tho Now Survoy west of town nnd oxtend south and oast Into tho American Fork product, nnd om-bracing om-bracing approximately 3,000acros. Tho city and Bchool drain on Con-tor Con-tor Street is pjanncd "to oxtond from First North to Third South nt tho II. O. Lott corner. It Is now dug half way but tins already developed nearly ono second foot of water, and undoubtedly un-doubtedly whon comploted will havo dovoloped fully ono second foot. Tho othor drain extending from Postmaster Anderson's cornor on Third South to Fourth South has developed de-veloped a nlco stream of about ono hnlf second foot. At tho rato theso two drains are now Mowing, It measured mea-sured In vnllio to that being Bold in this and Snlt Lako County by tho Provo llosorvolr Company, this water would bo worth between $10,-000 $10,-000 and $12,000. Mr. Anderson and his nolghbors nro digging tholr drain to roliovo tho wator-loggod condition of tholr lots. Tho City drain Is Intended In-tended to lowor tho wntor tnblo on tho school proporty, drain tho hnso-ment hnso-ment of; thd proposed Memorial building and the' basomonts of somo or tho buslnos houseson Main Strcot. So much water wds, developed In the Mentor Strcot drain that thoso in ehargo had to Install an oloctrlc pump boforo they could lay tho plpo and procood with tho digging. Knglneor Hart, to U. S. Drainage oxport, lias propared dralnngo mnps nnd plats for tho Lohl district and has announced a willingness to co-op-orato with tho Lohl peoplo In creating n district and Installing tho system. County Agent Welsh who has ehargo of dralnugo districts of over 40,000 acres also has expressed n willing-noss willing-noss to glvo his services to tho Lohl farmers. Both thoso gontlomon nro In the employ of tho government and tholr sorvlcos will bo frco. Loading fnrmors nnd business men siiy the sentiment Is now ripo to organize tho district and In our next Issuo wo hopo to nnnounco the general gener-al commlttoo. It will .bo nocossnry to got ono third of tho proporty ownors and ono half "o - 1 of tho acroago in tho proposod dta- H trlct stgncd up to organlzo or It will H bo nocossnry to got over ono half of H the proporty owners and ono third of . H tho acreago. From tho many favor- H nblo oxprosslons bolng m&do it ap- H pears that thoro will bo llttlo trouble H In getting both n majority of the .'H proporty ownors nnd a majority of k ' jH tho acreago. H |