Show SALT LAKE AND ANC OGDEN'S WATER In off I explaining the shortage of ol ller ter In Salt Lake City M I eslen eelen attributed the unfavorable conditions to the drouth which pre pre- rails ails Ic in the entire Intermountain t legion eglon Snake river and other large streams he ha said were ere lower than the have ever been known to besand be beland sand land the drying up of water sup lIes was noted In every direction The mayor advocated more and an larger re reservoirs for Salt Lake City This plO OS that the metering of Salt Lake has not saved the tho city cit In In a time of o extreme shortage al although although though metering undoubtedly Is to the ad advantage antage of ot any city seeking to conserve Zits Its w water ter supply and 0 t some da day Ogden Orden must Intall meters The distressing situation developed In Salt Lake a month ago when much of ot the city was without water tends lends to emphasIze the fact act that Ogden I Is fortunate In being able to draw draw on the arte arte- artesian artesian sian Ian wells for Cor or Its water supply At present Wheeler creek and Coldwater Cold Coldwater Coldwater water canyon can on are arc rc lowing streams which If it relied upon would lease e Ogden In a desperate plight At Atone Atone Atone one time the entire supply was v as drawn front from those two sources With then the placing of the airlift pumps pumI s at park Ogden was saved from rom a water waler famine But as lIS the city gro grows gros 8 further as aster water a Iter ter facilities ma have to be ded d de developed I Ibe and e eventually e the city may maybe maybe I be compelled to tl place a dam on an anthe the the south RoUth fork of Ogden river which with the long main I to convey tho the Impounded wi wa tern would bo be an expensive under under- taking IOne One thing tiling Ogden should bo be I thankful for Is the We foresight which dictated the placing of equipment at the artesian wells welle In anticIpation of the tho time when then the city would be almost wholly dependent on the ells for Its water supply oo |