Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-07-01 | Page 4 | Build the Reservoir without Delay

I BUILD THE RESERVOIR WITHOUT J)ELAY. There should be as little delay as possible in organizing the committee in consider Ogden and Weber county's coun-ty's water problems. Water may be stored in the Ogden or Weber and obtained by canal from Bear river, but The Standard favors a r' srrvoir on the headwaters of the Ogden as offering the- quickest and surest relief. The storing on the headwaters of the Weber is desirable, but the project is so large that years will be required to work out all the plans and bring water into this district No serious difficulties confront those who Tould impound water on the Ogden Og-den river. All the physical problems have been measured and favorably passe-d on by experts. The one thing l : . ntial is co-operation on the part of city and county interests in the financing fi-nancing of the project. Fewer mistakes will be made by quick, intensive study of the problem and an early decision than if the whole proposition is allowed to drift, with no life or enthusiasm manifested. This part of Utah is suffering a heavy loss owing to the inadequate water supply Some estimae that the crop failures in Weber county will equal a sum large enough to have constructed con-structed a large reservoir, and we are of the opinion the statement is not beyond the truth. This misfortune-I misfortune-I can be turned to everlasting benefit by ! every leading citizen in this city and county learning the lesson that it teaches. Now is the time to act with vigc-Constructing vigc-Constructing of a reservoir should be j underway before fall.