| Show MEETING OF FARMERS CALLED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE BIG DAM IN THE CANYON opposition of the people of huntsville is disclosed in I 1 petitions i from tuesdays standard now is the critical period in the bag dam proposition of the utah light power company enough 1 action las been taken by the local officers of hc company to keenly interest the of the remote settlements in he western part 0 the county and all of the people in ogden valley A big mass meeting will bo held in huntsville on the of this month to determine the attitude of the peo plo to bo mot damaged or aided by he materialization ot the scheme this morning the county corn missioners ners sent letters to the prominent men in warren hooper west weber and plain city requesting them to send a delegation of five from each settlement to confer with the ogden valley people in an endeavor to amicably discuss ho disadvantages and advantages of the big dam and to arrive at a common conclusion in regard to its construction st this meeting will he more for those leople who are directly interested n the dam later the feelings of the whole county will be learned through meetings held in different sections already protests from some two hundred valley ites have reached the commissioners among these the causes for not giving permission to construct the dam are many but cener around a common point people in the valley assert that tho route of the new road Is undesirable and dangerous this because the dirt on the ow hills is soft and yielding which in early spring when the ground is saturated with water becomes unstable and land slides occur snow slides in the winter time are also of re quent occurrence and therefore he petitioners petition ers claim that life will be jeopardized the company claims that the road will be high enough and wide enough to be removed from the path of snow and land slides where danger s imminent suitable protection will ie provided by the company the new road will be shorter wider and less grade than the old road some private elsh hatcheries will be nun dated by the back water protests from owners of these have kieen sent to the claim that the fish industry will grow to in excess of with n a few years it not destroyed by the vast three armed lake this damage t it were not overbalanced over balanced by the benefits to be derived from a reservoir would command serious attention A communication from hooper gives he sentiment of the people not only here but in every town that borders he lake waste it was estimated that through the shortage of crops this year due to lack of irrigation water hooper was damaged this can be tri in three other towns so serious has the necessity of water become that the farmers of hooper have decided it the dam Is not constructed to mortgage their farms and construct a private waterway from the head waters of weber river to their settlement the power company claims that the advantages to ogden valley to be chain through the dam will overshadow the disadvantages experts on climatic conditions affirm that the presence of so large a body of water in the valley will temper the atmosphere so that all kinds of fruit grown near city can be raised around huntsville much interest is shown in the action to be taken at the mass meeting people below ogden valley will sanction lie movement but some la the valley will oppose the movements |
