Show FARMERS ON f I IA THE STRAWBERRY A A delegation from Utah met I Sec Secretary Work Vork and Commissioner Mead of the reclamation service while attending attending the American Falls Tails festivities and an appeal was made is In n behalf of the delinquents on the Strawberry valley project The government officials were quite outspoken and said the he Utah water users under the Strawberry S system stern would have to to meet the same samo requirements Imposed on 01 those under the Dolse Boise project They will be required to pay A newspaper man who who inter inter- Interviewed viewed ed the secretary said uld settlers seWell who have been holding off in the tile expectation that their delinquencies n. n cles cies would be lumped as construction construction tion charges and spread over a per per- period lod iod of oC years on a new contract will wm m meet et with disappointment If that is their assumption they ate are advised to take lake their lesson from what was done Saturday at Boise Dolse Mead will show no further leniency with those holding off when they can meet their assess assess- ments The future course of the department regarding delinquency on 0 the Strawberry valley project will be decided when the secretary returns lurns f to Washington The officials should make op nj ophard hard and fast rule but should deal with the water users as the gov gov- government government government has dealt with farmers generally during their period of where good faith has not lot been shown a strict accounting should be demanded but where the Inability to pay Is due to tho the weak weak- weakness weakness ness of the project Itself generous treatment should be accorded |