Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-26
IMPORTANCE OF IRRIGATION
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L Management Of Associations.
i The association is managed directly
Eby the water users themselves and
through the officers elected by them.
Bach water user Will receive his pro-
portional part of the entire water sup
ply in the hands Of the association,
not in excess of the amount necessary
for the proper cultivation of land
owned by him. AS to the supply of
water the association is required to
limit the lands represented by it's
shares to the area the government has
determined can be cultivated to the
highest efficiency. Every assurance
is given users that they will be sup.
piled with all the water necessary, or
they will not have to pay for it.
Relations of Association with Govern
ment.
The connection between the asso-
citation and the government is this:
Before the beginning of 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 it's shareholders by means of the
lien on their lands if necessary. This
lien protects the water user against
the possibility of being required to
pay for shiftless neighbor's water
right, for without the lien the assocIa.
ton would be required to assess each
member for any deficiency. ...
No member of the association will
be required to dispose of his excess
land before the government is ready
to furnish water, thus gaining the
benefit of advanced prices resulting
from the large expenditures of the
government and the sure prospect of
water, and having, without expense,
lIa good market for his land that he
could have had under no other con-
Editions, experience having taught, be-
1yond all question, that more profit can
|ibe gained from 100 acres Of irrigated
land than from 600 acres of unirri-
|Igated land, especially in localities
where rainfall is uncertain.
i Disposal of Excess Lands.
/ Every landowner in the association
not be sold at a sacrifice. Every OF;
if1cer and member is land owner.
can be assured his excess lands will
and depreciation of land values is
Iiagainst his interest. The demand for
land will probably be so great, as
reconstruction approaches completion,
that large prices can be easily. realized
by the owner himself y
| Exemption Of Land Not Irrigable. i
| If a member of the association has
non-irrigable land in his tract the
secretary of the interior will, by care
full and expert examination, determine
the irrigable area in each tract. No
water rent will be charged for non.
irrigabIe lands.
No farmer can subscribe for a part
of his land and leave the rest out of
the irrigation system. The associa-
| ton will accept subscriptions only
| where they cover the entire body of
land owned by the subscriber. No
subscription should exceed 100 shares
I-acres-but any person may make
several such subscriptions if he agrees
to dispose of his excess lands, located
within the. system, before the compile.
ton of the irrigation work. .
Plant Finally Turned Over to Associa.
At the end of ten years, when the
cost of the irrigation plant will have
been paid for by the annual assess,
ments paid by water users, the plant
will be turned over to the water users
association to be maintained as be
fore, but the members of the asso
citation will be freed from assessments
for constructive cost, the subsequent
assessments being only for water rent
and maintenance of the plant. .
From the foregoing it would certain
ly appear that the farmer within the
proposed irrigation project has every
thing to gain and. nothing to lose. :. s.
TO ATTRACT IMMIGRATION.