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Show J'j DESERET' EVENING NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER. .31 22' 1917 prac-itical- naads a bettor tsw tomv right and lrrlgatj m. UTAHwater dar it will ham ma; and that day ' olMeti, ' -- , " tto,, tT a&4 g !Lhr UlM n cottar, M th. y g taeci "d cua!l; fafa 6.601 lo tb sen. .to,a , ItlBuS 0, tMnI hopper, to pmif ttacnM drlf i S it. r 4taa 'lou. Piriai SrU Puuuign, cauun, about p1 wheat j barter, Salt uT, Mr Gt the farj, mucb PH n Stir, err ill,, pound, jr, huao corr grupe vegetable bent infe of th 8, e tun bee' re state Sr', ms regub tpples u P. Utah eoun o Pr cant, I1U5S. t, or II, ii , grains a. valued a cant, l?,li mtsreltan. fug free: pa. ebar rant' cantagas ut, damnp 5 per cm I parent . , fa? dlstanc Tha machinery ia already in morion and when the ftnfahad product ia turned oat It wtn be a model. It ia deafened that a lav shall be butted by the legferiatur la HI at will anower every requirement inflre-gar- d to the adjudication of disputed water right. tb equal and just distribution ot water, the protection of the rights of all concerned and the regulation of acquiring new rights to unappropriated waters. The need of iwch a law has long heen recognized and Gov. Simon Bamberger put the thought into concrete form in his message to the Twelfth legislature in the Billowing language: "One of the moot important matters deserving of your consideration is a clear, fair and definite law respecting water rights. Irrigation means almost as much aa ownership of land and bi some motions it is more valuable than the land itself, since w 4 hour the land it aouid produce revenue which the land alone would not. The present law governing water rights and irrigation was enacted 14 years ago. It undertook three things: "1- Adjudication of existing water rights. - State supervision over distribution of water under these rights S. Regulation of the acquisition of new rights. to unappropriated wat--- r of the state. "These principles cover the field hut the methods to secure results and Jlo render these results binding and lasting have not been entirely "Hydrographic survets have been made of some of the principal Itah rivers. This take three or four years snd entails considerable expenne A shorter and . less expensive method should be worked out. Stale biiperristou Xeoeesary. "Stale" supervision is an absolute -necessity as the existing" rights must be determined and protected before there is anything to work on. Supervision of newly acquired rights must of necessity rest In the office of the state engineer The basis of land value, is the right to water its amount and kind. A water right is a pari of the land and may be considered, as real property. The same requirements and protection are needed. "One reason why this important matter has not been more definitely settled is that letblnturts. have no time to go into the subject thoroughly, and that so many adverse interests have been represented in the leclela. turo itself. Often patchworks of laws from other states are made not her applicable. "Probably a committee of the legislature or a commission named bv the be governor of legislature Should charged wUh the duty of revising the laws and of working out a plan by persona Investigation of many unsettled questions and of the causes which have led to controversies. The report of the findings of the commission so designated should be made to the next state legislature, together with . ' 2- satUe-fai'tor- rtrht bn ie inspwtt shipmo; did go tees, ia not Jt " Por. ( legislatures 'the matter fqlly and the Interest rep solved when the new law y operation rwnted ar so diverse that it n 1 expected, be 19 In full have not time to go into will, it is confidently I 1 4l of hie original atreaan that fright at the very root of the whole j portion in ia not putting to beneficial use. And thing. !j As the governor said in hU message, wavs and means of working thla out grasabop I ebar coir or lioatan uca, taclud cord grape bate btai- - Impowlhle to 'acoompliMh tho rwiult if it left to the leps!a-Itor- e themselves to thivsh out while the j legislature 1. in seeslon. j Mintry. Irrigation phe bearing irrigation has bad upon of this region gives It a tje of paramount importance andptace rend(r the question one of vital s g- Beneficial Use. The question of beneficial nee of water may be'called the crucial point. Martlneau. Jr, to take the (place 0f Priority naturally can be snore easily Mr. Thomas. Cpon established than whether or not the r-' reurgimization, L. A V -the elected It Wnliaco water is being put to the mort benecomm)Mion . r ficial use That will always be a chairman, Vt. I. iieprs, vice chairman, mooted question and one for the Martineau, Jr., secretary, The oommuKion ia given the follow- courts to decide. The new law will help the rcourt to decide that