F&GB HDD1 MEDFORlV MATT, TttmUSTE. MT3n rOTtn.. OK KCICiNV SATU It DAY, i A liC! f 22. ' lOlft. -ww y.-rMwr -y-i-i r TTTl -TTTTTt- fJ" r 4MfMM33Mfrft4fr ? ? Y Y Y Y Y Y Y V T Y Y Y Y y Y 7 t Y Y t Y Y f Y Y Y Y y Y Y Y f What About iitig ation ? Some Important Questions Answered Relative to the Project Pending Before the People IT SEEMS THAT ALTHOUGH THE CONTRACT OF THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY CANAL CO. HAS BEEN PUBLISHED SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH THE PAPERS OF MEDFORD AND CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO A NUMBER OF THE LAND OWNERS BY OUR SOLICITORS AND A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME HAS BEEN SPENT IN EXPLAINING IT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IT, YET WE FIND THAT COMPARATIVELY FEW SEEM TO UNDERSTAND IT THOROUGHLY. FOR THEIR SPE CIAL BENEFIT WE ARE AGAIN PUBLISHING THE CONTRACT AND A LIST OF THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MEETING HELD ON FEB RUARY 22 LAST FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLAINING THE CONTRACT FULLY. WE ASK EVERYONE INTERESTED IN THE WELFARE OF THIS VALLEY TO GIVE THIS CAREFUL CONSIDERATION FOR IT IS OF MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY THAN ANY OTHER THING AT THIS TIME. READ IT CAREFULLY. Mr. No(f then road the contract which Is to be held In' escrow, a copy of which will bo found below. The fallowing questions woro asked: Q. Whero la that wtcr to bj takes? A. At tho Intake on each subdivision. Q. What length of tlmo Is the Irrigation period? A. Wo will comQ to that later In n subsequent paragraph. Q. Suppose a man tares water on 10 acres or 20 acres, has ho tho rightvtu uso tho water up to 18 Inches? A. Wo deliver tho water to him, to lrrlgat6 the wholo pleco to the dopth of 18 Inches. Q. Suppose, n man had 20 acres 10 acres In pear or wheat, and 10 acres In alfalfa, and wanted inoro than IS Inches on his alfalfa and less than IS inches on tho penra could ho use It this way? A. lie could uso tho water In such porportlons on tho wholo tract ns ho tecs fit Q. Now supposo it was not required on that piece of land that I contracted for, could I run past tho line nnd use on another piece? A, No, Tho water must be used on the land signed up. It ran be used In ruch porportions us you seo fit. It is nccosNiry to do this bceauso tho cost of this system is ono mltlllon nnd a halt dollars, that is the best estltuato that wo have been able to set. and the only thins that we nre fearful of Is that tho es iuiatc Is too law. Tho water becomes appurtenant to tho land uudor tho law of Oregon; when a man owns a water right, ho owns it appurtenant to a particu lar piece of land. Q. "What is tho policy of the company hi case of n bad crop would It be n policy of leniency? A. Absolutely. As far as this cnniany Is concerned. It Is not here to get your land docs not want It. nnd there Is no question In tho world but that the company would bo In a position to and would bo lenient In regard to Install ments falling duo; ns to tho milutenanec chnrgo, that Is something that the company has to pay out erli year, and would have to be paid. In caso of n gen eral crop failure, or conditions that mado It n hardship, it would undoubtedly bo tho policy of the company to deal leniently. Q. What will bo tho dale of tho payment of the maintenance charge? A. Tho 15th day of October of each year. AW advance tho cost of main taining this system during tho year nnd you get your crops off tho land and uavo an opportunity to sell them, then you pay $2.50 for that year. Q. How would It bo for tho water users to form an association called tho AVatcr Users Association, and at this tlmo you Bpcak of, When tho mainte nance Is due. appoint a committee to meet with the oiricers of the company at that office, and get the expense or tho actual inalntnauce, and Instead of n flat rate of I2.G0 per year each year, make tho amount Jtut wbaiver It might be; If It should bo to an acre pay that; should it run to CO cents im acre, maku It that, and I should like to see this question put on tho actual rust of maintenance. J think that Is one of the principal objections tu the way. I feel that It will ba necessary to maku a graduated scale. A. In this connection, the price of $2.50 has been nrrlved at after carefully