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vested rights while being in this position. There- 

 fore, should it ever be desired to bring them in 

 again or even to put them out, should they refuse, 

 it would raise a serious question. Just what right 

 the Secretary has to put a man out of the project 

 without his consent is hard to see. 



This order establishes a precedent that may 

 be far-reaching, as under it the Secretary has the 

 right to set aside the entire withdrawal of any pro- 

 ject and the settlers would possibly have the mere 

 right to get water and the Government would have 

 the works'. 



over Director Xewell's signature only, that it is 

 not believed were ordered by the Reclamation Com- 

 mission. These matters will be taken up through 

 proper channels and presented to the Reclamation 

 Commission for its rejection or endorsement. 



"While the settlers have the fullest confidence 

 in Mr. Camp, it is the intention of those who will 

 fight the Portland overhead charge to ask the Recla- 

 mation Commission to either give Mr. Camp full 

 charge of the operation of this project or else re- 

 place him with a man whom the Commission feels 

 is able to handle the project without assistance from 

 Portland." 



KLAMATH FIGHTS MYSTERIOUS ORDER 



By some indirect, mysterious route, J. G. Camp, 

 project engineer on the Klamath project in Oregon, 

 has received an order to include in his expense bills 

 for the project the overhead charges of Pacific Di- 

 vision headquarters' office at Portland, Ore. The 

 Water Users are aroused by this action. 



When Camp was placed in charge of the proj- 

 ect, following the removal of W. W. Patch, 'the 

 Reclamation Service announced he would deal di- 

 rectly with Washington, and for a time no over- 

 head charges for the Portland office were assessed 

 against the Klamath Water Users. 



"It appears, according to the word received 

 here, that the order was issued without considera- 

 tion by the whole Commission," says the Merrill 

 (Ore.) Record. "Not only has Mr. Camp received 

 orders of this nature, but it is claimed that indi- 

 vidual Water Users have had matters sent to them 



IDAHO OWNS KING HILL 



The State of Idaho is now the owner of the 

 King Hill irrigation project. The state land board 

 bid in the property for $30,000 in order to protect 

 the state's equity. Under the court's order, there is 

 no right of redemption of the property. 



The land board's plans for the project this year 

 contemplate the expenditure of from $10,000 to 

 $15,000 in improving the project under the plans 

 submitted by State Engineer F. P. King. This in 

 addition to the cost of maintenance this season. 



UPHOLDS CAREY ACT CONTRACT 



Carey Act irrigation companies have the power 

 to enforce the terms of their water contracts with 

 settlers, even when the title to the land is still in 

 the United States, and the United States cannot be 

 made a party to the suit, according to a decision 

 handed down in the Idaho state supreme court. 



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