question. hathe'fnte'rnuntainerlon It is true,' the law has not been framed COmiPlCtf ? and this composition is not baaed on a U ln regard tTesinrie'encv"'" provisions, nor any nd perusal of it ter rights, for ihc purpose of ast-r- -" 'han l0, will be, but rt'M ,ra1 orejght uf juat what ofit the corprnia-Mo- h lh, a mining what changes tn the present h" members with talk . a t the hut for Gren, h1 irrigation; Imgauon and water right law are tie- makes plain Ju'it about what conval.ey and tirrouiul ng omtrj irable and expedient, to study and inwill come in for the applicaaid ditions have been uninhahh D i vestlgte the irrigation and water right tion of the remedy and approximately i desert remairtd laws ff pther states with a view of as- what the remedy will he. It about Kn-d rx ep bv tv age tribes ceriauung their practicability if adapt-- un United has been made plain, however, that to ondithms in Liau. The comniw- - !glners ami those who have stud.od the there Is no definite advance Informsalon will make a report of Us Hives- - qutaton say now th.it the region to be given out. The recommento the Thirteenth seswioa of, fee ted nia be made to y fcM more tion of dations the commission will be the legislature and recommend suctf land ricreabe tn value even more fur re parr airdtB?tihTOHiI in the present irrigation and ty than in the past if all the water all concerned rntiet wait for that bewater right laws aa. In the opinion of available is judirmuuK utilued It is any claim can be laid to knowing Us members, will improve conditions held there U plenty of water focall fore ust how the perplexing the throughout the state. This report will (and that with wise and efficient dmtrl- orid wilT besofvedT be printed in pamphlet form and a button and above all with conservation, w admitted there Is a lack f- -i copy of it will be mailed to each 4nem- - what water there is may be made tie latent wealth tn the toprinton her of the legislature in time to par- - do even vet more yeoman service Vast not is state. of rewurces It the mil of It being studied before the g- - arviH t t other I'M fertile land ar4 yet jater ja question so much of the amount of udatute convene. Then when th unrtulnud bicaue people have not;aater a if out it and apportioning sioiis-m- et ai'the state Tcapitol Uity put to use the water .that i running .there weie barely enough.to go around wdli have llie to them by 1o wah presented y The r iort of the Itah con- - as of distributing it justly and equit- 4 yv commission a bill in complete form eivutlon (imintsdon In 190 contained (ably to alL The prfnr tdaimanta do iegisJatuie of not. under"tTie present laws, feel suf- for.LntroUCt,,n, inUi that 125,000 acr The commission is given authority ,ard st'tMnnt in Tooele, Davis .fb iently sure of their rights to sub-and power to do anything and ail counties could brought uut peaceably to other claimantstocomnj u feel PrT Sunder Ca7 irrigation with the waire waters mg lit The old tosettTef seems boarJ near 1?1 A? fight and the And (that he ha got ( tr, vrir.,e1taw iCte, examiners tL' , rare of the ex- - ff lha Ii ovo ,Hnd Weber riter water at it face settler accept the situation 4L 'si 4L ,ktefc 1. t. 7 i pensee of the conirniaamn and it ha a hi wai,t voter is meant theand often laid to The value. In ' thheadgatw H it he fact that aPndy,c7in $ m Vrathwugr . r.ted hr he Unitod a.ra gra- out tho'itteand .o ' urvev which the renort, with irrigator or iigineeni and the lognal gu,.stKin. while .ill, the new settler tn ot her word "" ill thing Apiirox 01 ineerall people fa o 'public ge.noraj jS 4T of akter fned in the hok of the commission niateiy flijjoo acre-ftgla not already bring r i;the water thatlcrw I snrualv bv not applying teiUJ It may hiic ei grrt ,V :; . - veU of the commission ' I," expert in any .waited Xh mem i V f1o of waters the Weber and Hna the to th Information get JM. that present water right own- - i V. . it i after and is aut orixd to compel Provo And relatively the same is true helieva z fc & 5, fc. CToh a certificate of hold the iroiuctmn,.f recriw and papers of the Bear river, the Logan, the his should S t right, setting forth the volume of j of und other water sources a!t ami companies, it his appropriation and the order of its f t r the ftajte many aubpVim vitReeses Mid teelov priority, so that each water right may tbiis toedalso and authonxed timonj And , far from AJ , V attempting to olr be determined And settled once for all minmer oath to witnoaw - V& . The, troul.le by keeping Irrigator away and the owner will no longer have to r" esj fund appropriatei out and out for the ,he face and th. BatPr r,ghta comimaaion J.S for it Onee this, is dener-uiv.ya. IC Urt ww,k wrth wa realise the facl that there ia water appropriated or unused water mv even more for now than those who be applied to new lands, and U has been said there is no more to are quarreling over it