Arizona republican., 1909-07-22
NO WATER BUILDING
 FOR THE PRESENT
Lacking a Quorum, No Assessment Was Levied By the Board of Cover nors Yesterday.

The ghost of the water building is laid for the present. Friends of the project for the time-being will have to possess themselves in patience and those who oppose it have won vic tory through circumstances rather than contest Yesterday was the final day when the board of governors could levy the annual assessment, and a quorum could not be mustered to do business. There had been hope that one or two absent members of the board would return to the city yester- day. enough to make working ma iority. but they did not come and the whole matter went by default
 The meeting called for o'clock, however, was held. but as no quorum appeared it immediately lapsed into an occasion of conference and discussion. J. r. Orme, E. J. Bcnnitt, Charles Pet erson and B. A. Fowler were the only members of the board present. though Judge Kibbey as counsel, was on hand and Messrs. Bustrin, Barrett, Thompson and perhaps one or two others were there representing the sentiments of those who oppose the construction of water building.
 MT. Bustrin presented the resolutions passed by the meeting in the Murphy school house, and c. T. Thompson presented a similar resolution signed by fOrty-one water users in the Wilson district For the sake of a record and that fairness might be shown to all, the resolution passed by farmers in district No 4, at the Alhambra meet ing. signed by nineteen farmers and published in the papers, was cOnsid- cred as presented and filed. Merely as a matter of information. to determine how representative the meeting at Al hambra was, the following analysis was made from the records of the secretary of the Water Users associa- tion. It was found that of the total acreage in the district, 11,O09. the sign CTS represented a little over six per cent Of the 245 votes cast in that district at the last election, the sign CTS represented five per cent. Of the nineteen signers eleven were entitled to vote in the district, three were not in that district, three were not entitled to vote at all and two are not mem bers of the association. The total acreage represented by the nineteen was l215.
 After these little matters of record were disposed of an hour was spent in talking things oveS', all present par ticipating in the discussion, and the conference ended in the best of feel ing on all sides. Those representing the dissatisfied element asked great many questions and were answered at length and in detail. Seemingly they were made acquainted with great many facts that hitherto they had not understood and were much more calm in their demands and dis cussions than last week. even though they were not converted to the build ing idea
 One of them, for instance, stated his reasons for believing the associa- tiOn was a needless and useless organ ization, and it was quickly shown to him how it was not only a necessary one. but that it was created in re- sponse to a demand by the govern ment before the work of the project was far advanced. Much pains was also taken to give the gentlemen an idea of the magnitude of the assOci- ation's work and what it has already accomplished, and all were invited to