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Show I MAKING MORE HOMES lu Morgan count the . have held an election to determine j I whether the county should be made into an irrigation district, auH ' the result, as announced was overwhelmingly in favor ol the propo-' sition i The plans worked oul in pari call for the storing ol flpO-acrci feet of water on Lost creek. This organizing of districts to the cast and -.outh ol Ogdeu, in eluding Davis county, is a movement of much interest to Ogden as i' means a widespread development 01 the countr) adjacent t- Ogden Within the nxt few years, in Weber, Morgan ami lais counties, the agricultural advancement should make oew homes for not less than 10.000 people. In Weber countj slone there is s possibility of increasing the cultivated arra to 90,000 acres. At present full water j supply is not available for more than 35,000 acres and injdry periods l the entire area under cultivation suffers for want of water With the storing of thi 'I I flow of spring and with the diverting of the surplus of Bear river where the river enters Great ali Lake basin, enough water can I"- made serviceable to assure Weber county an ample water suppl) in all Boasons This will transform this region into h snrd n ipol "i happy homes |