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Show RepaymentBoard RepaymeQI . . . lJoard HearsXater He : s . : Jater Us Bser BserPBi4 rs ' " , PBi4 o.m om . ! U h .te3 te3 . tei.Va teiVa . tr a < alor'TIt&tr K Kfof lor'TIt&tr lorTIttr fof ' ' & Their Att.i Atti Attitude . Gnrlr- Gnrlr . - . ription on.Xr.rijr onXr.rijr onXrrijr Gnrlrription ( tion ObUgatOna Obli atona/Re atona Re atonaReommend&tions . / ( WJ ommend&tions ommendtions ommenda.t1ons ommendat1ons . & to tre b wy-en wy en Giv- Giv Given - - en Later LaterTh The Th attltud attitude * of Utah , re & l&tJ1aoI ltJ1aoI l&tJ1aoIUon1sts rolam rolamttontoto * * obllxatlonato ttontoto Uon1sts toward Chlr tbetr , * cmlt U to tbe tb * Unltwd tJDIted State tatcIJ * 8 governminitand t tand and thir thew * bJa"h bJah " hl h d dec-ofr dec ofr - of Jf < "w w " rwatierooBaclousne OOIIR1lousneaa " received recelWd the th * pralsat * of the th * federa.1 federa1 f d . ral "I"8payment I8payment " payment com- com commI cornmissloo * - mI 10n follo following a hearing- hearing hearJnC hearing00 - 00 a tin- tin tinU1c1a1 fin-&nclal fin &nclal nclal - U1c1a1 & problems of irrigation IJ'I'1PtlQIJ IJI1PtlQIJ ' dJs . dis districts . tricts tr1ctB Thursday ThtQ'Sday ThtQSday ' at the th * capltol capitol capltolTh , The Th ple pie * of those the who apPear- apPear apPeared appear-ed appear ed - ed for tbe th * state states a major feaet'li1- feaet'li1 feaetli1 feaet'li1tlnanced federal-financed federal financed ' - tlnanced water projccta projects projectsVU wu \VU VU \ h hotfor for moratorta moratoria on their paymflnt paymentor " * or anything approaching a debt debtrepudl debtrepudiation adjustmentof repudl tlon but for an adJustmen of anual payments to the th govern Vefn- Vefn It Vefnment government - ment based on ability to pay or orland orland land productivity Members of or Uie th commission who whoJ are J- J Jconducting - * conducting ' a series of ot hear- hear hearJngs hear-Jnga hear Jnga - - Jngs throughout the Irrigation Irrigationstates Irrigationstates states are Or Dr Charles A Lory Lorypresident Lorypresident president of Colorado .olorado olorado . State Stat * Agri- Agri Agricultural Agri Agricultural - cultural college at Ft pt Collins Collinschairman ColUnschairman chairman Oeorge George T Cochran an anauthority anauthority authority on water law of ot LeGrande LeGrandeOregon LeGrandeOregon Oregon and William WUl1am R Wallace Wallaceot Wallaceof ot Salt Lake City one of cjt Utah Utahsoutstanding s soutstanding outstanding redlamJttlonisCsDr redlamJttlonisCs rocaamatlonlsis Dr Lory said tht\ tht thtcommission the \ commission Is Isnot isnot not In a position now now to Indicate Indicatethe Indicateth the * line of ot its recomrnendaUoM recomrnendaUoMto recommendationto * to congress as all of ot its t e thne la In t .e e . ( hlast * last three weeks has be been U tak nup up in listening to view views of f waterusers users on 16 15 or 20 projects . In e.lght elght e.lghtstates eightstates . states and It has haa yet to hear froma from a like number In seven others'The others "Th Th ' 'The The " * commission has noted the theexcellent excellent work done by the Utahwater water storage commission the theplanning theplanning- theplanning theplanningboard planning - board the state engineer engineerand engineerand and others , , and esp especially clally the pro- pro progreM pro progress - gress greM , . being made by the agr1cul agr1culturaJ agrlcultural turaJ college in its studies on the thet'Conomic theeconomic t'Conomic tConomic ' use of water o 0(1 01 ( irr1gated irr1gatedland Irrigatedland land " Dr Lory said The commission commJ.sslon commJsslon . also wa.s was wa . 1m 1mpressed tmpressed pressed with the low ratio of ten- ten tenancy ten tenancy - ancy on Irrigated lrrlgated farms in Utah UtahIt UtahIt It was advised this is not more morethan morethan than 10 per cent while whUe In some somestates < ; tates from 40 to 50 per cent of ofall ofAll all those on federal reclamation reclamationprojects reclamationprojects projects a arc tenants |