Show 1 1 TUB rim II I I SOUTH JORDAN oi X l i I I l j A communication from South Jordan q p on all O tile the dl a n to the number of Jt sen i ond end feet teet or ot to be tie claimed HH UI prior by the thIs several canal 1 In IiI ii this a t Y In I a our ii it r columns l colu s I q j today lodl Il It has bc heen n crowded out by b 1 other tar for A t 1 day 1111 lIh or III two to and 1111 It wn necessary also that i 4 rl should Its i thou U n AVo wo Vo It INI b 1 lead In con ron with our VIII remarks remark In this col mI column limn limnI I I It H j will 11 be seen Men from rosa the Iho resolutions Adopted as S Pot pet forth In the from froth Mr AIr l that the tha Jordan base their to 10 tim Iho prop 1 tuition to accept 60 10 0 secOnd toot feet for tor each canal on the tile alleged decree of ot tho the theS S of oC WO 00 foot to 11 the Iho canals by ly 00 feet by the tho 1 Installation of the Iho pumping plant ag sty n 1 POO feet feat us as primary rights of at tho the canals In tho the county anti and that IhM tha thia lally slow flow of ot tho proportion he be belonging heI t longing to 10 tho the S lh Jordan canal canali I i showed SO second jocund feet This that com company Puny pany claims as UI the tM Just Ju t equivalent of oC Us Its Is primary tight rights In Iu reply It Is III argued that the Iho courts did not and Rn could coull not any nn quantity of oC water but only to 10 each Its lust just proper lion when there thero Is water to tn When theto thero Is none us fiS wan wIls the fate case much of ot the tho limo before tho the pumping plant went float Into Inlo operation there thero was tree nut not tOO flOG fe feet reet t for tor tho the companies In tho the aggregate or SO O toot feet t ct for tor the tue South Jor Jar Jordan Jardan Jorden dan den fol foils Hut the tho record viii III show that our correspondent la is also aha mistaken In lit his fhe The court ourt decreed II that In Iii the aggregate gate gale the tho capacity of at tho the live Iho canals was WM ss bS feet teel not miot too 00 OO as us Yet In oper Oller operating tinder under the decree the tho first year 1001 tho the amal got only 41 U second feet on Oil June 27 21 1 and only I C 0 second feet teet In lo September and most meet of ot this under unter tho the decree really belonged to tho the primary claims At no time lime within the history of ot the tho lake luke has hns lO second feet been developed Since the decree went vent Into effect tho the greater grenter amount ever oer developed has hag been en I oo second feet reet and this for lor no length of ot at nt once and to do this the tho lutta hl c chas ha has been go so exhausted ed that If IC it con continues continues to 10 decline tho the lake will soon bo be unable to furnish even o cn OO second feet at the suction auction of ot the pumps There Is 18 another very er Important point to consider lder Unless something Is 19 done to o supply the tho lake Jako tile the canals In this county will not be able to obtain even tho thio quantity ot of water waler VAte that Is claimed by b decree le e for tor It wilt will not b be there thero to Iran draw from The Ue sources of ot supply to 10 tho the lal laJo Q are being gradually dimin Every J very year your old oltI canals arc are being enlarged new lie ones oneil are being construct constructed ed Cli additional l acres are being cultivated and the old acres are nrc demanding more water Vater throughout Utah and Provo val sal 01 Icy ley und these th llo are aro all nil being supplied out of oC water which should pass through Utah hike Inke Jute Into this valley alley So Bo that It becomes more a 0 question of how bow to protect fOO second feet teet for tor tile the farm rum farmers ers thian n a scheme for tor speculators III In Salt Halt Lake City dIv I If It the now How Into Inlo the luke lake continues to be b checked In the manner described of ot what Ihn t USe will bo to n I for tor shares of at water Vater that Is not available Supposing suits milti arc aro Instituted In against the tho of water claimed by canals In this county will it not take much time find and entail much expense to bring them to an nn The cost of oC a n thousand second feet reet eel will 1111 provo prove less In Irl the tho long run under tho the