Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-07-18
GRElIER HUMBOLDT
IRRIGATION PROJECT

UNWILLING AAOuh i've LhOuiLlS bEip
away in connection with the pro-
posed reclamation project in Hum
boldt Valley. He reports that he
had a very interesting time and
very successful. The Greater Hum
boldt Corporation plans are of such
far-reaching character and will
mean much to the Valley and the
whole State that it /. necessary to
consider every move carefully. The
principal matter to interest the ir-
rigator is that the plans will auto
matically stop nearly all litigation
~ all litigation over water; par
ticularly litigation between the
lower and upper users. al indi-
cations point to years of expensive
litigation over water if not opposed
and the proposed plans will stop it,
and are the only ones that can
stop il.
The first object to be accomplish
ed is to arrange for delivery of
more water to the irrigators of
Loyelock. This will be accomplish
ed by fixing the channel of the riy-
er. AT present. 55 per cent OF the
water in the valley is lost in 40
miles distance. and it can nearly
all be saved. After that will come
the construction Of storage reser-
voirs and distributing systems to
cover more land.
The intention is First,-To pro-
vide present water with full
supply of water every year. Sec
ond,-Sell water for more lands
the sale of which will pay the costs
of all the necessary works. Third,
Give present land owners a
chance to secure water for more
lands than they now have under
irrigation. This can all be done,
as there is sufficient water in the
valley, now lost. that can be con-
served and used by the works pro-
posed to be constructed.
Mr. c. Arthur Stephens, of San
Francisco, and one of the stock
holders there, has come up with
Mr.. McClelland to go over the
ground and interest the irrigators
in the project AS the works will
beneht them, and in time be all
turned yer to them, it is for their
interest to secure the benefits to be
derived from them as much as pos
siDle. There are about $50 water
users in the valley now. An aver
age investment of S250.OO each
will raise all the money needed to
carry out the plans under the
Carey Act. The project is going
through,-with outside capitol to
help carry it along if sufficient wat
er users do not take it all.-and in
any case it will not need all of the
water to finance it, for there
r 5000 acres Of land under ir-
rigation in the valley at one dollar
an acre for insurance against liti-
CATION and for a certain supply of
water every season that the COM
pany can furnish under its plans,
half the land brought into il will
furnish all the capitol needed.
The company is to use a system
adopted in other projects that are
started for public benefits. All
moneys paid by the water users
will be placed in local banks in
trusts.
A board of three Trustees select
ed by the subscribers from among
themselves will have charge of the
deposits. and no bills paid except
approved by them. Should the
project be abandoned at any time,
the money will be returned to the
subscribers in proportion to the
stock subscribed. While there is
very little likelihood Of this occur
ing, there is no fear of the SUBJ
scriber losing his money if il did.
Under the subscription plans, to
those irrigating lands under the
system. for each share of stock
they take, (par value $1,000 a
share,) the company will deliver
a full supply of water every year
forever without any additional
costs, and chance to secure more
water or additional lands at rs
per cent of what will be charged
to outsiders; while to those irrigat.
ing lands above the system, for
each share the companv will ;nspro