Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-01

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know whether II Is worth that or not.
Mr shepherd proposes 10 tdke the
bonds OF the district at par The law
provides that the board may sell bonds
ana build the system or give bonds Tor
~ II appears that a fair opportunity
mas come OF getting that which Is 10
much desired after nine years OF UNI
successful attempts.
so Far as I have investigated the
law ! md the peoples interests are
guarded The original law worked
ven In California. Some Improvement
have since been made dictated by eN-
perience. 10 makes the majority rule
In the matter There may be few
who may feel that they are made 20
take water against their will. but IL Is
the win OF Che majority
Payment extends through "a long Sc
rIes Of years. beginning after the tenth
year Interest only at $50 per acre, is
paid during the first ten years. tire
people in the meantime having the use
81 the water" ApplauseJ
COL WILLARD YOUNG.
Col. Willard Young was then intro
duced as the engineer OF the project. He
said
The project Is 70 build a reservoir
above Echo canyon. large enough TO
impound sufficient water 90 deliver 80
600 acre feet. This IS the minimum FOR
which we are able TO finance the pro-
ject
The price Is Si25 per acre delivered
at the nearest point through a series OF
days during the irrigation period when
the water Of the Weber IS not being
used by those having prior rights, the
canal can be run full. and II includes
all the surplus water that can be run
through the canal, which viii be for
several weeks each year.
Some are afraid that the people fur
nishing the money VIII make too much
money. / want TO say that none OF
your descendants win ever get any more
favorable proposition than this tAi-
plause) IL the bonds were sold and
contractors were invited to come I'm and
bid. It would be found that their profit
Is the same or asked now.
There are advantages In the propo
sition of the men financing this pro-
iect They agree TO turn over the wa
ter rights free. They also agree "a fur
nish all the engineering ability. which
Is per cent Of the cost usually. The
law provides that whore you purchase
the system the bonds must be sold at
par. This is agreed to by the gentle
men.
III you sell the bonds and build it
yourselves YOU take some risks. The
strawberry valley project was estimat-
ed at $40 per acre. but it has now cost
$40 per aero and may reach $50 before 1T
is done These people who are building
the project take all the risks and are
willing to adjust final payment by the
| actual water On the canal II rs fair
proposition. There Is no Niger I'm the
woodpfe The only question Is. Am I
warranted in paying Si25 per acre for
this water, considering the future as
well as today"
There are some lands In the coun-
ties that viii not pay for this eXpendi-
ture. but there are many more than
81. 900 acres which win more than pay
this cost (Applause)
PROF. L. A. MERRILL.
Prof l.. A. Merrill said: "A week ago
had the pleasure of meeting Tom
Richardson OF the Portland Commercial
club. and he said they had raised $780,
600 in Portland 10 boost oregon. know
ing that II they boost oregon they viii
boost Portland. one way Of boosting
Salt Lake ana other places is 20 build
homes on these arid lands
a year ago a body Of men left Colo
! RADIO after selling out at from Sl6OO
10 aZ.1tO per acre. Iney nave pouBuA
land in Springvile at st25 per acre be-
cause they claim it is superior 20 what
they owned in Colorado Recently I
had the pleasure OF going through Hood
/ River valley and found 754 acres Of or
chards which produced 81 .225.000 worth
OF apples Farmers there sell their
lands at from 81 500 10 $500 per acre,
aud buy other lands for development
I am convinced that the soil Of Davis
and Weber counties Is better than that
OF Hood River for fruit
There are examples in the state Of
irrigated lands selling at as high as
81 200 per acre whereas these arid
lands are only worth at most from $50
10 SO per acre. We may make these
lands as valuable as we win. They are
deep. rich and fertile and have not been
leached by heavy rainfalls. There are
great possibilities also in darying.
When the waters are brought on the
land they will be worth more than the
cost OF the water Get together and
| boost for Utah" (Applause)
Secy T. l.. Allen said a few words.
after which Angus T Wright was in
| troduced. who said
I'VE have Loco acres of arid lands
which we have offered al $40 an acre.
without any takers I Will vote for the
project because ] think that by adding
Si25 per acre the land will then be
worth $3.50 or maybe $500 an acre"
He then made a motion that Il be
the sense OF the meeting that the irTi-
CATION district be formed, which, on a
rising vote was declared 20 be almost
unanimous. only a few opposing the
project