Show COMMUNITY negotiating TO ACQUIRE LAND AT YANKEE A committee of local citizens representing parowan carowan city the reservoir company the exchange and gun and rod clubs are negotiating with the owners of the land around the yankee reservoir in an effort to purchase same from them A portion of this land owned by jos R bentley thos wm win E thornton vf f this city and jennie mccall of california was to have been sold at sheriffs sale last monday to satisfy a judgment obtained by a part of the heirs of the lena bentley estate against the three first named owners of the land the sale was stopped by the committee consisting of arthur joseph representing the city joseph holyoak the reservoir co clair rowley the exchange club and roy benson the gun and rod club when the city advanced money to pay the judgement jud gement and sale costs this committee was appointed at a meeting of the council reservoir co and representatives of the two clubs held last saturday night since the sale ze was stopped the committee is negotiating with the private owners to acquire the land for community purposes but so far deal been comple completed teI |