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Show \ bo relieved as soon as possible. Under recent c on dit ion 3 however, the new man is likely to be as bad as the old, and it is always a source of annoyance if rot loss, to break a new man in at tho height of an irrigation season. Por thia rea3caa, it is sometimes better to try to gat -along with . it a poor nan rather than risk a change before the end of the _.-. i. season. Tbs Service occasionally attracts the indolaat agitator,. who regards any Ocvernmeaat job as a sinecure, and when he discovers hi a mistake, or Is dismissed for inefficiency, is loud in its denunciation. Tho few legitimate complaints of the lessees ar_> primarily due to the inefficiency of an occasional ditch-rider, while the 'others are largely founded on tho activities of a disgruntled former employee. Project Bunds:- Tho ids e in the cost of labor asd material has the effect of causing the Service io a-ppaar to be continuously impeounsous. All estimates for whioh appropriations aro based, must be prepared nearly two years in advance, and it is impossible to foretell th__& far in advir.ee what tha market conditions will he, with the ro3ult, within recent years, that th_ro havenaver boon cuffici oat funds to accomplish the contemplated work* A3 the funds oould rotba increased to meet the demands of ths work, it tras necessary to reduce the work in harmony with the funds available. |