The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1923-09-19

department Fl g.. from
! ry Wor eln At
| FINDING Comm
ed to inves Whole s.. Il
of the reclaim uoa aethods both n
the semi-arid and selamation dis
triets over to States
This pest following O.
re at ons It
have 4 it thc s%sl
ether pro!e is ly I'D
move, as Il WIZ aaaia avsr
all of & e pro to al
| heir real griai eezret l.
that there sh uli ven been
| the necessity foi 3 aortem on
anything as big a Z important az
the reclamation projects of the Uni.
ted States.
TIL fact that d Ia is advisable and
offices provided for the Pact Find
ing Commission" s,tsated In Wash
ington leads those est deeply In
terested in their own welfare to be-
lieve that the situation is almost
as foreign as 1t was before the de-
termination to get down to the black
sand in the rirffles.
The following have been invited by
Secretary Work to investigate tho
reclamation situation:
Included in the list are a former
secretary of the interior. the head of
the United States chamber of COM
merce, an author and engineer on
reclamation and irrigation of inter-
national note, two former governors
of western states, the president of
the American farm bureau fedora
tion, and a well-known college pres
ident of western agricultural insti-
| tntione
julius Barnes. president United
States chamber of commerce, Wash
ington, ID. c.; Oscar E. Bradfute.
| president larm hnreau federation.
Xenia, Ohio; JONES R. Garfield, for
mer secretary of the Interior, Cleve-
| land, Ohio; Elwood Mead, engineer
and author of works on irrigation
fand reclamation, 2736 Bancroft way,
Berkley, Calf; Former Governor
Thomas e. Campbell of Arizona, of
Phoenix, Ariz.; former Governor Da-
vid w. Davis of Idaho. commissioner
of reclamation; DR.. John A. Widtsoe.
former president of State University
and State Agricultural College of
Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The commission, according to the
plans, will be furnished with suitable
offices in the department of the in
terror building and all necessary da-
ia, information and courteous as
distance given by members OF the
bureau of reclaim tion in their In
yestigation.
The letter further states:
"The purpose OF this letter is
invite you to serve 18th six othee
men, having nati9r sonfide ce ii
fact finding cor-m sion to nia >
an extensive studv tie policy. g.
plication and IN of govern
ment method thinning arid
lends by irr,ca which has be-
come matter o. ianei conce-n.
ut g genorall rted that rel
stively few OF o NAL settl
on projects now Iecq IN them as
water users. The af sf34 000.0
of government none he's been ex
pended Fourteen iliions have
been returned nd milliens are
due and unpaid as eeamber 81
1922. to which must very soon, be
added computation 'or the present
e lendar year.
Time extensions for payment OF
both construction and maintenance
charges have been ashed. which, II
granted. would multiply deferred an
nual payments, it Is feared, beyond
the ultimate ability of the ttler to
pay. entailing prabable loss OF his
home and to the government the loss
of the investment.
J THE purpose of this inquiry, In
J which l have every hope you may
participate, is to have the processes
of administration of this trust re-
viewed by men of affairs applying
4. their best thought to this important
governmental agency.