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Show UTAH LAKE PnOJECT. A Inrge number or land-ownei or I'tnh county held a meeting In 1'iovo Innt Saturday to dlncus the I'tah lake reservoir lueiject. but the meeting adjourned ad-journed without definite action tielnft taken. The committee apindnted at last ear'n sntlierlng. loiniMieed of llober Fnrrer of l'rovo, II T llonoldn of Spilngvllle. !: S. Hlrktey nf 1'iovo. M I". Snell of SanlHh Fork. A II Wnlker of I'lenmint Orove, Theodore Failey of I'nivo llench. und J. II Keeler or l'rovo, through their chairman. Mr Fnrrer, reported that they held meeting wllh Salt I.nke eoun-ty eoun-ty people nnd the Government repie-seutntlve. repie-seutntlve. and had dlscuwed the different differ-ent plans for Increasing the wnter supply, sup-ply, and believed that n better understanding under-standing now existed between nil parties Interested than ever before The Hvheme of renervolrlng I'tnh lake by the Government whs discussed nt Mime length, the meeting being ulsiut equall) divided on the iiueHInu All ennnervntlve senker fnvoreil the project outlined by the Government, provldeel reservoir were built in the mountains and the supply of wnter In-e-renseel ror the high land nnd Innds that wnuld be drained by reducing the area nf the bike In this county Judge John II Mllner of the Utah lake iiimmlssloii read the mensureme lit or the lake during the )ear 1!K: and 1P0S, showing that tho prenent pumping plant which supplleH the farmereJOf Salt Lake lounty with wnter had only reduced the level or the lake two Inihe-n In two years The Judge nine, read a imrllein or 'n ngreement between the Innd-ownei or Salt Ike ami I'tah cnuntle which ir- inlt storage nf wnter C A Olasler Intnuluced r.sedutlon Indorsing In-dorsing the reservoir project n outlined b) the Government nlllclnl provided It doe not rnlne the water nliove the compromise com-promise silnt, favoring hlghlnnd reservoirs reser-voirs nnd diverting the Duchenne nnd Straw berry rlveri. Into I'tah lake Ihinugh the Smnlsh Fork river The resolutions created a llvel) dl-ciisslon dl-ciisslon and the meeting adjourned with-nut with-nut action being taken |