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Show oo HATER USERS I HEAR ENGINEER Closer Co-operation With State Office Decided by Weber Interests Closer co-oporatlon with the state 1 the state engineer's office was decided on yesterday afternoon at a meeting ! held In the Fred J. Klesel building by , the members of the Weber Hiyer Sys-I Sys-I ter Water TTsers association. II M. Tegart, engineer of the state I engineer's office, was the principal speaker. He outlined Ihe dllffloultleo being encountered by the state engln-, engln-, ecr's office in gathering ho necessary , data to be used In the adjudication of tbo water rights In the county and ap-, ap-, pealed to the members for closer cooperation. co-operation. The following directors were present pres-ent at tho meeting T R lones. of Kancsvllle; George B. 'Uaylor of Itar-risville. Itar-risville. James H Cook of South Wc- ! ber; John G. M. Barnes, of Kaysvllle. John 1j. Gunn of Hoytsvillc. Levi Pearson, of Oakley, and John T. By- ! bee, of Rlvcrdulo. I R. E. Caldwell, state engineer waa i to have been present but was unavoidably unavoid-ably delayed and Engineer Begart sent to represent him. It was also decided at the meeting . to call a series of meetings beginning 'on April 15. with :i view to bringing j before the water users In Summit i county. Morgan county and certain 1 po-tlons of Weber county, the need of I Closer co-operation on their part with i the Btate engineer's office and the ; need of each water user becoming a member of the association. Engineer Tegart told the members yesterday that it would require at least lliree more months before the ne-I ne-I cessary data could be gathered and i presented to the district court, In order ; that the water rights of the various ! litigants would be adjudicated The directors from Morgan county were unable to attend. |