The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-07-21

for water rights from the govern
ment system. 81
@. How is the association managed
a. Directly by the water users them
lse.yes and through the officers cleo
ted by them.
Z. How much water will be Furnished
to each water user
A. He will receive his proportiona
part of the entire supply in the
hands of the association, not in ex.
cess of the amoun necessary for
the proper cultivation of his land.
@. What assurance has he of a suffi.
cient supply?
A. The association is required to i'm
it the lands represented by its
shares to the area which the gov
eminent has determined can be cul-
tivated to the highest efficiency.
Q. What will be the cost of the gov
eminent water right?
A. The smallest amount consistent
Will pei LIdIlSHt WOTh. Ol00I anu
concrete will be used wherever re-
quired. The heaviest part of the
cost.-that is. the maintenance,
which goes on forever, will be re-
duced to a minimum.
Q. What is the connection between
the association and the government
A. Before beginning construction the
Government will make a contract
with the association, in which the
latter will guarantee the payments
and agree to enforce the collections
from its shareholder by means of
the lien on their lands if necessary.
Q. Does the shareholder derive any
advantage from this lien?
A. Yes. it protects him against the
possibility of being required to pay
for a shiftless neighbor's water
right, for without the lien the asso-
citation would be required to assess
each member for any deficiency.
Q. How soon must a mar dispose of
his excess land?
A. He will not be required to do so
before the government is ready to
furnish h water. thus gaining the
benefits of advanced prices result
ing from the large expenditures of
the government and the sure pros
moot of urotnr ond houinn without
expense, a good market for his land
that he could have had under no
other conditions.
Q. What is done to make certain that
such Xce lands are sold?
\. The owner agree that if he
does not sell them to a properly
qualified person by the time the
government water is ready. the as
ISOLATION shall have power to do so.
Q. VIII the lands be sacrificed by the
association?
A. No, every officer and member of
the association is a land owner
and a depreciation of land values
is against his interest. The demand
for and will probably be SO great,
as construction approaches compile
ton, that large prices a be easily
realized by the owner himself.
Q. How are former water rights af-
fected by joining the association?
A. The Reclamation Act expressly
protects vested water rights. By
joining the association the owner
of such rights puts them in the
care of the association and the wa
ter is to be delivered to him as be
fore, being included in the complete
supply furnished from the govern
ment system. His priority OF water
remains intact, is protected by the
Articles of the Association and may
be r~e-asserted if ever there should
be a shortage of water in the flu
ture.
@. How are such rights protected if
the need should arise fifty years
hence?
4. These rights must definitely ascer-
the Interior will, by careful and ex-
as soon as the association can take
the matter up after the government
construction has begun. This adj
jusIment can be made by mutual
agreement. or in the courts.
@. If a tract to be subscribed for con
tains land which is not irrigable,
how many acres should be included?
\. The subscription should include
the entire tract. The Secretary OF
government will make no charge
pert examination, determine the ir-
rigable area of each ract. The
share representing the n~Onirrigable
lands will be cancelled, and the
tanned and made a matter of record
against them.
@. Can a man subscribe for a part of
his land and leave the rest out of