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Show STORSNG WATER fv FOR BRR1GATBQN Governor Spry, Apostle McKay and Others Are Urging- Farmers to Join in a Big" Reclamation Project Which Is to Redeem 20,000 Acres of Land Wear Ogden. - n A few years ago Governor William Spry and other captains of industry of the state conceived the plan of conserving con-serving the flood waters Of the larger larg-er streams In central and northern Utah for the reclamation of arid lands in theso sections, and, to that end, tho governor appointed a commission to Investigate and make estimates of Hi? minntltv of water available for thA purpose and also the quantity of land Irrlgablo. Since that time tho commissioners of the board of Utah conservationists have been busy, Thomas Allen and George Austin being most nctlvo In the work until a recent date, when others began giving much time and attention to the project. The conclusion conclus-ion arrived at Is that Weber and Pro-vo Pro-vo rivers nnnunlly have sufficient flood waters, not used in the Irrigation Irriga-tion of tho lands now cultivated, If properly conserved, to bring under cultivation at least 150,000 acres of good land, 20,000 acreB of which Is in Davis nnd Weber counties and 130,-000 130,-000 acres In Utah and Salt Lake counties. coun-ties. The cost of tho conservation of this surplus water and the placing of It on thp parched lands Is placed at $5,000,000. Two projects shall bo taken up, one Ut be known as tho north project and c tho other the south; the Weber river! reservoir on the north and the Provo river water baBin on the south. The two reservoirs will not be far anart. the ono to be near Coalville in Summit Sum-mit county, the other to be near Charleston In Wasatch county. Apostle David O. McKay, one of tho , officers of the commission and dlrec- i tor of the proposed Incorporation. states that both reservoir sites are j ideal, and that they can be built at a i minimum cost The Coalville reservoir reser-voir will hold the flood waters of tributaries trib-utaries to the Webor river and the Charleston reservoir will impound the surplus waters of Provo river, the distance between the two being only a few miles. It Is possible that in case there should be a scarcity of water In the ' Charleston reservoir to reclaim the larger acreage which Is In Utah and Salt Lake counties, mostly In Utah county, that the water would bo turned turn-ed from the Coalville reservoir to the one near Charleston. It is now planned that an association associa-tion shall be formed for the purpose of building these reservoirs and making mak-ing canals to convey the surplus waters wat-ers to the lands that are practically valueless without water, tho capital stock to be $5,000,000, and all the lands under the reclamation to bo pledged to the project, the north lands at ?125 an acre, the south lands at a less flrure. What Is designated the "north project," pro-ject," embracing Davis and Weber ; county lands, will be taken up first, ; It being argueti that thoro Is already a larger reclamation project in operation oper-ation by the government In Utah ' county and that the, need of reclam- ; allon Is mbro urgent just now In tho ' northern section. The reason for the expense being ; greator per acre for the reclamation of the northern section is that thoro j are fewer acres to be Irrigated and that the cost of reservoir and canal construction will be greater. ! Apostle McKay "has been an earnest earn-est advocate of taking the first step in the Davis and Weber county section, sec-tion, because he felt that the uplands of those counties should be reclaim--ed at tho earliest possible time. Of the 20,000 acres to be reclaimed reclaim-ed under the plan of tho new project, pro-ject, there are 1S.000 acres near Ogden Og-den The canal from tho Coalville reservoir will be above that of the Weber & Davis Counties canal and will cover all the Irrigable lands near tho mountains in northern Davis county. Then, too, the waters can be conveyed across the Webor We-bor river canyon near Uintah to tho uplands of Weber county, south of Ogden, near the mountains. The coot of the 'north project" will bo $2,500,000 A levy of $125 an aero will have to be made on tho lands covered by the project It is argued that the farmers can well afford to pay that amount of money for water when lb is considered that an aero of water under the Davis & Weber Counties Coun-ties canal Is selling readily today at $180. The entire project will he bonded, local money dealers to be preferred purchasers of the bonds, and the land owners given from ten to twenty years time In which to pay tho bonds, tho rate of Interest to be minimized to perhaps I or 4 1-2 per cent. It Is said that the lands should yield the first year after the water is placed on them a not pi of It of about $50, which would be three times the amount that would hae to be paid for their reclamation during the year To the end that the "north project" may be underway at an early date, land owners of the northern part of Davis county and those to the south of Ogden in Weber count arc being visited bv members of tho commission commis-sion with a view to intoiesting them In tho matter So far the effort ha neen successiui, me uirmers in nearly near-ly every instance stating thnt the are willing to talte stock to the extent of their acreage The Proo project will not ho undertaken until after the Ogden Og-den scheme has been promoted. The association shall bo known as the Utah Conservation company, the flist officers of which are: L. S Hill, presidont, David O McKay 3nd John Dern, vice presidents. P. M Carlqulst secretary. O C. Beebo, treasurer Directors, Thomas R. Culler, -Ham R Wallace, George T O.lel, 2&w-.s 2&w-.s S. Hill, W S. McCorralck, W. H Bancroft, Thomas L Allen. W W Armstrong. B. S Bauer, John Dern Albert Fisher, George B. Howe, D C Jacklin. Anthon H. Lund, v F j0n. sen, Isaac Howard, George D. Keysor, James D Murdock, O. J Salisbury. L, L Terr;, C W. Whitoh, D O McKay. Mc-Kay. John G N. Bowors, O. C. Boobo and James Chlpman. any one be whose propertv has been i w i - som ono t0 nay somc o160'5 i u ,, . 8 broke- a"PPollfint's counsel u,y bent' The whole cost of tho litigation falls on appellant's counsol." Tfce caso arises out of an alleged conversion of $1,500 worth of person-a person-a property, the plaintiff losing the decision de-cision In the superior court. rift . |