Arizona republican., 1912-03-24
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against an investigation at this time. An afternoon meeting was called for the same place by the Land Owners
 Protective association and was at ! tended by nearly as large a gathering about half of the number having also attended the morning meeting This meeting was called to order by II i A. Bustrin, who called upon the sec retary, O. C. Thompson, to preside
 While the gathering was waiting | for the appearance of the senators elect, MT Thompson reviewed the his ! tory of the organization and the req sons for its formation State Senator Wood was called upon and spoke in | cOmmendation of the work of the reclamation service generally and said he did not favor congressional in vestigation at this time He urged
 the advisability of getting more time by the farmers themselves completing the distributing system, but with 1t advocated the turning over of the distribution tn the farmers them- selves. using the illustration of d man mOrtgaging his land and having
 the holder of the mortgage insist up on cultivating the land. A showing of hands was called for on the prop Osition of so turning over the dis tributing system and about loo eX-
 pressed their favor of such d plan
 MT Wood continued with his re
 marks without calling for the oppo-
 site opinion. He also stated that
 those who are informed on the sub iect believe the reservoir will not be
 officially opened for approximately
 three years and that an extension or
 time may be asked for any time in
 the next thirteen years. The inn
 Portant thing is graduation of pay
 nent.
 When the senators arrived they
 were in turn called upon and again
 urged harmony and the deciding upon some one course to pursue before they could effectually make efforts for se- curing congressional action of any kind. as had been their advice at the earlier meeting
 The feature of this meeting was the questioning of Project Engineer Hill by Senator Ashurst in order for the latter to get correct information and be rid of false impressions regarding the contract between the reclamation service and the Pacific Gas x Elec- tric Go. for the furnishing of electric power MT Hill explained what is well known to all who are at all familiar with the subject. that the contract was published at the time it was entered into and was approved by the governing body of the Water Users association as the best one possible under the circumstances. He told how necessary it was to get rid of the old contract in order to build the Granite Reef dam and make it available for delivering water to both sides of the river.
 Further explanation was made of the power plants now being built by the association and some account giv en of the plans for disposing of the power. so that new industries may be fostered and a home market be en- Iarged for the products of the farms bv reserving all the fairly continuous power production for the valley, while only the surplus is disposed of to outside points.
 N WI. I%t1'i oBV'N' "S"''N '' N-N tension of time and declared himself able and willing to make all the pay ments as soon as they are. required of him.
 Frank l.. Howard urged an inVes- tigation as the most needed relief. Frank Barkley cited the general in- crease in the cost of labor and it's inefficiency as one of the factors in the large cost of the project. as it is in all operations in volving the employment of labor. J. Stanley Howard. H A. Bustrin, and others also spoke.