estimating the probnblo cost of maintaining this systsm, and so fnr as the com pany Is concerned, it is their opinion that they could not safely agree to do It for any less money. For the first few jcura that thin sjstom Is In operation it m list be apparent to ever) one Mint ns new water users enter Into tho contracts to tnko wuter, that new laterals will havu to lie constructed, from the main canals to tho land: It you should sign up next enr or vear after nutt, your land might lay one-half or three-fourths of n mile, from tho ennui. It would bo necessary to construct the lateral to your land. It would be almost Imposslhlu tu sVp nrato the cost of all of this extension wutk that must be gone through with; there will bo also undoubtedly n great many defects that will develop In tint canal nnd different parts of the work during the first few years- -conditions of soil perhaps here I a place whero the sell Is unusually porous and It will bo necessary to cement the rides of tho canal. It Is almost Impossible during the first tew yean, until wo have the bulk of this laud signed up and on your land, to make an Intelligent statement as to what should bo charged to construction, and what to maintenance. The company has no deslro and no disposition to make a dollar out uf this maintenance proposition. I am author ized to iay that If you want to tako this thing over when 15.000 ncres have been signed, nu can hat tho Mstem, so far us operation and maluleuauco Is concerned, and you ran form your own organisation and you ran chnrgo yourselves actual ront. You can take It ovr and operate It yourselves at actual cost, whenever 45.000 acres of this land have lieu signed up. The part that could be charged to maintenance will be very low only after tho system has been in operation a few yearn when nil of the weak spot vlll hno been found. Now we will have to charge part to construction and part to maintenance, nnd figure that $2.50 per acre Is wiall enough. In thin nystom there nre heavy dams at Four Mile Laho and Fish 1-ake.; a canal from Four Mile l.uko to FUtj l.ako cutting from the other watershed and bringing the water across from Klamath to Jackson County, nnd this will bo u very expensive proposition. Just ns soon as this thing Is put on n permanent buals nnd we have xold IG.OOO acres, you can have It, and wo will Hell our laud ns we can. As we sell a plccu cf land tho land owner comes Into your corporation. Q. In caso the water would bo brought on tu our tract, for Instance, would It bo necessary, or would the company bo willing to carry that wntur along property lines and not across dirgonnlly, across tho tracts of land? A. That Ik a matter that you can tako up with tho company, and they will certainly be willing to construct Its system with tho least itoiudblo litcouvenluiiut nnd Injury to your property. WATER CONTRACT This Agreement mado and entered Into this day of ........ J ...'... .' 19l! ., by and between tho KOUUB MVEU CANAL COMPANY, an Oregon corporation, party of the First 1'art and Party of tho Second Part. WITNKSSETII: Tha Party of the First Part, in conslderatlsn of the covenants and agree ments hereinafter contained, to be kept and performed by tho Party of "tho Second Part, has bargained and sold and docs by these presents bargain, soil and convey unto the said Porty of the Second Part a perpetual right to partici pate in tho uso ot tho-waters flowing through Us Irrigation system to irrlgato acres out of the tract of land described below to tho extent of but not to exceed one and one-half aero feot per aero for each annual Irrigation season and does hereby covenant and agree as follews: (1.) That It has acquired from tho Stato of Oregon by enlargement Permit No. 19, Permit No. 407 and Reservoir Permit No. CO, the waters of Four Mllo Lake In Klamath County, Oregon; of Fish Lake in Jackson County, Oregon, with catchment canal connecting said lakes, and the waters or Little ttutto Creek, to a sufficient amount to Irrigate 55.100 acres to a depth of one and one-half feet during each annual irrigation season nnd that It will construct and maintain a system of reservoirs, canals, conduits, laterals and surface supply pipes sufficient to conduct and will conduct, to tho lands hereinafter described, water for irrigation thereof to tho amount ot and not to exceed