The Imperial press., 1904-12-24
Serious Exceptions Taken to PRESS Article of From F. C.
 December 3d. A. Ec

In last weeks issue of the Imperial PRESS there was a published statement from MT. W. A. Edgar in which he quotes the resolution passed by the board of directors of Water Users AssO- citation on September l, 1904, and in the light of said document takes issue with the statement made in Mir. Ulrey's resolution to the effect that Messrs. Holt and Lombard were wholly un- authorized to make contract with Messrs. Tbayer and Rankin to deliver them 5000 acres of water rights in Mexico as fee fer securing government irrigation for the Imperial Valley on terms acceptable to the California De- volOpment Company. This resolution reads:
 "RESOLVED, That MT. W. F. Holt, president, and Mir. C. $. Lom bard, di- rector, be selected az the representatives of this board to advance it's interests at Washington; that they be directe d to go to Washington when in tleir judgment the occasion requires. and that they are hereby empowered and authorized to act jointly, or independently, as they see fit. They shall also have the right to employ such assistance, or associate with themselves anyone they may desire ir the furtherance of the work of this board"
 shall disagree with the deductions of Mir. Edgar in the premises and as grounds for such position will state what occurred at that meeting September l and the events immediately preceding 1t, and shall show the circumstances under which that resolution was passed and the purposes and intent that was sought to be attained.
 It will be remembered that on August g, at the next preceding meeting of the Water Users AssoclatiOn when the Heber contract was agreed to, reference to which was made in the last issue of the PRESS, that letters were signed by all of the members of the association, except Mir. McPherrin, explaining to the recla nation service what was meant by our action in the premises. Following this, it will be remembered, that a movement was instituted to have Mir. Willis George Emerson and Mir. w. F. Holt sent to Washington as the representatives of the Water Users Association, some urging further, that Mir Emerson alone would be better than to be accompanied by anyone else It will also be recalled that on September the Emerson Realty Company ran an excursion into the Imperial Valley, gave barbecue and furnished free music to the delight and entertainment of the people of Imperial and vicinity. 1.-the meeting that night it was expected that the program would 70 through and immediately upon con vening MT. Gleason proposed that Messrs. Emerson and Holt be credent- ialed as our representatives at Wash ington. This was objected to and Dr. Lom bard's name was placed in nOmina- ton and particularly strenuous objection was made to MT. Emerson, it being felt that the Water Users Association should maintain it's attitude of neutrality on the question of price, leaving that mat ter wholly to be decided by the roclama- tion service,
 At this meeting Mir. K. F. Wills of Brawley was absent.
 When Mir. Gleason saw that the ap- pointment of MessTs. Emerson and Holt was not going to be acquiesced in he at tempted to break up the meeting and