Show ENGINEER R MEETS WITH CEDAR VALLEY PUMP ERS appointment T 11 II according to humphreys fl state Engine eer met with the underground d water users ot of cedar valley in the Exten extension sioni assembly room of the federal building tuesday morning for the purpose of making recommendations with res to the ithe appointment ot of a water tor for the underground water ot of the valley during the season ot of 1938 and to discuss the commissioner is to such a perform and ithe compensation he should Tec receive eve john S woodbury wo 1 edbury acted as chairman of it the meeting approximately 50 underground water users were in attendance at the meeting and accepted the state engineers suggestion by appointing an underground water users comm atee the committee appointed consisted of fred biederman Ble derman chairman J S woodbury J II al palmer rolce roice B nelson and owen Al matheson atheson As a friendly gesture to the prospective well owners in the valley urie uric williams was elected as a member committee without a vote to represent a group ot of land owners who have made application to drill wells but whose applications have not yet been granted by the state engineer the committee appointed was given authority with the state engineer to select a water commissioner to prepare a salary and expense budget and to transact other bolher necessary business for the group the election of an underground water users committee and the decision cis ajl to appoint an underground water ater W commissioner constitutes an important aced forward in III the administration ot of the underground law passed by tile the legislature in 1935 according to the state engineer pen naion lon to drill irrigation pump wems we ls will not be granted until such time as the facts clearly indicate that there is sufficient water to justify such action at this time the state engineer feels that it would be unwise to grant permission to drill or additional wells in cedar or parowan carowan valleys |