Arizona republican., 1910-06-23
GOVERNMENT
 OPERATING | Is in Charge of All Canals
 in Mesa Section BEGAN WITH THE WEEK There Will Be No Sweeping Changes in Matter of Dis tribution - First Install ment of Payment For Maintenance Now Due

Since Monday of this week the Re 1 clamation officials have been in charge ! of all canals in the Mesa section with 1 the exception of the Utah. Consider
 able detail has been gone over in the 1 organization of the office force as well as the ZanjerOs for at least four men vi be required to see that the orders Of the water service department are
 carried out in the general delivery of water
 However one of the real important
 features of the change from private
 to government ownership of the Mesa
 canal is that there will be very little
 change made. The bulletin board svs-
 lem which was established under the
 Mesa years ago will not be done away
 with. It Is custom of too long stand
 ing to attempt to substitute a better
 one on short notice. Then again in
 view of the fact that the telephone
 service does not reach all water users
 nor does the rural free mail delivery
 reach a very large percentage of them.
 1t has been deemed best to continue
 with the bulletin plan. The only radi-
 
 water will be on the acreage basis in
 stead of the share. If A has forty acres of land on which he is entitled to receive water he will be given water for forty acres. Heretofore A, under the Mesa system, generally had one share of water which was considered sufficient for the forty acres only dur ing dry times and then a dozen shares would hardly have been sufficient. The point to be conveyed is that the number of shares held under any pre- Vious system will not be regarded un- der the government distribution the delivery being made according to the number of acres up to 160 As has been explained before and as will be 1 explained in a letter to be sent out i to the stockholders in the water users | no more than enough water | to irrigate a quarter section of land | will be delivered to any one individual | under the project
 The delivery of the water to the sev- eral thousand acres under the canals | and laterals now under government | control is matter of considerable i'm | portance. M. c. Phelps, who for a | number of years has been in charge of | the Mesa canal, has been retained as zanjerO. J. w. Vingo. who has been on the Eastern since it was first de- clared ready to deliver water the first of this year, will continue to ride a good portion of this canal as we'll as a portion of the Consolidated. w. H. Hogle has been selected to oversee the delivery of water south of the Base line. The idea of distributing gan jeros in districts rather than on can als is the plan to be adopted. For in stance, under the new plan one gan jerO will have jurisdiction on part of two or three canals, it being his busi- ness to deliver the water to the land owners in a certain district Tele- DhOnic communications will be estab- lished so that he can be in constant touch with the head of each canal and nave the flow increased or diminished IS the demand may be.
 The telephone p,ll be an important factor in the distribution of water. For instance yesterday there were six heads of water either being distrib- lted on the land under the canals un- Ter the government control or enroute o the lands from Granite reef. By he use of the telephone the man on he local water service department of- ice is able to determine just where the yatr is being planned and when lead reached a given point in the anal. 1
 There is another point which might 'e mentioned at this time and that is hat the first installment on the main ainence of water is due. Thus far the lndowners have been very slow about { aying. Hardly enough money was ( aken in yesterday to pay the expenses | f the local office. A notice is to be ent out within a fev, days fixing the l lst day on which this payment can { e made. The local officials are mall- c lg the request that the assessment for be met promptly from { he fact that it is demanded by the } officials They are insis- { mt that the operating expenses be [ let promptly which makes it impera- i we that the local officials establish | date on which all dues must be paid s he notice to be sent out is explana- h ,ry and is as follows: h
 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTICE.
 Your attention is directed to the n -tached circular and payment for the twice stated therein for those lands titled to the same under the Eastern, e and Mesa canals on the al 'uth side. will be received at the of ii ce of the United States Reclamation Ii flee service, Chandler building. et esq, Arizona, from Monday, June 20, tc