The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-04-04
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO
FORM IRRIGATION DISTRICT
Reclamation Commission VIII Rec
ognize and Cooperate With Water
Users Under State Law.

The legislative committee of the
water users of the project met at the
courthouse last Saturday afternoon
and rendered their final report and
asked to be discharged.
In the report they recounted the
steps they had taken to carry out
the wishes of the farmers of the pro
ject which resulted in the passage
of the amendments to the State ir=
rigation law through both branches
of the legislature and their subse
quent appearance before the Cover
nor to induce him to sign the bill
when its fate was in doubt. Nov
that their work was finished the
committee asked to be discharged
The report was accepted and {
motion was passed providing for the
appointment of a committee of nine
to take entire charge of the worl
of effectively organizing The district
under the law. Chairman Bud VII
liams was given one week in which
to make his selections and to an
nounce the personnel OF the commit
tee which is to take up the worI
heneeforth.
TIE attendance at the meetine
last Saturday, unfortunately wa
not commensurate with thc import
ance of the question involved. While
disappointing in this respect, il
should not be taken as indicative
that the community has lost inter
est, but rather that just at this time
the farmers are all busy taking ad-
vantage of the opening OF spring to
prepare their lands and hence have
little time to devote to even this
vital question. Another thing thai
perhaps initiated against a larger
attendance was the lack OF sufficient
publicity.
Be that as it may, our people
should now awake to the opportun-
tiles awaiting them through a prop
er organization aud without which
the experience Of the past should
convince even the most skeptiea
nothing can be accomplished.
Last week word was received from
the Reclamation Commission ex-
pressing the hope thar the district
would be organized and assuring the
water users of the project that they
would be glad to recognize the or
ganization and cooperate with 1t in
every way.
Thus the last possible obstacle has
been removed and It is now strictly
up to the water users TO show their
faith by their works. There should
be no let up in enthusiasm until the
organization is perfected in every
detail and the project relieved OF the
incubus of inaction that has so long
prevailed and which has retarded
the material development, not only
of farming but of every other line
of business on the Truckee-Ca arson
project for the past ten years.
Strictly in line will follow
the organization of local farm
loan association While it
has not been definitely set
tied just how the present liens
will be transferred, there can
be no question that ultimately all
government projects will come un-
der the provisions of the Federal
Farm Loan Act and our people
should be prepared to take advan-
tage of its benefieent provisions at
the earliest possible moment. But
it should be borne in mind that the
organization of the irrigation dis
trict comes first in the order of pro-
cedure and for this reason no time
should be lost.
The coming season promises to be
the most prosperous ever witnessed
in Churchill county and there should
be a determination on the part of
every land owner, every homestead
er. every business and professional
man to see that we are prepared to
take the promised prosperity at the
flood tide and that no detail is over
looked that will prevent us from en-
joying and benehtting to the fuil
in what the future has in store,