Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-26

PROMINENT MEN WILL SPEAK.
"Trip to Yands Under New Reservoir Dir
Proves a RevcIatlon--aIass
Meeting Aug. 81.

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Meeting Aug. 81.
The gigantic irrigation project Of the
Weber Reservoir, Power & Irrigation
company. which is intended TO reclaim
from 10000 TO 10000 acres in Davis and
Weber counties, and might be made
available for several thousand more
u acres In Salt Lake county, Is assuming
definite shape. q call has been issued l
for d mass meeting OF the owners or
arid and semi-arid lands in Davis ana
weber counties to take place at La
COON, Tuesday, Aug. 81. at 3 y, m. Ar
ratfgemrets have been made with the
8 Bamherger road to convey passenger
I from Ogden, Salt Lake and all inter-
3 mediate points on the trains leaving
+ Salt Lake at 2 p. m. and Ogden at !. ia
b. M AS the object Is to impart infor-3
nation concerning the project so that
all the landowners may know Just what
&St he company proposes to do and W hSlt
their rights are. free tickets will be CIV
Z. Ell to all who are DESTROYS of attend
ing the meeting. These may be OBJ
taIned from the secretaries OF the
RountifnI, Pennington, kaysviile,
3NlaarHelQ f5COIlllilcIG fSittiJs' civ
y the secretaries OF the Weber club ana
the cha niber of commerce, Ogden.
4 Among the speakers at the meeting
will be Governor William Spry, Hon.
& John Henry Smith, Major Richard W.
Young. Prof. Lewis a. Merrill and Col.
Willard Young, the engineer In charge
of the work.
INSPECT THE LAND.
Yesterday afternoon q. party OF news
rapermen and others interested In the
enterprise were taken by Secretary 4.
Il Ii. Allen and Prest. Joseph il. Grant.
over a great deal Of the land which 1t
{ Is proposed to Irrigates by the proposed
canals. Leaving Salt Lake the party
proceeded nearly to Bountiful, where
The upper road was taken past the.
old White ranch. which marks the line
Of tho main southern canal. This road
was pursued all the way along the
bench lands to the mouth OF Weber
canyon. Crossing the canyon, the par
4 tys was next taken to the Birch Creek
bench lands comprising 5000 acres OF
excellent land From there the party
went to Ogden via Twenty-fifth street,
Returning. the possibilities of River
dale. Roy. CIearfield and all the sand n
ridge district, as well as the district
west OF the Oregon Short Line track,
was pointed out as being especially
available for the waters OF the new IL
Tigation project. s 8
The country covered by the above.
"trip includes some of the best land in
the state, the only thing lacking being
4 the water. The growth of 1.-The fruit
districts was q revelation I'd more than
one member OF the party and Indicated
the possibtli tiles Of the bench lands
when water Is obtained. This is seen
Especially around Roy and Clearfield,
where some OF the residents have only
Na a. few shares of water right, sufficient.
TO water a few acres around the home.
and the magic results are seen in
thriving fruit trees. and young orch
ards. with acres upon acres Of luscious
s tornat oes. Like GASES in the desert
these watered spots stood in the midst
of large tracts OF unwatered land used
only for dry farming, and the differ
i ence was most striking. "All8 that this
barren land needs said President
Grant and Secretary Allen. lis the
magic touch of water. 1t is the same
as the wateTed land you see and it will
grow anything when the water Is taken
onto IT, Their words could not be
disputed because the evidence was to
he seen on every hand.
FINE FRUIT LANDS.
The largest tract OF land to- be
benefited by the project lies on what
Is known as the Sandridge. between
Layton and Ogden. Here it Is said,
there are some 10000 acres lying
under the proposed canal Of the Weber
RESERVOIR company, and 1t is possible
with this water to obtain the same
results on all this vast tract of arid
land that are now being obtained by
orchardists around clearfteld and
Roy. Then in addition to this tract
there are several thousand acres OF
fine fruit land In tho vicinity of the
ns.ar y,,t,, rSn NJ, M a
ard several thousand more on the
1 Birch creek bench, near Ogden. There
IS also a great deal of valuable land.
the yielding capacity of which would
be greatly intensified with more water,
lying east of Bountiful. In the yicini-
5ty of Bonneville, All of these lands,
(which are now bringing comparatively
fmeager returns, can be made, u IS
said to Yield several hundred dol
liars per acre yearly in fruit that Will
equal the best produced in the world.
The lands for the greater part are
81 said to be ideal for fruit growing. and
THE promoters OF the present irriga-
ton project state that instead of hay
ing less than one home on every so
acres for miles moth of Layton, on
9 The west side of the railroad track as
4 Is now the case, 1t would be possible
to have at least 5 homes on so acres.
and il their grew fruit. they would
I'll make n good living.
RETURNS FROM BERRIES.
AS an example one little tract of land
in the foothills, east of Pennington,
Vas pointed out where the owner makes
ct the rate of more than $1,000 per acre
from berries. The tract, Which Is small,
Is surrounded with oak brush OF vigol-
( MS growth. and is watefed by small
stream from the hills.
The point ut which the canal will
saye Weber canyon. at Its mouth. was
also pointed out q little above the
Bonneville water line, which is plainly
distinguishable on the hills north OF the
canyon and as far south as Bountitu;
The canal Will he built on the south
side of Weber canyon to the n1out!.
where the stream for the north side