and will attempt then new trouble between to frame a law that will solve all pres- whether the appropriator takes potent source of out water above or below the old set- neighbors than irrigation water and ent difficulties and also the difficulties tatter have full and corporations will fiht for a water that would naturally arise by innting tier, theassurancewillthat his right will more q nek y than for honor The wU II more wai'T users into the area HE impression gives an inspiring v.ew of several prominent Salt Lakers fording the raging torrent of the rightt be and that he will be not questioned court calenders are fuii of water affected entitled to all the water he ever had . Rio Virgins late sprlug floods in 7.ion Canvon. They ore Former Bernor William Fpgy. Chief JustVe and tome hugitions are dragged A water right rests on priority and title to. The new claimant corn any J E. Frick, Former U. S. Senator Thomas Kearns, Former Warden Arthur Pratt, and Publicity Agert out long and iedcus perods The beneficial use There ie no denying in only for the water that is not to aw cover r to ihe situa presert the condition of the White first to that the claimant Salt with Route Lake a local Jehu for a driv r The water came up through th Douglas use, but to that he has undisputed tion because there i no tangible place avulaMe water has the bottom of the wagon, and for a few moments it looked as though the whole outfit would be washed down to advantage in right. This Involves the careful mass-- ii begin ind no bals on which to e bushing hi title W hen the state re .nen t of streams, many of which stream know undertook supervision of water proceed The Uuganu do not rights have already been surveyed by the v. hat they are A colt, the fond offspring of a mare in the team trying to prove and the and the just and equitable distribution state pulling the distinguished party through the aqueous peril no ha defi statutes court tite to engineers office an A by the of water even to the extent that exists guide was washed down the fierce current a quarter of a mile below to safety, amid shrill cries bf grief from the maUnited Slates government. t new concern tap a stream above at present, priority wa recognised with The commission will ternal throat. A big wave struck Gjv Spry amidships and splashed over the whole partv, hut bv a superth headfe.ia of an coder and and the matter w ts brought under United States recJftjnation service, human effort, the driver lashed the (am through the maddening surf and pjlled up on the opposite hank m the persons hold ng the company right state supervision on that basis If a the pnor of the with the of while others Agricultural who experts the had stood on safety, visiting Party gone ahead, laughing by with rapidly' imagine ever if it in not the case that settler tapped a stream say in 18 49 kodaks on the drenched procession as It came up out of the drink. After reihing the tank of the river inworking corporations, companies tluir rights are being trampled rnth-bl- y or ir a lomponV took out a canal be- - college, with and safety, individuals concerned Judge Frick dryly remarked, It g too bad to let so much water run to waste under foot They feel sure the fore an competitor appeared those partnerships in end wiu mm the whole u, ani i t r concern i grahb.ng ail the watr fim claims were recogmxed and be. ,thing up and present Its finding to and thev institute a law came a part of the rvstem governing a revised measure covering the mold- is even now on Its wiy. Thomas, lawyer, VV D Beers, en- - in theAndtro'in the legislature. if ihe new concern tap the water right and irrigation Bv the terms of the uct the water glm er. and W. It Wallace, familial sut ed points of this important subject And it The completed work comprehends m below the old settler the quarr- Is held. too. that such will continue (three This suggestion made by the gov- right commission consist of three with water and the resource step First, the gather, as eur' beenue the new con to be the rase, no matter what new 'tng of distinct ernor did not go unheeded The members. The act provider that one ' of the state right The comihuwion ir- - y the data and the making of the members of the legislature took it at niember of th commission shall be gumzed with Mathonihah Thonmi as cern thinks it Pus to fight for its laws may be framed priority will al- - report by the commission; second, the and it starts proceedings in wavs figure Hut appended to priority enactment of a law by the legtsta- its face value and incorporated thelienrned In the law, one shall be aicnairman and W tr Beers os score- ideas it contained into an act of the practical eng.necr and one shall beajtary The work assigned b the terms y there is no end to lawsuits comes beneficial use. The first mansture and third, the working out of person familiar with water right snd of tie act to the