Arizona republican., 1912-01-28
WATER USERS
 IN CONFERENCE
Council Passed Important Resolutions at Tester
 days Meeting.
REORGANIZATION
 OF BOUNDARIES

At meeting of the council of the
 Water Users association yesterday
 two important resolutions were passed
 and the initiative was taken in the
 matter of adding to the reservoir dis
 trict the strip of land between the
 Eastern anu the old Highland canals,
 approximately 2.OOO acres. and 3O2
 acres under little ditch on the north
 side of the Arizona canal opposite
 Ingleside. and the segregation from
 the district of the triangular strip of
 lend between New River and the
 north boundary Of the district in the
 west end of the valley. approXimating
 7500 acres.
 When the reservoir district was
 formed it's eastern boundary was the
 Highland canal. Later that was
 abandoned and tn Eastern canal con-
 Structed practically paralleling it a
 few rods east of the Highland. for serving the same lands thus bringing
 about 2,0O0 acres more under the
 ditch. Ever since then the settlers
 have been trying tO get that strip into
 the reservoir. The move has not been
 seriously objected to by anybody but
 to effect it would require the changing of the articles of incorporation of the association defining the boundaries of
 the district. Yesterdays meeting was called primarily to consider that move
 In order to change the articles of in- corporation the amendment proposed
 must be submitted to the stockholders Of the association at an election and if
 il carries it must then be sent to
 Washington for the approval of the secretary of the interior That there might be but one bite at the cherry it was decided to act concerning the Oth- TT two tracts of land referred to. at the same time. The little patch of 302 acres has received water from the Arizona for a long time. is fine land and there was TO objection to it's be- ing incorporated.
 With the other tract in the west end there was some diversity of opin- ion. This land lies beyond New river and south of Marinette. It was orig inally signed to ard incorporated in the reservoir district but the Ieclama- tion service ,lij not believe it feasible to Hume New river and carry water to it without entailing too great px- pense and recommended that it be thrown open for settlement by the land office. which was done and has been proved up on and is now in private ownership. some of it being watrg1 by private development Of water Nevertheless the owners have paid assessments on the land in part at least if not in full and there has been a disposition to hold the reser- voir rights against the day when it might be desirable tO get water from Roosevelt It was finally made clear that throwing the area out of the dis trict now would not preclude taking 1t back again arv time the settlers and the association might desire to do so.
 The council therefore embodied these changes in a resolution to be passed up tO the board of governors with the request that the question be submitted to the shareholders at the ! general election to be held in April. If | it carries the matter will be laid be- | fore the secretary of the interior.
 Following a long preamble reciting | that the association is now contem ! plating the electric plant construction ! planned for the project, a resolution | was passed requesting the reclamation l service to submit to the board of gov ! nrnorS any proposed contract for the | sale of electric power. before # is fin ally executed.
 The other resolution. passed by a | vote requested the recla- | nation service tO deliver water at the | rpper corner of any parcel of land a | member of the association may desire | the construction expense of ILe necessary diversion gate be borne | Dv the land owner The heretofore ac- ] repted policy of the service has been | h deliver the water at the upper cor ner of each quarter section. Interior tracts Of whatever size secure their | V ater by small ylitches leading from the point of delivery at the diversion | corner, the owners of the interior ac- reage being guaranteed in their right | of way for the small ditch if they | choose to construct it. Action in ac- rordanCe with this resolution will in- | voIve the settling of several questions. The ore that seems most apparent is the added expense of Zanjero service | by increasing the points of diversion, | and the embarrassment of trying to uniformity If plan. Sec tions cut into small holdings will re- qure much more work of a Zanjaro | than the large holdings and again one | man on an inside parcel may want to pay for his individual gate and deliv- cry at his property line while his neighbor alongside will not feel like | doing so and will desire to run ditch | by him anyway from the quarter sec ton corner.