The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-09-09
USERS HAVE MEETING
Committees Not Ready to Re-
port. General Discussion
Follows.

The Water Users Association COM
mittees, who were appointed for the
purpose Of preparing answers to the
questions submitted by the senate COM
mittee, which desired the answers to
these questions for presentation
on the occasion of its visit
here early in November, met at the
court house Saturday evening, with
chairman w. w. Williams welding the
gavel. In addition to the committees
quite number of interested ones were
present to lissen to the committees
reports, which were to be read to the
association and passed upon. Of the
several committees, but three were
ready to report, the one having in charge
the suggestion of additional remedies
not suggested in the senate commit
te's questions, and those having In
charge the questions of revision Of
farm unit plans, pasturage, water pay
ments. The later question stirred up .
good deal Of friendly discussion az most
everyone present had individual ideas
relative to this ali important question.
Both the deferred payment and eradu-
large number of enthusiastic advocates
and after discussing the various phases
of the matter, the report Of the COM
mittee having in charge the recommen.
dation on water payments, of which
]. C. Whipp is chairman, was laid on
the table until Saturday evening, Sep
tember 18th, when all committee re-
ports are expected in full and Will be
acted upon.
Mr.. Whip Is enthusiastic In his ad-
vocacy of the deferred payment plan
and his stand was strengthened by the
action of the Truckee-Carson Farmers'
Association, which met Saturday after |
noon and committed itself to the plan. |
1t is more than likely that deferred
payments will also be recommended by
the Water Users Association, as the |
sentiment of the meeting SCENE more
favorable to this idea than any of the
others suggested.
Another question that came up for
discussion, and that will likely be EN-
bodied in the recommendations to be |
made to the senate committee on the
occasion Of their visit in November is
the matter of reducing the term of res
idence required on entries within re-
clamation projects before title can be
acquired. Director Francis H. Newell
has advocated three year residence
rather than the five years now re-
quired, as have other persons who are
occupying high posts of honor in the
service and if the law can be revised
to cover this point the reclamation SER
vice will have been rendered a genuine
aid in the work of developing the arid
lands of the west.
The committee on transportation i'm
peached the present facilities and
asked the senate committee for q REM
edy of this important question.
Secretary J. b. Young, Assembly,
man J. w. Ferguson, ]. c. Whipp and
Fulton H. Sears were the orators Of
the evening and impressed the water
users present with the logic of their
respective views.
Mr.. Ferguson, in reading his COM
mittee's report, laid special stress upon
the fact that many of the old timers of
the project had just claims against the
government for losses incurred through
the acts of the construction engineers.
The report, like the reports of the COM
mittees of which ]. C. Whipp and ]. B.
Young are chairmen, was tabled with
out other action by the association
until such time as all committees have
reported, when they will be acted upon
simultaneously.
Fulton H. Sears wss unanimously
chosen delegate to represent the local
water users at q conference of water
users from all the western states,
which met in Ogden Tuesday.