The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-01-23

The hearing before the fact find
ing commission at Salt Lake City has
occupied the past week, and while
the Newlands project has been
brought to the attention OF the fed
eral committee recent details of the
efforts te secure more funds has been
lacking.
This project is represented by c.
G. Swingle, w A. Hardy, True Ven
GILL, Roy Stoddard, Noble Getehell,
in conjunction with Governor Serugh-
am, former Governor Boyle and ".
b. Hit of the state engineers office.
Spanish Springs Fight
At the outset it was indicated that
the main fight for this project would
be to secure an appropriation from
congress to finish the Spanish
Springs end of the project. 1t was
early indicated that Secretary Work.
following the recommendations Of
Miles Cannon, was not favorable to
the Spanish Springs unit of the pro-
ject being finished. The letters ex-
changed between Governor Scrugham
and Secretary Work indicate that the
head of the federal bureau is op-
posed at this time to the completion
of this work and that to offset such
determination the members of the
Nevada delegation have used much
of their time and effort to present
facts and figures showing the neces-
city for the carrying out of the gov
ernment contract, which was made
following the transfer of the Vista
power site for concessions.
scrugham Takes Up Fight
During the week at Salt Lake City
Governor Scrugham came TO the de-
fense of the Newlands project. 1t
was published in one of the Salt
Lake papers that the Newlands pro-
ject was an unqualified failure.
The governor at once came TO the
defense of the project and has told
OF the neglect ON the part of the
government and the payment of mis-
takes for government blunders. The
Associated Press dispatch from Salt
Lake states:
Describing as "libelous propagan-
da" statements published I'm Salt
Lake City, TO the effect that the
Newlands project in Nevada is an
unqualified failure. Governor James
@. Serugham of Nevada hurled him
self into the fray with a rebuttal
statement.
An article by Harry j. Brown, ap-
peared in the Salt Lake Tribune at
tacking the soundness Of the Nevada
reclamation project.
Governor Scrugham, in attendance
at the fact finding commission hear
Ing, lost no time in preparing a
strong reply. The reply was published
by the Tribune.
The statements OF Brown are de-
elared by others here to be an ex-
preston of the unfriendly attitude
of the present secretary of the inter
Tor toward the Newlands project.
The statement by Governor scrug-
ham follows:
In an article appearing in the
Sunday morning Tribune by Harry
j. Brown, New Reclamation Policies
to BE Based on Sound Business.
there appears certain derogatory
statements regarding the Newlands
project in Nevada which | cannot
permit to pass unehalienged.
Il unhesitatingly pronounce this
article to be libelous propaganda.
which was written with an obviously
deficient knowledge of the subject
matter. The author misrepresents
the past work of the reclamation
service in manner calculated TO
prejudice congress against reelama-
ton work in general and the New
lands project IN particular. His por
trayal of the Nevada project as lying
in the most barren and forbidden
country as can be found In all the
west is an unqualified faisehood.
Allegations of bundering engi-
neering management are supported
only by garbled figures which lead 10
entirely erroneous conclusions.
"A complete and true statement Of
the facts regarding the Newlands
project and related reclamation ac-
tivities has been prepared and will
be presented to the fact finding COM
mission by the Nevada representa-
tives at the pending hearing"
Same Story i'm Each Case
The same story has been told be-
fore the commission in the hearing OF
each project The various committees
that are appearing before the board
have been showing facts and figures
indicating that the Newlands pro-
ject is suffering from the same com
plants.
Pay Original Estimates
1t has developed during the ses-