Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-28 | Page 9 | Wyoming Water Rights Adjudication Discussed

WYOMING WATER RIGHTS ADJUDICATION DISCUSSED Caleb Tanner Says Utah Will Adopt It in ill Time Although Turned Down in 1913 The Wyoming system for tor- the adjudication adjudication adjudication of ot water rights as as' as adapted to Utah In a bill recently defeated b by the tho state legislature was the topic tonic of an address yesterday before the en engineering engineer engineer- ing hog d department of the tho University of Utah b by Caleb M. M 1 Tanner state enK en en- K Ineer I n e e r. r Tho Th Wyoming law Jaw which provides pro for th the appropriation o of water rights h by officers of tho the state and the conducting con con- ducting of or hearing of oC disputes b by a state board similar to the Informal hearings on land matters b by officers of ot the land office was again explained b by bythe bythe the state engineer who pronounced this la law lass w the most perfect and simple for forthe tho the desired use UMe House bill 41 he lie said ald constitutes an nn attempt to transplant tho the Wyoming law la Into Utah It has met a temporary temporary tempo tempo- Tar rebuff rebut In the final Inal issue it cannot cannot cannot can can- not taU fall for tor it contains the best legislative legis legis- latho solution of ot our out irrigation question question ques ques- tion that has been devised Its justification justification cation rests on Oil tho the experience of oC Wyo- Wyo for Cor three twenty years year Nebraska for Cor seventeen se years ear and Oregon for tor three years ear