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Show m Y ! Plans Of Duchesne Water Users Told By Chairman President Elwood B. Carter of the Duchesne County Water Users Association discussed the objects of the association at the annual meeting of the group held Feb. 24 at the courthouse in Duchesne. His chief topic centered about Article Ar-ticle Four of the Articles of Incorporation Incor-poration of the Association, which pertains to the 'Objects of the Association.' As-sociation.' He stated, "The people of the county have' to develop their own water and that nobody else will come in and develop it unless it is money in their pocket. Every day the water runs away and we aren't doing anything about it." He further fur-ther stated, "We do not get paid for jobs such as mine and the other directors have. All we get out of this is the satisfaction of helping our fellowmen." Mr. Carter stated that he had talked with Parley' Neeley, consulting con-sulting engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation, and asked if there is any chance for further development develop-ment in this county in irrigation. Mr. Neeley assured Mr. Carter that there is considerable development develop-ment possible, mostly small projects. proj-ects. Urge Cooperation Chairman Carter stated that he has met with the Duchesne county commissioners recently on three occasions to ask for funds to de-(Continued de-(Continued on page 2) ' .' V. - . ' ; . i ' ! . - I , r- -t MAKES REPORT Elwood B. Carter, president of the Duchesne Du-chesne County Water Users Assn., warns of impending disaster dis-aster unless farmers unite together. DUCHESNE WATER USERS . . . (Continued from Page 1) velop more water and land. "Unless development is made soon in this county, we won't need all these schools we are now building; because at the rate people peo-ple are moving out in order to find work, there won't be enough children left out here to fill these new buildings," the chairman said. Mr, Carter commented that he was glad to see the Myton group doing some inexpensive' development. develop-ment. He pointed out that the Fruitl'and group, who could develop devel-op water for 11,000 acres and possibly pos-sibly up to 35,000 acres was doing do-ing something about it. He pointed out that there are' many more such projects that could be developed de-veloped in Duchesne County. Chairman Carter explained that in the initial phase of the Central Utah Project, Duchesne County will get from 4-5 thousand acres of new land development, and urged the people of this county to get in and do a lot of studying and develop their own project. He further stated that the ultimate phase of Central Utah is just a guess even the Reclamation Bureau Bur-eau cannot foretell' when. In closing clos-ing his address to the water users, Mr. Carter requested that the people peo-ple all get in and support this 6r-ganization 6r-ganization the Duchesne County Water Users Association. A Postponed Meeting The March 9 meeting of the Duchesne' Du-chesne' County Water Users has been postponed for a week or two, according to Robert S. Mur-dock, Mur-dock, secretary of this group. The postponement was called because Mr. NeeSey, consulting en-I en-I gineer for the Bureau of Reclamation, Reclama-tion, was unable to attend the meeting as a chief speaker. Announcement of the March meeting date for the water users is to be announced next week. In the meantime, individuals may send their $1 membership fee to Mr. Murdock at Roosevelt to give backing to this organization. Water associations and municipalities municipal-ities within Duchesne County may back these proposed projects by becoming members of the' Duchesne Du-chesne County Water Users Association, As-sociation, with a $5 membership fee. |