The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-15
FARMERS WILL
CONTROL CANAL
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c'aS'h"o' 1iolii dEG ouS
interpret it and who knows how it was
passed by the legislature, said to The
Tribune:
"Fhis act was framed in Chicago By
one of the best known corporation law
yers of that city and the purpose was
to take up several series of bonds
which. a bond lawyer of Chicago had
been Informed would be issued in Utah
by irrigation districts TO be formed
were law providing therefor passed
The law was as said framed for this
bond buyer and it was sent here On
Its face 1t appears as an innocent
measure. but 1T must be read between
the lines
''It was introduced in the house as a
measure to help the people and by a
gentleman who was innocent of any
thing being hidden in its pages 1t
was passed and became law.
Every Acre Liable.
"Under the provisions of the law
every acre of land in the district is
liable for the total amount of the
bonds For instance, an Individual who
pay his part of any bond issue created
by the irrigation district. Say this part
was three dollars an acre or $500 IN
all. This payment would not release
his land or other property, because it
would be liable for the bonds until
they had been paid. For this reason,
therefore, men should be careful
about going in under an irrigation dis
trlct as the bonds issued by the dis.
trict and known as municipal irriga-
tion district bonds are better than a
mortgage as they foreclose themselves
the county treasurer collecting the
assessment against the lands for the
purpose. the same as other taxes, and
there is absolutely no way after an irri
CATION district has been formed and a
bond issue disposed of for land owner
to protest. for the amount is direct
tax and cannot be cvaded, hence is
better than mortgage.
Means Confiscation Of Land.
GAS I have said, it would mean the
confiscation of land and the land
owner would be helpless. There were
people in the legislature who read be-
tween the lines of the bill. They were
in both branches They knew what
was passed ecclesiasts were wised what
could be done The West Cache Canal
company was thought to be meat. The
stock was gathered in. Things moved
along swimmingly until The Tribune
went to the aid of the farmers The
proposition was turned down. Hence
there is weeping and wailing among
the manipulators of the scheme which
has failed. And there you have the
story''
The West Cache canal is a valuable
property. In the hands of the people
it can be put in perfect condition at
no extraordinary expense. But a dam
must be built so that water can be i'm
pounded in order to send it through the
canal The cost of this dam has been
estimated by the engineers at $4,000.
1t may cost 100000 but when built
where water can be gotten into the
intake of the canal from the dam then
the other improvements on the canal
system will follow as needed. A COM
mittee of ten is now considering plans
to present to the directors by August
81. When those plans have been passed
upon the stockholders will have to
meet and ratify OF reject the con-
clusons of the directors.
Meanwhile will Cache farmers still
own their farms? The irrigation dis
trict scheme has been killed.