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Show Ore in Voles For Deer Creek Water Oiem taxpayers voted to indor.-e the lVor Creek or Provo River project proj-ect by it big majority of 2i to M In an election held laist Thursday. The election authorized ft lmio acre foot of subscription by the Oiem Metivivihtan Water District board. Otvm was the fourth city to authorize au-thorize a subscription (or the project. proj-ect. Lehl. American Fork and Pro-jvo Pro-jvo having votcxl ta subscribe for I water earlier in the month. Lehl .voted to subscribe for 500 acre feet. I American Fork 500 acre feet and . Provo 8000 acre feet. I The affirmative vote of Oiem i taxpayers of P4 per cent was nearlv i as great as that of Provo. which was !U.2 ,vr rt,nt Tho coun nt : American Fork was somewhat closer, las an affirmative vote of but 85 per cent was recorded. At Lehi. the j j b.i::ct:i-; was even closer, with but : 55 !vr cent affirmative vote Iving i secuns.1. The next district to vote on the u-.-stion w::: be the Highland con- i Sc.-vn::on d:.-trict. with landowners! jof this ;;-..: r:c: goi::g to the jxV.ls i October 11. Sal: Lake City's ev- ticn lias been set for November 23. while the Pleasant Grave.Llndon I Metrc-ivhtan Water District Jxard ' wul meet within the next few days' to set the election for this district. The action Thursday by the Orem taxpayers brought the total amount of subscriptions autiiorLted to 2G.-3C0 2G.-3C0 acre feet. This includes Provo's S000; American Fork's and Lchi's '.ibscript:c:is of 500 acre feet each. O.-em's 1500 and the Provo Re.ser-wr Re.ser-wr company's subscription of 16,-0CO 16,-0CO acre feet. ' i It is expected that the Utah Lake Distributing company will be in a position to si?n for approximately: 15.900 acre feet soon: and this subscription sub-scription together with the 5010 acre feet of the subscription of the Highland High-land Conservation District, would I assure at !e.ist construction of the small unit of the project. Provided ! Salt Lake City voted favorably, the j '-arse project also would be assured with these above subscriptions, ac- I cording to water officials. J |