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Show UPHOLDS PLUS for pmn Article in Farm Bureau Letter Emphasizes Need for Oistric fcmhhanizlnc ti e need f tin iriiga- 1 1 i ti district ni Weber . tniiu and b Inoupclng efforts of Individuals win jare alleged to have circulated stale mania calculated . to bring failure t the Weber county Irrigation district the following article appears In the weekly letter of the WeUr counts I farm bureau: "To,- (act thai a water shortage In I WebO' COUnty occurs nine years Out 'of fourteen, i well established by rec-jords rec-jords oil local rivers and the reduction hi crop yield during these dr years i The land owners are now organized I into an irrigation district which ha1 (for its purposo the provldli Of ample I water for thes ur seasons mnd to sup- , pi: ., full water right to high. dr i lands which are now unproductive, iThe first step, that-of creating the district, taken. M M INVESTIGATION. "The next move to be made Is that of making the thorough Investigations ins to whether r not the water can : be stored and delivered to our lands ai a reasonable cost, The law Is specific spe-cific on the two points. I. e., that corf-struction corf-struction cannot begin until the actual ac-tual cost lit determined and submitted submit-ted to the land owners and that Ihe r of tS dl Imlt ed " amount tin (spend for the Investigations. When lull ihe information Is collected and I tabulated, giving costs, the question as I to whether or not the lnd owners I Wish to proceed will be submitted for their approval. Jn the meantime, the second water allotment will I " made, adjusting all Questlone on reducing lor Increasing water allotment or considering con-sidering petitions for inclusion In and 'exclusion from the district. This work j also must be completed before the final vote Is taken. IK I LATE CNTR1 I lls. "We ha.e a few Individuals who, I we are sorry t. say. are very little I Interested In the district other than circulating statements which are un- true regarding the procedure and operation op-eration of the district. They have but j one Objei that Of killing the irrlga-llon irrlga-llon district. There may be a few v. ho Itsfen to such stories, und will ra.- ; Judgment bilor making nn i tlga-1 tlga-1 tlons, but we are sure that the conservative, con-servative, progressive farmers of this county, who arc, fully aware of the past history Of water shortage and the possibility of relieving this condition through organh-alion, v.. 11 carry this work up o a point of definite information informa-tion tthah he facts on overy project will be known and then pasa judgment I on the actual facts and not on hearse of certain Individuals." |