The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-17
uorse Heaven Land Owners will
Petition Commissioners for
District
u11NDRED FARMERS AT
MEETING IN PROSSER
,...,est in Irrigation Project Com
urising Half Million Acres
is Revived

preliminary plans for the Horse
Heaven irrigation project have been
,.rr;ed to a stage where the land own
=. are ready to petition the county
commissioners for the creation OF an
;rr;cat;on district. The petition which
hears the signatures of owners OF
,,ore - than 100000 acres of land, will
!. -, presented to the commissioners at
their July z meeting. If the request
~ ! district is granted an organized
.9ort viii be prosecuted to enlist the
cooperation of the state and the gov
eminent to the end that water may be
conserved and used for irrigation and
mower within the district.
Interest in the big project, which
comprises approximately 10000 acres,
has recently been revived and the
farmers are now hopeful OF results.
The meeting of the Land Owners as
sociation held in Prosser last Friday
was one Of the biggest and best ever
held. Fully one hundred were pres
ent for the days deliberations.
Owners Sign
In reporting the meeting, this weeks
independent Record will say in part:
President Street announced the OBJ
iect Of the meeting as being the Or
eanization q tie district, by getting
the petition signed by as many as
possible, md asked E. HI. Hinman,
who was present, to give general
discussion on the needs of the form
alton Of 4 district and the necessary
procedure. After such talk by Mr..
Hinman, exchanging the need of get
ting organized, that it would be pos
sible to file on water and protect the
interests as district in various ways,
several members present, including
E. D. Mineah, Attorneys Brown and
Chaffee, urged that the meeting pro-
ceed at once to get all present to sign
the petition and to complete the organ
ization as rapidly as possible.
VIM. Lang, of Horse Heaven, was
asked his opinions as to the position
taken by some Of the land owners
who were not present, and one thing
he mentioned was that some of the
land owners had stated their unwill-
ingness to do anything that would put
any liens on their property. This
at once brought forth the reply from
The officers Of the association and was
emphasized by others that there was
no desire to vote a bond issue until
the proper time came to conserve in
terests and promote the irrigation pro-
lect. Mr.. Mineah suggested the need
OF committee to provide for meet
lngs in Horse Heaven, to give all
possible information to voters as to
the advisability of the district and
necessity Of same. w. A. Kelso also
urged the meeting to enlighten the
voters and by so doing get their sup
port in the organization.
W. c. Travis spoke of his lack of
interest in the past because of the
seeming lack of success by those who
were promoting the district. T. H.
norrell was called upon and he spoke
u tne lack of interest by resident
owners because they had not been
called together and enlightened in the
matter. Motion was made and carried
.nat a committee consisting of Pres
,oent Street, Mr.. Travis and Mr.. Lang
'e elected to provide for meetings to
oe neld in Horse Heaven, to give all
possible information to voters.
Later in the day this committee
aAed upon three dates for three meet
.nes In the eastern end of the dis
9ice' these to be on July 8 at the Fair
view schoolhouse in section 36-8-26;
,aiy at the grange hall in section
5000; and July 10 at the Triple
springs schoolhouse in section 33-s-2s.
One Objection
Inc only objection made to the or
sani1ation OF the district was in the
iests ;a.s OF preventing any real estate
.'poer from trying to sell the land at
nlgn price on the strength of this
'sement, - and realizing a clearing up
~. 'ne holdings which they have beer
sns a Up with for some time row. But
en the ones making this objection