Show WATER APPLICATIONS NOT TO TODE DC HE APPROVED AT PRESENT From the field examinations made by the sta State te Engineers Engineer's office and other agencies it appears that there Is no water either In the Cedar City or the Parowan underground water underground water areas and Sla State te Engineer T. T H. H Humphreys has Issued the following statement with regards to applications for water In this area No application will be approved at this time Ume or no applications to tc appropriate water will be acted upon finally until it will have been determined whether there is Is or Is not public waters in these areas The state Engineer under a Supreme Supreme Su Suo preme Court decision must accept ac ac- ac ept applications to appropriate if made and tendered for filing In Incases Incases cases oases where such is done It will bethe be bethe the policy of ot this office to say IlaY to the applicant substantially what Is above set out and give him the opportunity op of ot saying whether the application shall remain In the of office of rice flee upon until It will have i been determined if there be any water or proceed to advertise it The former course will be recommended since the applicant applicant applicant ap ap- has everything to gain and nothing to lose In such Moreover the advertising fee would be saved to the applicant In case the he application finally be rejected On the other hand if th the applicant ap ap- desires that advertisement be made his wishes will be respected respect ed but even so I will do 40 users with prior rights t the e possible inJustice injustice in in- justice by approving such an application ap nor the applicant w what night might t be an Injustice by rejecting the he application until it will have been determined whether there isor to is toor J JOr or is not water This should be known now in a relatively short time An opposite course of or action will willbe willbe V be taken with applications filed rued to change the point of diversion pla plate o or nature of use of underground rights established by use made prior to the passage of the underground under ground water law March 22 1935 only however if and when a claim will wall have been filed in this office In accordance with Section 1005 5 12 12 Revised Statutes of Utah 1933 1033 and acts amendatory thereto In such cases enlargement of the existing ex fisting right will be resisted in every possible way open to me Moreover before such application will finally be approved there must be filed hied with this office affidavits such as would be accepted by a court to the amount of water put putto putto putto to beneficial use the date of or first priority the date of first construction tion also aiso the nature and extent of or use which in the case cas of Irrigation Would be num number r of acres irrigated and extent of minor use for do do- dot purposes and if any Such information when submitted in affidavit form and t filed med will be verified by an engineer engi engl neer Beer from this office who will go into the t. t field for such purpose I For fear that it might be assumed assum assum- assumed ed from the foregoing that information matlon mation given by applicants applicant's claim is more or less discounted let me mesay say kayo it is not so regarded by this office Before an application to change the point of diversion nature or place of use will be accepted for filing it shall shaU be explained to applicant ap ap- applicant fully tully what the requirements are and the fact tact Impressed upon him that a very rigid field examination examination examination examina examina- tion will be made to determine the extent and priority 0 of existing right sought to be changed and any efort effort ef ort fort tending to enlargement will be resisted |