Arizona republican., 1919-04-17
DRY LANDERs'
 WYNN COURT AND WILL GET WATER
By Decision They Can Pur- chase Two Acre Feet at
 $40 Per Acre; 13,000 Acres Are Thus Affected

The so o-called "dry landers' under the Roosevelt project are to receive ir- rigation water from the Roosevelt reservoir for the present season.
 Judge Lyman yesterday morning in the superior court handed down his de- cision in the matter of the application made by the plaintiffs in the case of James Aldrich and others against the Water Users association for a man. datory injunction requiring the defend ant 10 furnish water to the plaintiffs for the present irriCa ton season.
 The application was granted and the plaintiffs are permitted under the order to purchase not to exceed two acre feet per acre for the remainder of the sea- son at the minimum rate established for last year.
 The decision reads as follows:
 The Decision
 Ut is now ordered that the tempo rary injunction as prayed for in said complaint be granted, and that upon the plaintiffs giving good and suffi- cient security in the sum of S2e 900 the defendants, it's officers, agents and en- ployes be enjoined during the pendency Of this action and until further order of the court from refusing to, permit plaintiffs to purchase water for the necessary and proper irrigation of the lands of the plaintiffs and each of them and the. same shall appear upon the annexed schedule and that said de- tendant. it's officers, agents and en- ployes be required to furnish said wa ter to paintffs and to each of them for said lands at the rate based upon that made to plaintiffs for water service during the year 1917-1S and that said defendant be further required to deliver the water so purchased by plaintiffs and by each of them as the same shall be needed for the irrigation of said lands during the remainder of the ir- rigatins season of 1919, viz, until Oc- tober l, 1919, provided that plaintiffs shall be furnished water for said period upon like terms and conditions and in like amounts, but not to exceed two acre feet per acre, however as shall he permitted to be furnished to lands aithin the project classified as "C" lands, and that further they be permit ted to obtain flood water upon the same terms and conditions as other lands"
 File Surety Bond
 The surety bond of s20,00o was ap- proved and filed yesterday afternoon
 
 curities in the bond are F. ". Griffen, E. J. Bennitt, J. W. Walker, J. J. Phil lips, Frank H. Parker and W. J. Mur- Rhy. The surety bond is stated to be for the purpose of paying "all costs and damages that may be incurred or suf- fered by any party who may be found 10 be wrengfully enjoined or re- strained"
 1.-Two hundred and six dry larders' joined with James Aldrich in the suit, representing about 13,00O acres of land out of 16,000 acres of that class of land scattered all over the valley.
 Among the prominent men included among the plaintiffs in the suit is Vii $ liam c. McAdoo, former secretary oi the treasury and director general oi ra,lroads. MT. McAdoo is the owner ot 40 acres Of so-called dry lands" which will receive water from Roosevelt res ervoir this season by the decision just rendered.
 Tn stating the, decision the court said that he had had occasion to pass upon the law of the case when the eases involving the rights of certain of the plaintiffs to vote at the election held by the Water Users association as mem hers Of the association, were decided by him something over year ago.
 Rights in Stored Water
 Judge Lyman stated he still adhered 70 the conclusion reached in those case, and that in his opinion the plaintiff. had rights in the association, not only as shareholders, but also possessed ar uferest in the stored water under tn, Control Of the association.
 The court also took the occasion iC state that no member of the assocta- jon, no matter how old his water righ nay be- possessed any license to vast, water, but is charged in good con science and under the law to exercise strict economy in it's use. He als, stated that it is the duty which tn, Water Users association owed not onl, to conserve the water already devel oped. but fo avail itself of all lawfu ard legitimate means within it's powe reasonably to develop all additiona water that may be available. He als' took occasion 10 compliment the off cefs of the Water Users association for their efforts to secure economy 0 ise and also commended their effort