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Show DRAPER FARMERS TO RECLAIM BIG TRACT Salt Lake, .Ian 2. Five thousand acres of rich agricultural land will be added to the tillable acreage of Salt Lake county should the plans of farmers in the vicinitj of Draper be carried into effect. The tract which, it is planned to drain, lies on both sides of the county road west of Dra per. Half a hundred farmers own land in the tract. Under the sti" law enacted at the last session of the legislature, the landowners may form a company and issue bonds for the purpose of co-operative action In reclaiming re-claiming the land A meeting of a committee of sepp, appointed by the landowners to itVl i vestigate the feasibility of co-opera- . tion, will be held at Draper tonight.-, to perfect arrangements for the organ- 2 x Ization. The land in question will ( cost a maximum of $20 an acre to rl redeem, according to estimates mada ai by engineers and based upon experH'ftqi in.nts made jn the last several vearf w$$ upon small tracts in the vicinity. The H land is of the best in the south end oi 9 the county, or was before it becam' swampy. It will be worth $2nn or M more an acre when redeemed, it is ; estimated The members of the committee iff a charge of the work are D. O. RideouH Chairman, .T R Rawlins, YV. B. En-Jn nis. J R. Allen. Andrew Sjobolon: "ta Millard Andrus and A J. Nielson. |