Arizona republican., 1910-04-28
UTAH CANAL STILL IN AIR Another Day of FruiHess
 Discussion THE PRIORITY DECISION It is Thought Will Have the Effect of Fastening Negotiations to An End in Turning Over the Canal
THE PRIORITY DECISION

Throughout the day yesterday com- mencing at ten o'clock in the morning and lasting well into the afternoon with a short intermission for dinner. the stockholders Of the Utah Canal company struggled over the proposi- ton as 10 whether they would sell their canal to the government finally adjournins until next Wednesday morning al ten o'clock without having accomplished little more than simply appointing a committee 10 see to it that there was full representation of the entire stock of record.
 The real feature of the entire pro- ceedings which seemed to bring q har- moniOus sentiment more than any other one thing was the announcement of the fact that the Utah canal is now receiving water under the ruling of Judge Kent and that there is a perceptible falling of in the flow which within two weeks will mean that crops will be perishing unless the land owners can get together and by turning over their canal secure their reservoir water. The resrvoir water will of course be turned into the Utah canal as soon as there is shown a disposition to sell the property to the government otherwise the land own CTS under the ditch will be compelled to take the natural flow of the river as given them by the decisionrof Judge Kent.
 Near the close of the meeting, on one or two occasions. a speaker in timated that il might be wise to at tempt to get sentiment of the meet ing on the actual proposition to sell. He approached the subject rather tremblingly perhaps for no man pres ent knew the real sentiments of the man sitting nearest him. It looked at one time as though there would be a vote taken to determine just how. hopelessly the stockholders were -di- vided or how much harmony existed but those who are in favor of selling the canal as well as those who are against the sale with but few excep- tions. appeared to want to be more sure of their ground before going on record as body. The point was raised that in the event that a showing could be made to the effect that a good work ing majority of the stockholders are in favor of sale that the matter could be put up to Mir. Hill and that possi- bly, he could be prevailed upon to de- liver stored water until all the shares, or a majority of them could be voted. This stared condition even failed 10 bring forth vote and the stock holders adjourned without expressing themselves as a body as to just whet- CT they cared to sell their canal or not.
 Attorney Whitbeck of the legal de- pertinent of the reclamation service did not appear before the Utah stock holders. In a statement previous to the meeting he gave out the informa- ton that the agreement was not ready for presentation. Then it appeared that there is another reason and that is that the stockholders of the Utah canal will first have to get together themselves and determine r.hether they care to sell their property or not before there is proposition present ed to them.
 Mir. Whitbeck appeared before the directors Of the Mesa Canal company while here and stated that it was his opinion that everything would be in readiness for the actual transfer with in few days.