The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-02-18
WATER USERS ENDORSE BILL
A Very Representative Assemblage
Formally Endorses the Newlands
Reclamation Amendment.

water users meetings held in this
project was that at the court house
Saturday afternoon, when about one
hundred farmers from different
parts of the project met and gave
their approval to the Newlands
amendment to the general reclama-
tion law, now pending in congress.
II was suggested in the resolution
introduced by C. G. Swingle, of the
district bearing his name that Sec
tions six and ten of the bill In ques-
ion. which Is published In full in
this issue, be made more specific re-
garding the proposed amendment
with a view to satisfying prior
rights in this and other projecs. Be-
yond this, as will be noted from the
resolution, which follows. unquali-
fed espousal was given Senator
Newlands' plan to make life easier
in the reclamation enterprises of the
government. The meeting was a
particularly harmonious one. Mr..
Swingle's resolution follows:
Resolved by the water users OF
the Truckee-Carson project In mass
meeting assembled, that we heartily
endorse those provisions of S. r. No.
1924, introduced by Hon. Francis G.
Newlands, which provide for a 20
year payment plan of construction
nbarga. In gnvarnmapt irriUatiop
projects. That we consider the re-
quirements for residence and culti-
yation to be reasonable and fair;
and that we consider legislation
along the lines proposed In this bill
absolutely essential to the success OF
this reclamation project.
Resolved further that we con-
slider that section six OF said bill,
taken In connection with section
ten, provides by implication at least,
for an increase In construction
charges to be assessed against form
er entrymen who now hold contracts
for the furnishing of water by the
reclamation service at certain fixed
construction charges per acre, and
who may now wish to avail them
selves of the provisions OF the act;
We therefore call upon our delega-
tion in congress, Senators Newlands
and Pittman and Congressman Rob-
erts, to use their utmost endeavor to
have said sections six and ten
80 amended that It may be clear
that former entrymen may secure
the benefits OF this act without hav-
Ing imposed upon them additional
charges for project construction ex-
cept for betterments made in the
future;
Resolved with these proposed
amendments, this bill would ade-
quately meet all our needs and that
we believe IL to be a decided i'm
provement over II. r. No 11,906,
introduced by representative Smith
OF Texas"
The Swingle resolution was pass
ed unanimously after discussion by
different members.
A resolution was passed unani-
mously giving the sense of the meet
ing as being opposed to reduction
In the farm unit area of project al
lotments TO 40 acres. as contem-
plated by the farm unit plat now on
file with the department at Wash
ington.
Anoher resolution. which was al
so passed unanimously, had to do
with the Newlands amendment. IL
calls upon the states congressional
delegation to work In every manner
possible to secure It's early enact
ment into law, that the laws bene-
fits may be had soon and the project
again opened to settlement.
The water users also passed res
olution calling upon the reclamation
service to intercede with the South
ern Pacific railroad company with
the end in view OF securing better
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