The Arizona copper camp., 1919-08-23

| ldnO owners forming the San Carlos
Association held their first regularly
"al'ed meeting last Saturday, August
Is, al the residence -of Judge p. D.
! Overfeld near Casa Grande. Hon.
/ A. A. Jayne, who was away on a
vacation in the northern part of the
state, was the only member of the
six committeeman chosen at the Flor
"nce meeting of August 12, who was
absent.
Judge Overfeld entertained the
committee at dinner in a lavish STYLE,
the preparation of the big feast be,
ing superintended by Mrs. Overfield
in person. After dinner, the commit
,, tee got down to discussion of the
business they had before them.
Several communications were taxi
en- up and considered relative to the
applications of different persons who
desired to be appointed secretaries,
publicity directors, ETC., for the com
mittee. No definite action was reach
ed upon any of these matters, as the
committee felt it was not yet in po-
sition to decide the same.
The question on the limits of the
project was taken up and discussed
at length by the committee but no
definite limits were fixed inasmuch
as it was felt that some further in
vestigatiOns respecting the increased
capacity of the storage reservoir by
reason of a higher dam being con-
structed than heretofore contemplate
ed should be made determining such
limits. It was believed, however, that
the project limits, when finally fixed
would run from one hundred and fifty
to two hundred thousand acres and
perhaps trifle more. A careful esti-
mate of the acreage within the lin
its of the present irrigation system,
from that system were included, was
made and such area was found to
include approximately 100000 acres.
This area takes in all of the terri
tory around the Halfway House and
the pumping plant district in the vi
cnity of the Tweedy ranch, as well as
Of Casa Grande, in addition to the
limits fixed by the government in
Washington for the reception of sig
natures under the diXersion dam con-
tracts. In other words all of the land
possible to be irrigated under the
present irrigation +system, should
water therefor be made available by
storage, was found to approximate
10000 acres.
It was contemplated that this acre
age could doubtless be increased con-
siderably by running lateral from
the Picacho reservoir more directly
to the southwest than the present lat
eral runs, which would add a consid-
cradle territory in the vicinity of the
Selma District. 1t was also contem-
plated that such a lateral might in
clude lands furthers. west than the
present system extends beyond the
town of Casa Grande and this addi-
tional area, if added9to the area that
the present system would supply,
would possibly approximate one hun
dred and eighty to two hundred thous-
and acres 1t was believed by the
committee that this last defined area
would undoubtedly be the exterior
limits of the project if water suffi-
cient therefor can be developed. AS
stated above, however, the project
limits were left for later determine
ton, pending the receipt of some en-
gineering data on this point
The question of time limit to be
fixed within which land owners would
have to sign their lands up in the AS
sociation and pay their assessment or
be left out was considered by the COM
mittee, but as yet, no definite time
limit has been reached beyond which
vi Iduu OMACIS WOuiu 4iOt
be received The committee desires,
however, to urge upon all land own
ers whose lands lie within the limits
above indicated that they immedi-
ately take steps to sign up their acre
age and pay their assessment, as un-
der the authority granted at the meet
ing on August 12, the committee will
work onlyfor the lands of the mem
bers of the association and, should
their efforts be crowned with success,
as they confidentially expect, only
such lands as are signed up in the
association will be taken into the pro-
ject and furnished with stored water.
On this point, it should be borne in
mind that the development of water
by storage brings about condition
wherein those who develop the stor-
age have the absolute right to dis
pose of it and that all that any owner