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Show IRRIGATION DISTRICT FOB THE ENTIRE COUNTRY At the meeting of the board of county commissioner.-! held Mondft afternoon, a petition signed by Governor Gov-ernor Bamberger was presented, whii h proposed the organization of an irrigation irriga-tion district comprising the irrigable lands within Weber county outside in limits ot Ogden City. The board, after consideration of the matter, adopted a resolution requisitioning tlie stale engineer to make, in accordance with la, a water survey and allotment to all the lands proposed to be included within the dietrict of the amount of 'water which can be beneficially ucM I in I iii en t inn of tlie fl.inie The state engineer, In pursuance of such request, will make ihe allotment of water to all the lands within this proposed district and will, as soon ns such report be completed, file the same with the commissioners. Alter the tiling of the report, notice of such filing will be published and a hearing had upon the report At this hearing all partieB interested will have a right to be heard and trom the evidence the county commissioners will determine J the lands to be included within the district dis-trict and fix boundaries of the same. I After this is done an election will be I called within thp district, at which election there will be submitted, to the property owners therein, the question ques-tion of the final organization. It is the purpose in affecting the organization or-ganization of this irrigation district to utilize large amounts of water which can be made available by the construe- ' tion of storage reservoirs upon the Ogden. Weber and Bear rivers and by so doing prnN ide additional watpr for ft use upon lands in Weber countv It is not the purpose, nor will such an irrigation district have the power to in an manner interfere with any j rights or decrees that arc now in force I and uncbr which water Is being dll tributed and used by people within tne! county The sole purpose is to Increase In-crease the amount of water for use upon W eber county lands. The Weber county farm bureau, and other agencies, are actively behind the movement and together with engineers are collecting data as to available water, the costs of various projects and other necessary matters. They j Invite the interest and co-operati m Of the ppople of the county and Will be glad to answer any inquiries that may be addressed to them regarding the same. on |