The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-26
SEND CREW INTO FIELD
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Association Decides to Ed In
Permanent Organizations in
Order to Be in Pos On to
Deal With the Govea1hent

Christian Anderson. Of Spokane
has been engaged as( the engineer to
make the survey forr the proposed
High Line ditch AND the plan is to
get a crew in ~ field as quickly as
possible. Mr.. anderson was selected
at the meetin at Prosser Thursday
of the REPRESENTATIVES from the
various HAinor organizations to the
m eetingrof the Valleys Of the Yak
inns q, High Line Irrigation association.
THey decided to do away with the
tentative organization which has
hitherto existed and a committee was
instructed to get busy in drafting ar
ticles of association, or Of incorpora-
ton, along lines similar to those of
the Water Users association. This
conforms to desires and regulations
or the federal government with
which the association must work
Engineer Well Qualified.
Engineer Anderson formerly had
charge of the work on the Wapato
project. He is a government engin-
eer now on leave of absence and was
recommended in fact for the duties
to be performed by the Reclamation
SCl VICE. liC IL COuNeISdAl HOl OILY
with the conditions throughout this
valley but is also posted as to the
aims and desires of the reclamation
service with regard to the develop
ment of the Yakima valley.
Vice President Mcdonald presided
at the meeting Thursday which was
held in the rooms of the Prosser
Commercial club and was wonder
fully well attended. North Yakima
was represented by Messrs. r. ]. Lo-
gan, W. p. Romans, M. r. Galloway
c. Fl. Human, Viers and others. H
w. Golf of Colfax made the trip OF
800 miles to be present, so interest
ed is he. He found the enthusiasm
to be intense and all concerned pre-
pared. in every way to assist in the
pushing Of the project.
Desert Land Money.
1t Is felt that the federal govern
ment will acquiesce, through it's de-
partments, in the request which the
association will make, that desert
land owners be permitted to paw in
their assessments Of s1.0O per acre tc
be used for the furtherance of the
ditch project. The aggregate of this
sum will be about $4,000 annually
The desert landowners themselves, SC
far as they have been heard from are
heart and soul in favor of the pro-
ject.
Solicitors who are looking after the
financing of the present undertaking
have been requested to collect in the
subscribed money and report as the
engineering work is to be done under
pressure.
meeting February at Sunnyside, at
10 o'clock in the morning.
Time Is Only Question.
1t is the hope of the leaders in
the project that they will be able to
get in one the first appropriation by
congress. They have assurance from
the secretary of the interior which
make this hope logical. The Kittitas
High Line ditch comes down to
within about 10 miles of North Yak
ina. This is at the 2100 foot eleva-
ton. Much of the distance in Kitii-
tas is through a country which has
not irrigable land to any great ex-
tent below the ditch. BY the extern
sion in Yakima some 100000 avail
able acres will be added by a 40 mile
extension or whereabouts. The econ
omical value of the extension of the
Kittitas ditch is therefore easily
shown. There is, Of course, work to
be done which may or may not be
necessary according to the action OF
congress and the conditions which
will result therefrom this year. The
future is certainty. 1t is the ques-
ton of time only which is in doubt.