Show I Underground Water Vater Users Committee I Appointed I 1 I According to appointment T. T II 11 I Humphreys State Engineer me met with the underground water users users of Cedar Valley In the Extension I Assembly room of the Federal Building Tuesday morning for the th purpose of making recommendations recommends recommends- I dons with respect to the appointment appoint appoint- 1 I ment of a water commissioner for forI I j the underground water of the Valley Val I ley during the season of 1938 and 1 to discuss the duties that such n a I commissioner should perform andI and the compensation he should re- re I 1 I John S. S Woodbury acted as chair man of the meeting Approximate Approximate- Approximately I ly Iy 50 SO underground water users usel I were in attendance at the meeting and accepted the State Engineers Engineer's I i suggestion by appointing an underground underground un un- I water users committee The committee appointed con coni I I stated of Fred Biederman chair chair- chair 1 chairman man J. J S. S Woodbury J J. J M M. Palmer Palm Palm- I er er Rolce Roice B. B Nelson and Owen j I I II Matheson As a friendly gesture to i the prospective well owners in the I Valley Uric Urie Williams was was' elected I as a member of the committee j I without a vote to represent a group getup 1 of ot of land owners who have made ail ap I I placation to drill wells but whose I applications have not yet been ap approved l proved by the State Engineer The I committee appointed was given I 1 authority with the State Engineer j I to select a water commissioner to to I prepare prepare a salary and expense budget bud bud- bud I I get and to transact other necessary I business for the group j I I I The election of an underground i I water users committee and the I j decision to appoint an underground II I I I I o water commissioner constitutes an I important step forward in the ad a d I ministration of the underground la law passed by the legislature ln In y 1935 1435 According to the State En En- permission to drill irrigation Irrigation tion pump wells will not be granted grant ed until such time as the facts clearly indicate that there Is la sufficient suf water waist to Justify such ac ac- tion A this time the State I eer ear feels that it wild be unwise t to o grant permission to drill or pump additional wel wells in n Cedar or Parowan Parowan Par Par- I owan valleys |