Show Confidence Vote Given Water Committee At Roosevelt Meeting On Wednesday Boo APPOINTED Van D. Duchesne county's representative in the legislature has been appointed to four major committees as Fish Rules and Revenue and Taxation for the current which is his Formation Of Conservancy District 1 Will Be Delayed For Commercial Club Was Host To Dinner Continued activity of Duchesne County toward the ultimate organization of a conservancy close functioning with the Bureau of Reclamation and Utah Water and Power Board will remain in the hands of the committee selected several months ago at a Duchesne This decision was reached at a meeting Wednesday afternoon in Roosevelt A representative group of business and professional and officials from the Bureau of Reclamation and the Utah Water and Power met in a dinner meeting at the Frontier with j the Roosevelt Commercial club as Horace past of the Commercial club and Ul water problems of the Basin for many presided over the meeting as chairman Two Bureau Parley and Stewart M and Jay newly appointed director of the Utah Water and Power discussed several phases of the Upper Colorado program and the 1 small projects connected with the 1 Utah Neeley the formation of the only three conservancy districts organized in Utah at this First was one in Carbon county the direction of the aided in the rebuilding of the Scofield The second is a Salt Lake City district non-bureau directed which was organized to supply culinary and the recently completed district in the Vernal area He explained the a conservancy district in any given county would be under the supervision of the county which has the authority to levy for repaying the obligation of the He pointed out that the bureau is not prepared to make recommendations concerning the formation of a district in Duchesne county at this Right To Tax McMasters told the group that a conservancy type of district gives the right to the county to levy up to 1 mill to repay the loan in the district that would be affected Property not included in the area to be served would not be subjected to the tax In answering the we missed the because we other districts to be formed ahead of a question which had been asked by people in Duchesne county McMasters In answer to another should we do as a county to on Back NEW PRESIDENT E. L. veteran school board was installed as president of the board at last CONFIDENCE VOTE GIVEN from Page the ball Mc-Masters suggested that a live-wire be formed to keep contact the Bureau and to keep the people the keep in touch with the project and make reports as regularly as When the time is right the bureau will Recommend the formation of a he The officials emphasised that the when should have the blessings of the county and full support of water civic and service as well as the people in The must be empowered to petition for the formation of a district when the time They gave advantages and disadvantages of large and small Chairman Reports Elwood chairman of the committee appointed at Duchesne and president of the Duchesne County Water Users pointed out that there were several organizations in the county working on water all without full authority to the He urged an affiliation of all people in the county with the Water Users Offered Support Bingham assured the people of Duchesne county and the Basin that the organization he represent ed was constantly working for their interests and that it was several small with the backing of the Utah Water and Power would be started in the near future in this After an exchange of questions and answers and a motion was made by Howard Roberts of Myton that the existing committee be and given the of all concerned Provisions were also made that in the event ol a vacancy it be filled by the county Personnel of the committee includes Bennie Jack Wiliam N. Nathan and Floyd who was appointed by the County commissioners to represent the board Since he has been retired from the it is possible that another commissioner will be ap pointed in his |