The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-01-16

| conference with Governor Campbell
| chairman of the reclamation fact.
! finding commission who has again
assured me that after the commits.
! sions visit to the Newlands project
in the near future that 1t will be pos.
sible for an additional appropriation
to be secured upon the recommends
| tion of the secretary of the interior
after the latter has secured the com
missions report.
81 am not worried about this mat
ter. What the house has done is the
usual thing, as Ii is a well estab-
| lished practice upon its part to cut
| appropriations as much as possible
in order. that the senate may take
the responsibility of restoring them
| / have the situation we'll in hand
Governor Gets Busy
That the department OF the inter
ior at Washington. under the admin
istration OF Secretary of the Interior
| Hubert Work, does not recognize any
commitment" ON its part to con-
struet the Spanish Springs reservoir
at any early date, is the attitude con
yeyed to Governor Scrugham by the
| secretary In a letter disclosed re-
Gently.
DR.. Works letter Is lengthy, but
the meat of 1t is compressed in the
following quoted sentence:
Can you refer me to the record
of such a commitment? I do not
find 1t in the files of the depart
ment.v
Governor Scrugham has taken up
the cudgels in defense of the project
aud has written Secretary Work. en-
phasizing that the department is on
record in various ways for the early
completion of the Spanish Springs
project
Tie governors letter to Secretary
Work follows:
This will acknowledge receipt OF
your letter of January 5. 1924. rela.
tive to appropriations for the pro-
posed Spanish Springs reservoir and
asking my authority for claiming
that the government had a definite
Fall Favorable
During the month OF August,
1921, Secretary Fall of the interior
department visited the reservoir site
in company with Mr.. A. p. Davis,
Governor e. d. Boyle, myself and
others. At that time Mr.. Fall ex-
pressed the opinion that the Spanish
Springs reservoir would be construct
ed as soon as the controversies re I.
sarding water rights we're cleared,
putting IL up to the state to bring
these controversies to an end. Refer
ence TO that conversation is made In
letter from Mr.. A. p Davis TO
Governor Z. ID. Boyle, dated January
O. 1922 As a further commitment.
in the matter, | herewith enclose
copy of letter. dater March 8. 1923.
written to me by Mr.. A. P. Davis,
then director OF the reclamation SER
vice.
I'm view of the above stated con-
ditions we had every reason to ex-
pect your administration to prompt
ly commence work on the construc.
tion of the Spanish Springs reser-
goir.
You are aware of the fact that
the Newlands project lands In the
neighborhood of Fernley and Hazen.
Nevada. have practically no water
supply other than from the normal
flow of the Truckee river. plus a
small storage In Lake Tahoe, which
appears to be fully decreed to the
control of the Truckee River Power
company under a stipulation, signed
~ the attorneys for the government.
Reconsideration Asked
I'm the interest of justice to the
settlers on the Newlands project. !
sincerely trust that you can see your
way clear to reconsider your deci-
sion to eliminate the Spanish Springs
reservoir appropriation from the
f924-25 budget"
The letter from Director A. p.
Davis of the reclamation service,
written March 8, 1928, to which Gov
ernor Scrugham refers, is as follows:
"Your telegram of February rs
was duly received by the secretary
of the interior as follows:
Nevada legislature by practical
ly unanimous vote today passed
| jC int resolution asking secretary OF
the interior to Immediately give ia
yorable consideration to execution of
/ Canyon Power company contract
now in his hand In oider the early
construction may be commenced on
proposed Spanish Springs reservoir
Above contract has approval recla-
nation service
''The message has Just come tc
the reclamation service, with othel
papers on this subject and l an
) writing merely to insure that 1t Il