Arizona republican., 1912-12-03
Board of Governors Endorse Specific Preparation for Presentation to Congress, for Extension of Time to Pay for Dam.
PLAN PRONOUNCED
 PROPER SOLUTION
Involves Direct Appropria- tion of $25,OOO,OOO to be Used in Completion of New Projects, No Interest on Deferred Payments.

Without d dissenting vote thel board of governors of the Water Users association yesterday by re- solution endorsed a plan for secur- ing an extension from ten years toI twenty-five years. of the time Tor payment for the Salt River project
 AS soon as the regular meeting was called to order, President Orme laid the plan before the board seven of whose members were present The members Were provided with copies of the plan which had been gone over by President Orme and Repre- sentative Hayden shortly before the departure of the latter for Wash ington
 Other suggestions had been dis cussed at a meeting of the board two weeks ago when Senator Smith and Mr. Hayden were present. It was then the unanimous opinion that an extension of the time for repay ment was necessary, and Messrs. Hayden and Smith were urged to use their efforts to secure it. But at that time no definite proposition was presented. A tentative plan had been suggested in the resolutions adopted by the meeting of representa- tives of the severeal associations of watr users at Salt Lake in Sep tember
 The members of the board who dis cussed the plan presented yesterday agreed that if adopted. it would solve the situation The following is a copy of the plan endorsed.
 Tt is now evident. owing to the heavy expense devOlving upon the settler under the reclamation pro l jects in the way of improving his l land bearing his share of the neces- l sary community development. etc" l that under many projects more time | than ten years will be needed in which to repay to the government i the money advanced In view of the above situation legislation is sug- 1 gested which will provide that when the majority of the water users un- der any reclamation project shall re- quest. the time of repayment Of the money advanced from the reclamation i fund may be extended from ten to | twenty years. such payments to 1 be equal or graduated and without
 interest.
 AS the adoption of such modified tion of the reclamation act as above outlined would curtail the amount of money available to promptly com | plete certain reclamation projects now under construction. legislation should be enacted which shall rHD-
 vide that the national government shall from time to time advance to the reclamation fund such additohai
 funds as may be needed to complete
 the various projects, the aggregate
 of funds so advanced not to exceed
 $25, 100000. which money shall be dis-
 tributed among the various recialha
 tion projects under constructor ac-
 cording to their needs, to De palo
 back by the particular project Whlcf
 has benefited from such advances
 under the provisions of the recla-
 nation act.
 ''In view of the great home making features involved in the reclamatl" work. it seems but just that the f%t-
 tion should give the small amour
 of assistance outlined above rms | in no sense a definite approprIafIoi
 of money. it is merely allowing t1'
 reclamation service to use compara' lively small amount of the n2f''h
 resources for the purpose oi cfeatlil- in the west thousands of new homes If this nation can afford the II" mense amount which is eXpende'
 annually for river and harbor m ? movements in the way of direct ap propriation. it certainly can affor' the small amount of assistance aDrN
 suggested. and it should be c'elr',
 horne in mind that under the pIa'
 as above outlined this money l
 merely an advance from the govern t ment to be paid back from the re
 payments under the specific prolec,
 for which the money was advance" . This proposition will be suon2ltt' f to all the other projects and their c" e operation will be solicited. bill ap e propriating the sum required II ] |. understood will be offered by Nil n Havden who had already intr )duced g measure in the last session Inciud'n e among other things a proVlsion 70 h an extension of the time of repay |. ment leaving the manner of grartin n if to the discretion of the secret" s of the interior.
 q cLueMAN IS SUICIDE.
 KANSAS CITY, Dec. 2-Bruce N