ono and one halt acre feet per aero for each annual irrigation season, measured at tho Intako ot each diversion from tho Main Canal or Laterals. (2.) That all canals snd laterals will be constructed ot such capacity that water can bo delivered either in continuous How or in rotation as will host serve the diversified interests of all users. That such water will bo delivered at such point within each legal subdivis ion ot forty acres embraced within or within which Is embraced tho land hore after described as Is most practicable and that when necessary it will Install and maintain sultablo measuring devices for tho measuring of said water. (3.) That it will not at any time enter Into any contract or contracts with other persons which will roqulro a greater umount ot water than the First Party can supply to Its usors, per aero as herein specified. In consideration ot the premises, said Second Party docs hereby accept tho conveyance of said Water Ilights to tho extent of acres as aforesaid and does hereby agreo as follews: (1.) That ho will pay for said AVatcr night at tho rate of fifty (50.00) Dollars for each and every aero thereof. (Tho name being the present uniform charge per aero for a perpetual right to participate in the uso ot said water) lu tho niauner following, to-wit: Tho sum of , ....($.........) Dollars at tho time First Party shall, under tho terms of this coutruct, bo ready and nblo to actually furnish nnd deliver its wator upon tho premises herein described for Irrigation lu tho manner and quantity herein provided. 'J'ho sum of .principal and f Interest ono year from said dato. And $ Interest two years from said date. nnd $ Intercut tluco years from ualil dale. and $ Interest (our years from said dato. and $ interest fivo years from, said date. unit $ Interest six years from said date. and $ Interest seven years from said. date. I Interest eight years from said dato, $ Interest nine years from said dato. Tho sum of x .principal Tho sum of f ... ...principal Tho sum uf principal Tho sum of $ principal Tho sum uf I principal Tho gum ot $ principal The sum ot $ principal and Tho sum of ; principal und All doforred payments to bear interest ut tho rato of six por cent per an num, tho interest to begin when tho Initial payment becomes payable, as afore said. Any or all payments may bo mado boforo duo and interest abated accord ingly. (2.) That they will pay to tho Party of tho First Part the sum of $2.50 per aero per annum on or before the 15th day ot October of each and every year as an annual maintenance charge for tho delivery of said wator, . (3,) All of said sums duo and payable under this contract to bo paid at tho otftco of tho Company In Medford, Oregon, and If not paid when due tho same to draw Interest at tho rate of six pur cent por annum payablo semi annually. (4.) That to secure the payment of all sums agreed to bo paid by Second Party to tho First Party hereunder and the Interest thereon, tho Second Party heroby gives and grants to the First Party n lien upon all of tho Jand herein described, (C.) The Second Party does further horeby glvo and grant to said First Party tho necessary rights of way over and through the lands hereinafter de scribed and tho right ot entry thereon, (or the purpose of constuctlng, main taining, repairing or enlarging Its canals, laterals and plpo lines, (0.) That tho First Party may from time to time make reasonable rules and regulations as H may deem necessary for tho proper control and distribution of Its waters, but shall not decrease the total quantity of water to bo delivered or increase the charges under this contract. (7.) That he will use economy and good husbandry at all times In the uso of said water and that ho will nut allow nny ot said water to run to waste and that any and all water lu excess ot that uctually needed by the .Second Parly shall bo permitted to remain In the canals nnd laterals of the First Party and First Party shall have tho right, ut Its option, to reclaim all waste water passing from tho lands herein described nnd la subject the snmo to Its control. (S.) That In case of contingency causing Qamago to Second Party by water from tho dlstrlubtlou aystom or source of supply of First Party, Immediate notice thereof shall bo given to First Party as soon as (ho same shall come tu the knowledge