The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-17
LEH| CITIZENS ARE
GREATLY AROUSED
Return of Central Experiment
Farm TO Utah County Causes
Trouble.
LEHI CLAIMS TO HAVE
FULFILLED CONTRACT
Secretary of State Tlngey
Writes to American Fork
officials.

l.EUI, MAY 10, - Ihomas Nepp
mayor of LEM, G. \. Child, president
of the Leh Commercial club, Morgan
Evans, president of the Lehl lrigauon
Co. 5. w. Ross, chairman Of the general
committee, which worked for the loca-
tion of the State Central Experiment
station between l,chi and American
Fork and the people of Lehl IN genera
resent with all the emphasis possible
that Lehi is responsible in any manner
whatever for the failure of The oehtral
Experiment station or that the people
of l.ehi have broken any promises con-
ncctrd Herewith. and for the informa-
tion of the people of the state the toi-
lowing facts are submitted:
knowing that the state required one
second foot of water, continuous flow,
to accompany the land TO be selected
for the farm the general committee
drew up and had signed the following g
guarantees;
.:LEHI. Utah. May II, 1905.
Whereas, the people of Behi and
committee who were appointed to select
site containing tract of land
amounting to 60 acres for the purpose
'of establishing central experiment.
farm, and
Whereas. The committee appointed
10 select said site has made a require
ment as a condition that one second
foot of water should he furnished for
the purpose Of watering said tract OF
land.
Now. therefore. we tho undersigned
do hereby undertake any guarantee and
hereby bind ourselves, our heirs jointly
aud scverally for that purpose TO fur
nish the aforesaid committee with any
deficiency required TO make one half
second foot continuous flow or its
equivalent 10 nc distributed 10 them at
their option during the irrigation sea
sou John y. Smith. \. j. Evans, W.
NJ. Stookcy. G. y, Child. E. A. Bush
man. George Weber. Parley Austin. j.
lin. d. A. Losscr. j, NJ. Thurman. S. /.
Goodwin. W. w. Clark, j. NJ. kirkham,
Richard Norman. j. w. Coates, Morgan
Evans. w. :. Evans, B. W. Brown, II. i.
Ostcrioh. Myrum Smith. John Roberts,
.lr., George Beck, &, l.. Conner and 5.
w. Ross
Duplicate Instrument
\ duplicate instrument, but dated
4" American Fork. Utah. MAY II. 1905,
Was signed by the following American
Fork citizens: James II. Clark, w. s.
Chipman. j, II. Wootton, James Sprat-
ley. Il. h. Hunter, w. w. Hunter, r. w.
Gardner. James Crookston. Peter G..
Adamson. Henry j. Sager. r. 4. Booth.
lcr, Hugh Wright. Ebenezer Hunter, 4.
y. Green. Andrew Adamson. L. Y.
Greenwood, James T. Gardner, Stephen
l.. Cmpman. Joseph Stoors, j. s. Wild,
Thomas E, Steele. H. f.. Green. j. W.
Chapman. w. S Robinson. Peter Adam
son. Geo. Cunningham. Geo. Shelley. W.
J.. Shipley, +. II. Bolcy, j. !. Jackson,
T.. S. Puday, J. Peters, i. II. Varncy and
i. A. Shelley
The attorney general informed the
general committee that this guarantee
would have TO he signed by irrigation
companies having the power TO deliver
The water that personal guarantees
were not sufficient.
The Lehi citizens then purchased
siXtytbrec shares in the Lehi Irrigation
company. and ut a special stockholders
meeting resolution was adopted, MAX
ing the state n guarantee. similar to the
one signed By the Bchi citizens. except
ing that thc words "any deficiency re
quircd to make were inadvertently
left ou! by the attorney who drew il up
The American Fork City corporation.
who controls the American Fork water,
signed similar guarantee to that
signed by the Lehi Irrigation company
and thus assumed the American Fork
citizens obligations. The attorney
general ruled that these guarantees
AS the farm already had eighty
shares of water that were appurtenant
10 if. the deficiency for each city
would have been bat one-fourth second
foot. but the two towns could not agree
as to how the water should be fur
nishcd TO settle The trouble the late
legislature appointed an investigating
committee, and after going into tho
matter thoroughly, decided that Lehi
shares OF water and that American
Fork should give fifty additional
shares. which were equivalent to Lee
hi 's sixty-tbrcc shares, and the com
mittee s recommendation was embodied
into a law.
For over two years the Lchi Irr-
CATION company has been ready to Join
American Fork in furnishing the de.
ficiency of the one second foot con.
tiuuous flow, but the latter city has re-
fused 10 furnish any additional water
10 the land other than which it owned
and was already receiving, and ever
since the late legislature enacted the
law requiring Lehi to give an additional
sixty-thrcc shares and American Fork
fifty shares more, the secretary OF the
Lehi Irrigation company has had the
certificate for the siytythree shares
made out in the state Is name ready to
turn over when American Fork got
ready; but the latter town has to date
utterly failed to make good either in
Joining Lcb 10 make up the deficiency
Of one second foot or TO comply with
the changed requirement and supply
fhe fifty additional shares.
Lehi people feel kecnIy the loss Of
fhe farm. but resent most emphati-
caIly any imputation that they are re-
sponsible for it.
Tin cav Eyn1aiua SituatiOn