Arizona republican., 1921-07-16
AVERT MENACE : OF CAVE CREEK
 FLOOD WATERS
Water Users and County
 To Join In Fund To Con- trol Streams = Include 10000 Acres of Dry Lands In Valley Project

Completion of sufficient prelim- mary work on the dam to control the flood waters of Cave Creek before the November rains have made the stream a menace to Phoenix was practically assured yesterday when the board of governors of the Salt River Valley Water Users ascocia- ton voted an appropriation of s50.- 900 as the associations share in the expense Immediately after this is was reported that the board of coun- ty supervisors had agreed to appro- priate s1oo.00O for the Cave creek control project.
 These two appropriations, with the $100.000 voted by the city in the last bond election and s50,000 which has been appropriated by the state brings the total amount now available for the control dam to $500, ,000, leaving about $50000 to be appropriated by the oil companies, railroads and oth- CT corporations who are interested in protecting their property from the flood waters If the creek.
 In passing the resolution to appro- priate the association's share for the control work the board of governors agreed either to build the dam for | $350, 900, including their own contrib ution or to turn their appropriation over to any ether agency for the same purpose.
 It was said after the meeting that 1 if the companies whose contributions | to the fund have not been received will make their appropriations within | two weeks the control dam win be | advanced far enough in 90 days to l protect Phoenix from any menace | ~ H. f... which is the month in which the creek usually goes on a rampage.
 Include Dry Lands
 l Another important measure adopt
 ed by the board of governors yester- | day concerned the inclusion of abou 1 10000 acres of dry land, usually termed the Second division, in ths I Salt River valley irrigation project | It has been recently determined b,
 the courts that the Second division including lands in various parts O
 the valley. are to be included in th'
 Salt River valley project. While th' I litigation has been goin on the own CTS of these lands have been receiv | ing water from the association, bu
 many of them have failed, either il whole or in part, to pay their assess l ments, which have run from 1916 |
 the present year.
 In adopting a resolution to giv
 water service officially to the Sec
 ond division on and after Octobe
 1, 1921, the board also determined tn
 method of procedure 10 be followe
 in collecting the assessments du from owners of land in this. division
 In the resolution this method is out lined as follows:
 That the back assessments, les
 the credits to which the respectiv
 lands are entitled, be made due an
 payable on Sept. l, 1921.
 That interest at the rate of pc
 cent per annum from September
 1921. shall be paid on all amount
 not paid on or before October l, 1921 , provided, however, if the sum of s1.3 per acre of the back assessments C
 any lands is paid for on or befor
 October l, 1921. the payment of one
 half of the remainder of the assess ments for such lands may be deferfe , to September 1, 1922. and the re i maining one-half may be deferred , September 1. 1923, upon the agree ment of the owner of said lands f l pay interest from September l. l92 [ on said deferred payments at tn ] rate of per cent per annum, payabl ]. on Sept of ea-h year.
 l That all deferred payments here : in referred to shall be payable in ad ? dition to the regular assessments lev ? jed each year
 l How It Must Be Paid
 Tn explaining this portion of tn resolution. c. C. Cragin. chief engi 5 neer for the association. said yester day that it means that If none of tn a assessments have been paid, whic
 will bring the amount due to s14 a
 acre, the owner may pay s135 a
 acre before Oct. 1, leaving $1265 a : acre. half of which or s6.321z an acr '' may be deferred until September ' 1922, and the remaining half urt September 1. 1923. The deferred pa, :. ments will carry interest at the ra :. of per cent.
 " If the land owner has paid a pa of his assessments, the same ru :, holds. Thus, the owner who has pa o assessments to the amount of $10 z