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Show PROJECT'S FATE IN SETTLERS' HANDS WASHINGTON", April 1 3 "The American Falls project Is favorable to the government which believes It not only feasible, but gives promise of be- ing a xreat success, but the govern-1 nn m Ih nun-committal to the building Of the project and will not obligate itself to build thnt project unless the settlers under the various Irrigation companies coming within the project make good their promises and meet theii obligations to the government The projoct has reached a point where further progress depends upon the settlers and the irrigation companies." com-panies." This plain taiemen'. was made by .- . Secretary Fall today when his attention atten-tion was invited to a dispatch from Idaho stating that ma,., settlers under un-der the project wore Inclined to back clown on the proposal to form one large. .comprehensive irrigation district Vat nn . "'T d"Ch the obligation obli-gation previously assumed bji the irrigation ir-rigation companies, because of a prevalent prev-alent opinion that the government Is now committed to the American Palls Project, and will build it with Its oun K-ktak in"" th 8CU'ers do no" LvYo,V,ry FaM n,,ad0 " clear thai if' n settlers arc laboring nder tho dea they are badly mistaken, and Se in for a rude awakening And ho the e iQUUUy Ckar that 'l "St" With I ,ie I11':,0. Proposed IrrtgaTion '7 , uc"",1,ne whether or not .u'iit Tfrlfn 1''alls Droj6ct hil be "uiit it they proceed in good faith seKa'2ihCv!r distr,ct obligate them- Mlves and then raise the funds pledged pledg-ed but never paid by the Irrigation JecTPwni WC" 'l"d iro- mifL 'So forward; If they do not Vb,lwtlon-thc |