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Show ix ntiiiuiTiuM rHofo.ii no. Tba raoetil aollon of a California canal company oaghl ta eerva aa a meana of Impreaalug upon Ilia preeenl l.eglaleture Ibo ueoeoaity for wlaa pro vlaloB roipeotlug Iba right of Irrl-galore. Irrl-galore. On Monday laat lha Hweel-water Hweel-water eyatem ofoanala, wblob Irrlgalee Iba latgeel portion of dan Diego ojuu ty'e lemon oruharda and otippllea the town of National Oily, waa without a drop of water. The Han Diego Land and Town oxmpaiiy had abut off the upply, leaving Na lonal City, (,'nula Villa, Bwaalwator Valley, Neelor, Oneonta, Utab, Mlaalon, l'aradlie Valley and other oommunlllea with only what their wella aaulalnad. Tbla aollon wea taken by lha receiver for tba company when Iba water oon-aumere oon-aumere refuead to pay ;$7 an aoro per year water rental, Inatead of tba $.6ti per year Ihey bad baen paying. To praveutlba ooneumora brluglug aull In tbe rjtate auuile to have lha water turned on, tbe ounipany filed a ooiu-plain! ooiu-plain! In lha Uulled Hlalea oiroult oouil praying for a deorea that the company haa Iba power lo fig ratal, Ibat tba S7 rat li reaaonable, and an- lolalng lha ooniumoro from Inlerf''-lug. Inlerf''-lug. Tbe maulfeatdlaadvaalage at which the Irrlgatore ara placed and tbe lu-Juilleedone lu-Juilleedone them through lueftlulebt legal pruvtflon at Iho outeet, ara ev. deal up in relating the olrouwaiaiiuea ol the aflalr. W hen lha ouuipauy alerted alert-ed oeratloni It aold "water rlgbli" lo Irrlgatore, aud In addllluu obargeil $;t.60 per year rental for operatlug aa-peniea aa-peniea ou the oanal ayalem, Tbe oimpany now allege tbal thta rental la In.utlluieul to ouaule II lo pay oil III bjuda aud aaru alx par oeut profit, heuco lha luoreaae. lbn coniumere claim that, having paid for Iba weter light, they aallafled Ilia portion of tbe boo Jod indohtodneii due on Ihalr behalf, be-half, eud acquired a practical deed I ' the uae of the water uuon meeting current cur-rent oiwratlug espeuiea. To make them ay oil tbe bouda now, tbey ateeil, la cbarglug a aecoud time for the w.ter right. The company oil-licted oil-licted fur the original coil at tba flrit purutiaav. Hero la where wl.e State leglala-llon leglala-llon would prevvnl aucU truuhle, whloh le auie looomo If there are no lawa to avert II. Under lha Utah method tlio Individual uilrg the water ecijuirfi the right to audi uiv. . hero la uu meani or preventing here, auy more than In California, the acquiring ac-quiring or water nghla by annotation, ur c.iui.atilee; to atlompt to prev.nt lliem would bo wrouu. lint the dlalil i hutlrn of aucb water ihuuld be uLder Utale control or regulation, eo lhal In-dlviduele In-dlviduele leklng water from oorpora-Uona oorpora-Uona whloh bava built eauale, leaef-voire, leaef-voire, etc., could acquire full title lo tbe Ufa of that amount of water wllh Iba land II Inl.alee, If Ihey ao doilfe; and having purohaiod aucb title cannot be mada lo do ao a eeoinJ lime or lo pay ox. reaalve feea for operating lha oanal ayatcme. At tba lame lime the legitimate enargae lot operation ihoul I ba made a lien on the properly of Ibe oonatimer ao Ibat Ihey ran ba readily ocllactlble, and not be avoided lo ondenger the canal ayetem. Holh Ibo right of the Irrigator lo lha uae of weter aad the Integrity of Iho eyatem for bringing tba water lo lb eoll abonld be preierved tnliot. Thl la but one of many reaaoni for Slete eootrol, but II le an Important one. It will not do lo mak ao aboo lute rule, free of any other ooeildrra-Uun, ooeildrra-Uun, thai the uie ol water on certain land eunveye Invioleble title Iherato. Under the naceaalllea which aalal here there le demand for graal outlay In oieating a eyatem of coned lo bring Ilia water lo the land; and II tna Una of conned loo be broken Injury reeulle. Nor will It do to eey that oihere muat make up wnai aoma rerua to do In truer lo prevml that lujuiy. There Mould be definite, ounolta lawa tor acquiring title to lha uie of water either direct or throiub canal com-Unlet, com-Unlet, If lha Individual wlehei to do to; and there ahould be aaeoolaled wllh It iuch oontrul ae will maintain that title In perlect oondltloo by keeping lo otieiellon Iho aanal eyatem whloh aid ad In giving II axlilence. Then thru th-ru hie af bulb - antra woul l be pre leotad, and do trtutila like Ibat In Han lingo oouuty could come allher through oanal company or water eon-eumer. |