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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1915)
TUB HEM) Hl'LLKTIX, IlKXI), OHK., WEDNESDAY, 1K0KMM2K 8, 10 IS. 1'AOK . ENSION n T BE GRANTED D OFFICE WANTS 3 E MORE FACTS v mi Says Stale Must Explain lltlonx Itcfoio (Jetting Itcnewnl . .Morson Ciiiitriict Situation Slmllat' to Kcnlmui Unit. lie following nrtlclo, which np- id lit-tho Oregon Journal on Krl- bf Inst week, Is of bo much lm- nco In connection with the- lien. rnlls project question now doing led, PS well ns on account of lo. Interest In tho Morson project Itlon, thrt It Is reprinted here In -Ed.) to 10 year porlod allowed for tho imaMon of tho lands cogrogatod fr tho Carey act for the Deschutes Company irrigation project, vn as tho J. B. Morson project In, Ik county, expired Octohor 21, (tho Dcsort Lund Hoard has np- to the department of tho Inter ior nn oxtentlon of tlmo to Octo- 31, 1918. llcforo tho extension tho grnntod, Clay Talltunn, com- (loner of the gcnoral land ollice, Buhmlttcd to register and receiver ho Lnkevlew land olTlco n number enrolling questions which he says fcxpepto tho strto to ansvsr hefora 'notion Is tnkon. In vlotf of tho high percentage of (funds of tho company that In the hnvo gono Into overhead charges extent to wh'ch the resourcee rc- ution for tho completion of tho Beet must, It needed, ho actually bonofllclnlly extended to that should bo fully disclosed," lo a ilflcnnt statement Commissioner llman makes. Project Much lu Limelight. fho Deschutes project has boon fy much In tho limelight during tho fow yoars hocruso It was tho sub- of many hentcd controversies tvcon mcmbei3 oft ho Desert Land h.rd nnd nt ono tlmo tho hocid, nt lnsl3tcnco of Oawald West, then Pernor, brought cult agn'nst J. B. Irson, prcsldont cf tho comrnny, to oln him from tolling optloos on land In the project boforo tho Ed was reclaimed. Tlio suit was fried to to tho state supremo court kl Morson won. In tho Desert Land Hoard contro- rsy West used every means nt hand his offorts to forco Morson to censa iposlng of tho lands until tho water is ready for mom, wnno aiuiu rensurer Kay was most active In pport of Morson. Stnto nnd fioveriiinciit. IWhon a Carey net project Is undcr- ken. tho stnto enters Into a con- stet with tho government for tho clnmntlon of tho lands within n fven period of years, nnd tho stnto turn enters Into n contract wmi lo Individual or rnmpnnv to con flict tho protect. Morson s contract is mndo with tho stnto under tho law nppllcablo to Cnrev net pro- cts In this rtnto and !t did not pro- llilt tho sale of tho lands boforo clnmntlon. I nut now that ft ww contrnct It hired, nil tho nuestlons that had len raised by Wert nro ngaln rnlsed Commissioner Tnllmnn n"i "i satisfactorily answered within 90 &' "Should tho stnto fnll to comply rowlth within 90 dnvs, or to np nl herefrom within 30 dnvs," savs fommlBslonor Tallman, "Its rn"li- Uon for extension of tlmo und("- o net of Mnrch .1, 1901, hereby held r roiection. will bo rejected with- it further notice, and fcnpronrlnto eps looking toward tho cancellation the segregation for expiry win uo kon" Lands of Xon.Pf.rrt PtI'. Commissioner Tnllmnn says tho npllcatlon for nn extrusion of time i not supported by n showing ns re- ulred by tho regulations. He also olnts out thnt there Is serious quos-i Ion of whether tho lands in the sog- egatlon nro subject to desert entry : nywny. "Over half of the lands In list 11. ( b orlclnalh- filed" writes Commts-1 loner Tallman. "were eliminated be fore segregation on account of Its, non.desert. timber character. After segregation It has been urged that I the segregated lands are non-desert i In character and would, without Ir r'gatlon produce profitable crons. This contention appears to be sup norted by a special agent of this of flco thnt tho moisture Is wfth'n two or three Inches of the surfecs. Is suf ficient to support a dense growth of black pine nnd a scattering growth of underbrush where the timber Is not too thick, and a fairly good growth of grass on the open meadow ianns. ' Land thnt produces a natural growth of timber Is not subject to desert entry." i Morson llml llearlnir. Commissioner Tallman points out that when the probable non-desert character of the land was reported to the department Mr. Morson was glv-, f en an oral hearing on the matter. The department took the position that as ' a practical matter It would not . dls-j turb Its action of October 21, 190... ! "Hut the department," says the' commissioner, "further advised: 'If,! within the statutory time, the terms of tho Cnrcy act shnll not have been carried out, tho government will have occnsion to net.' Accordingly this question must bo considered. After referring to the changes In the plan of reclamation nnd that the Rtfttn U'llt llfivn W1 rlnfa It. ...l.lnl. n ," ""- "v ; " nun." l mnko n full showing, Mr. Tallman says: "It should bo shown that tho lands segregated were, nt the date of se lection, desert in chnractor. and that nil the segregated lands can be re claimed under tho system as now contemplated. Any lands as to which such showing cannot be made should bo relinquished. The contemplated plan of reclamation should bo fully disclosed, particularly as relates to the land to bo reclaimed by pumping systems, tho capacity of the plants their clllcloncy nnd the source, ndi qunoy and pormnnency of. and what arrangements hnvo been made fcr a perpetual, or perpetually renewed right to tho use of, the necessary power for operating the pumping plants, Wiiti'i Mights nt Issue. "Tho present legal status of the water rights relied upon should be shown, paitlculnr attention being given to the question of Intervening ndvorse rights iultlnted subsequent to tlio orlglnnl locations relied upon, and as to whether or not tho right of relation to such original locations can bo assorted. "In n project depending In part upon direct diversion, nnd In part upon stoVnge, It Is necessary" to know tho wntcr requirements nt different periods of the Irrigation season. "Estlnintes of tho wnter require ments for tho period by months or such shorter periods ns may bo nec essary for determination of tho suf ficiency of tho water supply, should bo submitted. This will depend, In a largo part, upon tho total area of lands for which equal or superior rights In tho wnter Btipply hnvo been, or mny be, ncqulred, tho percentage) of such area which will bo Irrigable, , tho allcwanco for tho Irrlgalilo nrea for lnnds not Irrigated In n given year from which datn tho Irrigable nrea requiring wntcr In any ono year can bo deducted. 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