Show THE WATER proposition 0 the irrigation commission has baa out emitted to the constitutional convention a proposed article in relation to irrigation and water rights right for luver iu in the atte constitution A prolonged discussion of abe provie loub of the suggested article isun is the abe indications are that it will meet with the opposition of those ilie delegates legates who have had bau practical experience with irrigation matters the first section Is ie confiscation pure dure and simple rod as aurb would woula it if placed la in the constitution I 1 be resisted by the people who have a vital interest inte reet in vested water waier rights as they now exist the er erro reous boue nature of this clause is ie not in any way relieved by the abe application of section niree the second and firta fifth sections are incompatible in tue matter of an attempt to secure a non danisan beara boara ot of control one section operates adversely to the other As an for the fourth section edtion eo tion it la Is wholly inapplicable to utah as ae no three divisions divi eione which could be arbitrarily made would fit too situation existing here it is ie given out tout in connection with its ita work fifthe the commission mission hj bai sent far and received copies of all the bills appertaining to abi his subject now pending in of the neighboring state res aud and also copies of tile constitutional forms forma already adopted by the recently created atalee at atee that toese have been carefully oare tully stu giudiei disi and lie ie proposed article art cle based on the fundamental law of wyoming formu here is precisely where the bae baa been made the com minion has baa been study studying atu dying i oil the wrong text book it has baa taken the experiment al for wilim and untried tie theories ories of comparatively comparativO ly new DOW rod and inexperienced and has haa passed by the practical demonstration which has baa placed utah an aa the foremost fore of the inight on states both in experience and success and made her bar the one to 1 bok jok to before all others in this thia mater of irrigation and water rights utah is ia the he head not the hindmost hind bind moat moeL any provision in the constitution should be based upon that system which has haa prevailed here from the early years of settlement an article on the subject io in the fundamental law of the state should be as aa concise as po nible if indeed anything more than a brief statement of general character in ia necessary state control except for or the more mere purpose of harmony would be expensive and oneala un eala factory the idea of the me division sug gated should not be entertained be 0 ause impracticable there might be a system ay stem of division dl and control by counties count iea with a provision for these to unite as they may deem advisable and a state board fur for harmonizing interests interest but no larger division of areas should be thought of this thia wb whole 0 le matter matler however might be safely left to the legislature that bat no mistake or anad ver verte tence therein should become an incubus on the state charter the idea of distinct systems of irrigation Iza tion in which land owners ownen are also algo owners of water has baa shown itself to be well adapted here whatever control la Is exercised la Is with a view to thee theae righta and the public welfare it would be as consistent in our circumstances for the state to declare all the land to i be state property and to direct its use and cultivation an ae it would to treat appropriated water in that fashion the inauguration of such snob a revolution in the prevailing system as ag the pro proposed Doged article suggests would bean exceedingly dangerous experiment and ons one against which the mie misfortunes fortunes and failures in other states area are a solemn waring this view of the case probably did not occur to the irrigation oom com mission in its east easterners erness to get sole thing in the C which would lve definite form to irrigation methods and prove beneficial to the people this being the whole purpose of the eug |