Show Navajo Lake Water Vater I Rights Discussed I At t Hurricane I II I The over Navajo I lake waters resulting from the con con- construction construction of the dike several years ago again came to the front last week v-eek when a meeting was vas held In inn Hurricane by State Engineer T. T H H. t. t Humphreys with virgin river water users forest service officials and Cedar City Fish and Game association Lion tion and Cedar City Chamber of Commerce representatives In hi at attendance at- at Cedar City representatives In attendance at attendance attendance at- at Included James E E. Gurr Henry Petersen M M. J J. J Uric Urle R R. E E. S S. S T T. Nelson and rind Claude Macfarlane The dike was built several years ara ago by Cedar City Interests with the forest service and state game department cooperating the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of or the construction being to shut the water off from the sinks in the east end of the lake and thus conserve enough water to protect protect protect pro pro- the fish ish In the lake and to keep p a 0 more or less even level In the lake for the continued protection of the fish Water users on the Virgin pro protested protested tested the act at that time maintaining maintaining maintaining main main- the lake seep holes fed the North Fork spring a tributary to the Virgin river However the mystery mystery mystery mys mys- tery of where the water from the lake goes has never been solved and It was brot out ath the meeting 1 in 1 Hurricane ne that until this mystery mystery mystery mys mys- tery is 19 solved no definite action can be taken regarding the distribution of the water The water users had previously requested that the State Engineer make a 0 test to determine where the water goes and it was because of this that the meeting was called last week The water users had written to Governor Blood to determine determine de de- de- de termine why why- this test had bad not been made Mr Humphreys I states that thai t such a s test would cost from to and Just ho ho will or should finance lt has ha not been der de de- As AlJ long as the water reaches a level higher than the dike during the summer months no difficult can arise but the water users maintain maintain main main- tain thin that should It go below the tho dike a spillway should be provided However until their right to the water Is definitely established no decision can be reached The et at this tinte c was the result of an apparent misunderstanding misunderstanding mis mis- understanding on the part of Interested interested in In- terl ted parties but after the genera general gen gen- era anal eral discussion a better understandIng understand understand- Ing prevailed and an agreement was reached to have a committee of eight from the water users meet with a similar committee from Cedar Cedar Ce Ce- dar City and go to the lake as soon as and attempt to reach an equitable settlement of the ques ques- H orn |