Arizona republican., 1907-03-03
ANOTHER SHIP IAktN
 BY BUCKEYE FARMf RS
Buckeye Irrigation Company Organ ized to Acquire Ownership of the Buckeye Caral

Ernest Lewis. counsel for the White Tanks Canal Co. and Dwight F. Heard. a property owner in that sec ton. returned last night from Buck eye and brought the most pleasing kind of news as the result of the prac- tically all-day mass meeting held yesterday by the Buckeye farmers. The meeting was a large one. almost every rancher interested being in at tendance. and the days proceedings were most harmonious and most sue CesSful in respect of accomplishment. Before night. there had been organ ized the Buckeye Irrigation company. and articles of incorporation had been formulated and adopted and the fol- lowing board of directors had been namcd- Henry Hammells. George Day. Peter Benson. Dr. l.. IT. Thayer. Charles BIrkley. George Drew and Philip Moore.
 This came after a thorough discus sion of the present conditions under the Buckeye. and a thorough discus sion also Of the plan of salvation and insurance of prosperity. as worked out by the committee of farmers that spent the greater part of last week in conference with the representatives of the WesseX Co. in this city. and which plan of action was outlined In detail in these columns a few days ago. Briefly 1t is a plan for the acquire ment of ownership of the Buckeye canal by the farmers. In furtherance of it a committee of the farmers have secured an option on the property at a price hereafter to be settled by a board of engineers. said committee to assign the option to the Buckeye Irri- gati0n Co. as soon as seventy-five per cent of the lands have been subscribed to it. The plan was presented in all its details as well as the plan for the organization of the Buckeye Irrigation Co. and though there was some little difference of opinion concerning some features of the proposed new organi- zatiOn. no really material or embar- rassing objection was encountered and at the conclusion of the discus sion the plan was adopted almost unanimously by the mass meeting There remains now only the formal signing up of the lands to the new Irrigation Co. when the portion will be assigned and the great principle Of cooperation and the virtue of hdr- mony will have achieved another vic , tory.
 At the suggestion If the committee of farmers recently in the city. Mir Heard had wired l.. C. Hill supervis- ing. engineer of the reclamation service in Arizona. asking him if fl would be agreeable to him. to permit the ap- pointment of one Of the reclamation engineers as the representative of the Buckeye people on the board of ap- praisement. MT. Heard was able to report a telegram from MT Hill saving he would be willing for one of the Government engineers to serve "unof- ficiallv." Therefore. while il is not settled. 1t is quite likely that that ap- pointment will be made. The Wes- sex Co. will appoint another. and if the two cannot agree. a third will be chosen by these two and he must be a resident of neither Arizona nor Col orado. the home state of the Wessex C0.
 The Buckeye Irrigation Co. though not yet fully organized. is far along in that direction and it may be said that it is patterned very largely af- ter the Salt River Valley Water Us- CTS association. operating in this part of the valley. IL is not so comprehen- sive for its purpose does not require