Show ABOUT WATER unsatisfactory state ol of things n gs in an irrigation district t utah dec slat 1887 editor despret news some years ago go the people of mill ville and providence united together and made two ditches to bring water dontot out of blacksmith fork river kiver on the east side some time afterwards these two formed themselves und under erthe the laws of the territory into an irrigating district and in this capacity they took in the two ditches ej un on the east side bide and one ditch 04 on the west side this latter one is owned exclusively by millville milleville Mill ville providence put in its ditches which carry water from other directions and which are owned exclusively by providence every ayery two years according to the landowners landowne of these settlements ettle ments meet together and elect live five directors a secretary and a treasurer milleville millville Mill ville furnishes three directors and brov providence deuce furnishes two directors and the secretary and trea treasurer 0 ON N TOR BALL BALLOTS is stated the amount necessary to pay the liae expenses for the ensuing year but each settlement has a different amounts amount the directors have issue issued 9 stock aock certificates and landholders land holders m providence have taken them but in they have not complied with this and say that the la laev does not authorize anything of the kind the dil directors rectors in each settlement use their own interpretation of the law in providence the certificates issued on their face tadica e the number oi of acres for which water may be had and the ditch from which it must be taken at the same time when any work Is needed to be done on any ditch I 1 ALL AJL THE LAND IS TAX 1 whether the ditch which the said land draws the water from needs any repairs or not in millville milleville Mill ville it is quite different the owner of land the expense of the dischl jbf W which the said land is benefited providence makes its own regulations ions to suit itself and milleville millville Mill Mil ville iville does the same and yet yei both are in the same hir di district the question lis is this according t to a law when the question Is asked askco of the directors the creasea bf these things existing they do not know what to say and it causes confusion in the meeting if Is ignot not done whereby the people can get satisfaction some one will break through ail apply to the courts f tor r redress or new land and is being taken up every d day I 1 and the water Is taken away from fromhart t tart 01 owners that have had bad it for t 0 1 eight years and at the sa same time jp theland 8 being taken up Is 1188 not worth ww I 1 much being situated on tire the bed benches e a and add covered with big boulders y LJ ja A |