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Show CORINNE IS II BEGINNINGS A BOOM Corlnne, to the northwest of Ogden. in the Bear River valley. Is at the beginning be-ginning of a new era. A deal has just been closed by which William F House, for a consideration of $100,000. has transferred to E. A. Hyde aud associates as-sociates 1,500 acres of land on the east side of Corlnne "Bishop" Ed Ryan, who is in from Corlnne, says the transaction means much to his town, as the tract of land is to be supplied with water and sold In small acreage to prospective settlors set-tlors The land was without water right, but the new owners are interested in the East Side canal and have available avail-able water for their entire area Mr. House, who is mayor of Corlnne. Co-rlnne. has no thought of deserting his city, as he still has several thousand thou-sand acres of rich holdings in that district. Ho has shown his faith In the future of the town by buying the $9,000 Issue of water bonds latelj authorized, the money to be used in bringing a water supply for domestic domes-tic purposes from the mountain range north of Brigham City. The enUro town is to be furnished with pure water. William House, his friends say, has been too busy making money to give attention to the fairer sex. but it la now Intimated that when he starts on his trip around the world he will not go alone, and on his return lo Corinnc "nt homo" cards will be issued is-sued oo |