Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-09-21 | Page 1 | Ogden Unable to Buy Land at $1.25 Acre

I OGDEN UNABLE TO BUY BOY LAND AT 1 ACRE i i f OlTer er of Arcs Acres r to t i Protect Protect Vat a Rest Must II Ogden Olden City Is not able at this tim time to purchase areas of ot land and on the city Cay heds water avatar sh ds in the the vicinity of ot South SouthFork Tonic ForI and other canyons and must turn down the tho offer otter of ot the fed fed- federal fed federal ed- ed eral government to sell this land to the city at per acre ac- ac according accordIng ac according cording to a decision made by Mayor George E B Browning Drowning and the city commissioners today Tho The commissioners authorized the city recorder to notify notly gov government officials that the pur pur- pur purchase s pur-clia-s chase can not be bo made Last summer a II bill was wa passed by congress which would permit the city to buy acres acre ot of land at per acre However the decided J that the city I Is unable to avail itself or of the th otter offer Inasmuch as the to total to- to total tal cost would bo ho Since tho the passage of ot the tho land Jani office has haa a asked ked the commission to m make le its decision While the th commissioners agree that the city should hould own land In order to properly protect Its i watersheds the tho government go willbo will willbe willbo bo be notified noli fled that Ogden can not avail all Itself of ot the offer at this Cone e The che commission however thanks Senator William II It Ming King ho who sought fought for tor the tho bill for or his efforts In putting i It throUgh i- i ii i I