Arizona republican., 1920-05-30

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 After three Gaye. conference Q ten tatiVe agreement was reached which provides that the Horseshoe and the Camp Verde reservoirs arg to be built by the Paradise Valley irrigation oIs- trict, together with the diversioa dam, transmission canal, power plants ano distributing system, which as estimaE- ed by the engineers may be built at cost of approximately S16.000,000. II also provides that the Salt River Val ley Water Users association may con- struct Q reservoir at Mormon Flats, with all the necessary rights of way for canals, power plants and other in- cidental works.
 May Take Over Project
 "It further provides that after the construction of the storage dams and other works by the Paradise Valley people. the association may take over the same as unit of the Salt River project upon the condition that the land owners within the district actuai ly irrigated should be accorded repre- sentation in the government of the Water Users association. 1t provides that in such event the Water Users association shall have the sole man. agement and control of the waters or the Salt and of the Verde and also of the power developed, 1t being pro- vided, however. that until the irriga- ton district bonds be paid and dis charged, the net revenues derived from the operation of the power plants oii the Verde should be applied in the pay ment Of said bonds and the interes, thereon.
 .'The agreement further provides thas until the Water Users association shall elect to take over the Paradise Valley works, the question as to the use of the water of the Verde by the Salt River project should be unaffected by the agreement and the association should gives it in that matter. Provision is made in the contract for the extension of the Salt River project both by the inclusion of lands within it's present l boundaries which have not heretofore 1 been granted water, and by the inclu- sion of other lands lying without pres l ent boundaries as water may be devel- oped therefor. In other words, the matter of the enlargement of the pros- ect by the inclusion of additional lands is left wholly to the association"
 Urged One Project
 What did you represent at the | hearing and what was your attitude regarding the contention between the | Paradise Verde people and the Water Users association?" Judge Sloan was ! asked. He replied;
 T represented certain lands within l and certain lands lying adjacent to the project that desire to receive the bene- fits of the project upon some basis agreeable to the association. advo- cated at the hearing the claim of the Water Users association to construct the reservoirs on the Verde upon the ground that the best possible use Of developing water would be realized 1T applied to irrigation of lands within and without the project that may be irrigated by diversion at Granite Reef dam and below, and that in the inter est of economy and efficiency. there should be but one project. also argued that a great deal of the land within the Paradise Valley irrigation district { and as well as other lands lying ad- iacent to the project on the southside might be irrigated by the surplus water developed in this way by pumping the water from the main canals 10 higher elevations and at the same time all the lands within the project might be taken care of The plan proposed by me was objected to by the Paradise Verde peo- pIe. who insisted that the whole 94.000 acres included in the district be re- tained within the frrisitable district In response to 9, question as to i whether there was any understanding as to when work on the proposed pro- ject should be begun. Judge Sloan made the following statement:
 
 ] "As I have already stated, a tenta- ! tive agreement was reached This l agreement has been approved by the i secretary It does not become effec- ! tive except as to grant the rights to construct the dams and ditches until 1 approved by the Salt River Valley ! Water Users association. Nothing will probably be done toward the carrying ! out of the plans propose5 until the ] Water Users association shai either approve or disapprove of the agreement. 1 How long this may take I am unable to state As to the ability of the Paradise i Valley irrigation district to raise the i funds necessary to carry out their l plan. I am unable to say. Of course. but l as the sum involved is large one, l it is not possible that work can be begun in a serious way for some months i to come.
 l "Whether the agreement be accepted ! or rejected by the Water Users asSo- i citation. think it may be safe to pre- 1 dict that we have entered upon new ] era of water development within the l valley and that this development will not cease until all possible sources of i supply be utilized both from surface and underground sources. also pre- dict that ultimately, whatever may be l done immediately, all the water both ] of the Salt River and of the Verde will l be under one mana agenent and control 1 and that all the lands irrigated thereby shall constitute but one project. l Pleased at Ruling
 ] Completely satisfied with the ruling i of Secretary of the Interior Payne per hitting the Paradise Verde irrigation project and bearing assurance that the project would go through as rapidly as possible, A. c. Smith, one of the mem bers of. the Paradise Verde delegation