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Show ' - - - - ' Water Notices FiledWith Filed FiledWith With State Engineer EngineerIn In 1939 Were Double 1933The 1933 1933The The number of water appllca applica applicadons applicatlons i tlons dons filed f1led with wlth State Engineer T TH TH 11 H Humpherys during the past yearmore year TI I I Imore more than doubled the total ol of ofI I 1939 and was four times greater greaterthan greaterthan acIIcording than the number filed rued flied In 1933 ac-II ac II ac- ac according - - cording to a report of the past elghl eight eightyears eightyears elghlyears years issued Saturday at the stateoffice state I Ioffice officeI officeA office A total of 859 applications appUcatlons were wererued werefiled I filed rued during the year with 438 foi1939 for 1939 and only 205 for 1933 The Theaverage Theaverage Th Thaverage < average for the seven years prior priorto priorto priolto to 1940 1 940 was 320 per year the report reporthows reporlhows reporlhowsPassage hows howsPassage priorI I Passage of the underground watar wat- wat watr - - - ar r law which wblch requires filings fulniS on onlll onall ! all lll wells drains and springs aprtnp , , . to- to together together to together - gether with several seasons ofdrouth of ofdrouth drouth are principally responsible responsiblefor for the large Increase Mr Hum- Hum Humpht"rys Humpizerys - pherys pht"rys phtrys pizerys " saidThe saidThe said saidThe The greatest Increases are noted notedIn notedin In domestic Irrigation stockwater- stockwater stockwater11ng stockwatering - Ing and mining applications Tl\e Tl e The \ 11ng I'l4 Il4 TheI'l4 ? ' ' ' 14 domestic applications filed fllgd fU < ; d tn In In1939 1939 were more than doubled in 1940 with a . total of 474 Irrigationapplications Irrigation IrrigationapplIcations Irrigationapplications applIcations Jumped from 92 r.I rI ( . In 1939 to 182 In 1940 Stockwater- Stockwater StockwaterIng StockwaterIng Stockwater-Ing Stockwater Ing - Ing applications appllcaUol18 increased from 31to 31to 31 to 85 and mining m1nJng from three to 15 during the same period OtherWings Otherfilings Other I filings Wings made during the year in- in included Included - eluded cluded change applications appUcations 67 67miscellaneous miscellaneous 28 and power appli appli- applications applications applications - - cations elghtTotal eightTotal eight elght eightTotal Total filings for the intermedi- intermedi intermediate - - ate years were as loilowa IoJlOWS Iollows according accord accord- accordIng according - ing to the report 1934 214 1935 1635,276 1635276 . , , 276 1936 475 1937 318 and 1938 312 applicationsReceipts applications applicationsReceipts applications appUcatlOI18 appliesLions Receipts Reoetpts applicationsReoetpts for tor claims and applica appUca- appUca applies- applies - . . - tions tlOI18 Lions during the last four bienni- bienni bienni1IJ1S bienniums blerml-ims blerml ims - 1IJ1S ums since 1933 total $82 82 $ $ 003 of ofwhich ofwhich otwhich which more than $52 52 $52000 52000 $ 000 was forunderground for forunderground to-underground to underground - \ underground water In the 1935- 1935 193536 193536 193536 - 36 blennlum biennium following passage of ofthe ofthe othe the underground water law ap- ap approximately approximately approximately - - proximately $39 39 $ OBU Ot1U Oeu was received at a - . | the/ the thtl thestate t / state office of1ce ! for undergroundwa undergroundwater underground wa water receiptsfor r claims alone Total rece\pt rece pt receipts ' \ & I for j that biennium blennlumwere were .49,573 .49573 49573 $49,573 $49,573lpts $49,573Receipts 49573Receipts $ . , , , lpts for the three other bien bten- bten btennl blen-nlufcs blen nlufcs - . nl follow 1933-3 1933 3 1933.34 193334 . - , , $61508 61508 18508 18508l931.38 $ $8508193T.38 8508193T.38 8508193T38 $ iPts 193 l931.38 l93138 .38 38 . . $11 11 $11682 11682 $ 682 and 1939- 1939 1939-tO 1939 tO 1939J 1939-40 40 - - J . < , . $13(40 1340 $ ( 40 _ , |