Arizona republican., 1920-03-31
] | M PO E I \ N I. PROPOSITIONS UP
 TO WATER USERS
Election April 6 Will Settle Questions of Drainage, Waste Ditches and Canal Enlargement

Three propositions necessary for the successful maintenance and oper- ation of the Salt River project" will be submitted to the vote of shareholders Of the Salt River Valley Water Users association at the annual election on April $, which is also the date of the city election. F. M. Wilkinson, for the last two years president of the asso- citation, is a candidate for re-elec tion, being opposed by F. A. Reid. c. S. Steward is a candidate for reelection as vice president.
 In the fifth district Gray Archer and Clinton Campbell are candidates for election to the board of governors, and in the eighth district Andrew Jepson and Ray Saylor are the candidates for the board. In the other eight districts the candidates for election, or re-elec- ton to the board Of governors are unopposed
 The propositions to be voted on by the shareholders were embodied in Q resolution unanimously passed by the board of governors on March 15, in which if was stated that the enlarge fnent of the Eastern canal, the con- struction of drainage works. and the building and improvement Of waste water ditcfieS are necessary for the sue cessful operation and maintenance and other best interests Of the Salt River project"
 
 The propositions are as follows:
 1. Shall the shareholders of the
 River Valley Water Users asso-
 citation be assessed Si.14 per acre
 for reconstructing portion of the Consolidated canal by enfarging
 portion of the Eastern canal and
 For removal of the South Consoii-
 dated power plant to point on the
 enlarged Eastern canal. All of said
 assessment to be payable in siz
 equal semi-annuai installments b
 ginning with September, 1920. '
 2. Shall the shareholders of the
 Salt River Valley Water Users as-
 sociation be assessed $2.o4 per acre
 for constructing drainage system
 for lowering and controlling the
 elevation of ground water on the
 project. All of said assessment to
 be payable in six equal semi annual
 miscellaneous beginning with Sep
 tember, 1920.
 3. Shall the shareholders of the
 Salt River Valley Water Users as-
 sociation be assessed $1.80 per acre
 for the construction and improve
 ment of waste ditches. All of said
 assessment to be payable in six
 equal semi annual instaIlments be-
 ginning with September. 1920.
 The shareholders will vote yes or no on each proposition they express their ratification or rejection of it.
 The enlargement of the Eastern canal will permit the abandonment of the portion of the Consolidated canal along the river, where there is constant danger of the canal being washed out during floods. This work, says a. re- cent bulletin of information for share holders, is necessary to insure the safe ty of the water supply for the south side of the project In 1916 there was a washout which cost the water users s3O00O to repair. In 1918, s10.00O was spent on this same section of the canal. The present break, it is esti- mated, will cost s10O,OOO and a great loss of time to cotton growers.
 If this proposition carries. recur- renee of the present condition will be impossible. it is said.
 The proposed drainage works will consist of deep drains, additional wells and pumping plants and waste ditches for carrying away pumped water that cannot be used for irrigation. Drain age is said to be urgently needed to re- claim and protect the areas now wet and threatened, prevent the further spread of seepage, and thus restore confidence in the valley. according to the bulletin of the association.
 The third proposition deals with a plan to lay out and construct com plete system of ditches that will carry the waste water from each 160 acres to a point where it can be beneficially boundaries. This system will be part of the project, to be maintained by the association The proposed waste ditch system, it is claimed, will eliminate the flooding of the highways to be con-