Arizona republican., 1913-04-27

Believing that there is necessity of additional representation at the Wash 1ngton conference May between mem- berS of Water Users association and members of the reclamation service be- fore the secretary of the interior, the council of the Salt River valley asso- citation yesterday requested Legal Ad- wiser George Christy to go to the capi- tal-a request with which he complied last night. He carried certified copies of his resolutions outlining the stand which the council takes on matters referable to the meeting. Mir. Orme. president of the association left the other night with the resolutions of the board of governors, but this presence was not thought sufficient, nor did the council believe that he was truly rep reSentative of all the water users. The necessity of a legal mind in the meet ing for the Salt River valley was also urged for MT. Christy's going.
 The questions of Why should the le- gal adviser go?" and Can the council send him?" were debated on the floor. Chairman Jones thought that if the bill for Christys expenses to Washing ton was turned down by the admins tration the council as the lawmaking body could pass a special appropria- tion bill. but this was doubted by Mir Christy himself. "The council has no power to incur expenses, he said
 However he would go if the council asked it, expenses or no expenses. The resolution asking him to go and that (amended) giving him his instructions
 
 twenty one members present.
 J. J. Casey a member of the board of governors was present and spoke about as follows. ''I think the people want and need MT Christy to go to Washington. There are certain points of law involved in this hearing which MT. Orme cannot cope with. Our rep resentation at the conference will go for nothing if we cannot make it eff fective by sending our legal adviser. In a speech of acceptance of the mis- sion Chrsty said in part. The council can only request me to go. This will be necessary to give me official stand ing. If I went as an individual. I mieht as well stay home for all the good could do. will do the very best | ter Users. He touched on such points as reference of contracts affecting the disposition of power additions to the cost of the project and improvements, to the water users association for ap proval. He believed the reclamation ] service should consult the governors and council before engaging in any 1 business that would affect the ultimate l owners of the system.
 1 Councilman Shoot introduced a reso- l lution which was amended to read as | follows:
 BE IT RESOLVED, That the attor- ney of the association is hereby in | structed to direct the attention of the | honorable secretary of the interior to 1 Sections F and 13 of Article V of the Articles of Incorporation of this asso- ] citation and that the said legal adviser l is further instructed to request the l secretary of the interior to make an early determination of the maximum acreage which. in his opinion, can be | successfully irrigated under the Salt River project from all present known sources of water supply. and further. to designate the particular lands the owners of which shall have the first right to apply for the use of said wa
 ter, and that the secretary be requested . in making such designation, to give
 the preference to cultivated lands. I In debating this resolution, w. J.
 Murphy said, "It is premature to say
 the least, to try to fix the lands that shall and shall not be irrigated. With the perfection of the distributing sys- tenn, the exercise of the proper econo- , my and the development of all the pumping that is so sadly needed to
 keep the water down in some districts
 there is little limit to the amount oi
 land that can be successfully watered ;. expect to live to see the day when
 three hundred thousand acres will be ,l irrigated from the Roosevelt dam anG
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