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Show I Irrigation District's I 1 Costs To Be Charged I On Acre-Foot Basis Directors Explain Method of Assessment for Investigation Work, Clearing Up Subject Regarding Which There Has Been Misunderstanding; Show That Litigation Regarding Water Rights Will Be Avoided and Actual Facts Relative to Irrigation Secured Through Proper Application of Law ' " Following the policy of informing jjH the Weber count) formers regarding eVry phase of Irrigation district pi ins, jH directors of Die Weber Count Irrlpn- jH fion dlatrUt have Issued all open U it- jjH tor explaining the methods which In- veetlgaiion work, now undsrWS) will jB he assessed. The letter clean point regarding which there has been some discussion, the directors showing that jH the charge "ill be made upon the arre- jH foot basis and not upon the basis of jjH acres included within each tract jjH The directors nlso call attention to the point that litigation rcgardlnc wa- ter rights will be avoided for all future time through the proper application jH of tho Irrigation district law The letter foiinws Ogden , Utah, Jan 17, If II. "To the Farmers and landowners of jH Weber County Irrigation District; "Some confusion seems to have arls-jH arls-jH en arnonn a few persons within the jH Weber County Irrigation district re- jH girding the hasls upon which costs for jH the initial investigation will be charg- jH e.l to the various properties affected jH and this letter Is heme Issued In line with the policy of this hoard to In-form In-form all of the farmers and landown-ers landown-ers regardinc, every phase of this dlS-irlct dlS-irlct s plans so there may be no mls-I mls-I ' understanding of this financial phase jH 'Payment of initial Investigation cost will be on the ncre-foot basis, not on the basis of land acreage When the investigation has been completed and ihe decision made ss to the water al-lotment al-lotment for each acre of land, the as- sesament will be made, this being an. ernillablc distribution band upon the benefit that it 's possible for ench . propert to secure. The preltmlnaryJ tops ha- shown thai there will be ra-markubly ra-markubly low cost to ascertain wheth er or not It will he favorable to secure j water ihiouph Impounding of flood i waters In reservoirs or by other means. "Along with tin's determination.; there must also be considered that the! avoidance of litigation is practicable through the pioper application of thel Irrigation district In the )hs! Bfore j of years W'eber county has had much ( of this water riRht litigation costing, farmers many thousands of -dollars. , Such litigation Is avoided for the fu ture thCOllgh this plan, the district developing de-veloping co-operation inateai The irrigation district plan will determine de-termine for all time Just what Weber county farmers can secure In water-' water-' rights and water, how much water can be Impounded, what acreage can be Irrigated Ir-rigated and how that water can be ( delivered. This plan will dispose ofi vexatious problems for all time and places on their Weber county records the actual facts that Weber county I farmers must face facts which Weber 'county farmers have been endeavoring 'to secure since 1R7V "Tours, very truly, i Signed i I 1 li'KAT. 'JAMES It. BEUS, "JAMES L. ROBSON. "Directors of Weber County Irrigation Irriga-tion District." |