Arizona republican., 1906-03-12
DANGEROUS DELINQUENCY
 IN WAFER ASSOCIATION
Members are Warned to Pay Asssss-
 ments Promptly.

Members of the Water Users asso- citation who are behind in their as | sessments should prepare to meet them
 at the very earliest possible day for delinquency in dangerous. There was
 an initial fee of ten cents an acre ! charged against all lands at the time of the incorporation Feb. 4, 1903. Since
 then there has been but one assess ment, that of seven cents per acre and f it is this assessment that in many
 cases is now in arrears. It ought not to be so for upon this organization has depended and still depends the entire future of this valley. The corporation
 was formed at the suggestion of the
 government and its articles were drawn by Judge Kibbey. That they
 have proved satisfactory to all has been demonstrated not alone by what
 has been achieved here but by the fact
 that the government has taken these articles as a model for similar organ
 nations under each of its large re- clamatiOn projects.
 And in respect of what has been ac-
 cOmplished here it need only be recall
 ed that it was a provision announced
 by the government as necessarily pre- liminary to government aid. Not only was it the thing that made possible the
 building of the Roosevelt dam, but since then, through the confidence of
 the government in this organization, other benefits not previously promised have followed. aggregating a great deal of money and more than the money. settling other questions. One was the buying of the canals at a cost of over
 S300.00O and another is the announced
 project of building the diversion dam at a possible expense of $40O. 900. These
 things together with other details that have been handled and may yet be un-
 dertaken equal what might be called
 an aggregate loan to the people of this
 valley. of q million dollars without in- terest. to say nothing of the building of the Roosevelt dam. And all made ! possible by the Water Users assOcia- { ton.
 These things are only mentioned 10 freshen memory which is sometimes
 short and reference to the assessment
 is made only as a warning to delin- Guents that there is danger in delay. ! The expense of the association to date
 has been small compared with results.
 being a total of seventeen cents for three years. The assessment of seven
 cents is all due and payable before ! April 1st, or on that date all unpaid lands will be delinquent. The articles of the association provide that within
 ten days thereafter the secretary shall send out, the following notice:
 You are hereby notified that the as-
 sessment levied by this association for ordinary expenses for the year ending
 Aug. 31, 1906, is past due and you are
 delinquent. The amount due is -.
 In due course proceedings will be talk
 en to enforce payment thereof as pro-
 vided by the by laws"
 l The by laws next provide that; Not less than thirty days nor more
 than forty-fve days after the com pletion of the delinquent list, the 1 treasurer shall cause to be published in
 a newspaper, published and of general | circulation within the reservoir dis | trict described in artile " of the ar | ticIes of incorporation of the associa- | tion, a notice in the form following. | that is to say, etc"
 Then follows a regular notice after
 the manner of a delinquent tax list,
 showing the names of all deIinquents
 and the description of the delinquent property, amount due, etc. On the
 first of June the property goes to sale l for the assessment the same as 1t
 would for taxes and the sale is there. | after a cloud on the title the same as | it would be if sold for county taxes | And the cost of redemption, like that of county taxes is considerable amounting perhaps to as much as the | assessment itself.
 It will be wise therefore for every | land owner under the association, to | pay his assessment as promptly as possible. There is yet some weeks for
 action and this notice is siven mere | ly that land owners may not forget and neglect their interests.