Richfield Reaper | 1913-11-27 | Page 1 | Valuable Lands Are Sold by State

VALUABLE LANDS ME ARE SOLO SOLD BY STATE over nine thousand acres dis po pod ed of at auction sale on monday monda lat last at tre tie site eile of state linis held in richfield on monday between nire birc and ten thousand acres were disposed of the aprile ranging between 40 ind and tw 90 per acre ith water right this additional acreage being brought under will e materially materi alli add to ane wealth of the counts counti it is to lie he hoped that the land thurold thu thus sold sold hy by the state will be utilized fur farm me ing purposes and not held for latie laane price the intention of the late in disposing of its lands is that they will he be mide made rise of to increase the financial wealth of the stile state in the evening after the sale the land board met with nith officers of the sevier valley valle canal company relative to projected improvements in the source of the water supply the board has hag made a proposition to install a diverting dam in the river at a point that will be sui suitable auit alle talle to the needs of the irrigation companies t taking a king water there from to this the directors the the sevier bevier valley canal company alent al ent and it looks BR ag though the differences that have separated these two very important factors in the devel development of the agricultural interests of our county will soon be settled