Show SETTLING THE WATER QUESTION while the farmers of north ogden I 1 and eden are bitterly engaged in con testing through the courts the rights to water a number of the most prom i anent financiers of ogden are laboring in a careful and most practical way to settle forever the water con troverse tro versy by supplying not only eden and north ogden with ample water but also all 0 weber county the promised solution of this hesed problem is in great part due to the foresight of H H spencer and the financial approval of david eccles judge H II 11 and other prominent citizens of ogden they are now engaged in the preliminary work in which the foundation will be laid tor a mighty reservoir on the south fork of ogden river about nine miles south of at the confluence of cobble creek and south fork the restraining walls will reach from cliff to be about 1200 long and feet high and impound during the flood season acre feet of water that is to say that acres of land can be watered a foot deep with the water to be conserved that goes roaring down ogden canyon in the spring of each year and flows on to great salt lake un utilized doing no one good and serving no purpose the undertaking has heretofore received but scant attention from those not directly concerned owing to the tact that the promoters have quietly proceeded to acquire the necessary land tor dam site and have been v cent in regards to their plans during the period of obtaining undisputed title but now they feel free to talk and with the disclosure of their plans there comes an eagerness to know more of the scope of the undertaking the dam and power plant will cost approximately and by this time next year men will be employed on the work when completed it will guarantee water enough to prevent crop failure by drouth ia any part of weber county and will prove a blessing almost unequaled by any other enterprise ever undertaken in this section |