Weber County High School - Golden Spike Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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CLASSES lf-':K ,-1-'Axe Y If' Azz f 1 I-14' Q34 2.-Q x 4 lfff I .gf ?' all , i-27,5 A ill .Y 5 Milt! f- T'rl-f:-- - 'J'-V ahh' ii- , . ' L f f up .X sexy? X .X f--hr, U 'S T - affix ?:w M FIRST IRRIGATION IN WEBER COUNTY When the people first began to settle in Weber County they settled along the creeks and streams where irrigation water was plentiful, but, as the numbers in- creased and towns started to form where there was in- sufficient water but plenty of fertile land, it became necessary to build canals to carry the water to this land. With such rude tools as the workers had this was a great task. lVIost of the work was done by shovels or teams and scrapers. The canals usually followed the low places to make the digging easier. Many of the canals were dug by a small cooperative group and then enlarged as the settlers increased. The Church took one of the leading roles in ap- pointing men to survey for canal routes and often appointed men to take charge of the actual digging.

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Tl-IE GOLDEN SPIKE IJUIIIS ICLLISUN Ill 'I'II NI IIC CII XII XXI IDULIJX IIII'WI'lI.I. xim:-l'm1sl1n1N'1' PIIHSIIJI-IYI' SIiI.lIH'Ii.-XIII XlII.IJRI'lI1 YXN I.ICI'Il WEN INA RNWSON Yl IA GIBSON sHI'IIlMl0KI'l III'1l'ItI'1NI,N'lA'IlNh Nl-QNIHIC ntzvm-ist:NTA1'1vi. .ll Nltlll lnmlclasrpw'rA'l'1xla GIRLS' ASSOCIATION 'lllie standards of I'ormer Hnunciul and social au'Iiieven1enls ol' the Girls' Association have lmeen very well upheld during the past year. This organization, composed of all girls enrolled in high suliool, has heen very uvtive and as u result claims singular events to its honor. 'lllw vrowning one. Il0W'CV0l', was the Girls, ,IJZlIN'0', this yeurls SlIl'llilSSIllg all of former years. Also of importnm'e were the regular monthly an-Ast-lnlvlies sponsored hy the oflinzers, at wliivli educational talks, and nt one time ai fashion review. were Ivntnrefl. lnteillertual growth and furthering of svliool ideals have been the prinripal motives in all the nvtivilivs. With IVIiss Littlefield and Miss lim-tlml as Capalmle' advisors the nssoriulion this year has made splendid progress.

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THE GOLDEN SPIKE HISTORY OF COUNTY IRRIGATION SYSTEM I11 H3511 a ranal was dug from the W1-Iver river to irrigate the land i11 and around Slatervillo. A little while later another ranal was dug from Ogden river to Slaterville. 'lihese water rights are two of the olde.-t rights in Weber County. In H357 a l'll2ll'I?I' was ohtained and a ranal dug: from the Ogden river near the Utah Power a11d Light lion 1any's power pla11t to lfarr West. It was then ahle to r...'1'y about I0 serond feet of water. lint sinre that time the canal has heen enlarged to rarry ahont I9 serond feet. During the saint' year a rl'1arle1' was oI1tai11ed and tl ranal dug from the IIIOIIIII of Ogden Canyon wI1i:'I1 reaehed North Ogden and llleasant Yiew the following I Y year I H1521 I. I11 the tall ol' IIISII, the residonts ol' Plain City dug a ranal from tI1e Ogden river. Later they also joined this with a ranal whirh they olvtained from the Wfelmer river. The town ol' Huntsville has two niajor ranal sys- tems. the largest of which is thu Htxntsvillmz lrrigatiion Assoriatio11. organized i11 I86I. to irrigate the renter of the valley. through the ton 11. The other. the Huntsville IVlountain Canal, which irrigates tI1e land around the North foothills, was started i11 III83. l11 1805. Liherty and Eden ohtained water rights o11 the Xorth Fork of Ogden river. This is their 111ai11 sourre of water supply. I11 I868, the Church appointed William Garner to find il way to water the lands around Hooper. The ru- sult was the Hooper ranal whim-I1 was later joined hy West Weher when West WeI1er's eanal washed o11t. The Wilson ranal was taken out ol' the Weber river i11 I875, near the st,oc:kyards. This canal hranrhes at Wilson i11to a North Canal, whirh runs through Wilson. Taylor. and into Hooper. and also a South lnranrh whirh runs through W'iIson. Kanesville, and into Hooper. Alvout l392. IVIa1'riotl olrtained a decree to water on thc Ogden river, and tl ditch carryiiig Qlfg serond feet of water was ro11str11rta-d hy shovels. Ivith the ronlpletion of the Marriott ranal. prar- tirallv the entire country was served by some sort of irrigation system and a period of intense developincnt hogan. A Iroautiful. produrtive agrirultural section and various assoriated industries are the results of tht- lore- sight and energy of o11r revered Ii0l't'llt'iIl'f'l'S.