commission w ih vir w iter rb ht and Inlgation and on the stream cannot hold his right the law under thft administrative phase legislature of the Btate of Itah The act creates a water rights com the resources of the state. The gov- well under way when the chairman the matter bii f Ur to go on forever if he shows th water he appropriated lof government and court decrees. Then mission and thus wa put. into motion fernor appointed the following mem-- 1 moved out of the state ami Gor- - n an umdgled ski In of trouble un-- 1 ruu into & sink hols The state Jmsy the end of Irrigation snd water 4 a Isw enacted that gets can and wul take away from him any i rights troubles be hoped for. the aforesaid machinery and the lawibers of the coirtmistuon 3uatnouibah nor Bamberger appointed Lymau li e there jdlrd If. o Ak-K 'te-O- tea hry i vifT rbd 1 '7"' -- ftrir rapid-chang- v a. VT ? . -- ! 1 ' -l Mv e-- r. J "? "S 1'.' rinW? fht tSb dSb iSb tI A A n WATERS . t if r ? 4 te i 1. r k ; 1 n , M d r -- i ' M j j if -- d?3 cRi c8b 0 cSj Ch c'Jj c2d c?j cSj d?o cSa d?o ?J d?c D?3 D?3 D?0 cS) D cSb Millions Voted for Irrigation District That Promises to be the Most Fertile Garden Spot in the cS t3j tSl tSj cSl D?0 ft ; 50,000 Acres iriPahvanfV alley to'Have Water da f I i RIO VIRGINS UNAPPROPRIATED I 4 I tae - - bardtopetoth. $ , r,i r C&) . Country Inter-Mounta- in I Settlers Adopt Plan to Use Sevier River rr- T i rvwu n " Water Withcut a Vote Millard County, Utah, near Fillmore, the First capital of the state, hes- fifty thousand aerod of f oil such as a 'agricuU terahsta-have-dream- f" A- - of but- - - r; sg.v-- . - v hr ing of the remarkable fertility of the valley, made an unheralded and unexpected trip to this district. The Governor was shown a farm with almost every imaginable crop being grown on it. He had strawberries and other delicacies served at luncheon as well as peanuts. all grown the first year the .land was broken. The state executive head exat the time is astounded by himself pressed the remarkable productiveness of the .soil. Away up above the Pahvant Valley and the of north of Lynndyl, the Sevier River Land snd Water company had the year previous-- 1 ty completed what is said to be the finest Imflam of its kind in the United States. pounded here were the waters of the Sevier river which it was planned to use on some ost, the ach iats thousand acres-o- f the companys land as well as considerable state lands the Sevier irrigation project thirty-fiv- e 1th. un-fl- er i fo People Awakened. After Hie ' . Governor's trip to Fillmore fire people of that district awoke to the fact k I ; ? jOeesterSfl-U- j-t -- x Formed through the mountains accumulated contributions of silt and fertility of all the ages in which the prob cess has been going on, this ideal valley lacked' only the , water to make it the garden , spot of Utah. Around Fillmore, from time to time, artesian wells were struck and whenever water was turned on the soil surprising results were observed. Sugar beets as large as ones head and other marvelous results were ob- i A w5 ter. - ed - it - a 9 ;V4 " Wx- - . 4 mx: a Am .;,r x - r Atf itia wC i n in this Section. A View of the Sevier Bridge Dam, 1300 Feet Long, C3 Feet High, Largest Irrigation Project X . yJ a thatsorae steps should be taken to obtain water for the Pahvant lands and meetings were called. The officials of the Sevier River Land and Water company were invited to attend, thy ;e meetings and were asked under what terms could suffifcient water be furnish- tained. ' , Recently Governor Simon Bamberirer, n company with State Engineer George F. rit XX jztxmwm - seldom found. r f. v u $ & : ed to irrigate this enormous district. were inclined to aid the The company officials tuns . under which they could obtain the water. The cost was to be only $35 an acre, which is remark-abl- y low considering the fact that all the period of development of water resourcti had been gone through with and all the risks of millions of investment had been taken by the company. , On November 24 an election waa held and the Pahvant irrigation district formed Under the state laws. In this election, strange to state, there was' only one dissenting vote and it is probably the first ever held in the state that was ao nearly unanimous. In January $1,750,000 or more in bonds will be voted to provide for water for the entire tract, "I am not given to enthusiasm, said George F. McGonagle, State Engineer, in discussing the Pahvant project, "but the land in this district will be the best in Utah when the water ! on it. The northern portion of the 50,000 acres is a clay loam and the southern half is sandy loam; it baa an excellent slope; is free from alkali and will never require dramage. 1 Finest Land In StaU.