Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-07-01 | Page 14 | Commission Named to Study Acute Water Shortage

COMMISSION NAMED TO STUDY ACUTE ITER SHORTAGE To meet with the representatives of the Weber county and Ogden City com missions as members of the committee to investigate means by which the acute water shortage in this county can be dealt with, the Weber county ' farm bureau has appointed f. ! Mc-j Mc-j Kay, J. R. Beus and J. L Robson as 'members of the committee Mr. McKay Mc-Kay represents the Ogden Valley i tion of the county. Mr. eus the south-i south-i west and Weber section, and Mr. Rob-j Rob-j son the north and west section of the county. The Weber county commis- sion has appointed M. P. Brown as a committeeman, and the r it of Ogden jhas appointed A. T. Wright and City Engineer Joseph Tracy as members of the committee. The time and date for the first meet-1 ing of the committee will bo decided either this afternoon or tomorrow : morning. At the first meeting the 'chairman of the committee will be elected, and the preliminary business, started. The various methods by which ir-rlgatlon ir-rlgatlon water can be brought to this county to relieve the water shortaqi-will shortaqi-will be discussed and ixivestigation.--started. Among the methods already suggest-ed suggest-ed is the delivery of water to thlsi county through irrigation canals from the mouth of Bear river, and also the building of reservoirs to store water' for time when it is needed. oo Nothing Is more sad than forced ; cheerfulness. Every time a man makes a mistake he learns something Just as the average man reaches I for fame his pipe goes out. I i a