| Show I j I NV j 4 IRRl IRRIGATION A TION QUESTION DISCUS DISCUSSED i I j By A F Doremus State Engineer i I t i ti L Lj l I IJ J I II I j 1 t f I Idt iI iII dt k I II I I 1 lo I 1 I I A F DOREMUS State Engineer liE RE ENT agitation of ot the of Utah lake lak an as a II a r 1 closely by the declaration of President that It ItIs ita 1 Is II aa a right for toi the lie national 11 government to make inako th ti i L streams and rivers of o the arid jI 1 r realon lon useful by b works work for fori i it Water storage ai as a to ia make Inake ke useful the tho I i If MV r sad and nd harbors of o th humid t b by works work of o another kind kindI I the view that the early and full lull of oC this great storage i I i basin li II I now probable K If I not assured allured It 11 Is II Impossible Im to overestimate the I value alue which the of this work I would brin t I tin this affect L d tl 1 Not ih ul thOM who Ue li e below but I those wi Wit shi on cn lands lande above tb the ther reservoir r wilt 1 11 ill I 1 he It Jt pro aU all in UNI to all aU and lAnd injury to 10 tonne I none II li shi ull meet with no Ion Inn but in il i the th hearty approval I I of f all it I v i t the purpose of or hi I paper I In hiu ui Vr 1 11 1 discuss this partle partie particular ular char work but rather to 10 1 some Bome features of o the lit Irrigation problem which It 1 Is III thought will be of o I AN A TIME i The writer believes believe that the time has now come when hen fa rable action I bott and nd national can be beby pro uri that any att to be help belp fl 11 it t the I Ir must b bi 1 hIl ap by the th U rs themI I i I 1 S W mil that It devolves on us to do o all In III tin power flown In iii that direction The situation In Utah IB is different In III III II respects from rom that of neighboring tilted Here flere st t cams anti ami rivers livers of II nat nt length are ar exceptional Few ew of o oI ih lb I h which use ilse In the lie state tate How luw I hi its it borders border and only a it 1 limited which how have their In InId Id 0 h r 1 t tn flow inin inti hot this MOlt of the i i am ims tire tu wholly within tho the boun oHn 1 M 5 of ot the lie suite This diminishes th Ih v tear sear of ot possible interstate or In Int InI t I i national complications in 11 he h majority of If cases rases hut but One On com coin cOn unity 11 I ll la supplied from Wi the lie same lome f lUI Mill Mi er crick ck ill lii II Halt Lake Jake coun coon I Salt oll creek Irk In Juab county Farm tun or Ot fl Ic in county 11 l uric ek Ik ii county and Settle Sot te UN nt Canyon ei Ck i i in Tooele Toole county in II 1 e rl of or strains II which supply i suid Pl e i rato community Tho The for tor contention are thereby leI lee nod Id a as each rac community Is II i tint nt of ot and has hu only olly Its 11 own of water supply to deal wIth wih COMPLICATIONS On Uis II longer streams treal the situation not 10 1 o hn 1 n tie S several iii t I k s R are ar lure here H ii from tho the same stream anti and their thir rents In the tue com corn common common cornmon mon supply lead loati to more mor or lens IMI contention In eLith cases much that callus eau contention may be avoided through a it proper pr understanding of or thu which the situation Im irn polio A separate end distinct t tIn In location loton and kil organization organisation thorn these theM lot but n a 1 single dingle community ity as a related relate to 10 1 the I hr Irrigation system upon which all al depend The view to po 1 generally adopted that the lie canals divert water voter from rn a stream lr ln anti and tIle this ditches lehs allt which distribute It I over oer oler the land eon con on constitute a I r m ni 9 ten fl t tI I mIsunderstanding which a ft ly lve view would li A COMPLETE COlI TE SYSTEM A complete irrl irrigation system In II Utah comprIses not ot only ony the lie 11 diverting canals and distributing ditches but the entire stream or river 1181 and the hel from which the water ater supply Is 1 derived Any narrower view vl w reveals but part of ot the system cistern and mt the tho whole The principal Irrigation systems of ot the state ste both with respect to num hers ber br and Important n are ar situated In Inthe inthe the Great Salt Sal Lake basin blin Here Ier also all are 11 most mot of o the th t opo and wealth of o othe the state tat In Izi this thin basIn Irrigation by the race rc had Its It nIn Practically all aU of o the wit water A tr r In this basin has Ju hoes been n appropriated here Heie 1111 the hi results of Irrigation surpass thee of ot any alY other othe locality beauty Here IUt this the limit of ot extension under pr nt methods has hait been b r and aad aD here her In Ia II U the Hn In nt ot o the tb writer must mt the work WBk of ot per feeling fet our oat 01 I systems i pr PRELIMINARY WORKS Preliminary to tG t u tb nt it itS S Yv V V V V V YV VV V V work ork tho thin writer believes It Is essential to posit pass a I state law I which will sill wi enable a 11 of oC lie tho rights of or each diverting In the several ell and pi ovule a place for