j The Worth of Water j IT HAS lonj been ajrfcd that the future of the west, Utah IncluJed, depended upon the ijse to which the water supply was put, but it temiined for t". O. Larson, en'i.ieer in charje of Invesli'alions for the reihmalion service in Utah, to put this down in dollars and cents. Mr. Larson sas that the best water rijhls on the Weber river ate worth on an average of 6ooo a second foot, with some few rights going as high as to,ouo a second foot. Me says that certain investigations investiga-tions made on the I'rovo and in Cache county Indicate figures somewhat similar. Mr. Larson arrived at these figures after carefully care-fully checking the court decrees in Ihe matter mat-ter of water rights, the allotments nude under the temporary determination of rights on the Weber, the actual amount of water put upon the land at fulL and scant season, and Ihe market value of water per share. He based his calculations upon the average low water stage, that being the acid test of water rights. - Mr. Larson figures that there are three general classes of water rlghls on the Weber river, the poorer being worth U200 a second foot and the second class 48oo. The third and best class averages 6opo, with some few higher thin that but grouped for convenience con-venience in that class. A stream of water running one second foot is a stream which runs one cubic foot of water each second. Such a stream will cover one acre with two feet of water every twenty-four hours. - Mr. Larson calls attention lo the many different angles to getting Ihe worth of water. I or example, his figures of 6ooo a second foot would be all wrong if the water were to be taken away from the locality entirely. One farmer will sell to another farmer a second sec-ond foot for that amount, but let some organization organi-zation come forth and try to purchase an entire en-tire stream flow and take It someplace else and the price would be big nough to cover the price of the water, the land and all the improvements, plus whatever city property b dependent upon that particular stream. Mr. Larson also calls attention to the fact that often the best rights do not bring the most money. W here there is almost enough water for a given district -almost but not quite there is a tendency to ray more for a little extra water than there is in a district which has ample right.