The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-10-10
FUNDS MUST Be PROVIDED
TO COMPLETE ORGANIZATION
Clerical Help Necessary to Check Up
Land Owners Before District
Can Be Organized

The Committee appointed by the
Water Users Association, consisting
of Thos. Dolf. r. L. Douglas, +. NJ
Wightman, G. w. Latin, w. A.
Hardy, C g. Swingle, r. B. Hodgens,
and Edgar c. Smith, with /. H. Kent
as chairman, to secure the organiza-
ton of the land owners of this valley
into a Corporation, acting under the
laws of the State of Nevada, as
amended by the last Legislature.
while they have been partially sue
eessful and have secured enough sig
natures for the petition to create said
district, to make 1t morally certain
that a majority of the land owners
included in the proposed district are
in favor of it. have practically reach
ed a point where they are unable to
proceed without funds to cover ex-
penses.
It has been found there is in the
neigh borhood of eight hundred or
nine hundred land owners in the
proposed district. and a correct list
of each of the owners must be shown
with evidence of their title to the
land Also, the correct acreage of
each land owner must be ascertain
ed. This entails a vast snount of
clerical work, which canno. e done
unless some provision is made for
funds to pay for the same.
While there is a provision in the
law which permits the issuance of
bonds to the extent of three thous-
and dollars to cover the expense of
organization of such district, no
funds are available for immediate
use.
II is estimated that at least one
thousand dollars will be necessary to
cover such expense in addition to as
sistance that will be given by the U.
S. Reclamation Office, freely and
willingly at all times. The Commit
tee, through their chairman, Mr..
Kent, proposes to have Judge
French. the attorney of the Commit
tee, draw up a subscription paper or
contract, which Will be submitted to
al of the land owners in the near
future asking each one to pledge
himself for such sum as he may
think is right and fair for him to pay
TO guarantee TO meet the above ex-
pense; 1t being understood, and so
stated in the contract, that the sum
so subscribed will only become due
and payable In case the committee
fails to secure the organization of
the district for want of sufficient sig
natures, or that the scheme is turned
down by the electors when presented
for their approval.
The committee feels that 1t will be
justified in advancing this money
under the conditions as above stat
ed.
Should this idea meet with the
success it deserves, clerical help will
be Immediately secured and matters
will be soon placed in such eondi-
tion that it will be possible to tell
who are the legal owners of title un-
der the project, how many acres each
owner is entitled. how many land
owners have signed the petition in
each district with the correct num-
ber of acres to which they are en-
titled as shown from record, as well
a. the names and acreage of those
who have not signed up to date.
With this information in hand,
the committee believes 1t will only
be a question OF limited time in
which sufficient signatures can be
obtained to the petition, to assure
the successful outcome, and the or
ganization of the district.
The most surprising results that
have shown up from the efforts of
the committee, up to the present, is
the fact that most of tta large land
owners have signed the petition, and
the homesteaders and small owners
have neglected or refused to sign.
This is more remarkable, when 1t
is self-evident that the small land
owners are to be more directly pro-
tocted under the provisions of the
law
The result of this action is that
the numbers of acres Of land neces-
sary to be secured to call for an
election is much nearer the required
fifty per cent needed than the num-
Der OF land owners needed, of which
more than fifty per cent is necessary
under the provisions of the law,
The matter of signing the contract
has been presented verbally to sew
eral of the large land owners, and
meets with their approval and sup
port. And 1t is earnestly TO be hop
ed that the small land owners in the
valley will be equally responsive, as
they are more directly interested.