tor recording recording tho lie right so determined U It J Is III as n necessary to have definite defnie ami perfect titles to water and to 10 have them properly recorded as aB It I II Is that titles tte to land should b he be perfect and of o record NATIONAL There Is II I great need leed and the writer believes bleV there Is III ju for tor or na no n legislation which will wi enable the I lie community on ry stream and river of o the state to control the tho Irrigation system of ot such luch stream That IB is II to say a the water wlter slid ha I stream or ur river originating and anti no the canals which divert tIne tho water thin the ditches that distribute It over the lie land Irrigated Irrl It I IN is Ii as 11 right and anti necessary for Cor the hue irrigation systems of ot the state to own arm arid ion con vol lands upon which they are ar situated ed 81 ns nl for the this railway systems of ot the state stale to own and ancl control the lands hands lau s upon which they ther art are aI built buit The Tue grounds of 0 the irrigator are aa as e oen een tal to the lie Irrigation systems as us the tIle storage trae yards ard of the lie tl raIlroads are to the railway systems A generous government his lias ll male made It possible for the railway systems to procure all al needed neelE public land without pi pric Ice The rhe same principle of ot aid old antI and encouragement extended to the he th Irrigation tion lon systems of ot time the state would place them on a secure footing and Ind their rapid envelopment development and ane perfection ABSOLUTE CONTROL The ro writer wrier believes that anything n short of ot absolute control by hy the water vater users of ot these thell shed hed lands land Is IA not IUt dent clent auth therefore looks with or oron on their segregation as ns forest reserves re cres As 1 s forest reserves they will wi be bo under un er I control and would not mot receive the same Ime solicitous care enre mat control nay an management by the resident com corn communities would Insure As Its well wel might the government under tinder ls its control the he motive power of ot the rail told systems 1 of or the tho state na as to withhold the full rul control of ot these th sa sheds by h tho the Irrigation which they thoy tire arc the vital part partIn art artIn In early earl days dl these sheds were ware by i general rl consent regarded regard and used ex ox exclusively elusively cu hel as pasture ground for tor stock of o the community resident Then the stock of the o community wn branded with wih a common or community ty t brand The poorest husbandman hu anti and the lie widow widens were owners of ot live livestock stock which formed part of at the tho corn com om 1 n I herd In summer the stock ranged on the tho lands ids of ot the tho water ator shed and In winter were ware cared for on the area teR Thus Thul united the lie li ii 1 and lands lanol were tr both made to contribute in tn the rl of o community building LAUGH KVIL I J The advent of ot large flocks and herds berths herts often owned or controlled by hy nonresidents dents or capitalists c having no Interest t whatever In the preservation of oC the thelle shed lle or In the water which it I produced pru soon 10 effected the complete destruction of o the community herd her and drove the poor pr man 11 and ancl widow entirely out of the lie field felc The e shed be lands lan were overstocked ke and generally the hi Irrigation J il t and n j lz 1111 1011 m VUu 11 1 y r disturbed There v l y bo be no mio 10 experiment In returning to tho the original plan of o the lie community control which be hI supplemented by community ownership a 1 as lS It has hus been tally fully tuly tried tiled In hues IhIL put past and 1 proven most It I Is III the lie natural arid and only practicable plan Illon of o uniting using tho the and an n ble ide lands Inn t of the tho 10 state and Ind nt ot the tha same wun SUM time protecting Its Is Irrigation systems COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP Under community ownership and control these thole sheds shed would bo be speedily restored to their original value ns as 0 graz grazing grzIn leg ing In grounds ground anti and would properly sup support support port iOtt more live lle 10 stock than thun now tind scanty fanty sustenance upon thorn thom the this eye systematic remove I l anti and lulI replacement of oC limber would b 0 be Insured hue tho growth of underbrush h and browse would be bo 10 to stored lored reservoirs would be he construct constructed ed oil at nt nil all available places until their ag aggregate II rapacity would multi bo be to fully tul retain ant ami alt control all ni of oC tho tIle wa wn water water ter It 1 would also encourage tho lie resi resident dent tient communities to Imru the lie river channel In such ludl manner ns os to prevent waste of ot water rater through absorption which la is 1 now general and often oton silvo Ilvo It I would Inaugurate nn an In era em of ot general Improvement In tho hue entire Ir II system H All unnecessary canals