ot Second Party and no action or set-off or counter claim shall bo maintained by Second Party for damages which said First Party could havu prevented It due notice had been given. Such notlco shall ho glveii by tulephoue, mall or any other usual chnnnol of conveyance. (9.) Thnt ho Is tho owner or tho title to tho proporty hereinafter described. In consideration of tho Mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, tho parties hereto do mutually agree an follews: (1.) That tho First Party shall bo responsible to Second Party for actual damages committed to crops or Improvements In tle Installing, enlarging or repairing ot any part of the distribution system ot First Party crossing any part ot tho lands hereinafter described. (2.) The irrigation flea no n during which water Is agrcod to ho furnished hereunder Is fixed to begin hot later than April 1st of each year and shall not close prior to October 15th of each year. (3.) That tho First Party shall not bo rcspouslblu In any manner tor n deficiency of water caused by scarcity of natural water supply, damago by (loud or freezing, hostile diversion or obstruction, forcible entry, riot, legal restraint or act ot God, or In any caso not controlled or uttrlbutablo tn ton uegllKeuco ot First Party and If for any reason thcro should occur, at uny time, a shortage In the water supply, then the amount of water that Is available shall be distrib uted to the lands entitled thereto on u pro-ratu basis cither in tlmo or lu quan tity or both, and In such event the annual maintenance churgo for said years shall bo reduced In llko proportion. (1.) Tho Second Party may determine, for himself (subject to tho terms and conditions hereof, nnd wild rules nnd regulations of First Party) thu quan tity ot water (within tho total amount to which hu Is entitled) which ho will use at any ono period In or during tho irrigation season, oxcept that Second Party shall not bo allowed at nny ono time to uso mora than one-third of wild total amount, nor shall such one-third quantity be used lu any Irrigation season moro frequently than at thu expiration ot u thirty day Interval. (5.) All water contracted lor heroin shall become and bo appurtenant to tho land hereafter described and shall lio used for Irrigation and domestic purposes only and shall bu measured at tho point ot diversion from tho canal or lateral. (C.) Tho land and premises affected by this contract nro situated, lying and being in Jnckson County, statu ot Oregon, und nro moro particularly de scribed as follows, to-wit; together with nil and singular, the tenements, hereditament uud appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining, containing acres, It is mutually agreed between tho pnrtlus that in cuho tho number of acres or water rights contracted for horuiiudcr In less than the acreage of hind above described, then und In that evuut tho Second Party will, us soon as tho First Party has constructed Its Main Canal and Laterals for thn irrigation ot said lands, execute uud deliver to Second parly u written declaration particularly describing that portion of tho ubotv descrlhcd premises upon which lie desires water rights contracted hereunder to apply, which premises must bo uudor thu canals of tho First Party. Such declaration shall be executed and acknowledged lu tho sumo form us deeds or othor conveyances und shall bo delivered to First Party within ten days after being notified that the canals und laterals havu bcou constructed as aforesaid. Such declaration shall ho recorded lu tho Deed Itccords of Jackson County. Orogon, and when so recorded this coutruct shall then apply only as to thu land described in said declaration, (7.) When tho First Party shall have Issued Its contracts to supply wutor to Irrlgato all tho lands under its canals and laterals or so much thereof us Its supply of wutor Is adeqiiato to permanently Irrigate- in tin manner herein pro vided and shall liavo received payment for 30,000 acres thereof or Its equivalent then said First Party covenants and agrees that It will, on demand, convey to any corporation, selected and designated by n mujorlty of tho owners owing land so Irrigated, tho title to said Irrigation systom including thu wutor rights, reservoirs, canals and all othor holdings of tho- First Parly necessary lu tho storing and