The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1923-10-31
Project People
Plan Complaint
To Make Plain Wishes
to Federal Officials
During Visit

Last Thursday evening a meeting
of the water users and land owners
of the project was called at the Of
flee of Attorney Haight. While rep
resentatiyes of the entire project
were not present, owing to the lack
of time to inform all, yet a very rep
resentative body assembled. The pur-
pose of the meeting was to formulate
plans of complaint to be presented
to the federal board that is expected
here November goth, when w. D.
Davis. Miles Cannon and others o.
the reclamation bureau will pay \
visit to the project.
Since 1t was announced by Secre-
tary Work that he had opened a de.
partment for complaints, and that
attention would be given such filings
in order to determine what is the
matter with the different projects,
the people have taken heart, and
from appearances there will be drawn
general complaint that will cover
all of the concrete subjects that have
been in mind for some time
Names Officers
After announcing the object of the
gathering by Fred Branch, George
Chester was named chairman and
Shober Rogers as secretary. This
was done that an official meeting
can be called if needed before the
arrival of the federal bureau men IN
this city.
During the meeting several mat
ters as to the benefits of the section
were discussed by J. e. Huntoon.
president of the Peoples Bank of Sac
ramento and b. B. Green also asso-
ciated with the same institution. It
was through the suggestion of Fred
Strassburg that the meeting was as /.
sembled, as he believed that the time
was ripe for discussion and that
plans should be made to take up d
number of yexations that have been
in the minds of the settlers.
Following discussion of water and
land charges together with extern
sions of payments a general com
plant was ordered drawn up by At
torney Haight who will submit the
same to a committee. BY this means
it will be possible to lay down the
project troubles without general
assembly of protestantg.
Outline of complaint:
ID Protest against the excessive
maintenance and operation charges
and suggest that they be reduced.
(2) Extend payments of construe-
ton charge to cover a period of forty
years instead of twenty and allow 4
moratorium of five years to home
steaders.
CD Provide through efforts of the
reclamation bureau for a plan of
bringing about more intensive set
tlement of large land holdings.
(4) Instead of penalizing water
users five per cent on deferred pay
pents and charging one per cent a
month interest thereon. eliminate the
penalty and charge one-half per cent
interest. (Water users unable to
meet payments were paying II per
cent interest, it was said.)
1t was agreed that at another meet
ing to follow soon other points might
be presented. A committee on each
question will be named to secure all
possible information before all sug-
gestions are presented TO bureau
heads. The water users committee
will ask aid of the irrlg ltion board
and the reclamation office in seeur-
ing data. Enforcement of the board
of suggestions submitted and com
plants will be sought.
Cannon TO be Here November 23
Commissioner Cannon will be In
Fallon on November 23, Project
Manager Richardson was advised Fri
day morning. 1t was not made known
whether Director Davis and Engineer
Weymouth would be here at the same
time 1t had been announced in Sep
tember that the three would make al
inspection trip to Fallon during DC
toher, and later announced that th'
visit of these officials had been de
| layed.