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Show f; SOUTH FORK RESERVOIR AND TOMATOES. I h H J j ' jThc assistant manager of one of the local toraato canneries, when Hj , " : fiskecVas to the business outlook, said: Ht , "Our business would bo most promising if tho clouds were to HI ' -wo'cp over the stupidity of the people of this section, in their failure H 1 o build the South. Pork Reservoir." Hj j it Tho canncr said the tomato vines required water lo grow. H . i water, to develop the fruit and water to ripen the tomatoes. At H U present thexo is no water with which to hasten the maturity of the H j '" tomatoes on tho vines. H , " "Had we the South Fork dam," he Raid, "this present worri- H ) 1 niont would never be one of our troubles. But until the farmers Hpsi H and the people generally learn tho importance of building the res- H ,j jj eryoir, I presume wo will go along repeating tho folly of allow- H ' H ing ourselves to suffer n water shortage, although billions of gal- B I Ions o-water run to waste each year in tho flood period of Ogden I ; I .river." H i i .On another page of this issue of the Standard appears an ap- I tpoal to the people, under the heading, "Over $200,000 Subscribed." I Those who have the future of Ogdcu and Weber county at -heart H s - should read the article. It is a review of the efforts made to build r ' 'he South Fork reservoir. |