Arizona sentinel., 1917-12-20
IMPORTANT NOTICE SERVED ON ALL LAND OWN. FRS IN NUNINCORPORATED TOWNSHIPS WITHIN SECOND UNIT OF YUMA PROJECT WHICH
 INCLUDES SOMERTON, TOWNSEND AD-
 OPTION AND ALSO LYNCH ADDITION.


 Acting under instructions from Washington the ap- pended notice has been issued by Acting Project Manager Priest which doubtless will be read with much interest by those affected The notice applies wholly Somerton the Townsend addition and the Lynch addition to the city of Yuma Gadsden has interest the matter, because oth CT arrangements have been made furnish that thriving little town for the coming year
 And while this subject it may be we'll to call the at tention of city dads the fact that they have but days within which arrange with the reclamation officials for for those lands lying within the limits of the city of Yuma An accredited representative of the city must visit the local reclamation office and sign up the proper rental service application between and New Years Day. those lands lying within the city limits will right into Texas drought after that date Notice has been duly served the city to this effect and yet step has been taken water for the ing year. Better wake up and fix the people West Yuma can get water else something is liable to drop
 Here is the notice sent out by Mr. Priest last Saturday. Somerton and the Townsend and Lynch addition people had better get busy right away:
 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
 United States Reclamation Service.
 Yuma, Arz, Dec. Is, 1917. Notice to All Land Owners Within Unncorporated Town sites Within the Second Unit of the Yuma Project
 All water rental contracts which provide for the deliv cry of land within the second unit of the Yuma Project will be cancelled after December 3 lel7 cordance with the conditions of these and public notice issued April G. 1917.
 After December 3 1917, water be delivered to lands within an unncorpoated townse within the second unit of this project until the land of each ownsite have organized and appointed trustees who shall have full power to enter into agreement with the United States for the delivery of land within the ownsites The agreement will be rental and sepa rate contract will be executed by each Under this agreement the be paid for in advance and the entire within the townsite will be considered gle holding The which this service will be given will be per acre foot and the minimum charge be paid in advance will be $37O per of rgable land with in the ownsite This payment will provide for the delivery of feet per during the following rrgatng son. and any water delivered in of two feet acre will be charged for at the of $ pre- foot This payment for water will be required after the end of the irrigation season. and before may be delv cred during the following season.
 The Reclamation Service cannot deal with the indivi- dual within ownsite either in the matter of water deliveries in the execution of water rental The trustees appointed by the townse land be vested with sufficient authority represent the land owners in all transactions with the service.
 The above notice is given at this time to enable prop erty owners within Yuma Valley to organize in sufficient time prevent delays in the delivery of their property, may be delivered after Dece Der 31 1917 until proper contract has been executed
 Very truly yours,
 UNITED STATES RECLAMATION SERVICE. By R. M. PRIEST, Acting Project Manager