The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-13
FINAL MEETING HELD FOR
DISTRICT ORGANIZATION
Large Crowd Listen to Address BY
Prominent Speakers at Rex
Theatre Last Saturday.


Water Users for the consideration
)f the formation of an irrigation
district on the Truckee-Carson Pro-
ect eliminated in a mass meeting at
'allon, Saturday afternoon, which
vas held in the Rex Theatre. Mr..
J. w Flood, Manager of the Rex do
mated the use of the theatre for the
meeting.
AS in the case of other meetings
leld throughout the project during
he week at the various school
ouses, Saturdays meeting was pre-
iided over by G. Budd Williams,
hartman of the Central Board of
Water Users, and was addressed by
Project Manager, F. G. Hough, Mr..
). T. Jeffreys, Special Counsel in the
reclamation Service, and Mr.. B. e.
jtoutemyer, District Counsel in the
Reclamation Service for the states of
IDAHO and Utah. These latter two
Gentlemen were sent here by Judge
King, Chief Counsel of the Reelama-
ion Service, at the request of the
entral Water Users Board for the
purpose of advising and assisting in
he formation of an official organi-
lation of water users eqos5ped to
conduct business of tie pro .ect on
behalf of the water users with the
ederal Government and through
which it would be possible to secure
drainage or other Improvements de-
sired by the water users.
The meeting was also addressed
~ several prominent water users in
,luding the Chairman of the meeting,
,lso Mr.. Lafayette Pierce, and Mr.
Fulton II Sears, the latter having
lddressed every meeting on the pro-
ect except the one at Fernley.
Other meetings we're held during
he latter part of the week at Still
water Thursday evening, and at
ernley on Friday afternoon. The
after meeting was particularly well
lttended and a great deal of inter-
est manifested on the part of the
sernley water users who for several
ears have been endeayoring to bring
lbout the organization of an irriga-
ton district to embrace the lands
on the Fernley bench.
The speakers who addressed the
meeting urged upon the Fernley peo-
pie the advisability of joining in with
the rest of the project and forming
lne irrigation district through which
t would be possible eventually to
AXE over the operation and mainte-
lance of the entire project and
through which, in the meantime, if
desired, it would no doubt be feas-
ible to arrange for turning over the
operation of the laterals to the wat
er users of that locality. The OBJ
,ect is one of the hopes and desires
If the Fernley people who are also
yitally interested in securing immed-
late results in the construction of a
system of drains. some improvements
to the Truckee canal, and other con-
itruction work not originally includ-
ed in the project plan but which
would he of considerable benefit to
the people of the Fernley district
The manner in which it is possible
to secure such improvements under
The irrigation district system was
fully explained to the Fernley peo-
pie.
Their hesitaney to join in with
the rest of the project is based large
ly upon their apprehension lest un-
der such arrangement their lands
might be assessed for improvements
constructed in the lower portion of
the project and from which they
would receive no benefit whatever.
They were therefore much impressed
by the provision of the irrigation dis
trict law which requires that the
cost of works constructed must be
assessed against the lands of the pro-
)ect only in proportion to benefits
and that lands which it can be shown
will not be benefited by any i'm
provement must not be assessed for
such improvement If any attempt
of this character should be made at
my time by the board of directors of
.he district the district court, to
whom such levies must be submitted
for confirmation, stands in the way
to prevent the preparation of any
such injustice.
The matter of the necessity for
amendments to the irrigation dis
trict law to better meet the needs of
the Truckee-C Carson project was dis
,ussed and the Fernley people agreed
TO appoint representative to dis
auss these matters with the executive
committee of the Central Board and
tEeir attorney and the attorneys of
the Reclamation Service, who have
been requested to assist in these
matters.
At the various meetings held
throughout the week, Mr. Sears has
appeared somewhat as an opponent
of the proposed plan of organization
but it is understood that his oppo-
sition has more to do with some OF