The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-04
STATE NEWS
SCHEME FINDS FAVOR
Water to Be Taken From Utah Lake
to IIrigate Land West of
Jordan River.

LEM Dec. 5.-treeman Lloyd OF River
ton was in Lehi Wednesday and Thurs
day in the interests ola new canal scheme
and secured the enthusiastic co-operation
OF local farmers, who own land west of
Jofddn river The company promoted by
-dr. Lloyd has filed over 30 second feet
OF water in Utah lake, which will be ele-
waited by pumps TO an altitude of 115 feet
above the lake, from which point it viii
Flow by gravity through canals and irri-
gate about lo,e16 acres in Utah county
and 1900 acres in Salt Lake county.
Practically all the land that il is pro-
posed to .lrrigate is covered with sage
brush and IN its present state is practi-
cally Valueless. The stockholders will
endeavOr 10 have Uncle Sam help install
the plant, and is already promised the
hearty. cooperation of Engineer Swend-
sen.
Colonel D. T. Murray and a corps of
employees are in Lehi making extensive
improvements in the Bell Telephone lines
m Lehi y cable is being strung from
the State road down First East to Main
street As soon as this is completed the
three lower cross-arms and wires will be
removed. The COMPANY has purchased
a building on Main street just east of
the postoffice and viii remove their cen
trail station from the Onion hotel into the
new building and install the latest inn
Peter Anderson ana Ormando Bradley
OF Moroni were Leli visitors the early
part OF the week
bdItH NJ. hiThudIl IS receiving the con-
CALCULATIONS Of his friends because of the
arrival of twin boys at his home last
evening. The boys weigh seven and nine
pounds, and with their mother are doing
fine.
Mrs. James VI. Anderson who under
Went an operation some time ago by
winch The lens OF her eyes were removed
ds now almost totally blind. 1t was
thought at first that the operation would
DO successful.
james Taylor. Henry Smith, Charles
Ohearn and D. c. LOVeridge returned
from Idaho this week. The former two
have been acting as beet sugar experts at
Idaho Fails and BlackfCOt respectively
and report such an immense harvest OF
Deets that the factories will not close
their campaigns till way into the coming
year, air. Ohearn mas been superintend-
ing the erection or the new SteffinS addi-
ton to the sugar factory and as SOON as
spring opens up Will go to Nampa to
superlntend the erection OF the sugar fac
tory there.
BOYS were born this week TO the wives
OF Edward Southwick and Frank Rob
erts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Lott after A
residence OF several years in McCirath.
Canada have returned to Lehi, Crops
IN the far north are too uncertain and
Mr.. Lott will return there
Messrs Henry East and David Jones
returned this week from Cdliente, where
they have been developing a group of
mining claims owned by them and which
contain rock going upwards of $40 per
ION ~ copper, silver and gold. The par
ties have We'll defined ledge of the
matter two and One-half feet wide and
work on il.
a Salt Lake expert was down a few
days ago and examined a valuable mar
bic ledge located at Pelican Point, and
owned by o. A. Slade and others. 1t is
the Intention TO use the marble in the
manufacture Of monuments.