The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-03-19
IRRIGATION DISTRICT BOARD
ASKS EARLY LAND OPENING
Irrigation District
Directors Have Requested Open
ing of Project Land

L lie lulildtiVe III OptniHB up SUCH
of the lands of the Newlands project
as are easy of irrigation and are con-
tiguous to established irrigation
bitches. was taken Monday afternoon
when the directors of the Truckee-
Carson project irrigation district met
at the court house and decided upon
resolutions to be forwarded to the
secretary of the interior, Franklin
X. Lane, whose broad vision and
complete understanding of western
land problems, constitute auguries
for a sanction of the requests EN-
bodied. There is little doubt that
the secretary of the interior will
sense the true situation existing
here and will lend his good offices
for the furtherance of the very
wholesome objectives sought.
1t must be remembered in this
connection that the Newlands pro-
ject lands have been denied home
building effort for a considerable
length of time, pending the adjust
ment of certain matters that should
have been subordinated to land set
telment, and are not of paramount
Importance. The viewpoint is enter
tion of the new order of things here,
that more settlers mean a more even
distribution of the burdens resting
with the conduct of the project, and
that there has really been scant ex-
cuse for denying applicants for these
lands the right to file upon them and
start active BODYBUILDING operations.
Other western districts have benefit
ed from time to time by immigration
from eastern states, and concerted
effort has built many towns during
the last few years that typify largely
the essential things We lack. Trans
versely, it is we'll understood that
the Newlands project would have
forged ahead by leaps and bounds
during the same period, could the
lands have been opened and active
efforts directed toward their settle
ment and this latest move presages
a new order of things that will be
generally satisfying.
Not only are there many people
who live at a distance who are await
ing the sanction requested by the ir-
rigation district directors In order
TO come here and establish them
selves. upon farm units within this
project. but many local residents
await the opportunity TO acquire
home and have selected units upon
which they will enter homestead ap-
plications at the first opportunity.
The resolutions adopted and sent
forward to Secretary Lane are as
follows:
Whereas, the Secretary of the In
terror has withdrawn all lands under
the Newlands reclamation project
from entry; and
Whereas, such withdrawal is pre-
venting the settlement of the project
and working great hardships upon
the people; and
Whereas ii Is equally of interest
to the Reclamation Service and to
the settlers of this district that an
early settlement of this project
should be encouraged, for the reason
that the Reclamation Service could
thereby recover the moneys which
have already been expended and the
maintenance charges would be very
materially decreased to the present
settlers and the affairs of the project
would at an earlier date be put in
condition to be taken over by the Ir-
rigation District and further respon-
sibility for it's management by the
Reclamation Service thereby elimi-
nated and
Whereas, an Irrigation District
has been formed by the settlers of
said project. and its board of direct
ors are beginning to supervise and
look after it's interests, with the OBJ
ject in view of assuming the obliga-
tion of the management of the pro-
ject; and
Whereas, the drainage question
of said jroject is in process of solu-
tion and the necessity of such drain
age is realized by the settlers to such
an extent that no doubt longer re-
mains as to its being adopted at the
earliest possible date; and
Whereas, although this project
has been in existence some sixteen
years, during a considerable period
of such time the lands under said
project have not been, and are not
now, open for settlement; and
Whereas. application for entry
of lands under said project are now
on file in the Office of the project
manager awaiting action, and this
season of the year, or within the next
thirty days, is the most propitious
time during which the lands of this
project can be seen to advantage, and
the attention of the public is at this
time particularly directed toward
the settlement of lands by returning
soldiers and others;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RE-
SOLVED: That the Secretary of the
Interior, be and he is hereby petit
toned to authorize and instruct the
Project Manager of the Newlands
Project to permit any unit lying di-
rectly under and irrigated from the
waters of the Lahontan Reservoir, to
be filed upon whenever application
is made by any intending settler for
said unit at price of $4,000 per
acre, provided, however, that when
ever such intending settler shall
have made such application and DE-
posted five per cent of the said con-
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