The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-01-14
WATER USERS RATIFY OPENING
Met At Temple Theater Satur-
day and Passed Favorable
Resolution

The meeting or water users calleu
for Saturday afternoon at the Tenn
pie theater for the purpose of secur-
ing an expression from the project
farming interests upon the matter
of re-opening the lands of the pro-
ject to settlement at the earliest
date consistent with necessary pro-
ceedure, was well attended by rep
resentative farmers from every part
of the valley. Without confound-
ing the issue with desultory talk,
resolution, embodying the desires
of the project business interests was
ratified without a dissenting vote.
This resolution, which Is reprinted
herewith, is typical of the advanced
ideas of the present Democratic ad-
ministration and commendatory of
the policies of Secretary Lane,
whose officiel efforts have found no
more sincere appreciation by arid
land farmers than in the Truckee-
Carson project.
e. p. Osgood introduced motion,
which carried unanimously, that the
chairman of the meeting, Mr.. |. II.
Kent, appoint a committee of five
water users to draft a second reso-
luton committing the water users of
the project to system, which would
under government auspices, lean
money at nominal rates of interests
to the farmers upon government ir-
r;gation projects.
w. H. Reavis, secretary of the
local commercial body, acted as
secretary of the call meeting and has
prepared the results of the meeting
for official consideration.
The main resolution, which was
introduced by s. Rosenberg, follows:
WHEREAS, in the construction OF
the Truckee-Carson project the U. S.
reclamation service has expended
upward OF $5.000,oo0 and has prac-
tically completed systom of irri-
cation canals and structures for wa
tering 10000 acres OF land, with in
tention ultimately to complete the
system for a total of more than
100000 acres, and
WHEREAS, on September 10th,
1910, after the settlement Of the
project to the extent OF about 500
families on 81 ,000 acres, tire re-
naming lands under bitches were
withdrawn from entry and water
right application pending the pro-
visions of adequate water storage
facilities; and
WHEREAS, the construction of
Lahontan reservoir was thereafter
undertaken and is aow nearing COM
pietion fer storage OF 100000 acre
feet of the combined waters OF the
Truckee and Carson rivers, thus
giving an assurance CT an abundant
water supply. beginning with the
season of 1914, for several times the
present acreage of LAND now under
cultivation; and
WHEREAS, at a mass meeting of
water users, held on July 26th,
1913, the reopening of additional
land was postponed and reeommen-
dation was made to the secretary of
the interior that sus- ension of wa
ter right applications be continued
On tha oroupd .bat the watar chnr-
tage of 1912 and 1913, with the
continued uncertainty of settlement
of the Lake Tahoe and Truekee riv-
er supply had demonstrated the up-
wisdom of any further extension OF
the project prior to the actual COM
pletion and the serviceatility of the
Lahontan reservoir; and
WHEREAS, on account of these
protracted delays, period of three
years of stagnation in project set.
tlement has intervened with the
lamenable effect of retarding project
development at a time when new
men, new capital and new enterprise
were greatly needed for supporting in
ternal undertakings and improve
ments such as the great beet sugar
idustry, interpreted transportation
facilities, and other enterprises fol
the development of mGrkets for pro
duce; and
WHEREAS, this inactivity of pro
ject life has reacted to the serious
disadvantage of general business II
the community, with Fallon as {
distributing center, where merchant
and supply agencies have established
themselves in good faith for supply
ing needs of farmers largely on {
credit basis, and who have actual!
carried accounts on their books ovel
period of years for sustaining
farmers with the necessaries of LII,
while they were engaged In bring
ing desert lands into production; ant
WHEREAS, the progress of worl
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