Arizona republican., 1904-07-28
TO CLEAN THE DITCHES
Farmers Make Written Demands of
 the Canal Management.

| The farmers of the north side held meeting yesterday and prepared ! type written demand or q series of them which were presented to General Manager w. E. Cleary of the Arizona i Wdter company. by a committee ap- pointed for that purpose. The de- mands set forth certain conditions. asked that they be remedied and that | Mir. Cleary make immediate answer IS to whether they would or not. Mr. | Cleary received the committee cour- | teously and said that it would require some delil eration before he formr- lated his answer, but he promised to be as expeditions as possible and let them know at the earliest possible ] moment what would be done in the matter.
 The meeting was an adjourned ses- sion from that held the day before und like it, was held in the rooms of the Water Users association, though 1t was by no means a movement of that body, the meeting being held there be- cause 1t was a convenient place. The meeting was representative of all the farmers regardless of whether they are interested in the association or not though of course most of the lands ara 1 signed to that corporation.
 The meeting was held in the fore noon and the discussion of the day before was gone over hastily the text of the argument being that the Water company claims that it's canals were in usually good condition while the farmers claim that the olnals are fill ed with silt sand, debris and brush, to an extent that prevents the car riage of the flood waters to which they are entitled.
 The sentiment of the meeting was crystallized in a type written docu- ment which was addressed to the Maricopa Canal Go. and signed by Dwight B. Heard Henry Ware and c. C. Hurley, a committee appointed to represent the Water Users. An exact copy was also addressed to the Salt River Valley Canal company and sign ed by Geo. H. NewshClme and J. c McNulty, committee, Nelson Brud- ley was also appointed on the commit- , tee but not being present he could not , sign. Following is the language of the demand:
 The water users served by your ca- nal with irrigation water for their lands under the same hereby notify ] you that the dam at the joint head of your canal and the Salt River Valley : canal is and mas been for a long time past out of repair and entirely insuf- : ficient to care for and divert into the canal any rise of water and that the , head of the canal is and for long time has been out of repair and large ! ly filled with sand. silt, weeds and brush so that the canal cannot be fili- . l cd NrrfAl, af river for carriage-that the Arizona , canal, which is used to divert and ) carry high water to your canal and is under contract so to do is largely ill., ed with sand. silt, debris weeds and brush and for that reason cannot carry the said water to your canal. That your said canal system is so generally out of repair that our lands are not served with the water We have paid you for carriage, and to which We are entitled and such condi- tions will continue and grow worse unless remedied by you at once.
 We therefore demand that the fore going conditions be remedied at once and that you inform us immediately whther you will comply with this de- mand.
 
 was addressed to the Grand Canal CO annd signed by J. J. Myers T. Bone and sam Webb. Following is it's text. The water users served by your canal with irrigating water for their
 lands under the same hereby notify you that the Arizona canal which is used to divert and carry water to your canal and is under contract so to dc
 is largely filled with sand, silt, debris
 weeds and brush and for that reason
 sannot carry the said water to youl
 canal; that your canal is without any
 head or diversion dam; that your said
 canal is so generally out of repair and lacking in facilities for diversion
 of water into it that our lands are no,
 served with the water we have paid
 you for carriage and to which we are
 entitled and such conditions will con-
 tinue and grow worse unless remedied by you at once.
 We therefore demand that the fore going conditions be remedied at once