Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-01-26 | Page 42 | Unfixed Water Titles Obstruct

UNFIXED WATER TITLES OBSTRUCT Reservoirs and Ca Canal Cahal al Systems tents Undeveloped in inState inState State During the past sixteen years ears Utah lIne has spent pent In making surveys survey J of ot river systems bt brt has not completed the tho determination of ot any water rater rights while Oregon on n the other hand has lIfts defined rights covering co ned nerI acres of ot land These are aro assertions assertions asser asser- I Hons o of O. O W. W Israel on director of ot Ir Irrigation irrigation Ir- Ir atlon and drainage at the tho Utah experiment experiment ex ex- station in a circular discussing discussing discus discus- us- us sing Legislation Concerning Water ater PI Rights flights Tho The agricultural development of ot the state Prof Issor Israelsen says BaS Is beIn bein be- be In hindered to a l. l great extent because men aro are reluctant to construct ct reservoirs reser roser and canal systems under tho present pres ent uncertainty concerning titles to water Rights to water vater which become vested vesten vest est ested en ed through use Uso before laws lass's governing tho the acquirements of oC rights wore enacted enact enact- ed Professor Protessor explains are arc arenow arenow now defined first b by the tho courts second sec eec ond by administrative boards board and third b by administrative boards and courts The Tile The first method Is called tho the Colorado system tho the second of or Wyoming Wyo ming mine and tho the third tho the Oregon because the respective o systems were designed and first used in those states Advocates Ad of ot f the Colorado system argue arguo that It Is the only one ono which Is 18 legally sound but tho the Wyoming system has been upheld by tho the supreme courts of ot Wyoming and Nebraska and tho the Oregon on system has been repeatedly upheld up upheld held b by tho the supreme court of ot tho the state and It wa was recently sustained by the United States supreme court The Colorado system which Is fOllowed followed fol fOl- lowed b by Utah has been practically In Inoperative inoperative In- In operative during a n period of ot sixteen s. s although the state engineer has completed on five five- of ot the states state's chief river systems