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Show WATER SHORTAQE. Again the cry of distress Is raised by the drought-strli ken farmer of tho Stale The annual complal-t 1 ngiln mnde that this Is the driest seison ever lnown In Salt Like vallv, one cf tho beit-wntertd sertlcna f the atate. t've crets are threatened with destruction. destruc-tion. Here In Bier vallsy the w iter I fearlully low and the oldest lnhal I-tint I-tint nivor knew ans thing llko 1'. Iho same story come ftom othr section ot the Slate Peoria who nr Iw ivs locking for cilainltv foresee all kinds of trouble for the State The) declare that thete Is a graduol al ItikJgc In the runfJll rt the State thit threaten tuln V the agricultural Industr) We tuko little stock In their prohpccles of evil It Is true, no doubt, that the w iter shortage short-age Is caused, In part, bs a decreased rainfall The records ot tho weather bureau show that But these records also show that each period of light rainfall Is followed by a period of ,.... 1, n.,.lnl,allnn Aa(tl npHnrl et. tending over ten to twelve soars, and a return to normal conditions within a short time may thereforo bo reasonably reason-ably expected We believe thit tho appirent water shortage Is caused largcls, If not chlcf-1), chlcf-1), bs the Increase In the number of water users, and the nbaenco of effective ef-fective ss stems of measurement and egulatlon New ditches have been taken out, sear after scar, until In some sections every drop ot water has been appropriated Tho water rights are not recorded and no one knows what any man la entitled to The owners own-ers of secondary rights tako water belonging be-longing to the primary rights and some hoggish Irrigator take more than their share. Other get less than their shaie and think there 1 nn awful drought There Is no offlclnl to ce that the water Is equitably distributed and no posslblllts for such distribution because the water rights are not recorded. re-corded. The State has provided for the appointment ap-pointment of water commissioners In each county, but where the water Is claimed twice over and the clalma nre not adjudicated, a water commissioner would be power lew It begins to look as though every claimant will havo to go Into court, prove his rights and thus get them upon tho records in such shape that they can not be questioned, before there can be any such thing ns nn equitable distribution ot the water Heaver News |