Arizona republican., 1910-07-26

 EXPRESSION A Vote Taken 0n Water
 Situation
 IF LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE From the Fact That Only a Small Portion of Stock Was Represented. Un- ceremonious Adjournment Leaves Things In the Air

Notwithstanding the fact that something over two hours of yester- day afternoon was devoted to dis cussion of the Tempe water situation, no definite action was taken. This was possibly due to the fact that the meeting was unceremoniously ad- iourned at an inopportune moment. though it is by no means certain that had the session been continued an hour or two longer there would have been any results.
 The meeting was called to order by President Jones a little after two o'clock He stated the purpose of the meeting-namely to hear the report of the committee of seven. The com mittee in reporting merely presented the letter from MT Hill which was read by J. R. Birchett. committee member After the reading of the letter a motion was made and car ried that the report of the committee be accepted. it be discharged and the letter filed with the secretary of the company for inspection at any time by any shareholder in the canal com pany.
 Immediately following this action Vernon Clark presented a resolution. The resolution having been read. MT. Clark moved it's adoption; the follow ing is a copy of the resolution pre- sented:
 Whereas the government of the United States acting herein under the provisions of the act of congress of June 17th. 1902. commonly called the National Irrigation act. has begun and has now nearly completed the construction of an impounding dam at the confluence of TontO Creek and the Salt river whereby about l.400. 900 acre feet of water may be stored for delivery to lands in the Salt River valley as it may be needed for irrigation: has constructed a diver sion dam at Granite Reef whereby the water of the Salt river may be regularly and conveniently diverted to and upon said lands: has acquired the system of canals on the north side of Salt river and is engaged in completing them to adapt them to the most efficient distribution of water to the lands on that side of the river: has acquired various ca nals on the south side of the river for a like purpose: is desirous of acquiring the canals and other prop ertv of the Tempe Irrigation Canal company to use in the distribution of water, both the natural flow of said Salt river and of stored water to the lands now lying under and capable of being served by said Tempe canal
 
 thereto: and whereas the said gov ernment will not deliver stored water to any lands other than by canals and other means owned or wholly controlled by it;
 And whereas number of the shareholders of the Tempe Irrigation Canal company are now entitled to have served to lands owned by them. their share of said stored water and the owners of a majority of the shares of said company desire to SC cure to themselves the right to the use of said stored water and whereas the service of stored water if served otherwise than through and by means of the Tempe canal will entail the very great cost involved in the nee
 
 or other canals for such service:
 And whereas it is believed that not only will the individual rights inter ests of the shareholders of the Tempe Irrigating Canal company be greatly promoted thereby but that the inter est and advancement of the com munity at large will be greatly sub served by a sale of the Tempe canal to the government for the use in the distribution of stored water and the water of the normal flow of said river to which lands are or may be- come entitled and by the drainage of large bodies of land now water soak ed made profitable by such sale;
 And whereas the government has tentatively proposed to purchase said canal and its appurtenances upon terms embodied in a letter signed by MT L. c. Hill and addressed to Walter