The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-05-02
MALTA, VALLEY COUNTY, Thursday

conditions, and all we should con-
slider is that the conditionsar are unjust.
Every conceivable effort is being
made to defeat the organization Of
the Federated Water Users Associa-
tion, aud for that conditions will
necessarily have to change whenever
the settlers of all of the projects get
together in their demands for relief.
The cost of stationary, postage and
labor in sending out scores OF circu-
lar letters in the efforts to get the
settlers together have left my family
in clothing that would not care to
have exhibited in civilized commun-
tiles, but that fact is all the greater
reason why the settlers should get to-
gether and act quickly.
Am sending you copies of the pro-
ceedings of our deliberations at Chi
cago last winter, from which you
will observe that the assessment of
each association is 5000, from which
the total cost of one delegate to the
annual meeting is to he paid, thus
leaving for the incidental expenses of
the federation the remainder of the
various sums of 5000 after the total
expenses of one delegate from each
association has been paid, and our
association has ratified the constitu-
tion and donated 5000 with the infor.
nation that the amount will be sent
to the annual meeting with the dele
gate, SO that the delegate can pay his
expenses out of the amount and turn
over to the treasurer of the Fedora
tion the remainder of the 5000 instead
of sending the whole 5000 to the
chairman and having the balance
placed to the credit of the Fedora
tion after returning to the delegate
the amount of expenses.
There is no reason why that
method can not be followed and thus
make it necessary to raise but 5000
in all.
At the annual meeting all the
various complaints from all settlers
are to be considered, and remedy
demanded for every needed grievance.
Most of the grievances now con-
fronting your settlers are thing of
the past for the settlers of the Kla-
math project, and also for many
other projects and vice versa.
The balance of the 5000 assessment
after paying the expenses of one dele
gate from each association will be
used in sending delegation to con-
gress with the backing of the associa-
tion from all the projects, also backed
by personal appeals from the settlers
Of each project direct to the congress-
men and senator's from the different
states, demanding amendments to
the Reclamation Act to conform to
the needs of all the settlers of all of
the projects.
1t may appear necessary to MAIN
tain permanent Office in Washing
ton in order to continually present
the various grievances that come up
in the different projects, and it can
readily be seen that the Federation
can secure better results in present.
ing petitions from any one project
than to have delegate sent direct
from the project.
1t would probably cost about one
half of one mill per acre per month
of a tax on all of the settlers of all of
the projects to maintain an office in
Washington and print monthly Cir.
culaf giving full Information direct
to every settler on every project rela-
tive to the proposed amendment, the
various conditions of the different
projects, and the attitude of each
senator and congressman toward
each measure, and thus keep the
settlers posted ON their own affairs
instead of their being in blind ignor-
ance as they are at present.
The total cost of maintaining a
Washington Office and sending a
monthly circular to each settler would
not exceed cents per month to each
settler on 100 acres and correspond
ingly less according to the acreage OF
the settler, and the publication
would be worth ten times that
amount to the man now in ignorance
relative to his own affairs.
However, the matter of the WASH
ington Office will be LETT to the ma
jority of the delegates when the
annual meeting is held, and that will
be as soon as one more association
approves the constitution of the Fed
GRAFTON.
Get your association together at a
"a lied moetinp at the aarliost OOaaihlo