Show reclamation project repayment plans are discussed reclamation Asso association cation stron y endorses sliding scale Ke Ite payment plan for large government financed projects the repayment plan for large government financed reclamation projects such as the moon aloon lake reservoir was the topic of greatest importance to uintah basin people discussed at the annual of the national reclamation I 1 n association according to horace L allred a delegate to the convention which was h held e id last week in reno nevada mr allred who returned to roosevelt friday stated that recommendations have been made and a plan worked out to repay the government for moon lake an i 1 other si siTi nilar ilar projects on a sliding scale a percentage of each years earnings rather than a flat sum each year for forty years as 1 lie he contract now calls for too sliding scale plan was launched at last years convention in casper wyoming after aich which followed a series of state stale meetings and the working out of a definite repayment plan delegates to the convention strongly favored such a plan to relieve the heavy burden of debt from the people and let the great reclamation projects pay for themselves bedoe bafo e it becomes law however congressional action must be taken mr allred believes that the reclamation association is so strongly behind tile the plan that it v ill become effective small projects A new tendency in tile the association is to go into vi lalier projects for example mr allred explained engineers have designated the sites to fo perhaps 50 small reservoirs and ponds here in the uintah basin which when such a program is carried out will be a means of keeping water here tor for use when needed A noxious weed program and the colorado river basin were also discussed at some length many state and national officials attended the meeting including secretary of the inter interior I 1 or harold L ickes senator pat mccarran lc senator key pittman commissioner Commissio nir john C page of the reclamation hureau liu reau governor richard kirman of nevada etc mr aldre 1 l stated that of the finest speakers and programs that he had over ever heard were presented at the convention B 0 colton accompanied mr allred on the trip |