Arizona republican., 1919-03-30

was reduced to around 215,0o0 acres, and the owners of land in the valley owning approximately that number of acres were permitted to become mem bers of the association and subscribe to it's articles, these so-called dry lands" being among the subscribers.
 Later on, the survey board, at tempted to exclude certain of these lands upon the theory that there was not sufficient water then developed to take care of them. The plaintiffs in this suit represented a part of the lands so attempted to be excluded by the survey board.
 Win Right to Vote
 The first court action taken was over a year ago when Judge Sloan secured a temporary restraining order in behalf of Edward Steel, whom the Water Users refused to deliver water during the past season. The court in that case found that he was entitled to the temporary water, pending the hearing of the case and so far the case has never been brought to final conclusion. Then year ago, about 20 of these owners brought suit against the Water Users, asking that they be permitted to vote at the general cleo ton, and in this they were successful, the court holding that they were en- titled to vote the same as the other members of the association.
 Soon after the Water Users endeav- ored to refund the assessments that had been paid into the association by these land owners for the construction of the power plants, under the project, but almost all of the refunds were re- turned by the owners of these lands. At the special election last summer when the question of voting $500, 900 for the installation of pumping plants was voted upon, the Dry Landers' were again refused the privilege of vot- ing. Some 200 brought an action to | compel the association to allow them to vote.
 Refuse Request
 This case was tried before Judge Pattee, and the Water Users set up as a defense that by the attempted refund of the assessments, the so- called Dry Landers' had been ex- cluded from the project and as mem bers of the association. Judge Pattee 1 however, held that they were entitled | to vote and granted them that privi- ! | governors on March r, they refused l to grant these lands any further water 1 except flood water. and this action is | the result
 ! Webb Griffin. who is secretary o1 l the Subscribed Land Rights associa- | ton, the organization which brought the present suit, and whose members are composed of the owners of these so-called Dry Lands," said:
 This is simply the emulation oi controversy that has been going or ! between the owners of these lands anC the Water Users association for 6 number of years. We have always contended and still contend that we are | entitled to all the rights and privileges of the other members of the associa- ton, and much more so than some o1 them, and ought to have been put or the Farm Unit Plat"
 Not All in Suit
 "A large part of these lands are "B' 1 lands, some of which have water rights dating back as far as the eighties, anC were left out simply because they die not happen to have crop growing or the land on an arbitrary date fixed by | the survey board. This was not tho | fault of the land owners in many in 1 stances, but was due to the fact thai the canals were not large enough ar that time to carry the needed amoun of water. The pumps being installed will produce four or five times as muci water as these lands will use. and wt