Arizona republican., 1914-05-04

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 Increase Water Supply | At the regular election this year. at which was cast the largest vote ever | balloted in the history Of the associa- | tion, it was decided by a large majority the policy of increasing the available water supply first by installing pump l ing plants and next by a reservoir on , the Verde if it is found feasible This 1 is in accordance with the recommenda- tiOns of the survey board, endorsed by | the governing bodies of the association ! and finally by vote of the sharehold- | CTS.
 | The association was visited and re ceived a most instructive address. full of valuable suggestions on Rural ! Credits, by Professor Kenyon l.. But terfield, president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
 i Power Development l Work has progressed on the develop ment of the power possibilities of the l tract for such construction previously entered into. The Arizona Falls plant | was completed and put in operation 1 early in the year. At the Cross cut | plant the connecting canal, with it's necessary concrete structures, has been | completed and has been in use to carry i water The pressure pipes are com rla at taI bo y,la | per cent completed, with all machinery ! on the ground ready for installation as soon as each unit of the water passages ! is cast and ready for the generating machinery It is expected this will be accomplished by the end of the calen- dar year
 i In connection with the power devel- : Opment is it's proposed use bv commun- ! ity distribution. This is being worked out for one proposed company with the aid of the association engineer an of 1 flee established and filled during the 1 year.
 1 There have been twenty four meet ings of the board of governors, or an average of two a month. In addition, 1 council four times and the council has i held six meetings. for the transaction of business
 Added Acreaees | During the year just closed there i have been received and filed 74 new subscription contracts. ranging from 1 two to 160 acres each. and adding | 4,77R acres to the total now sub scribcd within the boundaries of the l reservoir district, leaving out the ac- reage excluded by the restricted boun daries of the district, as defined by the ! survey board and practically now adopted, there is left approximately 210,000 acres in the association. Oi this number about 11,O00 acres are state school lands, and about 1000 acres homestead entries.
 Deeds of record are the only transfer
 of land recognized by the association and these there have been 1645 filed
 during the year, an increase of 21 pel
 cent over last year. The total number
 represents more than double the trans
 fers of title there were five years ago
 HIS large increase III tTdDSltIS ls
 shown in the compiling of the register
 of voters for the recent annual election
 That book contained this year 403+
 names as compared with 336S for tho
 previous year and that after leaving
 out number of owners of land under
 the Utah and Tempe canals. which i:
 withdrawn from the district, this mad'
 an increase, this year. of 197 per cent
 In five years the election register ha:
 almost doubled or from 2130 to 4034 II
 the same time the possible vote has in
 creased from 119,204 to 170,5S1.
 Finances
 Starting the year with balance o
 $421, ,3S0.50, there has been receive' from all sources $71,735.14, for thi
 amount there were issued S67 individ
 ual receipts. There have been paid ou by means of 692 warrants the sum O
 $369,6 leaving balance on ham of s123.452.59, deposited as usual at in terest in Phoenix, Mesa. Tempe am Glendale banks.
 Close cooperation with the reclama tion service. more frequent conculta tions with the officials and the step 1, necessary preparatory to the assump ton by the association of the contrc