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Show Snow wanted to do the right thing by I hem anJ they moved to accept the ptoposlt Ion. They also had a good word to nay for Engineer Codicil, wkrb had promptly compiled 1th any request re-quest that had been made upon him. I'oiiMlderable discussion was also held on the proper method of cultivating cultivat-ing and Irrigating thu laud, and Mr. Snow- Mil lt that two exerts on these? aiilijecta were to he sent down by the company to give aid and advice to (he aettlera, a pelce of new they were glad to hear, lie also mild that an al raiiKement bad been made with the Deseret Co. to have nil their water a noon an their reservoir wan full, and he udvlsed ih'ein to get busy at once and get ready to put 111 fall grain, ai there would be ample water for them. A vote of thank was tendered Mr. Snow, and the meeting broke up with a feeling of satisfaction on all tildea. MANAGER SNOW MEETS THE FARMERS. In response to a petition received from the Water Users Association of the south tract asking to have their next payment cancelled, Manager Snow met with about .'15 of them list Saturday Sat-urday evening and held a session till nearly midnight. The reason given foi wanting to have the payment cancelled can-celled was that nearly all the farmers J down there had made a complete or ( partial failure of their crops, and Aoul ln't be aide to meet it. A large number of them related their experience. expe-rience. Their failures came from va- ' rloiis causes, but none of them could lie laid to the fault of the Delta Com-.:ny. Com-.:ny. Koine did not get their crops In , i'iirly enough, others failed to get their land properly leveled, others did not have their ditt.ies large enough, or 1 heir head ga'es built. Hut the chief J nise of failure was In following the, nlvlce to disc the land and then flood , t, Mr. Mitchell gave that advice, : thlch Is all right for an alfalfa field, I ut not for new land. Some com- ' dained of misrepresentations by sell j rig agents, and one man said his land ( tad hills as big as a bouse and hollows , arge enough to throw a house Into. Mr. Snow explained that the Iiel'a I 'ompany was only engaged In putting ' inter on the land, which was bought ' nun the government. A clause In the j ipplication contained an affidavit rer-ifylng rer-ifylng that the applicant had person- f Uy examined the land, so every man i night to know what he wss buying i le did not Justify any misrepresents- ' Ions the selling agents bad made, and ' id complained to the seUing company r bout It. ! Alter considerable discussion In J . hich the farmers said they hsd no j jult to find w ith the soil or the li- j late, Mr. Snow said that w hile he i e ould not make a present of a pay ient to the fanners, he would en- " eavor to have all the payments ex- ' i,ded one ;r. This would, however,! j( ply only to actual settlets who bid I i v a le an honest effort to cultivate their j x nd snd ha 1 failed to ra.-e a crop n would also see that these men had h ie f,rt chance to be employed by ie company on the extensive work iey Inteinded to do on the big dam n; Is fall and winter. ,i The former evidently felt that Mr u |
