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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LAND OWNERS' ASSOCIATION HORSE 

 HEAVEN PROJECT PASS RESOLUTIONS 



Resolutions adopted by board of directors of 

 Land Owners' Association at a meeting held at Prosser, 

 Washington, June 3, 1916, which resolutions were 

 also re-adopted at a mass meeting held in the same 

 city on the same date : 



First : Be it resolved that on account of the lack 

 of information possessed by the voters as to the pur- 

 port and intent of the proposed bond issue to be voted 

 on at an election to be held June 6, next, by the Horse 

 Heaven Irrigation District, and because of the pos- 

 sible injury to the project that might result should the 

 election be held and the bonds voted down, the direc- 

 tors of the Land Owners' Association request the 

 directors of the Horse Heaven Irrigation District to 

 cancel the call for said election at this time. 



Second : That we request the irrigation district 

 directors to levy an assessment of six cents per acre 

 for the purpose of raising funds to investigate the 

 present status of the rights and claims of the Klickitat 

 Irrigation and Power Company and to determine the 

 value of those rights to the Irrigation District and for 

 and further investigation relative to the general feasi- 

 bility of the object that they may deem wise. 



Third: That for the purpose of accomplishing 

 the results mentioned in resolution number two, at the 

 earliest possible moment we request the said District 

 Directors to engage at once or as soon as possible 



1. A permanent secretary who would devote his 

 entire time to the interests of the project. 



2. An irrigation engineer. 



3. An irrigation attorney. 



Fourth : That these employes be instructed to 



proceed at once to secure the information desired and 

 to submit their reports to the District Directors for 

 further consideration. For the purpose of enabling 

 them to arrive at a proper determination of the im- 

 portant questions involved the District Directors shall 

 employ a Consulting Board consisting of two irriga- 

 tion engineers of national repute and an irrigation 

 attorney, said- Consulting Board to examine into and 

 pass upon the data secured by the employes first men- 

 tioned and to report their findings above to the Irri- 

 gation District Directors ; that the District Directors 

 shall report to the voters of the district the findings 

 above referred to and shall make such recommenda- 

 tions for further action as to them shall seem advisable. 



Fifth : That in choosing the secretary a person 

 shall be selected whose experience and qualifications 

 shall be such as to give weight and standing to any 

 suggestions he may offer to the Directors, to the end 

 that said suggestions may be adopted and that sub- 

 stantial and continuous progress be made in accom- 

 plishing the purposes for which the Irrigation District 

 was formed, to wit : the irrigation of Horse Heaven 

 Lands. 



Sixth : Since W. A. Kelso, one of the present 

 Irrigation District Directors is a stockholder in the 

 Klickitat Irrigation and Power Company and is there- 

 fore disqualified from acting in any negotiations with 

 the said company for securing their rights, we urgently 

 request Mr. Kelso to at once resign from said Board 

 of Directors, thereby removing the obstacle that now 

 prevents said Board from legally carrying on such 

 negotiations. 



PRACTICAL AND DURABLE SHEET METAL FLUMES 



The type of semi-circular metal flume, illustrated 

 by the accompanying photographs of various installa- 

 tions, has proven highly practical -and durable in actual 

 service on a great number of irrigation and power 

 projects in the far west. The construction is that 

 which has become well known under the name "Lennon 

 Type," but, the various manufacturers who are produc- 

 ing this form of conduit, having adopted "Armco" 

 (American Ingot) Iron for all the sheet metal portions, 

 it is now being sold as the "Armco" Iron Flume. 



The patented joint is a very simple and practical 

 one and, when the flume is erected with any degree of 

 care and judgment, results in a conduit which is per- 

 fectly water-tight. It is claimed to be very easy to as- 

 semble, and advices from those engineers who have 

 had installations of this flume under their supervision 

 seem to bear out this assertion. 



The characteristic feature of the joint is the use 

 of two rods as external members with that of a half- 

 oval for the internal member. This device has much 

 to recommend it on theoretical grounds and apparently 

 these expectations are borne out in actual sen-ice. 



The beads in the flume sheets are made on a 

 slightly larger radius than the half-oval iron which is 

 the interior member, thus allowing a small space be- 

 tween the sheets and the half-oval on the line of the 

 internal surface. This space and a slight thickness 

 over the half-oval itself are filled with an elastic com- 

 pound of very high melting point, which serves several 

 practical purposes. The most important use of this 

 space and its elastic filler is that of making each regular 

 joint an expansion joint, since it gives ample oppor- 

 tunity for the expansion and contraction of the sheets 

 under extreme changes of temperature. Thus this type 

 of flume when placed on a wooden substructure needs 

 no special provision for expansion and contraction. 



Cross-sectional view of the joint of the "Armco" Iron Flume. 



