Arizona republican., 1909-08-07
FARMERS MEETINGS
 IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Result of the Conferences Thursday Night in Conformity With the AL hambra Call.

In response to the call originating in the Alhambra mass meeting. for mass meetings of the water users in the various school districts, to elect delegates to general convention of the representatives of the farmers, to formulate answers to the questions sent out by the senate committee on irrigation, so far as heard from, there were gatherings in six districts. Dele gates were elected in the Scottsdale Isaac and Murphy districts. The Creighton district meeting adjourned to another date, only three farmers, it is reported gathered at the Alham- bra meeting and no action was taken, while fin the Cartwright district only five or six assembled and as most of them preferred to take action, under the call of the Water Users association no action or discussion was indulged in Thursday night. Fol lowing are the reports of the four meetings that were organized, as fur nished by the respective secretaries:
 Scottsdae.
 In accordance with G. E. Brewster's call to water users, there was a meeting of the water users of Scotts- dale held at the school house Thurs day evening, and the three delegates elected were MT. Miller, MT. Brown and Mir. Wilber.
 The meeting was called to order by V. A. Vanderhoof, who stated the purpose of the meeting by reading the call of Mir. Brewster. Charles Miller was chosen chairman and Mir
  of the water question were discussed, and though no resolutions were drawn up it was the sense of the meeting that no water temple ought to be undertaken at this time, and that the expense of the W. L. A. should be cut down as low as possible. While it was decided best to keep the w. T.. A. alive. it was thought best to do away with regular salaried off Cers There seems very little for such officers to do now, and so long as Uncle sam is in charge we are will ing to trust to him for our water.
 It was decided also to cooperate | with the reclamation service as much | as possible in perfecting the running | of the water system. We all feel the | need at times of water at shorter | intervals than twelve days as it is | impossible to raise small truck under | the present system.
 Creighton.
 A meeting of the water users of | Creighton school district was held | Thursday night, at which there was a | fair attendance C. M. Etter was | chosen chairman and T. T. Powers, | secretary. A full discussion of tho | best means of proceeding with the | of answers to the ques tions propoundcd by the senatorial | committee was had after which the | meeting adjourned to meet Tuesday | evening. August 10. The choosing of | delegates to a general meeting was postponed until that date. Every | water user in Creighton school dis trict is urged to be present at the | next meeting.
 Isaac.
 At the meeting held at the Isaac | school house Thursday evenin August | }. by the farmers of District No. ,. | Ira Beck was chosen as chairman and | w. O. Isaac. secretary. Ira Beck, | J. c. Mudersbach and Sam Barrett | were elected delegates to confer with the delegates from the other districts | as to plans and arrangements to meet | the Investigating committee from | Washington. It was decided by a | unanimous vote to hold another meet | ing at the same place. after the con ! ference of the delegates, notice of | which will be given in due time.
 IRA BECK, Chairman.
 W. O. ISAAC. Secretary.
 Murphy.
 At a meeting of the water users | Thursday at Murphy school house | much interest was showed and a good | crowd was present, notwithstanding | the unfavorable conditions of the | weather. Mir Bustrin presided as | chairman and c. V. Gulley, Mir. Bus tion the committee asked to be in | the committee. Following their cleo tion the committed asked to be in structed and it was during the follow ing discussion that some new things | of importance were brought to light discussed and aired. It was the opin ion of the meeting that if the salaries of some of the association officials | were trimmed down from thousands to hundreds that some of these fel- lows who sit at their desks and farm would lose interest in the man with the shovel. And a man who had the farmers interests at heart could be put in his stead, or the thing could be, and would be, disbanded when the farmers once got control. But the way 1t is now let a man open his head and he is abnormal and told he \ is talking tommyrOt and all that sort II of stuff The meeting noted how quick the association was to devise plan to secure the sentiment of the people after the farmers had already II taken these steps. Won't it be comi- cal to see the committee of farmers coming up bearing the sentiment of the tillers of the soil and the senti- ment of his neighbors? Then coming along behind comes this other com mittee that the association officials are setting up. Whose expressions do they bear? The farmer, too, or is .l,,,.o hack of if all2