Arizona republican., 1915-01-05


 veloping not more than 15O,OOO acre feet of water a year-that amount being estimated as the available sup ply from underground sources. In ease these pumping plants and the Verde dam are to be built by the water users, the reclamation service will cooperate in the engineering and administrative departments.
 The Report
 The report is dated November II, and is signed by Acting Chairman Arthur P. Davis of the reclamation commission, and approved by As sistant Secretary of the Interior A. A. Jones. It recites the history of the move that resulted in the reclama- tion service and the water users nam ing the survey board. It continues, giving lists of preliminary reports submitted from time to time and approved both by the water users association here and the reclamation commission. Maps of the project, de- lining with great exactness the lands to be considered inside the project, are designated by the report as off cial, so that detailed description of project and nOn-project lands was not necessary.
 The correction of clerical and other slight errors in the preliminary maps and reports, adds 37 acres to the area of the project.
 The 22O,000 acres of land comprised | in the classification given above, are all considered as "irrigable," and will, l in due course of time, be actually ir- rigated by future development. h. dian lands, amounting to about 5000 | acres, are signed with the project, but their status is not fully deter mined
 1 An important paragraph in the let ter refers to new lands.
 The commission is of the opinion that no lands should be included in the project at this time that cannot be adequately served from the pres ent developed water supply and that ] all additional lands, proposed to be included through the development of additional water supply shall be con- sidered only as a new unit of the project, dependent upon approval and appropriation by congress under the act of August 13. 1914 Proclamation extension acU or upon the develop ment of such additional water supply by the water users directly Recommendation The commission therefore recom- mends:
 1st. That the map herewith he ap- proved and substituted for that ap- proved June 9 1914, as fixing the boundaries of the Salt River project subject to such minor adjustments as may later be approved by the secre- tary.
 End. That the 172,275.71 acres of land listed above as (a) cultivated and so indicated on the map to be considered a part of the project and entitled to water under the reclama ton law, to the extent of not ex- ceeding 160 acres in single ownership for private lands.
 3rd. That the S,324 acres of lanG listed above as (b) townsites and SC
 indicated on the map be considered a part of the project and entitled tC
 apply for water under the act o
 April Is, 1906 GA Stat, 116).
 4th. That the state school land.
 cultivated and uncultivated and othe
 uncultivated lands listed above al
 Co, (d) and (e) be not considered {
 part of the project at present bu
 that such lands or any part thereo
 may be considered as a new unit de
 pendent upon the development of ad
 ditional water supply for such lands
 except that whenever the water sup
 ply developed by the government sys tenn exceeds that required by tn
 lands of the project, such excess wa ter may be furnished to other land [ on a temporary rental basis, prefer , ence being given to the state schoo lands now under ultivation Il 5th. That if the Water Users As sociation undertakes the developmen F of additional water supply by tn constructiOn of the Horseshoe reser l voir or addition pumping plants O both. the reclamation service be au
 thorized to cooperate with the asso ciation in such work. as to engineer ing and administrative matters. II 9th. The additional water suppl l may be developed by private partie ) by the construction of sadditiOna pumping plants under rules and regu lations approved by the recelamatio i, 1 commission.
 Il 7th. That in any case the capacit 9 of all pumping plants on the projec including those already built. sha . not exceed the estimated availabl n water supply from undergroun
 sources of 150,000 acre-feet per an hum.