Show government PUSHING TO PERFECT to irrigate indian mainds lands before trial Is 1 held in order to utilize as much its as possible of the water of the uintah basin and therefore establish a claim to it before the case comes to trial 0 of it the united states against settlers and private water users usera there the government will aill expend this year in hiring men to place under irrigation hitherto uncultivated indian unda lands in that basin announcement to the effect that an appropriation ot of that amount had been made has been received by 11 II W dietz superintendent of irrigation ot 01 indian lands in this district dy by tile the reclamation of the laud land and putting tile the water to beneficial use the government hopes to be able successfully to claim the water the case of the government against tho the private water users was filed the middle of tho the summer dt 1916 and judge tillman D job johnson of the united states district court issued an ail order enjoining the settlers from using tile tho water claimed by the tha government A commis commas stoner was named to take charge of the witter water distribution and he has been re reappoint appointed cd for service in the coming season reason dy by tie lie terms of the filings the government has ar a right 0 o all the water it can put to beneficial use prior to 1919 in the parts of the basin in which the old ducheane indian reservation Is ed private settlers who made subsequent filings were to be entitled to the surplus fraters waters until tho the present time there has boen been considerable surplus and a large number of filings have been made by private vate water users to prevent their too general use of the water howeye the government last year tiled filed suit against them enjoining them from using more water than the amount left after enough Is reserved for the government lands the settlers bottlers hoped to establish claims to the water through their having placed it to beneficial use I 1 despite the fact that government had made the primary filing the appropriation will be expended on oil the reclamation of the land including the breaking leveling and placing tn in condition tor for irrigation to do this the government will depart from its usual practice of leasing or selling belling the land and will hire men to do the work deseret news |