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Show piling hoe to benefit Reservoir to Be Constructed at Magpie for Proposed Water District Filings have been completed and accepted ac-cepted by the state engineer for tho establishment of a reservoir at Magpie Mag-pie on the south fork of the Ogden river, with a capacity of 25,000 acre feet of water which will be used in tho proposed Weber county irrigation project Other filings which were completed some time ago are for 350 second feet of water on Bear river, and 25,000 acre feet reservoir at Marsh Lake, and for 200 second feet for power to bo developed de-veloped at tho Itfagplo reservoir on south fork of Ogden river. All these filings have been made by D. D. McKay in the behalf of and for tho owners of land and wator users of Weber county, In addition sufficient water to Irrl-gato Irrl-gato the southorn part of Weber county coun-ty will be taken from Echo and Lost River reservoirs, said W. Preston Thomas of tho Weber county farm bureau bu-reau who wishes to dispel tho idea that these water filings havo been made for any one Individual. "Mr. McKay mado tho filings for and in tho behalf of land owners and water usors of the county and this ought very clearly to he understood by the Weber county farmers," said Mr, Thomas. |