Show I URGE EQUITABLE I IRRIGATION LAWS Legislators Frame Measure Planned to Solve the Water Problem the Utah h Laws WR asking for chan changes es in laws which will tend to place Irrigation Irrigation tion water rights on a permanent basis with a no more equitable distribution of ot water will wlM ked In the lower tower house o of the le legislature when tho the committee on agriculture and irrigation reports The The- tentative e bill of ot tho the contemplates asking asking- for the creation of ot Irrigation districts throughout hout the state to come under the tho supervision of the proposed bureau of ot engineering Through tho the creation of ot thc these e districts water can Coln be conserved b by the construction construction con con- n of ot reservoirs under bonds issued is is- f sued by the dl districts In establishing reservoirs fo for tor the conservation ot of water the districts would work in operation co with the state and tho the federal government At the present Rent time water rights In The be Utah are aro badly tangled They can settled In court one da day and be he back In another year ear The plan of ot tho the ir irrigation irrigation irrigation ir- ir committee alms aims to overcome this Under the Utah constitution water must be put to beneficial uses Members Mem rem hers bers of ot tho the committee interpret this to mean menn that pern permanent title cannot c. be bo had to water PLENTY OF WATER It H Is s pointed out that tho the high lands may mar have plenty plant of water Their surplus surplus sur sur- plus drains to lower lands land waterlog waterlog- ging them while other lands Immediately immediately immedi Immedi- adjoining aro arc without water The committee contends that thal this does dofOs not constitute beneficial use so RO that title is is over r subject to change chango They assert sert that with tho the establishment establishment establish establish- ment of dru drainage na e and irrigation districts districts dis dis- could be bo overcome to the tho benefit benefit benefit bene bene- fit of oC the man with waterlogged v. lands landA landAas as well as the tho man who does not have ha enough water The committee has a tentative plan 1 for tho establishment of ot water rights It proposed a survey and d detailed in inspection inspection in- in in-I in of ot agricultural as lands by tho the bureau of oC engineering proposed for tor adoption Jn In Utah The engineering de department department de- de would file me Its findings finding's In the district court showing how much water water wa wa- ter lr way was available a for a certain parcel of ot land and the amount needed for tor sue suc successful cesi rul ful irrigation The owner of ot tho the water Tight right could contest the findings In tho the district court If Ir the tho court found tho the engineering department findings Just it could issue a decree I which would establish the mans man's right to water If It on the other hand engineers engineer's findings were held to be In to conflict with tho the rights of ot the farmer tanner a a. now new survey could be ordered D. D D D. D McKay Weber county representative representative representative In the lower house is fathering fathering fathering father father- ing the tho movement for bettor Irrigation I laws |