The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-08-06
Play Equipment Installed ON
Scboolgrounds

Rather than installing the recent
" purchased public playground
equipment in the city park as was
stated in the last issue of the Stand
ard, the authorities in charge are in
stalling these joymaking appurte-
nants on the grounds of the west,
aast and central schools This de-
termination was Influenced by the
failure of the city council to approp-
riate funds with which to build
fencing around the city park site.
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somewhat complicated. Also Lake
Tahoe lies for approximately two
thirds of its area in California and
for one-third of it's area in Nevada,
md some of the California people
think that this fact entities Cali
fornia TO two-thirds of the annual
run-off from the lake.
Meeting no great success as a re-
suit of negotiations, the project
manager and I Joined in a recon-
mendation to the director of the
reclamation service that. suits in con-
demnation be instituted against the
property owners around the lake
who were unwilling to settle with
he government out of court. The
director made a recommendation to
the secretary of the interior that
such suits be instituted,
"Thereupon the secretary, who
had been receiving many protests
from lake shore property owners rel
tive to the plans of the reclamation
service. called a conference in his
office at Washington. d. c., on July
%, to consider whether or not he
should ask the attorney general Of
the United States to begin such suits
in condemnation AT this conference
representatives of the objecting
property owners were present and
also a deputy attorney general of the
state of California. Judge L. n.
French of Reno was sent to Wash
ington by the water users of the
Newlands project to represent them.
At their request also D. c. Henny
was present. a consulting engineer
of the service, who has made a care
ful study of Lake Tahoe conditions.
'The plans of the service as above
stated contemplate some slight
changes in the outlet or rim of
Lake Tahoe, and the deputy attorney
general of California on behalf of the
state of California opposed any at
tempt to change the outlet of the
lake, on the ground that such a
change would interfere with sover-
eign rights of the state of California.
The deputy attorney general re-
quested Secretary Lane to bring a
suit in the supreme court of the
United States TO determine the rela-
tive rights of Nevada and California
to the use of waters of Lake Tahoe.
II was not present at the confer
enee, but understand that Secretary
Lane promised TO confer with the
attorney general of the United States
and to request such a suit in the SUI
preme court of the United States. II
the attorney general thought II
could be brought
THE objeeting riparian owners
tried to secure promise from the
secretary that he would not request
condemnation suits against them,
until after the supreme court OF the
United States had decided the state
case, but 1t is my understanding that
Secretary Lane orally advised the
parties at the conference that he
would request that the state suit and
the condemnation suits be carried on
simultaneously SO far as | know
the secretary has not yet definitely
announced in writing his plans in
the matter, and my understanding of
the upshot of the conference may be
inaccurate, depending as II does up
on what was told me by others. The
secretary's oral statement at the con-
ference was naturally more or less