Arizona republican., 1919-05-06
NEW OFFICIALS . OF WATER USERS
 IN FIRST MEET
Old Board of Governors and Council Give Way To The New-Hold First Session Review Years Work.

Old and new boards of governors and councils of the Salt River Valley Water sUsers' association met yesterday to Ainish up the routine business that yet remained from the past year and to pass into the hands of the incoming Bodies the authority which they will wield until the next election brings in a new board and council.
 The retiring board of governors met in the morning to complete the small amount of unfinished business of their term.
 The new council met with 19 out of its 90 members present. President Will kinson called the meeting to order with the secretary acting as clerk. The meeting organized by elecung NJ. C.. Phelps of Mesa chairman and E. E. Hack, of Glendale, clerk In the absence of MT. Phelps, A $. Reeves was elected temporary chairman. MT. Reeves was he former chairman. but was not a candidate in the recent election. ! The meeting took up the recommen- hation of the board of governors to smend the bylaws of the association 5o that the assistant secretary could be made office manager regularly and act in the secretdry's place during the latters absence The salary of the as sistant secretary was fixed at $200 per month.
 A recommendation to increase the salary of the secretary was also dis cussed, but the matter was referred to a permanent committee on bylaws and salaries, which will be appointed by the permanent chairman. The council ad- lourned to the first Monday in June.
 Hold Joint Meeting
 # at { n all members present and reappointed old officers. Dr. Charles A. Van der Neer was retained as secretary; $. c. Gang, treasurer, and W. R. Elliott, gen eral superintendent. The title of chief engineer was added to MT Elliott s former title. The selecting of an as sistant secretary was left to q future meeting. pending favorable action by the council on the duties to be assumed by that officer.
 The board of governors went into quarterly joint session with the council 5n the afternoon. Judge Will R. King, chief council of the United States reclamation. service, who was m tnls city yesterday addressed the meeting. He commented on the satisfaction felt by the reclamation service on the way inc Salt River Valley project has been handled by the water users association Since taking it over. He explained that a t first he had not favored this action, but that he could see now that his fears had been groundless.
 The annual report of the secretary was read in which a resume of the work of the association in the past year was given. Following is the text of Jhe report:
 Report of Secretary
 The year just ended is the first full year during which the Salt River Val ley Water Users association has been in charge of the operation of the proj- ect A number of important questions have been presented and much work has been accomplished during the year.
 One of the first things to come up at the beginning of the year was a. further endeavor to secure a decision as to the disposition of the Horseshoe dam site on the Verde river. This was following up the associations claim for the site m order to build a storage reservoir that would assure an adequate sup ply of water for all the lands within the exterior boundaries of the project including about 9, 900 acres left without