Show STATE ENGINEERS REPORT state engineta Engine eA F doramus has just completed the fourth biennial report of the state engineers office and handed it to the governor govera or I 1 he report is a lengthy document and alvea in tic work done by the office for the two years and makes several recommendations in mr doremus opinion would if carried out be of benefit to the state in the future A greater pat of the work done in fact nearly all by this office has been directed toward the establishment or securing data to establish water rights in the weber river water system the law requires that these rights shall be established under four general heads first the recording of all existing water rights second to see that future rights aie properly recorded third to give an equitable apportionment of water to the several users and fourth publicly to record all transfers of water rights As the weber was one t the systems in the state that was most needed the adjudication of water rights was begun on it nearly two years ago and has acea pushed as basl as possible until now the work Is nearly completed as far as the state engineers office Is concerned it has been found by measurements that the weber river yields annually in round numbers 1100 acre feet an acre foot meaning a body of water one toot deep covering an acre of ground of this feet is used in irrigation and flows annually into the great salt lake when the state engineers office be pan work on this system it was thought that not more than ditches were in use in the entire system but it later developed that a total of 1228 canals and ditches diverted the waters for irrigating ri purposes the ditch owners were all ordered to put in measuring devices at the head gate of these ditches and work on tills was necessarily slow as nothing could bedone during the irrigating season however now the state engineer says nearly every ditch owner has complied with the law and action w ill be taken in the courts at once to compel the few delinquents to put in these measuring devices these devices aie so constructed ted that an accurate estimate of the water used can be made on any day in the year A record of water used will then be on file in the state engineers of fave which together maps showing the location of every ditch and other data regarding the rights of the ditch owners will give the state a complete and accurate recoil of the irrigating rights of every land ouner in this district this work sas the state engineer is necessarily slow and must be accurate as the courts will settle all disputes ditch owners it is thought it will take about two years more to fully del ei mine the water right rights s of every ditch owner in this district including the work that has to be done by the courts when the ownership of water from the weber river will be settled tor all almo to come COST OF WORK TO DATE the joost of this work up to date and estimate of the money necessary to complete the work is placed at while these figures may appear large the state engineer says they are noticing to 11 hat the costs would be in pro longed litigation to settle ho same questions which can now easily bo le by the done by his office lie says the has been somewhat for tho carefulness with which it lias done this work but ho considers that it is absolutely sarv to leavo the done correctly as it will stand for all time as law on water rights in tho weber river system it is the intention to take up the other great water systems of the state as soon as this is completed until the absolute ownership owner thip of every gallon of water used in irrigation Is fully ile ter mined f during the past 3 ear an application has made by L B dewey for a certain amount of water to be taken from the green river for purposes pui poses which was denied this matter car tied into tho courts affa the state engineer is anxious to have it settled as it will be of great importance in the future development of the stale dewey desired to a power plant and in his application said the water would be returned to the river without any loss to irrigation an investigation was made and while it was found the water used would not inconvenience any of the water users at the time yet a of arid land containing dovw could be irrigated by this water at the place it was to be taken from green river which it would be impossible to do if the water was diverted at that point for powei purposes the application was not allowed for this reason and dewey carried the matter into the courts judge jacob johnson decided against the state engineer and the latter carried the matter to the supreme court of the slate where alie suit is still pending the report is supplemented with numerous maps and drawings shoving the work accomplished during the past two acar appointing DEPUTIES county officers elect have been busy during the past few days in making up their lists of assistants the list of applicants has not been short to cause marked comment and the turning down has been rather more general this year because some officials have been elected reelected re and will retain their old force ahila some ol 01 the new officers have decided ip mae few changes n the force employed by their predecessors in the office of county clerk J U eldredge jr it is understood david A will be made head of the district court department succeeding george G armstrong who was elected to the district bench william H farnsworth Is slated for the head of the probate department succeeding M eldredge H F evans C a buck waiter howard A king and joseph V macknight will be deputies and the clerical force will include W E jenkins miss addie dunbar miss luc retla cooley mrs magaret C witcher Witch cr mrs cora S dixon mrs helena mcintosh miss lillian james miss evelyn eddington miss rose nye and miss mclaughlin nearly all of these are at present connected with the office treasurer W 0 carbis will ly made no changes in his present force A change in the office of auditor I 1 M fishier is made necessary by the election of chief deputy percy 0 parkins to the office of county recorder koscoe vigus will probably succeed mr Pc rAins while frank hig gln botham formerly with the lall road will likely bo appointed to iho post at present held by mr algus assessor Cain M brown will probably appoint seth to the chiet made vacant by the election yf mr brown anos y gab bottand miss mando auyon are likely to be the other domce assistants sheriff C frank emery will it Is believed make no changes in county attorney P ia christensen has announced the names of willard hanson and job P lyon as his assistants recorder perina will probably retain john L may as chief deputy it is understood mr perkins will make not more than three or tour changes in the force the changes have not been announced BANQUET IS POSTPONED in order to permit the attendance ot members of the legislature the jack son day banquet to be given by the democrats of utah has been postponed from jan 7 to monday jan 9 the banquet will be given at tho commercial club and will begin at 7 senator simon bambarger state chairman will ba and brief addresses will be made by prominent members of the party in the state the reception committee will consist of and Mes daires 0 W powers joseph M cohen simon aam barger B H roberts william igleheart F S richards james H moyle william H dale william H king J R letchel Let chei william M roylance J R barnes joseph L rawlins john E hansen fisher harris moses thatcher thomas D dee A R weeter H J hayward mrs EJ D roundy secretary cohen of the committee says many applications for tickets have already ben received and hopes those who intend to be present will make their applications for tickets at once ao as to enable the committee to make proper arrangements tickets may be secured from mr cohen at room atlas block all democrats and those who are co minced they ought to be democrats jre invited to attend 7 ON ELLIS an autopsy was held this morning at joseph william tailors dundei taking establishment over ane body 0 charles H ellis who was burne d to death in last tuesday afternoon the jury went to ellis house thursday and found the old mans pipe in the ashes and also the glasses out of his spectacles the lamp was picked up in pieces about the room indicating that it had been turned over or exploded no other evidence of any importance was found the funeral services will be held at 2 saturday afternoon at joseph william taylor s undertaking parlors the testimony in the inquest held over the of private hassett who was by silas smith in a row at fort douglas last saturday night was finished yesterday afternoon but no new evidence was introduced in the case the case went to the aury last night but the verdict will not bo made until 10 this morning BOARD FOR HOSPITAL the dr W H groves latter day saints hospital will be opened shortly after the first of the year the medical board haa been appointed by the board of trustees and the apartments are now being fitted out the building was commenced over a year ago T aie following were appointed on the medical staff medical director jos S richards charles F wilcox stephen L richards aalph T richards samuel II 11 alien aci C baldwin and U C snyder SALT LAKE NOTES the interior t the lower story of the police headquarters at the old city hall is being renovated by the application of a new and paper new chairs and other things needed to oyid to the comfort ot the policemen will be provided james craige a soldier at fort douglas who was confined to the guardhouse made bis escape thursday afternoon ter noon craige is about five feet eight inch estall and has brown eyes black hair and a reddish complexion the police were notified and kept on the lookout tor the man during tho night word has been received by salt labo friends of the death in jackson miss of mrs widow of tho late major james A and nobber af miss elizabeth shang lour who la well known bore misa wag the guest two summers ago of mr aad mrs george II 11 wood bodily pain loses its error IE couo a bottlo of dr thomas oil in the house instant relief in case of burns cuts sprains accidents ot any sort |