Show SAY AY AY CONTRACT WAS ALTERED Witnesses Testifying Reclamation Meeting Suggest Remedies SALT LAKe Jan 24 4 That the on the th North Platt Ne- Ne Ne reclamation pay only 11 85 art an n acre or the th ater for tor theIr land win Wl ono one on of 01 the recommendations mad da ly by r f S J 3 1 T MIt thoU hell and William Morrow officer or or o the tho th water u er association of oth the North Platte Platt district The t ftc ftc- testimony a- a of o the delegates from rom project t will ill be b completed today tody S 'S S CONTRACT OI r OIL CHANGED The witnesses that It was s only with the th definite that th t the water un- un Under der no condItion co n wee was to cost coat more lJ-an lJ 35 per PT acre that th t the th pined tIe th contract with the tho th recI- recI r matlOn un Ice William Morrow an attorney from also stated that a n had occurred at the th time of nine It the th contract contrat Ho He H said cald ld that the th water Ultra had lied upon a proposition proposition proposition tion offered by the tho th reclamation service ervice and hid had voted vot d upon a printed ballot prepared pr p ir d by the tho th re- re re reclamation delIneating the duties of o the th settler This ballot to Morro Morrow dI did not touch upon the th maintenance and opera opera- operation opera opera-llon tion coste costs But hen t In he contract wu was to the th president of orthe the association to sign forrOW added 1 a d definite clause clauce outlining th the duties of the th settler In rd roger to th mAtter we WM included Why the discrepancy w s not t noticed at atthe 1 the he time he dos does doo not kno know ho h told the he r I S chairman of the delegation referred d to the th I Platte project S I being In the hoc hoc- pit hoi pital The Th settlers settler are deeply de ply In Ind debt bt he h saId but will be b able ebb abl to clear In a few If 1 given riven a amore amore mor more practical 8 system estem for tor paying and operating C- C CD CANAD D TOO S SAL AL 1 r T Mitchell president of ol the th Water Users Usera of ot the North Platte Platt project gave gove everal why hy the tho th project was In bad shape financially The Tb fact that h t the settlers hid had to undergo heavy expense to cultivate the lh raw rawland rawland land and and nd had to begin payment to the government I es i soon coon aj as the th land was M taken up wore wr re feature which ere ere classed cIa bv by Mr Mitchell among the outstanding reasons re on for forthe forthe the difficulties The deflation followed the war and the tact fact that the th canal wa-s wa w j not large arge enough to carry the th sufficient we- we WAter wa water ter Cr durIng the few das da when It WaS needed mo most were Iso also 10 as aa contributing features PILL SUGG SUGGESTED TED The rhe Th remedy suggested by the North orth Platte people Included No 0 payment on construction costs costa coat above bove tl S 35 per pu acre ere all li paYMents up to the th deducted Maintenance costs coda not to exceed o d s dollar per lear bear r per acre re for first class clas land and not to exceed 40 cents per acre for or fourth cl clis s land Lund Land In this project wu was classified last lut l t y year ar accordIng to Its productivity No maintenance nc or operation costs for 1924 A fh fi year file e year moratorium begin begin- beginnIng b ning nIng 1924 1 2 All penalties cancelled cAnceled ate The Okanogan Washington presented their case cose caa yes yes- y yesterday morning They asked that the cost cort be based baled upon the th land lIy prod productive Their cost coat per acre is I SO 90 0 thy they th y said Id and In order to eventually lift the tho th debt they should hould pay 4 per cent of ot annually They stipulated that In lean ears ars ar they should pay less leu th n thIs hi and In i Mr r of bumper crops they should pay py more mor t I OG |