Show FARMERS MAY BUY RESERVOIR Utah Construction Co Cc o May Transfer Its Mackay Project MACKAY Ida Ha Aug Aue Farmers i-Farmers 6 E Farro Farmer TS decreed natu natal and nd ranchers owning Lost rive al flow flo low rights from Item Big after arter holding a meeting l at et Moor M have appointed a committee of 1 I members to make ml a c careful reful study an and Investigation of tho the reo r submitted by th the Utah Uth C Con Cot n- n ruction company for the sale of water rights and end lac- lac lackay M ie- ie their project kay reservoir to the owners of the theold th told valley to for old decreed rights In th the half x a million dollars Experience of the past p t six or seven seve demonstrated that Ur the yea years has hu natural flow of Dig Big Lot Lo t river Iq 1 I In- In In Insufficient I the th he sufficient to adequately Irrigate land lands now In cultivation and und undo un the plan proposed by tho the Utah Con Con- Con Co Ca the greater part e ethe at of the lands landi land under their Carey Carcy act ac project Involving In largo large 10 losses losso In de- de de water will be abandoned and the water transferred to land landin l nIn In the valley proper which now ha hal hwe hay decreed l cr ed natural flo flow rights that ere ar Inadequate to satisfactorily mature matur crops LOCAL COMMENT Th The above Item was shown to oo of of the th Utah Construction com com- company corn copany following corn com pany In Ogden Oden and the meat ment was 8 made by ty Warren L secretary and treasurer The facts given above e are sub correct except that the Investigations Investigation le leading up to this plat plan were wre made by the water users also asso a elation of Big pig Lost river valley and an anthe a the statements as to acreage w wt tor supply and the th like tike are theirs and ani not our ours They sent a committee from the Big Lot Lost river country to tc the office of o this company In Ogden Ogder to negotiate for tor the sal sale o ol of Its hold hold- logs Th The above tentative offer otter wat wa the result Its acceptance would Id mean that the reservoir and canal system would b be turned over to the water users usen association ok or orsome o some similar agency which would own wn and operate them The transfer from the construction company would Include a considerable amount of land and equities In land acquired by the conn con con- construction company from Carey act settlers but would not Include a number of o other land holdings which the corporation has In DI Big Lost river valley Th The company would retain these holdings and simply Imply participate te with other settlers In the tho proposed n new Irrigation system BENEFIT IN UNITY Th The holders of ot old decreed water rights have always alays been ben troubled with water shortage during extra dry years The The Carey earey act water rights based baaed on stored water are more per per- permanent permanent manent and more serviceable because the water ter can b be used as 8 needed A number of ot the holders of the decreed rights as 8 well ell as some o of the Carey y act settlers settler have han como come to the conS con elusion that a merging of ot all aU the rights In the valley administered bY bYon byone tone on one organization would best beet serve the community They therefore made Investigations and secured 1 terms term on which hleb the construction com pang pany would operate co-operate It would Seem eem from the published new news that they are endeavoring to bring about aboia a plan of operation co-operation The con con- construction conn company made Its offer and anIt If It Is not accepted within a sped sped- specIfied tied fied time It Is automatically with with- withdrawn drawn n |