delivering of said wator to tho laudu to be irrigated but not tho unpaid amounts to become duo on tho outstanding contracts und thereafter title thereto shall bo vested In said corporation and subject to its management und control. Provided, however, that all tho owners or lands so Irrigated fruut said system, shall bo given equal right to tho membership und privileges ot such corporation In proportion to tho acreage of land so Irrigated and owned by thum aud provided that any such corporation may, at any time, become entitled to said conveyance by purchasing from tho First Party tho ronialmlor of Its unsold water at tho prlco per acre herein named und lu the event of such cuuvoyunco to said corporation, all thu obligations of Second Party to make tho paymonts of 12.50 pur acre per annum ns a maintenance charge, shall Immediately cuiiso and terminate This contract shall bo binding upon tho executors, administrators, heirs, assigns and successors of the parties executing It, Q. Is It understood tho right or way Is donated (o the company? A. Ye. You get the benefit r nil rights of way above jou. and you reciprocate by helping tho man out below you. Q. How wide Is that right of way? A. It vnrles in different oases. It Is nlwnys ponsllilr for you before going Into this thing fur ou to find out. It Is a thing for ouo.li laud owner tu go lulu and lenru before signing up. Q. Is tho survey permanently located? A. Thoro Is n survey madu undoubtedly subject to change, but lu narh case jou can mako jour arrangements with thu company with rnpii In thoMt matters. You can look Into tho matter nnd got Information from (Im company. (. Supposing I find after two or three or four jour that I eun't iuo tuoru than 3 Inches uf water, hate I got to pay (or tho IS luuhesT A. Yes, sir. O. I find the water hinders my ground? A. Then you duu't lake It. I lure la thn proportion with rndtmurw lo Unit matter; The total amount of laud under the cunuls futmitd nt tftO an nrru will equal. If nil of It were III use. prnvtlcilly 46.000 aerus. If you did uso but three Inches, und eorybody else In proportion. Ihero would only Ih one fourth enough t pay fnr tho mvhIpui. W urn going m Klvu jou 18 Inelies, Sometime crops require fully t.S Indies alfaltu (or Instance. You urn getting Irrigation (or onu acre of land or whatever you neml. When wo have wild 45,000 acres thou wo will turn It oer lo yuu. whether w have received pay fur any of it or nut. Q. Hiiw man) acre will juii lmw to have shjimd up? A. Thirty thousand acre. As I have wild before, the cut of this tNtetu Is $1,500,000. Thirty thuusaud acre ut $50 ait aero wpubj maku Just 11,500,000. Q. When do we, have to pay? A. Pay nny tlmo jou waul to, on or be for. Thu oxpunillture uf $1,500,000 will hu mdo lu constructing tint Hitem nerording to plnm and specif leatlous which will be approved by thu wntur Jt'om mmiiiltlito, which will be explained later. Q. A mail ban u tut of Mock -can he use water from thee canals (or watering purposes? A. Ytts, It la (or doiiteMlc uud Irrigation purposes, which lucludmi thu watering of alt stock a tnitu has. O, How do you meanure thu water for stouk? A. Yuu uieaHiiro at thu Intake. K yuu hao an acre under Irrigation Mill would bit entitled tu enough wuter to cover thu IhikI ut IS Inches, What jou use this (or does nut concern in. WATER ESCROW AGREEMENT The Contract hereto attached Is hereby placed In escrow lu thn Medford National Hank of Medford, Oregon, lo bu held by said Hank subject tu tho fol lowing conditiens: If within IS months from January 1st, 1913, there shall have been placed In said Dank a sufdclcnt number uf runtracts of similar tenor to this coutruct, to Justify tho Party of tho First Part to said contracts, in building nnd com pleting Us entire sjstem adequate lo Irrigate 55,100 aires of laud In the llogun ltiver Valley and said First Party shall within said time notify said Medford National Hank thereof, said Hank shall catine to bo mnllad through the United Htatcs Mall to the Second Party hereto ami lu each ot tho Second Patties tu each anil every other contract, so placed In escrow lu said Hank, a notlco fining tho tlmo and place of meeting of tho Second Parties in nald contractu addressed to each said Second Parties at his Post Office address us stated In said Con tracts respectively or If no address