Show AR l XOluTIit RIKHTS Is Tin more tlilckly settled per tlsrarorthlsTcrrhoryTnitcrrlghts are Increasing rapidly In value Dud I will CfrlaluIyTcontlnue to do K There is generally a degree of uncertainty r un-certainty as to the exact limits of fuel a right and this uncertaInty has In the past Lecuafrultfulfource of neighborhood dltjxjtes and litigation litiga-tion Iorruerly the mass of thp people entutainni religious views which restrained tliemfrom going to law with each other and differences in respect to water rights and like misunderstandings were tcltlcd by a BJ tem arbitration under Church a11piers Such nn arbitration as uuai ly I conducted was entirely outside out-side of any recognition of law anti no force other than a moral one I made it at all binding upon the parties to it Uenco in many cast I water rights conceded and enjoyed bv Mich a procc dU not losicss such a form and character as to give hem a distinct lejpUtatus and to castle the possessors to give a legal I conveyance of them In many I cases no record of the arbitration was preserved that would lie ueful asuvHeuee lu courtand when lauds have been purchased by strangers who would not be bound by customs which had been observed by their pitdeoHorriti iutereV the rcwlU of thc arbitration have been Ignored Ve have no advice to give of a net re tending encourage lltlga tioii On the other band unfriendly contetU in tbo courts ought to be avoided even at the expense of any rciL ouablo sacrifice But conditions II condi-tions are coming Into ucUtenco In many localities which make it ex 1 treniLly lrnble to have theowuer hll and extent of water rights fixed by a process which will stand the ttts of law Tbe owners of the waters of a given stream for example exam-ple often find it necessary for mutual protection against interloper inter-loper to know how much water cackowns There is a process by which the water owners of a given stream neighborhood may in a fnendly way and with a result legally binding bind-ing upon eachof them and his sue ceorajn interest have the nature and extent of each water right definitely fixed and mado a matter of record This can bo done by an arbitration prcj eodurc provided th law of tbe Territory and laid down in TiUe IX Volume II page J23 of the Compiled Com-piled Laws of ISSS Theagnement to tubmit the question of each owners water right to arbi ration must be in writing anti must be signed I by each The document must also embrace the stipulation that It may be entered as an order of court and it must be filed with the clerk of tho proper district court Of course the names of tho arbitrators agreed upon must bo given and the matter left to them to be determined should be distinctly set forth in the written submission The findings of tha arbitrators must be reduced to writing and signed by at lead a majority oi them and 1IIed With the clerk of the district court Upon complying with the procedure provided the Statute theaward of the arbitrators basilic eflett of n judgment or 110 cree In this manner water own era desirous having their rights defined legally and put ill tucli a eba > e that they call be sold as other property yet who desire to avoid litigation may accomplish tho result re-sult wished for without great cx ivnsc or any illfeeling |