Show IMPORT IMPORTANT ANT IRRIGATION TION sun SETTLED Rights to Waters of Little Litle Cottonwood Decided by Judge Morse Rights Hights lo to the wat waters rs of Little Littie Litle Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot Cot- are de decided in a n decree from Ju Judge ge C. C NY Morse or c of the district court cout tiled filed fed this morning It I is the decision ol of If one of the ho most important of the tho irrigation suits that have ha como come before the time district court commit aud and there lucre am are 10 few ew eases cases sr that conic come before that i body that arc are more complicated or that involve more on which the law Jaw is not Dot Yr very cear clear The plaintiff in tho the present suit stilt uit was nas the Union En East t Jordan Irrigation aton company The Tho defendants ants were the thc Richards Irrigation company and amid practically tal every person leron or corporation owning o land watered by tho ditches front from fron Little Cottonwood This Thi Includes H ray Murray and tho the district to tho time cast east o of that rit city In Iii 1 all there arc are 3 typewritten lines lues of names of defendants which whid calculating caleu latin hating lating nt ot four names t to hi tho the line luo will mean about 93 defendants They include in in- clude cudo Sandy City CHy and anc Salt Sl Lake county and Imel then just to make mako suro Miro that no noone 10 ono one is omitted the time cO complaint includes all al the unknown persons who claim the thc right to tho time use nse of water from frol Little Cottonwood creek in Salt Lake county Utah Search Ito of Records Tho Timo suit involved olvet in a search re-search of the records ns as far back hack as iSIS 1848 tho the summer after the tho- fit st pioneer band and of Latter day Saints entered the time Salt Sal Lake Lako valley tho tue leadership of Brigham r hal Youn Young Tu Judge go Morse decides that prior to the thc following ditches were built huil an and the time users under these ditches diches still sti have o ha rights to the tho following following follow follow- in ing amount of oC water in second feet North Dc Despain 06 South ScotIa Despain 25 23 Greenwood 1 Br Brady y No o. o 1 I J. J 41 Brady No Xo 2 10 Ri sin cr 03 OS Van 2 21 2 This makes a total of second feet of tho time I primary water to which these seven cn ditches diches aro are entitled always alwa's The Tho total amount of ft primary water in iu Little Cottonwood is deem decreed ed b b by tho time court cout to be he Ot cubic rubic feet This leaves heaves Jea es a flow of f 1 I second feet to be he divided in iii the thc folo following n proportion Tanner ditch itch two ninths Richards ditch one ninth Cahoon Maxfield ditch ilitch five eighteenths Union Jordan 6 and Walker ditch ich one Have Right to t Dam Time The court holds that the tho users of or waters from the He above c named di ditches hes have havo the right to a tight dam dani across Little Lito Col Cottonwood at tho the intake of tho the Walker dich ditch litch The Tho Brown ditch eh is entitled by the c decree lec of tho the court to all tho the water Ji rising ill between the intake of the tho Walker Walk er and time the mistake intake of the time Brown ditch to together with all 11 allwater water flowing pa past t the Walker ditch not exceeding the capacity pf of the Bro n Brown r ditch To divide time the surplus water pro rt rata between the plaintiffs plaintiff's ditch dich anti the tho Brown Sandy Nicol and am-al Johnson or Little Litte Nicol diches ditches according to their several capacities is time the next pro problem lom before the tho court Tt I is held that the tho capacities of the ditches entitled to surplus water over and above o ao what but the they the get ct from Com the thc primary water arc arca arcas arcas a as follows second feet et Union nina Jordan 1628 second feet Cahoon Caboon 2 8 Walker Tan ner nor Bissinger I 56 Greenwood North Despain pain 4 j South Sonth Despain extension 10 1027 2 Drown Brown lO D. 20 Sand 00 GO Nicol 2950 Johnson or Lit Lit- Jit- Jit the to Nicol fl 12 Union and amid East ERst Jordan Jordan JOI Jor Jor- dan ns as S follows Apportionment of Water As between tho time ditch nut and the thc Union and ant East Kast Jordan ritch ditch the latter later is to have ha e of the surplus water 1 running in tho thin Richards ditch h above e tho the point of ot junction SOS parts part anti and anat t time the hI Richards ditch hith for t thin tho land irrigated ini gated by llY it i. i is to have na of such surplus sur suir- plus Plums w water tor parts or a total of ot 1 Ill 1 parts When all these have been supplied as above e the time court out holds that other ditches arc are to have bavo water as follows er dich ditch 30 second feet Thompson on ditch 1149 second feet Griffith Grifith 1 I Last Chance 1 1574 4 L I 11 1178 I 78 Hanson 1 1 1 an and Baker l 15 In Tn the Sandy Sand ditch Salt Lako Lake county holds hold n a two interest I. I anti and ant it i is dc decreed that so long lone as the time u users eHi under nailer this ditch pay 25 25 a mouth to the commissioners rs of the ditch u under lr an anold anold anold old a agreement rem nt this thil ditch leh is entitled t t to tenth one of If tho primary water belonging belong belong- il jour ing otherwise u to time the Tanner Richards Cahoon k Jordan Tn In and amid all Walker Valker nl rr ditches This rids amount he lie JI holds is to bo le hI deducted in proportion ion to the time capacities of these several diche ditches The Tho COUt court t holds hols that hunt cm a c flow fow of water t in in the tho Little Cottonwood in inthe the the- tn thein in tutor I or is nS IS second feet A A. A O O. O s Foulks is named bv by the court commit as at a commissioner to see that tho flu IC j dc-j he creo i is carried out Ills His pay jug ibm the irrigation season is to be he determined h by yearly yearl- hearin hearings 5 in tho time eon court commit rt |