Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-04
YUMA MESA IRRIGATION DISTRICT WILL BE
 FORMED WHEN DEEDED.

 meeting held in Judge Baxters court room last Thursday night when District Counsel E. w. Burr, of the United States Reclamation Service addressed the meeting on tne subject of cooperating with the government for the pur pose of constructing irrigation works the Yuma mesa Mr. Burr made himself thoroughly understood that prac ticaly all Yuma land at concluded that at the proper time an irrigation district should be formed Attorneys hos D. Molloy Fred L. ngraham and Senator Muford appointed special committee to get III touch with the reclamation officials at Washington and as certain just when may expect be able to examine the plans and estimates of of the proposed irrigation works on the mesa Until these have been received and carefully examined nothing further be done by the land
 
 It is not expressing it mildly to say that many ot those who attended the meeting were disappointed when Mr. Burr frankly told his audience that he could not give them the details of the plans state the estimated cost of the proposed project for somehow or other the nm presson had gained currency that he would unfold the whole scheme He explained why this could not be done giving the the fact that the plans and estimates made by the local reclamation officials had only few days before been sent Washington together with the recom mendatons of the consulting engineers who were recently in Yuma and until these approved by the reclamation commission would be manesty mprover to give them to the public.
 lust how long it will require to get report from Wash ingon is only of conjecture but in the na lure of things and because of the great interest being mani tested tie Mesa Proect highly probable that we vii get this report within few weeks.
 We are now all holding breath to hear what this re port will be- If the estimated costs prohbtve it safe that every who of ground the will want place his lands in the government project But the costs placed figure that the pres ent land meet why of course they will de cline the project and will at once or as soon as circumstances permit begin the formation of an T rigation scheme of their own.
 This will then leave the government the alternative of proceeding construct unit composed wholly o govern ment lands which, dare say will be proceeded with rap idly as possible The first step will be the advertising o the public lands for the proposed auction sale This will ouire 60 90 days get the matter before the public Il sufficient land is not sold to pay the construction charges within six months after the sale begins why, the whole thing will be dead unless the necessary funds be raised by other methods and the will continue to raise horn ed frogs and ackrabbtS instead of oranges lemons grape fruit and figs Personally have absolutely fear about the private land owners remaining of the first unit This the golden opportunity they have been praying fo the first discovered and now that the opportunity knocking their door doubt very much ii they can be induced to decline 1t.
 That the mesa lands, from citrus fruit cultivation standpoint mot poor mans game all will admit But there is why the landowners out there should be able make small fortune out of their houdingS The man who has i6O has five times much land he cultivate to citrus fruit The natural thing for him do sell the greater part of his holdings then the cash derived from his sale cultivate what he retains In that the poor man on the at this time will within few years be the envy of the commu nity But if he persists holding all his land he will find that the expenses will be rather than he stand
 The story has been going the rounds the street that the plans prepared by Project Manager Schech and Eng neer Marzel contemplate the expenditure of upwards o half million dollars for bouevards and parks can state authoratvey that such scheme contemplated the plans that have been forwarded Washington Naturally there be good roads the mesa but these will be constructed more for use during the construction