Arizona republican., 1912-08-20
Water Users Association Delegates Legal Adviser Christy to Present Reso- lutions of Protest to Sec retary of the Interior.
PROPOSED CONTRACT
 IS REPUGNANT
Supervising Engineer Hill Refuses to Recede from it's Provisions Except in the Matter of Divided Water Payments.

Supervising Engineer Louis C. Hill absolutely refused to recede a point
 in his decision regarding the new
 water rental contract proposed by
 the reclamation service for the far
 mers under the Salt River valley
 project. except in the minor matter
 O! the split payment of rent. The
 net result of the conference of the
 board of governors yesterday was a
 set of resolutions and the order of
 Legal Advisor George D. Christy to
 take the same to Washington for
 presentation to the men in charge
 At the meeting of the board of
 governors of the Water Users asso-
 CiatiOn in the board room yesterday
 mostly all day, the question was put
 up to MT. Hill of backing down on
 the contract or having the matter
 taken over his head to the Washing ton office. He chose to have the higher ups settle the matter, and is quoted as saying the protestants are taking exactly the right course to get the matter before the men at the head of the service
 On one point, MT. Hill made a concession. He allowed the truth Of | the statement the payment of the | rent at the official new years day would work hardship on many users, and said he was willing to l have the stipulation concerning one yearly payment cut up into semi annual remttances
 ] The meeting was called to order 1 by President John Orme of the asso- i citation at nine o'clock. All the fore | noon was consumed in discussions conferences and quizzing of Engineer l Hill and MT. Christy, legal advisor 1 of the association. Both gentlemen maintained their points stoutly, yet 1 the personal discussion was entirely i amicable. It was maintained on one 1 side the farmers could not get l enough water under the new con- | act terms to sufficiently mOisten | their land-eXcept, of course, they paid an increased toll-and the speak l CTS for the reclamation service tried l to show there was ample moisture | in three or fraction more than | three acre feet of water. to irrigatc,
 in fact Hill gave estimates to prove
 the average user of water got less
 than the stated three acre feet. By afternoon the discussion cry | tallized into set of resolutions,
 which suited the visiting committee of the Land Owners Protective l league to a T. The resolutions also ! covered every point advanced by the ] Water Users for the adoption was by unanimous vote.
 The Resolutions:
 RESOLVED, That the Salt Riv- CT Valley Water Users Asso- 1 citation is unaHerably opposed to the new proposed form of con tract for water service, published by the l.. $. Reclamation Ser vice, to take effect October 1st ! 1912, upon the grounds that the 1 same is arbitrary, unjust. and i confiscatory and greatly increases l the water charges to farmers un- der the Salt River Project; Be ! it further
 i RESOLVED. That the secretary | of the Interior be requested to
 indefinitely postpone the carrying into effect of the provisions of | said proposed contract, and that | he be further requested to cause | the present system of water ser l vice and charges to be continued | until such time as the Reclama- | tiOn Service and the Water Us | CTS under said Salt River Project shall mutually agree to a modi- l fication thereof; Be it further | RESOLVED, That Arizona's U. | s. senators and representative in | congress to requested to use their | influence to secure favorable ac-
 tion upon this resolution by the
 secretary of the Interior; Be it