Arizona republican., 1913-10-08
Homestead Lands Amount ing to 1700 Acres Ad- mitted to Water Users Association in One Lump at Special Meeting
THESE LANDS GET
 CONSIDERS ATIO\
Parker Named as New Mem bcr Survey Board, Which Receives Recommenda- tiOn-Chandler Contract Receives Final Blow

Holding high court on the case oc the hOmesteader, the board of Gover- norS of the Water Users association in special meeting admitted every appi- cant for the signing of homestead land. II601z acres in a lump, practically an of them situated under the Hiehlne canal. Four hundred ana eighty acres of school land and 760 acres of patented land was permitted to enter the project after each individual case had been heard while the books Were closed to several hundred acres of southside land partly in corporation ownership, and partly leased from the state. After a short discussion as to the method of hearing the homesteaders cases. it was decided to lump them. and hear the school land Iessees and owners of patented lands in two sep 4rate groups Then on motion of Lars Lassen, the board turned in and accept- ed all the homesteaders simply because they were such and after the hearing most of the other applicants. Again the offices and lobby were crowded with farmers visiting the building ou business connected either with signing in the project or applying for water Southside homesteaders. successful in their applications or anticipating such success thronged the ante rooms aud board rooms while inc conclaVe was going on in the latter
 Lands excluded consisted of certain school lands. and about 200 acres of land owned bv the Southern Pacific railroad near kyrene Tn the former cases, il was decrided that until the lands Were held by persons eligible to apply for lands, they couldn't be ad- mitted. The state cannot apply, for it already owns 160 acres under the pro iect, and certain of the lessees could not apply for the same reason. The < r. lands were excluded on tho ground that they would not be signej mp when the previous opportunity off cred. and there was money to back the applications Tn all 3O06ls acres Were declared eligible to enter and sign up. About 500 suffered more or less per manent exclusion. Three hundred aul twenty acres north of the Arizona ca- nal. made eligible to membership in au amendment to the articles of incorpOr- ation at the April election. were eN- cluded by motion at yesterdays meet ing
 Survey Board Named.
 Confirmation of the appointment of Frank L. Parker by the president as the association member of the survey board, made il possible for that inn portant commission to get down tp business within very short time. The reclamation service announced the con Grmation of it's appOintee, James F. Sprague. and the secretary of the in- terior has named F w Hanna lS chairman. The commission will con vene in Phoenix as soon as Hanna can get here from Washington. and then the work of limiting the project will begin.
 By notion introduced by Hansen. at yesterdays meeting. the boarl recommended the survey commission to limit the acreage to be served bv gravity water to 1SO.000 this to include the Tempe and Utah lands which are not members of the Water Users asso- ciation but which have rights in the river. This recommendation does not arbitrarily fix the project limits for the board recognizes it may he possible to irrigate more than this amount of land. and neither does it attempt 70 de- fine the duties Of the survey board to selecting or rejecting lands The reSo- lution does not mention lands which may be supplied by pumped water. ex- cept to say that all possible pumping areas are recommended to be developed.
 Chandler Contract.
 Final action taken on the Chandler
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