Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-03-11 | Page 6 | Unique Water Contention

Unique Wntcr Contention, nirhtleld Mnrch S - unique point nf cnnlentlon bns nrlsen helveeen the Willow Wil-low Head nnd Jlockv Pord Irrigation companies com-panies The both itravT watei through the same canal and the Rocsy toril com. panj Is nt llu lower end of the dllch It claims tho right to two ihluls of the wa ler Ihe other inrporatlon admits that It Is entitled to cell the water two thirds of the time, but refuses Its demands for two-thlrds of the water nil of ths lime, ns It would nnmpcl it to stand lis share or the soakags of the lower part of thn ditch. A msfs-nieeilng, held b thn jtock. holders of the two companies fallei) in make terms of amicable adjustment and the matter will likely he carried Into the courts, as the Itocky Pord company claims the right to take Its Iwn-thlids ths way It pleases The other compani sa-s It cannot change the precedent that has accrued during over twenty years' us o tho water.