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Show HI'IfllAIM l'AU.Mi:ilK WH.I, IIAVi: Ni:V WATKIl hUPI'l.V III'UltAIM. Jan. 6.TI10 farmer counter proposition which it commit-teo commit-teo named nt a previous mooting had drafted on tho proposed water scheme for Kphrulm. Insti notion wero given lo seek subscriber. Tho plan I to drive a tunnel, with the capacity of one hundred second-feet, through tho 1 mountain oust of Kphralm, to build a reservoir on tho east side of the 1 mountain range, and estnbllsh suit-' suit-' utile channel and canals to divert 'the wuter from the Horseshoe llasln to the tunnel. It I estimated that tho project will cost the farmers approximately 1220,-000. 1220,-000. They have ten year to pay for It and at tho completion of the pay-mont pay-mont tho system I to become tho ptopetty of the oijranlzatlon. Henry IC. I.und of Suit Lake City accepted tho proposition as presented by the furmrs. At the present tho fanners around Kphralm aro able to Irrigate about one-half of their farms, the other half being summer fallowed. They hope to obtain more water nnd later cultivate all their land and produce pro-duce a greater variety of crops, BBBBBBBBBBl |