government plan than will trill be ho the cot cot of ot litigation for tor enough to keep the tile pumps running and such litigation IB Is Inevitable unless un Ius some such plan iian no nl n that under discussion Is adopt ed cd edThe The TSi question II Is asked Why Shy should tho the South Mouth Jordan company accept CO o second feet tee The rho answer Is from OX ex ports flaIl others who know the during IS 18 days of at tho the season of 1903 you developed on an 11 no more than that quantity of at water wlter It Is that South Jordan Jordon received iM second feet teet on o an average for tor 18 days last lust y nr but hut this year that amount will bE bo cut down to 10 about 67 second econ 1 feet teet with tile tie pumps doing tho the same work an liS LA they tiley did last year This III result from Irom giving the tha South Jordan an nn equal shara with tho he other canals and also 1190 from to o this city ell Its full tull share Last Lalit year tho three canals got one halt half of ot tile the cf supply and nil all of at what will go to 10 the time North Jordan this hue year far The Time commissioners figures show shots that when the tho situation Is proper ly Iy understood und Gi 17 7 second feet teet Is III nil all that thata was as a developed last year for tor or each lIch of at tho the IU lIya 1 i canals Now Nets No as to the talk lalk about giving some lome thing thinK to tho the government and 1111 relin relinquishing relinquishIng rights to receive half in re cc turn tile the rest ot of It Do Du theno theMO people who mo use such lIuch arguments 7 know shiu they are aro talking about f the Limo government want anything of them or om of ot Utah Are Me they asked to give glo avay owa any In All rights or assumed rights Not Nol at lit all 1111 It IL Is III Utah that i III Ia asking for tor aid aliI under thin the Act ct of Congress Thin Thill State wants her In him the funds to be bo used for tor the tho reclamation of oC arid arl and semiarid Other Othel States Lire urging their claims They lICY will vill get what shat they want wont If It wo we do not lot and we will be left loft out In the th dry diy anything practical can calm bo be done clone the tue people hero here must ho bo upon what they t or want vant and what they claim nobody Is la asked to give away or ony rights tIghts but to como toa to I unity as ns to 10 the Iho best course to pursue for tor or tho time ac ae of ot moro more water In a n permanent supply RU I The very cry b best Pt minds In lii the county and experts who understand the time whole holo matter InCIter from room n a 1 to z 1 are positive po that It Ills is s hotter helter to 11 unite on omm a II basis of oC 50 GO see sec second ond feet teet for tor of ot tho the companies than any uny other figure It Is thought that a 11 compromise may 1111 be effected on onn onit n it hauls bosie of ot GO CO second s toot foet but even osen ICI then tho the foal final results will bo ho less beneficial to nil concerned lI than thun If It he the CO 50 O second feet teel sot agreement shall have hae been made malle Now what Is III the tho line ISo of ot throwing out Hit of ot ulterior motives when tho tue of tho the Utah Arid Arili Land commission intro have no personal ends or motives In hi what they are doing The They lire are not Ilot speaking tot for tho tue government In any ihil sense SOIl They are aro working for tut tile the public nod especially In Jim time the interest of oC time tho very cry mon mono who cast slums upon them it Is U wrong mid find shameful to thus misrepresent them theta Wo o time the great body hOlty of tho tue faun aria ors 15 In tills county appreciate Ie timeR their la In hots and understand thin tho portion that time Ihu t I confronts time tho community III I together r friends lix upon some basis on which tile the n op cnn In be ho made and do clo not ob oh obstruct one OilS of ot tho tile most magnificent movements for tor the permanent benefit of tills this whole section of ot tile the country that has over oer been he conceived On the tho agree agreement ment i jos w pending hangs the success of ot the time lake scheme and on tho tile success of If this thin Utah lake project turns turn tile tho en on tire tiro plan for tho the welfare of ot this great |