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water that was at that time running out on the meadows, as a good deal of his land was in hay.

I want to make clear to my family and to my dear relatives, for they are all dear to me, and I know the love my Father had for them, that as a young man I was active and alert and mort probably because I was the acting representative of my father. I was frequently appointed and at other times elected by popular vote to be a representative in many of the activities of the town. As such I was one, with others, to draw up articles of association of the water users of Farmington. (I think that was in the early nineties).

I was chosen one of the first directors of the Water Company. Things went along quite smoothly for awhile, but it was hard to make collections to pay a Water Master and incidental expenses, so we concluded to incorporate under the laws of the State. We paid Charlie Pearson fifty dollars to make out the incorporate papers. I was one of the incorporators and served as director and secretary and later president for quite a number of years. In order to make it legal and active it was necessary for the water owners to transfer by writing their rights to the water, to the corporation for the corporate body to control and manage for the benefit of all the incorporators.

The transfer of water stock signed by Father is as follows:

Farmington City, Davis Co. Utah.

February 8, 1897.

For, and in consideration of the issuance to me of 40 fully paid up shares of the capital stock of the North Cottonwood Irrigation and Water Company

I hereby sell, assign, and transfer to said Company all my right, title and interest in and to said shares of water of the North Cotton Creek as here to fore used and owned by me.

E.T. Clark.