The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-03-01
BILL PREPARED FOR
IRRIGATION PROJECT

project fostered by the Humboldt
County Chamber of Commerce are
very satisfactory. according to Judge
Callahan. who has the matter in hand,
ably assisted by ]. A. Langwith. The
American Legion posts have taken
the proposition up and meetings were
to have been held in Lovelock last
night to gain support.
A letter has been received from
State Engineer Schrugham, who says
he believes such movements are in
| the right direction, and he will lend
all possible assistance.
The bill which was to have been in
troduced by Senator Sheehan yester-
! day was handed to Assemblyman
w. A. Brown to introduce in the legis-
lature, Senator Sheehan being held
over here until yesterday afternoon
on account of the serious illness of
his daughter. Mrs. Hursh. The bill
was prepared by Callahan and Lang
with and is to create a commission
TO be known as the Owyhee river de-
velopment commission of Nevada, de-
| fining powers and duties, and making
an appropriation for expenses, and is
as follows:
| Whereas, it is the ambition and
moral duty of the people of the United
States to provide farms for as many
as possible of our honorably dis
| charged soldiers in the recent world
war, and there are now approximate
| ly 650000 acres of unreclaimed but
| fertile land in Humboldt and PERISH
/ ing counties, extending for dis
tance of about 125 miles from the
northern part of Paradise Valley in
J a southwesterly direction along the
Little Humboldt river and the Hum
| boldt river to the south boundary line
| of Pershing county, also along sew
eral adjacent and tributary valleys,
which can be reclaimed with water,
and
Whereas, it is believed there is a
large amount of unappropriated wa
ter in the Owyhee river which can be
| diverted in the northwestern part of
Elko county and applied to the recla-
nation of said lands, and the presi-
dent of the Humboldt County Cham
Der of Commerce, acting as trustee,
has applied to appropriate such wa
ters and conduct the same to the said
lands with the purpose of impioring
the federal government. on behalf OF
such soldiers, to construct such irri-
CATION project, and
Whereas, in order to properly dem
| onstrate to the federal government
the practicability and feasibility of
constructing such project and re-
claiming such lands it will be neces-
sary to make preliminary surveys and
compute the approximate cost of con-
struction and collect other data con-
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il is hereby enacted as follows:
Section /. A commission is hereby
created to be known as the Owyhee
river development commission of Ne
vada, to consist of the State Engineer
of the State of Nevada and two other
citizens of the State of Nevada, to
be appointed by the Governor Two
of said commissioners shall constt-
tute a quorum for the transaction of
business. Within thirty days after
the passage and approval of this act
the Governor shall appoint said COM
missioners and they shall hold office
until the Governor shall conclude
they have completed their duties, put
not longer than two years from the
passage of this act. The Governor
may at any time remove any commits
sioner for incompetency, neglect of
duty or malfeasance in office. Any
vacancy may be filled by the Gov
ernor
Section 2. The members of said
commission shall receive as compen-
sation ten dollars for each day actu-
ally employed on the work of said
commission and their actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. The
commissioners shall employ such
help as they may deem necessary to
complete the preliminary work, plans
and estimates as expeditiously as pos
sible to present the same to congress
and the federal government as speed
lily as possible, and the compensation
and expense of such help shall be
paid out of the fund hereinafter
created.
Section relates to formation of
the cOmmi sion