Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-26
CAN WE GET RURAL CREDIT FOR YUMA? SOME,
 THING MUST BE DONE.

THING MUST BE DONE.
 Some six or eight weeks ago advocated the formation of rural credit farm loan bank and response to the ap- peal made those who will be greatly benefited by the for nation of such an organization preliminary meeting held at which Senator Wnsor elected chairman and Judge Peter Robertson secretary Many letters have been exchanged between Judge Robertson and the Farm Loan Bank of the western division Berkeley Ca until now the matter has taken somewhat definite Appended the latest correspondence received from Berkeley headquarters which would seem to indicate that take one of two courSeSS get congress amend the Farm Loan Act to specifically state that project lands entitled to these loans second have the Water Users Association convert itself into irrigation district the latter automatically enng land owners within the project apply for and re- ceive loans from the government per per annum Here the correspondence Read carefully and you can make any out of it than stated above will be glad print anything that may be offered me- provided of course that it shall be wholly within reason Now read the communications and then study it out for yourself:
 FEDERAL LAND BANK OF BERKELEY
 Berkeley California
 April 1s 1917 Peter T. Robertson,
 Yuma Arizona
 Dear Sir:-Replyng to your letter of the 14th
 We enclose a memorandum relating to the question of borrowing money lands under Reclamation Projects This the latest and definite information we can give you as to this matter.
  to more than $5OOOOOOOO We have only $75OOOOOO to start business with you can see that the available funds will take of only very small fraction of the applca- tions Any additional funds be procured from bond s- sues The European situation makes uncertain as to how our bonds will sell We patiently await develop ments Very truly yours
 THE FEDERAL LAND BANK OF BERKELEY,
 By yLYSANDER CASSIDY
 Registrar and Attorney. MT. Robertson.-Mr Hayden sent me the information from which the enclosed data made feel that tualy by amendment of the law otherwise way will be found permit land under reclamation projects to obtain the advantages of the But fear will be several months at least
 Memoranda relating to the question of borrowing money under the Farm Loan Act lands under reclamation pro- ects:
 Extract from letter dated April F. lel7 from Carl Hayden member of congress from Arizona Lysander Cassidy:
 q receipt of your letter of March 29 and to save time am enclosing file of correspondence relating to the question of loanng money lands under federal recama ton projects This question be determined by the fed era farm loan board before very long and am hopeful that the decision will be favorable the users under the projects had talk with Secretary McAdoo the other day. and he seemed be of the opinion that way would be found to make the loans'
 Statement from Mr. King chief counsel of the U S. Reclamation Service, taken from letter from the federal farm loan board):
 Last month secured from Judge King the chief counsel of the United States Reclamation Service an opin ion the subject in which he discusses very fully After stating that the act cannot possibly apply public land either unenered where the entryman has acquired the right to transfer his interest he goes discuss the applicability o the act to private land He divides private land four classes-rs where the land has been ed subject the homestead law and the reclamation law where every patent prior lien to the United States Superior to all other liens, claims demands second and h,n