-"- " ' ( The State Engineer said that the Fillmore district inevitably will become the garden spot of Utah. He called attention to the fact that the state owns between 6,000 and ,000 acres in this district and is, naturally interested in seeing the project a success. Be figured that by one stroke $5,000,000 will be added to the states wealth. He added: "The new dirtnct is 25 miles long and has an average width of nearly 4 miles, for complete success and to get this immensely wealthy, productive ares under cultivation will require much labor and new settlers are urgently needed to do this within the next few years. As regards the water situation. I can aay that ample provision has beed made ia the formation of this district for all of the water necessary to insure success. It has been agreed to release 88,000 acre feet at the reservoir for the 60,000 acre feet to cover the land. This makes ample allowance for all seepage and loss. "In addition to this 88,000 cre feet, the land if located in what ia now known as the Fillmore arte- rian belt where there are many wells. The waters of Chalk creek. Meadow creak and Whisky creek are also available. "There is another feet that must not be overlooked," continued Mr. McGccagie, "and that is that the average raihfall, over a period of years at Till-mois 14.37 inches. Taking this fact intp consider ation, an acre foot turned on this land in July will be sufficient to produce magnificent crops. re Go Slow, Says Engineer. , "1 would suggest to the farmers, however, that a man, with, aay 80 acres, should irrigate half of the first year and act it in shape before breaking in be can the other 40. Only one mistake jt will 'be and that made the error 1 have no of endeavoring to "do it all at once. doubt, whatever, vif the ranchers and settlers will go ( V ahead slowly but surely, the Pahvant district will prove' me of the greatest projects m ptah ami one of its most fertile and wealthy districts." When questioned regarding the possibility of a shortage of water, Mr. ilcGonagle said that no shortage need ever be anticipated, except in the event f an extremely dry year. In that event, he ' said, the State of Utah owns considerable water m the Tiute and projects which it has not sold. would be willing to sell this surplus Too water to thoH? who needed it under the Sevier system m case of a shortage, he said, and that provides a greater ihargain of safety for settlers than any other project I know of. LARGEST IN WORLD. The mammoth Sevier river project, known as the Sevier Bridge dam, is larger than all other irrigation projects in Utah combined, is the beat dirt dam in the United States and is the largest dam ever built in this country withofit government aid. , This project, financed by Utah capital and built by Utah men, will standfor generations to come as one of the best and most economically built irnga- -' tion projects ia history. Tbs Sevier Bridge dam, at the kite of the old road bridge on the Sevier river near Juab, Utah, was planned and promoted by first one company and then another, for several years before tl. - project took definite form in the way of construction.' Handicapped' by years of struggle and disappointment the settlers near Oasis, Deseret and Hinckley undertook the regulation of the Sevier river, filing in 1302, on the reservoir xitq snd the surplus water sufficient to supply 70.000 acres of land. n - In 1903 the old dam was completed to the in solid rock 67-fo- ot width of spillway level with a 100-foat an elevation of 60 feet. In 1912, wfter some years deiayr in litigation, plans for the enlargement of the dam were submitted to the state engineer; and the installation of a concrete co rewail was begun. In 1913 the sluiemg plant wa.. installed, and preparations were male for the hiJrautic fill down- stream frofa the old dam. Early in the season of 1914, the sluicing was begun for the down stream fi'i MANY rROBLKMS MET. By the time the plant wa- - Tin. y in smooth oper-ubotion the reservoir surface was an elevation of 59 feet. With the downstream fill at an elevation of 60 f feet,, the water was run through the spill- - s way in March, 1914 and the structure was practical- J ly completed to the 90 foot level in June, 1916. The construet.on problems met with m this dam were many and vexing but where met with intelli-genand engineering ingenuity that accomplished marvelous results for the amount of money expended. The cnortrous total of oveg 600,000 cubic yards r of earth teas' piled from mountain to mountain by hydraulic power. rThat is sluicing boxes were built., across the upper works of the dam, water was forced , 300 feet up to a veritable mountain of gravel (which by the way, was ideally suited to the purpose), and this gravel was driven down the sluicing boxes on . the dam by water. Thus the work of filling in was done very cheaply and satisfactorily. Had not nature ; provided the materials at hand it is estimated that ' this dam would have cost at least 3,000,000 to build. ut 50-fo- ce |