The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-11-18
MINORITY REpOnl PREPARED
Large Crowd Responds To Call of Hon.
w. w. Williams and Views
Are Set Forth.

for last saturlay afternoon b. Hun.
w. w. Williams, president of the
Trnckpe-Carson Water Users Associa-
tion, was largely attended. the court
room being filed. notwithstanding the
Inclemency Of The weather. Little
time was wasted in prelimineries and
after seating Mr.. w ans in the
presidents chair, G. w. Black was
elected secretary.
The preparation of minority report
from the water users of the vail y to
supplem mt the repor already filed
with he senate comm ttee, was the
chief busin ss Of the meeting and after
a sharp exchange OF words between
different ones present on topics not
germ ,ne To the Questions consi ler u,
the following were appointed as a
committee to prepare the resolutions:
Hon. Lemue Allen. j. G. Whip, E.
P. McLane, j. NJ Smitlcn and c. w.
Renfro.
The report, which follows aa1 wh eh
has already been forwacdeI to Wash
ington to be considered in tn. comm ttee
fo,m, was prepared during the hours
recess which quickly followed tn. ap-
pointment of the comm ttee and with
the com letion OF the report the
as ociation was again called to order
and tn report unanin ,usly adopted.
Question NJ. l. Is the existing re-
clamation law satisfactory, and II no. +,
in what respect shouldi' be amended?'
Answer No We call attention Of
the II ,northle COMMITTEE to the fact
that the h, m 'steaders have not raised
on their several units uring any period
in the operation Of this project, suf-
fiei nj hay and grain 10 feed their stock.
in proof Thereof we herewith append
census taken by the reclamation off,
cials of amount of produce on hand.
We believe that a deferred payment of
construction charges for FIVE years
with reasonable rate of interest
charve on said payments, is essential
to the complete success Of the Truckee-
Carson project We would suggest in
connection with this subject that each
homesieadcr be required to add annual
improvements to his farm unit of at
least two hundred dollars valuation. /"
Question No. Two. Are your local
laws, governing the appropriation and
use of water for irrigation salts factory
in their applcat on to lands being re-
claimed by the government or through
private enterpris IS. and il not, what
amendments are require d."
Answer. Yes"
Question No. Three. ia the admin
is ration of the law by the reclamation
s-rvice satisfactory, and II not what
~, the objections md what remedy Is
proposed7'
Answer. The law administration Is
sa' sfact,ry."
Question M. Four. lis your water
su ,plv adequate, both for irrigation
All domestic uses?"
Answer. "While III re has been
some ficiency in The delivery of water.
yet whan the la n, under course of con-
s,ructi,n ut tn mouth Of Lake Tahoe,
is completed, this condition will be
cured in our opinion"
QI--t on No. Five. Where your
towns hav. ben laid out by the recla-
mat on rvice how 10 you provide for
the Improvement OF streets adj ,cent 10
lots owned by III, government. and
h w do yon provide for municipal
water sup ,ly?'
Answer. There are no to yns With
in the limits Of this project that have
been 'ad Mt hy the government =
GU ,stion No. SIX 'Is y,nr canal
and distributing system satisfactory,
and il not what are the d, fec's, what
caused hem and what remedy is oro-
posed?'
Answer There are no defects. SO
far as we know."
Question No. Seven. "Can cos OF
maintaining and operating the canal
and distributing system be reduced,
and II so in what way and to what ex-
teni?"
Answer. "In this connection we
suggest that committee b. appointed
10 represent III Farm rs' Associai on
nv IN. president II tn association to
'nvestigait' tn curr nj sxwn = N"
projec, 70 ihs W NAV have an mt IT.
rent grasp Of the real expenditure ia
the administration Of local reclamation
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