Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1905-03-25
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR
WATER STORAGE.
A Meeting Which Has Accomplished
More Than all Other Steps in
Relation to Securing Water
Storage for this Valley.

neer OF the united states KeCla-
nation Service, arrived in Yering-
ton Thursday evening for the pur-
pose of comforting with the Walk
err River water users relative to
the construction of a storage res
ervQir to supplement the present
water supply.
In responce to petition of the
users of water from Walker River
the Secretary of the Interior has
offered to expend the sum of $780,
600 in the construction of a reser
voir which will insure the water
supply at all times for all land
now under cultivation in the val
legs of this river upon the follow
ing conditions:
THAT all owners of cultivat-
ed land along the Walker River
enter into an organization accord
ing to precedents established in
Arizona, Colorado and elsewhere,
for the purpose of dealing with
the United States under the pro-
visions of the Reclamation Act.
THAT said organization agrees
to enter into a contract with the
United States binding all owners
of cultivated lands in the Walker
River Valleys to return to the
Reclamation Fund, the cost of
said improvements according to
the provisions of the Reclamation
Act.
3-That all rights to water and
all dams and bitches for the di-
version of the same from Walker
River be conveyed to the United
States, for use according to the
Reclamation Act.
4-That all necessary rights Of
way be furnished by the said asso-
citation free of cost to the United
States.
1t was hoped that the govern
ment might be induced to start
work at an early date upon
broad project looking to the recla-
nation of the largest possible area
of land from Walker River and in
that event that somewhat different
terms for supplying the lands now
cultivated could be made. How
ever, it has been found that the
present conditions of the Recla-
nation Fund will not admit of
this and our people are really for
tunate in inducing the Secretary
of the Interior to do the work
above outlined, since it will result
not only in the dismissal of the
pending ruinous litigation, but in
greatly enhancing the value of all
property in the Walker River
country.
Mr.. Taylor informs us that the
proposition of the government has
been fully explained to Miller &
Lux and they have authorized
him to say that if the people will
agree thereto, they-Miller & Lux
will unite with them and dismiss
their pending suit.
At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
large number of the land own
ers and water users met with Mr..
Taylor and he fully explained to
them just what would have to be
done to secure the government aid
and made it clear how to go about
the matter. The attendance at
the meeting consisted of the rep
resentative farmers of this valley
and every phase of the subject
was taken up. The proposition
that each land owner could only
receive water for 100 acres, which
met with much objection at first,
was looked upon with more favor
when it was explained that
there was nothing in the law to
prevent the holder of $40 acres
from deciding to some member of
his family 100 acres and holding
100 himself.
After the discussion a vote was
taken to see how many favored
accepting the governments offer.
Every land owner in the hall
arose to his feet. There was not
a dissenting vote. 1t was then de-
cided that an agreement be