| Show Reasons Why Dry Gulch Company Should Not at This Time 4 be Divided I By R. R S. S Collett V e feel that it is unfortunate to the stockholders holders of the company and to the tho best interests of the basin that the question of dividing the Dr Dry Gulch Irrigation Irrigation- atlon company should have avo been heen raised at this time Wo We have just passed through the hardest summer we ha have e had in the basin and have lct through drought enough to build reservoirs sufficient to Insure us against another such year We Ve have o been all summer Bummer planning for those thOlo reservoirs have reached that is the bol board rd of directors j tors tori tj reached definite plans as to toi toi toj i j the work and know something for fori i the tho first time ot of the tho of roser- roser and now if it this question of oC dividing di- di t l viding the company compan is raised it cant caul cannot cau- cau I dl-I not well toll be settled In a short time and it will divide sentiment and bring on l' l fear I-fear fear and distrust distrust dis dla- trust and our plans for building res- res will fall faU down and we wo be left leftIn leftin leftin in our present helpless s when dl dry weather cather again comes upon UI Mr Gentry sad sadly I errs orris in two of his strong statements relative to this question in tho first place Mr Woolf Is nov not and was never nover employed employ employ- ed as aB the manager of the Dry Gulch Irrigation n company lip Up has been engaged engaged en en- as the Ole company's company engineer Ho has no powers of m placed upon him nor has he so 80 far faras faras faras as we know ever exercised for a moment the powers o of manager As the tho company compan company's s engineer r he be has done good and efficient work He Ho has rated rated all aIt our our canals and shown bown us that most of them are not large V enough enough to carry the water they should and must carry before w we e make proof of beneficial use Class C f canal for instance carries but 76 feet of water To accommodate all its stockholders it should carry second feet of water It must be made to carr carry this before we can make of ot beneficial use We ll have to submit this proof at the end of next season unless we get an extension of time over and above e our limit of 14 years yeara To meet all these conditions an engineer Is an absolute absolute absolute lute necessity to the company and that position Mr Woolf has well weIl filled The other statement in which Mr I Gentry erred was in that a stock- stock holers meeting had been called to borrow harrow money to be he expended on one I class While such Buch a would be perfectly proper it happens happens happens hap hap- pens that the money that the board was wal authorized to borrow at that particular meeting contemplated the spending of a very large proportion of It on the Moon Lake reservoir Mr Gentry wants to know why one portion of the tho company should lend its Us credit to any other class This has been one of the commendable commendable commendable commend commend- able points In the organization that It has because of its size and Importance Importance Im- Im Im Im- always been able to borrow when necessary and In turn to loan this thle credit to any portion of Its class class- es What would class C have done in 1909 10 and 11 had bad it not teen been i for this principle Does Mr Gentry I remember that the company borrowed borrow borrow- led ed at that time and loaned Class Clan C of it Does Mr Gentry know know of of any irrigation company company company com com- pany in ill tho country at that time lime have havo borrowed Continued on Page Three DRY GULCH CO COMPANY IPA T I 1 From Page One IWas t I Was it a y r c tie t powers of E ne company pany at that time timet timeto t to cam om o to the rescue of Class C tl e tt it is to go lo go the rescue of one or more of the classes today Is It wrong In all other parts of the state canal companies are combining not segregating We Ve have reached a point in our development where reservoirs reservoirs res res- r are an absolute necessity These cost money The side Bide is blessed in that there is an excellent excellent ex ex- site for storing the flood wat wat- ers The board of directors has felt Celt so BO impressed with the importance of the site that they have purchased at a large cost the Dixon filing on this site that preceded theirs In right Water can be stored at Moon lake that Is acre feet of water can be stored for 10 an acre We have found no site on the Uintah side in which more than acre feet can 1 DC no e stored and ana this tuis at ai a cost of of 25 to 40 an acre Thirty- Thirty j nine thousand acre feet Ceet of stored water will take care of ever every acre of ot land under the Dry Gulch Guch system But nut to store this we have got to be strong drong In credit The whole company com com- pany lany can store this water as It is now organized but If we segregate we cannot do so for we cannot get the money Why not continue to pull together together together t er and build this one ono reservoir together together to to- j gether permitting the tho Uintah side to bring their water from Crom the reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir across at their own own expense through canal rather than to pay more than double for the storage Mr Ir entry complains that the company is too large and ly that It cannot be handled econom econom- Do you know that in spite of our antagonism to trusts that these trusts produce the cheapest cheap cheap- est commodities that are made The Tho Dry Gulch Irrigation company has not been as economically managed managed managed man man- aged as it could and should have been boon for the simple reason that sound business principles have havo never never never nev nev- er been applied Tho The company has never novel had a that manager manager that has been the trouble What would you think of cf a merchant that would run his business in several departments and no head to it Where would your bank go to if It you said MId to the board of cf directors each of you take tako apart a apart apart part of this and we will still do our farming and run the bank between us Yet this is what we do with I this great company A director Is I in the field plowing a stockholders I comes riding up and yells Class C canal is broke broko and flooding the tho roads Well says the director I j t I 1 have got to get this land plow d. d I t r and so 60 the tho break brenk remains a day two days das before It Is fixed The dire tor is putting up his hay He has a crew helping A break In the canal ca- ca canal canal ca ca- nal is reported He must either leave his field at an immense loss to himself personally or the company suffer If you had a general manager and paid that man what ho he Is worth he would have all details at his finger tips He would know where work should be applied and how lJ He Ile would be on the spot or have some someone someone someone one there within a few minutes after after after af af- ter the break or the emergency He would save you ou stockholders thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of oC dollars annually and you would have o some one to hold re re- Tho The cure of the most o of your our ills is to find the right kind ofa of ofa a man and hire him to run this company just as you would find a aman aman aman man to hire and run and other business business business busi busi- ness of oC magnitude And when you do this you OU will find the company Is not lot too large but that results are splendid Now seriously as to dividing the company This can only be done by unanimous consent There is no other way Do you suppose you willever will willever willever ever get unanimous consent for that purpose You know you will not and agitation at this time will but lead ead to dissatisfaction and you will defeat any movement for reservoirs or r improvements that we so much need so lets forget it and do that which is so urgently needed at this time Ime Judged by every everyone one who has viewed lowed it our company and what it has as accomplished stands as an example exam exam- exam exam- pIe le to the whole the excessive excessive sive ive cost as complained of by many is s not borne out by the record DIs- DIs at this time will but injure instead of benefiting a 0 o |
