Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-22
OGDEN TO ENTER new FIELD
Plan 70 Co-Operats with Farmers IN
Building Storage Reservoir.
COULD BUILD Dam FOR s1.OOOOOo
Faethim Acreage sufflcieut fer rhou-
sand 0r-hards Nr~ Tuday WASTE
Laua-- hut Would Produce
90 Property Wafered.

OGDEN. Utah. Fe0 u.--tsneciaL l-OdEsn
( CITY. as a corporation. ts seeking 70 enter
a rev deid iu muniripal ownership. The
city authorities contemplate asking the
Utah legislature now IN session 60 rake
possible the co-operation of city and farui-
srs in the building % a storage reservoir
az the head waters % Ogden river. to cost
approximately E.0oo8O. For that sum q
dam could be built on Cobble creek. twenty
miles east Of this city and main canals and
f iaterals constructed. capable o. supplying
with water. In the summer morths dou-
bic the acreage now under cultivation IN
this country
There are three available sites Tor res
erv0irs. az follows
AT Maybe. storing E7Oso acre-fset %
water az a cost % siTG0q
At Cobble creek. storing ss.s4o acrs-rset
81 water ar = cost Of sa2.ea0.
on the Right Hand fork storing s5Os
acrs-fset Of water az cost OF Es.oo8
The most feasible undertaking. is that
at Cobbie creek. Il would open 70 recia-
nation at least w.aoo acres Of rich land and
attract to ogden part Of the great stream
OK home seekers that annually goes through
this gateway 70 the extreme west on the
northwest
Teach Of water Needed.
The foothills east. north and south Of
this city. with an acreage for Ls8 orch
ards. where homes Tor IoOoo people could
be created, are today waste lands that
but require the touch Of wster to be made
as productive IS the most highly cultivated
foothil country o. the Rhine.
Ogden City sees an opportunity to help
establish vineyards. peach and apple orch
ards. truck gardens and tomato fields. and
20 environ Itself with countless prosperous
farm homes. and OEien Is to srep cut %
the beaten path Of municipalities to accom-
piish this high purpose Il the city mc-
eeeds, this part Of Utah viii be Thoroughly
converted to the enlarged idea Of public
ownership Of public utilities. even inciud-
ing the Tow Of the inland rivers.
The Davis and Weber Counties Canal
company has resumed operations On It's
waterway to the south Of Ogden and con-
crete gangs are once more az work lining
the canal and making the sides and floor
Of the great ditch fmpervious 70 seepsge
This converting OF dirt embanknaenfs
and sandy bottom into an aauaduct OF
cement is one Of the most important irrf-
cation Innovations in the United states
The saving to be made by stopping the
loss Of wafer by seepaEs and the greater
carrying capacity o. the ditch % be OBJ
tanned BY the transformation viii point
the way for other large irrigation com
panieE 70 conserve their water supply
Competitive ElEhtfaG system
A franchise has been granted By Ogden
City to the Merchants Electric Light and
Power company and plans are being pre-
pared for an extensive electric System in
composition with that OF the Utah Light
and Railway company. Which heretofore
has had an exclusive neId
The new company b. financed by local
capitalists and expenditures aExregariug
half million dollars 20 be made be-
fore the competitive system reaches its
tuii development. Much Of this u1puev -
TO be expended in and around Ogden within
the next two or three years. Power plants
are 70 be established. q distributing system
is 70 be constructed and business blocks
erected.
This invasion OF the local field By an in
dependent electric company promises TO be
material factor in OEden's expansion.
New Variety 81 Potato.
The farmers in the Plain City district. 20
the west OK Ogden, have what Is Locally
known a. the "mortgage litter" IL il !
p0tato OF a new variety. which vrban
properly planted, well cultivated and nar-
vested VIII Hft burden from any owner
% farm. Last season a number OK the
agricuituristz grew the ''m0rtgags Hfgers. p
and one Of them. Albert Nav, SAYS that
from an acre Of gr0und he marketed SEQ
worth Of potatoes, obtaining ms to 81 3
per la pounds. Early Ohios, from the same
soil brought Ha5 per acre.
Three acres OF tomatoes. cultivated an
the Nav farm, returned a revenue OF ga
This land is irrigated and is IN DISTRICT
that few years ago attracted but uttIe
attention. The possibilities Of the OF were
noe appreciated dnnl after the devstou-
ment % the sugar beet industry in Weber
county.