Arizona republican., 1917-05-08
CONTRACT TO TAKE OVER PROJECT
 APPROVED AFTER sOM|E DISCUSSION
Water Users Boards Meet ill Annual Session and Transact Much Important Business at the Meetings

Judge Joseph H. Kihbey, legal ad- wiser for the Water Users associa- tiOn was authorized after long dis cussion at the joint meeting of the board of governors and council yes- terday, % take ihe form of contract for taking over the reclamation pro- ject, as drawn up hy him, go t. Washington and submit it for ap- proval 70 Secretary of the Interior Lane.
 The question was voted upon sep arately by both bodies, the board of governors voted unanimously to ap- prove the principles of the contract arc the council also voted to do so by 20 to ?.
 It was the annual meeting of both boards and the appointed officers were all reelected. Judge f<ibbey continues as attorney, John H. Wilson as treasurer, Dr. Charles A Van dei Veer, secretary; L. F. Craighead, as- sistant secretary and w. F. Elliott engineers Committees were also an- nounced by President John P. Orme, as follows:
 Committees fer Year 1917
 Construction-Hans Pattee and Wilkinson
 Auditing-Brown, Wilkinson and Clemans.
 Printing-C!eman Johnson and Lassen.
 Plank deposits-Bennitt North and Avery.
 The old board of governors met il: the morning and finished up the years business. including listening tn the very able annual report from Dr. Van der Veer. The council was called to order with 25 out cf the 30 mem- bers present, A. S. Reed being re- elected chairman and H. Clay Parker. clerk. Minor changes were made in the bylaws governing such matters as pay day for officials. The secretarys salary, upon recommendation of the board of governors, was increased to s2.0O0 a year.
 At l o'clock yesterday afternoon the new governors met with all in attendance. 1t was at this meeting the officers were reelected and com mittees named
 Eastern Canal Proposition
 One Of the most important matters up was a proposition made to enlarge the Eastern canal to double its present size so that more acres might ba irrigated, these making the proposition agreeing t0 pay the cost and take repayment in the form of water service. The proposition was tabled.
 The engineer was brought in on the next proposition. Several landown- CTS under the Eastern Iitch having uncultivated land wanted to know if some of their land could not be served The engineer said he thought the Eastern could take care of about 70 per cen1 ot the 5000 rrcultivate.l acres or aeout Loco acres in add tiOn to the 1000 acres now served hy the canal. The board by a vote or ' to i then recommended to the reclamation service ina. water be served these 1,50O acres and that thcv be given temporary water ser vice as others without water rights receive
 The annual report of he secretary was cs follows:
 4S Annual Report
 In accordance with the custom fol- lowed for the last several years, the following summary is given of the work of the Salt River Valley Water Users association during the past year:
 The association year started with representatives in Washington in con- ference with the secretary of the in -erior.7 regarding the fixing of the cost If the project. A second conference a tet in the year resulted in propos- al by the secretary relating to the -aking over by the association of the operation and maintenance of the proj- ect. This included a statement of the amount of the total cost to be re-