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Show ; OO 'PLAN TO WATER LAND NORTH OF SALT LAKE SALT LAK. July 8 To discuss the! feasibility of putting in a pumping project uomewhere between Berks Hot springs and North Salt Lake on I the Jordan river, for the purpose of' ! watering more than 5000 acres of land j in Davis couniy. :txty - farmers,-rep- resenting one fourth of the proposed acreage lo be put under irrigation, met at the South Bountiful meeting hor.se Sunday night. The proposed under, taking will have two canal units, one with a pumping lift of 140 feet, the other with 100 foot lift. J. T. Hatch, formerly a member of the Davis county board of commissioners, commis-sioners, was appointed chairman of a committee to take charge of the project. pro-ject. Seth Jones, county clerk of Davis Da-vis county, was elected secretary. An investigating committee, composed of Marry S. Joseph, chairman; Fred T. Odell and Fred Clcrerly, was elected to take immediate charge of the matter mat-ter of investigating the situation. |