Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-03-08 | Page 4 | Drain the Land near This City

DRAIN THE LAND NEAR THIS CITY. Draining the water-logged lands in the Hooper and Plain City districts, should be followed by the redeeming of that great stretch of country to the northwest of Ogden, where alkali spots are separated by swampy bottoms. bot-toms. Alkali, as well as an excess of water, wat-er, yields to drainage. AVhere mineral min-eral has been brought to the surface by being dissolved and carried up by a high water level, tiling will bring about a quick reclamation. This has been demonstrated in and around Cor-inne, Cor-inne, where thousands of acres, lost to cultivation by the presence of salt and alkali, are being redeemed. Draining has been accorded recognition recog-nition by large bond houses, which readily accept the bonds of drainage districts regularly organized and favorably fav-orably reported on by their engineers, and the knowledge of this should point the way for those land holders whose acreage northwest of this city is almost al-most worthless without Irrigation.