Show CLUB HEARS OF 1 ECHO PROSPECTS Reservoir Heser r Work ork Described In Address By Bv A P I Bi Bigelow b clo Members of o the Exchange club I tOday were addressee by A p Bigelow Ogden banker member of the state water com corn commIssion commission mission and president ot of f the We- We We Weber her ber r Water Vater association tion lion Mr Ir Bigelow recounted the story o of securing the th Echo dam darn project which will wll Im- Im Impound Im Impound pound waters of ot the Weber eber river Only a few Cew ew 1 maIn to tobe tobe tobe I be cleared up and then the gov- gov govI gov government I will wll submit 1 bids to the contractors for tor the th building of ot the dam said eald Mr I The acre liel In the reservoir will be sold lo c farm farm- farmers era arm ers era at the cost coat of approximately 44 U per acre foot toot will wll be I paId for or In 20 annual payments without Interest making the year year- ly Iy yearly Installment about 2 for tor or each acre foot tool EXAMPLE SI I l firmly believe that the Echo darn dam will be the mean means of adding more wealth alth and population to this community than any other factor By Dy giving water as security In- In instead Instead stead of o a a lien lIn on the land the reclamation service hu has ha departed from Its old policy This water Is good security as was shown to the Investigators sent hero to tomake tomake make preliminary ys o of the work under consideration For Joor Instance while on a tour of or the county I showed one of o the thO reclamation departments department's representatives representatives a field Icid of fine alfalfa on one sid side of the road well wa- wa watered wa making the land worth t tan an acre on the other hide bide was waB a a barren sand waste no worth 1 10 an acre because It had haJ no Wa- Wa Water wa ter tee Our farms have been developed de- de developed de through the agency ot 01 oI water and If you take away the I you take away the alue I LARGE BUYERS I There are about acre acres I I of o land that need nd more water and ani I Ithe the Echo dam will store the waters holding them until such time as they are ne needed ded In the late We We have an agreement with the people of Provo to let feet teet second feet fet of ot water be do- do through a canal at t Oakl Oakley across th Kamas flats whenever there Is an excess of ot water ater In the reservoir and when there Is de d I below second feet teet at Vivian on the Provo river In only three years out of 1 1 1 a as the records show has thele been a urn summer mer when there was not an excess of water Provo has sub sub- subscribed subscribed scribed to buy acre feet and inc Ogden City has haa subscribed for tor for acre feet fet to be traded for rIghts In the Ogden river rl YOn VOTE 01 TJI At the close cloe of the meeting Stuart 1 P 1 Dobbs made a motion mollon that the club pass a resolution giving Mr Bigelow and other members who had worked for forthe othe the securing of ot the project a vote of thanks tor for their untiring efforts In behalf of ot the community Harry Hales played the tho piano for the singing of America President John W IV an announced an- an announced that the th board of If control would meet mt Thursday evening at al at t t 15 o'clock In the Reed hotel Dr H 11 Earl Belnap wa was a a guest t at the luncheon today |