The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-04-10


solutely refused to sign the petition,
UP to the present writing they have
not done so, although repeatedly
asked.
Personally, | think the organiza-
ton Of the district is the most i'm
] portant matter that ever came before
the people here, but under existing
conditions | am frank enough to say
that | have my doubts about carry
] ing the election. There is no en-
/ thusiasm for it, and there seems to
be lot of people opposed to 1t.
There has been no contributions to
assist the Committee of Organiza-
tion. Judge French has never re-
ceived a dollar for his services, and
am not sure, under the present con-
/ ditions, that a good and sufficient
bond OF 100000. which would be
necessary TO file with the County
Commissioners before matters could
go any further, could be cecured.
"A few days ago l was shown a
letter from the United States Farm
Loan Bank, in which they turned
down good loan upon a ranch in
this project with the explicit state
ment- that the Farm Loan Bank did
not care to loan any money upon
farms in this district, until drainage
had been secured. In our local
banks | personally know that every
| application for loan secured by a
farm mortgage, is scrutinized very
closely, before Ii Is considered The
Reno banks are calling in loans Sc
cured by real estate in this vicinity
IS they become due.
THE present rate of maintenance
is not paying the actual expense in
,urred. | am informed that, while
s1.00 per acre is being collected, the
.ctual expense Is $3.50, and a large
deficiency already exists, and an In
rease of more than double the pres
ent rate may be looked for this year
THE lands of the Southern Pa
diic Railroad Company are not in
sluded within the petition for the
reason they would only sign II the
words excluding therefrom the
tight of way and station grounds of
II railroads" were inserted In the
petition. As changing the petition
after many land owners had already
signed, might invalidate the sigma
lures of those already obtained, ii
was thought best by Judge French to
allow them to file separate petition
The Railroad Company seemed anx-
ious to have their lands included
within the irrigation district and
subject to any taxation that may be
incurred, but the insertion of the
words above named. in the body of
the petition would exempt the rights
of way and station grounds from any
taxation imposed for the benefit of
their lands.
In conclusion l would say that
much valuable information has been
supplied through the cooperation of
the Supervising Engineer. Mr.. Rich
ardson Mr.. Patrick, U. s. Attorney,
and other officials of the Reclamation
office. under the direction of Mr..
Richardson. All of this data has
been supplied to the committee with
out expense, and represents a vast
amount of clerical work
'At the head of this article is a
summary of data for the entire pro-
posed district, which is self-explana-
tory, and has been compiled at the
Reclamation Office. Owing to the
peculiar conditions existing, prob
ably many changes will be made, but
1t is fair to presume that in a
general way, 1t is nearly correct.
From the table published above,
must be deducted the land of Mr..
Douglass, that has been withdrawn,
amounting to 5,334.02 acres.
There yet remains large amount
of clerical work before a vote could
be taken on the proposed district.
Each of the subdivisions of the pro-
posed district, seven In number, must
be decided upon and clearly defined,
otherwise no prospective elector
would know In which subdivision he
had been placed, or where he would
vote. This is a matter that can only
be decided upon with the approval
and cooperation of the land owners
and should not arbitrarily be done
by the committee.
Il have endeavored to give plain
and unbiased statement of what
has been done. and what remains to
be done toward the organization Of
the proposed district, and have only
this to add, that If 1t is carried to a
successful outcome, there must be
some enthusiasm and cooperation
nut into H. In the near futura hv