and Ild ditches would be lie abandoned Only such uch as nR wore were absolutely uh necessary would be ho retained antI the o e would be lie lined 1110 with Impermeable substances The loss from unnecessary canals anti and ditched would le tie entirely saved Ive anti and that list from unlined ones which Is 19 from 10 to 70 71 per por cent be he reduced to tho the minimum while the tho expense of ot main maintenance and operation would be bo great groat Aront ly w lessened The distributing ditches would bo be rearranged In a manner to 10 secure the most economical anti and effee effective tive tl application of or water to the ho crops crop A ATho Tho Tue whole system so 10 Improved and Ild per nor perfected would then be capable In the tho utmost degree and all nl Its Is possibilities would bo be fully and nd rapidly developed GOVERNMENT IN RESERVOIRS Tho construction of at reservoirs by th the Government as 18 contemplated by b thin the various measures that have hIo been In Introduced introduced traduced Into Congress la is viewed by b the writer ns as only emily In beau localities beauties ties tes where few feus If It any Individual ap water have havo boon been beel made unless the tho government shall como come In Inthe the lie attitude of ot alder aider and Ina not of ot op proprietor All measures BO so l for fr or pro proposed 11 proPoSed posed contemplate that tho thin government shall take part In Iii the tho work of ot reclaim reclaiming ing imig Its Is arid anti lands by providing a 1 wa wit water witter ter supply and then lien selling the land anti and the water vater at a n price which will re wi r the tho cost of or the work This Is II termed Government Aid Al and is ht pop popularly pOI misconstrued to moon moan mon that reser roser reservoirs to be built turned nr bui nut over overto overto overto to the people ele without cost cOat The aid Hid thus proposed would woul In the thie writers opinion be most mall Interference ence In the rune cne le of ot communities already established as It would hac have the tho B same effect a as if It an Individual I should Intrude himself lt upon the lands of u the Irrigation system and construct reservoirs for the lie of at storing and an appropriating the tho flood nO and winter waters of or the tho system to bo be used uI be ho beyond beyond yond ond the limits and an Independently of o the d system stem The To advent of o th the government In such Much ft a n case cs and for Cor such uch a n would be both purpose b un unnecessary unnecessary necessary and amid unwise as nf it I would do rw the community of ot Its It I privilege to perfect tho lie ion tion system already established d and In IniS j iS V V V y V V DEEP INTEREST IN CROPSEY COPSY MYSTERY MYSE Y Yf Yf f I T p 1 I 1 I Jl f J Jt t tI t I r I f 1 L t tT tTY 1 S 1 i Y r I 9 5 1 J JI I The lie fate of or Nell Nel Cropsey the tho young girl who mysteriously disappeared from her homo home In Elizabeth City Clr N C CIs CIs Cis Is ft a subject of at eager discussion nil all 0 over aver thin tho Some n country countr Tho Time police poleo are arc working hard trying to obtain a n clew of or the most skilful detectives In the tho country are arc IC Interested In the case cose Above are 1110 portraits of ot Nell Neil Nol the tho missing girl Irl William II H Cropsey Crops C her agonized father and James her bier former lover hover and suspected by the tha police pol co of ot being concerned In her he disappearance Also a 1 snapshot of ot the section of tho the river which has hns been constantly constanty dragged and an for Cor the tho body of or the lost last girl girlA A A A S Vyv v T T V T 7 V v VY e W 4 AA AA A T V T V T T V S Vyv course of ot development WILL NOT NO OBTRUDE ITSELF ITS F The Tile writer wrier has las no Idea hlen hat the tho gov element will 1 any work vork where It Is not welcomed by the tho lie people aple but believes that tho thin purport of ot time the pro proposed proPosed posed 1 Id should be generally and 11 fully ful Inder tood When Whon fully tuly perfect perfected ed tho lie Irrigation systems of o the lie state will wi easily cosily enl perform double their present duty cut To accomplish this work will wi require lequire able earnest and unselfish h no nc then tion on 01 the part of nil all nl It 1 Is a I situa tion ton where whore the th lawmaker and the ditch maker must get together The writer recognizes the lie fact that lint the principal mining of at the thesta theeta eta sta s r n located locate on those thue water sheds v T T V T 7 V v VY e W 4 and that they should lIe be as lS fully lul and nn carefully protected as are the tho Irrigation Interests Mining Is however n a 1 sub suh subsurface subsurface surface proposition and need not mint bo ho In III Interfered with In the tho least through con control control control of ot tho the surface In the tue Interests Int roBts of ot the valor walor supply with respect rospert to which tho the Interests of ot tho the minor miner and lie tho Irrl Irl irrigator gator are arc Identical A R P DOREMUS State Engineer l |
