The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-10-30
WATER USERS HOLD MEETING
Make Number Of Recommen.
dations and Protest Against
Project Extensions.

Aoou' oV Vi the water users met
Saturday afternoon at the court
rooms. The most important busi-
ness transacted had to do with pre-
pairing data for the secretary of the
interior, having for it's purpose the
production of proof that will
Justify the secretary's sanction for
setting ahead the 1912 water pay-
ments, the demand being based on a
shortage of water that existed at
times during tine late irrigation
season. About 40 letters. from in
diyidual water users, were presented
at the meeting, these to form a part
of the evidence, which will be com
plete for forwarding within another
two weeks. In the meantime. the
petition that will accompany these
letters will be held for another two
weeks, or until a week from next
Saturday. when the next meeting oe-
eufs. in order to give all who desire
1t. an opportunity to add their
grievance and cite the facts sur
rounding the same.
Fulton II. Sears, lato delegate to
the National Federation Water
Users Association meeting at Salt
Lake, was requested to give his ex-
perlenee and the general results
the meeting, which he did in clear
concise fashion. Following, he was
rendered vote OF thanks by the
local association.
In the meantime, the association.
acted in a highly inadvised manner
when it voted following few
sDlurges OF embryonic oratory, 10
have Its board of directors confer
with the project engineer and pro-
test against the carrying out of the
proposed Soda lake extension of our
system. On just what grounds these
demands are to be made tenable, il
Is beyond us TO understand, for It is
the view OF this paper that every
+ farm unit made to bear fruition in
this project. will bring added mere
ment 10 the holdings already here,
and we can see neither logic or fair
ness in such a demand. Followed
TO It's logical conclusion, the protests
+ Of the older interests here would
thaye earlier In the projects develop
mont, suffeed to have excluded the
professors In this instance from
the rights to the holdings now
theirs. We hope such acts
will be few and far between In the
local association. II can be made
potent factor in project upbuild-
i ing, but certainly not by protesting
against the development of one Of
the most promising districts in the
valley. which may nave problems
peculiar TO its location an sell
character. but is none the less
promising. figured in the ultimate.
( These are matters that may be
let TO the judgment OF the project
officials. who are neither seeking
new outlets for money expenditure
as a means of keeping busy, nor or
they simply entering upon con-
strnetion program for the fun OF
constructing. but the Soda lake
district is to be added to because 1t
| IS the most feasible scheme at hand,
and we cannot see where the water
users of this valley are concerned
in the matter.
Ii the proposal entailed waste OF
funds. which they hold an equity
the affair would assume a different
character, but 1t is quite certain
that the Soda lake extension Is
feasible and easy of consummation,
and as evidence of this fact 1t VIII
be snapped up very rapidly by new
settlers whenever It is brought to
the point where settlement viii be
allowed.