be stated In said coulructs then nt Medford, Oregon. Said notices shall bo given not less than ten days before said meeting nnd nald meotlug shall bo held lu some convenient pliicu In thu City of Medford. At said mcvtlng a committee of five shall bo chosen (rum among thn said Second Parties. Knch of thu Second Parties at said mooting shall be entitled to n number of votes equal to tho number of acres of laud for which ho has contracted to purchuso water as aforesaid. Such committee shall be chimin by n majority of thu nercagn represented at said meeting and alio by a majority lu number of thoso present, It shall bu thu duty and function ot said committee; FIRST:--To examine Into thu responsibility and financial condition of tho First Party and to determine) whether or not thu First Party Is ready nnd nblo nnd has lu hands or available the necessary funds lu actually construct thu entlro system nnd to carry out nnd perform all tho terms of said contract. SECOND: To examine the plans and spectllcntluus uud details of Its pro posed Irrigation nysteui nitd to detormlno whether or nut thu saiuu nro ndequato and sufficient to furnish and supply wuter tn 55.100 acres of laud under Its canals and ditches In the manner provldud by said contracts. TlllltU; To mako such Investigation as they may deem necessary and tn determine whether or not the First Party has available a sufficient supply of wuter tu Irrlgato all o( tho lauds tu bu Irrigated under all of thu coutrncts so lu escrow lu said bank. It la understood and agreed that said commltteo shall bu afforded, by thn Party of thu First Part, all Information uud facilities of every character In Its pOMcsslou Hint It may require lu making said luvestlgatlun uud determination! that If It deem it necessary It may call to Its assistance any expert lu Water Supply or Irrigation and that tho First Party will pay tho roasonnhlo charge ut said expert. It nut being thu Intention, howavur, thnt thu tlmu necessary tu maku measurements of thu run off of streams extent of water shed, shut of reservoir basins, or other physical (actors connected with suld system shall bo taken, but that reports as to such matters furnished by tho U. S. Ilydrouniplilc Survey, thu Wuter hoard of tho Stato of Oregon or other equally reliable sources shall bo taken us thu buMs o( such Investigation uud that not moro than 40 days shall bu cousumuil lu mulling thu same. Upon concluding Its luvestlgatlun and determination, tho said commltteo shall make, a written report to said Hank, a report signed by four mumburs of thu committee, tu bo deemed a report of tho committee, and If said report shall statu that said cuuimlteu Is of thu opinion after such luvuHtlgullnu. that First Party Ih ready, able uud has on hand or available sufficient fiinil to construct said system and thnt tho plami and speelflcatluus of mild system are sufficient and unliable to provide u permanent uud adeqiiato system of Irrigation (or 55,100 acres of laud under Its dltuhes uud canals and that nald Firm Party owns or has available u supply of water udequato to Irrigate nil of the lands covered by all thn contracts In escrow In uuld Hank In thu manner provided Uy said contracts, then suld Hunk shall upon receiving suld report deliver all of nald contracts tu First Party, Hut If suld Committee or two or morn moinhurs thereof shall statu lu suld report that from Investigation they are nut satisfied (ih to nil thu aforesaid mutters, then upon receipt of said report nald Hunk ahull return ouch of said contractu to thu Second Party mimed therein, who executed thu suiiiu and thu saiuu shall bu considered cancelled uud surrendered uud In all respects null and void, it Is further understood thnt If said Hank shall not receive report from thu ouiiiinlttuu ( suld Second Party for u porlnd of 00 days after nald meeting nbovu provided, said Hunk shall upon demand dullvur all ot tlui said contractu to thu First Purly. f In case a sufficient number of contrnuts nro not.socured uu aforesaid then thlH contract shall bo roturnod to Second Party autlMho sumo uhiill hu uuil aud 'IN AV1T.NK88 WIIHHKOF, TIIK FiltST PAHTY han hereunto cniihcd Itn iiumu and curpurntn seal to bo ufdxod aiid'HKCOND PAItTY lias hereunto i.ul his haid uud uuul this duy o( Ill... 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