The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-02-22
Directors Favor
Deficit Contract
Williamson and Prey Vote Against
Action; Asks Time To Consider
Plan Further
WILL PLACH MATTER BEFORE
WATER USERS FOR DECISION
Committee May Investigate Diagonal
Drain in Near Future Is Opinion
of Vencill

The board of directors of the
Newlands irrigation district recon-
mended that the water users of the
district adopt the contract offered
by the reclamation service for set
tlement of the $1S2,000 deficit in
operation and maintenance charges,
at meeting held Tuesday after
noon.
The motion was made by c. E.
Kent. William Prey voted against
the motion and w. Harmon and B.
F. Holmes favored 1t. Thomas Will
Hanson. while voting against the
recommendation, stated that his
opinion was subject to change and
that he voted as he did only be-
cause he had not had sufficient time
in which to study the proposition
Prey stated that he did not consider
1t a duty of the board to make such
a recommendation.
Williamson, in the absence of Ed
mnnd Dietz presided at the meeting.
He said that he considered that IT
was well worth the expense en-
countred by the district TO send the
committee to Washington, that 1t
had proven that the claims of the
district were just and had strength
ened its position.
The report of the committee.
signed by Roy W. Stoddard. True
Vencill and l. II. Kent was read at
the meeting. 1t was moved and
passed that the board accept the re-
port and that the recommendations
of the committee be approved and
endorsed by the board. The recon-
mendation provided that the con-
tract be referred to the people at the
next general election.
Stoddard Explains Contract
Williamson asked as to the possl-
bility of future surplus funds from
the project being applied to the def
cit under the proposed contract. At
torney Stoddard stated that IL the
contract was accepted there would
cease to be a deficit to which accru-
ais could be transferred.
Stoddard also announced that he
understood that the transfer of the
project from the reclamation ser
vice TO the district would take place
on the completion of the drainage
work.
The attorney outlined the work of
the committee while in Washing
ton. He stated that their greatest
trouble had been experienced in
their dealings with Morris Bien. as
sistant director. Project Manager
J. r. Richardson gave the commit
tee some valuable information. he
added.
Richardson and Bien had demand
ed that a clause providing for the
payment of money by the project
Springs reservoir be included in the
contract. Stoddard stated, but the
committee had refused to consider
IL.
"They are a hard boiled bunch to
do business with" he concluded.
May Investigate Drain
In speaking of the diagonal
drain. True Vencill stated that the
secretary of the interior would prob
ably appoint a board of engineers
from the department of agriculture
to investigate the plan. He stated
that he expected action in the very
near future.
A letter from C. G. Swingle. pres
ident of the county farm bureau,
was read. The letter requested that
the farm bureau be permitted to
have a stenographer at the meetings
of the board in order to keep the
water users informed as TO its work
The request was granted.