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

| sion tnat the majority OF the pro-
! jects represented at the meeting ia
Vor q payment plan for original esti-
mates. The original figures on esti-
mates for the Newlands project are
IN the hands of the delegates and
have been presented to the federal
commission. What is being done by
he Newlands representatives is also
rare of the program of the Uncom-
pahgfe project.
They declared their district had a
contract with the government, the
only one of its kind they said, which
definitely fixed the cost per acre to
ne settlers at $25. The costs are
now $76 and the government is in
slsting on full payment in spite of
he contract, the representatives said.
Prominent among the suggested
| remedies which were under discus
ion today was one of supervised
and settlement with limited finan-
eial assistance from some form Of
government agency. presented by DR..
| Elwood Mead, commission member,
ia discussion of the Yakima project.
This would involve certain amount
! of elimination among the proposed
4 settlers that only the right kind be
chosen. Credit would be extended to
such up to a limited amount. at a
comparatively low rate of interest.
! Expert agricultural advice would be
provided by the agency making the
/ loans and such supervision OF the
| results and the individual would min
imize the chances of financial diff
eulties.
r. Il. Shepherd. manager of the
Jerome, Idaho project. and president
Of the Western State Reclamation
association, gave facts tending to
prove the immense success OF recla-
nation as a whole
Ralph Kaufman OF the Kittitas
unit of the Yakima project, under
construction. presented some figures
Of successful farming and stated that
over capitalization" was one OF the
several causes for the present condl-
tlon--canses over which the recla-
nation service had no control.
The Spanish Springs Feature
That the Spanish Springs end of
the project is one of the contested
points In the development of the
project there Is no further doubt
IN fact it reyerts back to the propo-
sition of the entire project taking
up the construction charge of such
enlargement. and it is to offset such
n move that the fight is being waged
in Salt Lake City.
Would Assess Land
The following letter from secre-
tary Work to Governor Scrugham is
definite and sets up the old PROPOSE
ton OF the homesteaders and water
users of the entire project footing
the bill:
Before the reclamation service will
undertake the construction OF the
Spanish Springs unit in Nevada ltI
will require the Truckee-C Carson irri-
cation district to give its approval
TO an assessment upon the lands
therein, the funds so derived to aid
in building the new unit, according
to Secretary Work of the interior de-
partment.
This information is made public by
the latter by releasing for publiea-
tion a letter sent to Gov. Scrugham
recently The letter is as follows:
Hon. j G. Serugham,
Executive Chamber,
Carson City, Nevada
My dear Governor Scrugham:
Your letter of December II was duly
received with reference TO the recla-
nation budget for the fiscal year
1925 and | note with dissatisfaction
with respect to the allowance for the
Spanish Springs reservoir. Regard
ing this you say that the department
through my predecessor obligated
itself to construct the Spanish
Springs reservoir at earliest possible
date?'
"Can you refer me to the record of
such a commitment? | do not find
it in the files of the department
"There is a distinct obligation up
on us with respect to all reclamation
work, viz, that under the law gov
erning rs in such matters we must
seek the repayment of the project
costs. In the case of the Spanish
/ Springs reservoir we have no assur-
/ anees from the irrigation district
along that line. On the contrary we
are urged to go ahead without such
assurance; that in fact 1t would be
untimely to put the question to
vote by the local people; that the
district electors would not vote In
favor Of it, Thus a director of the
district wrote last June as follows:
1T is advisable for many good
reasons that the negotiations of such