Show NAVAJO N LAKE DIKE DOES NOT AFFECT HURRICANE WATER ti i As ag a result ot of a borm formal al protest against uio the construction ot of the llie dike Itt eross ne vajo lato mado made to the state by tile the hurricane canal company state engineer T II if visited tile the lake saturday of last week and ruled that the dike was not affecting the water supply in the virgin river system and that there w was a a no ne cassity for cutting tile the dike mr humphries in company with officials of the cedar city chamber of commerce and tile the cedar fish and lame game protective association the organizations which sponsored the construction of tile the dike and an official of the hurricane canal company visited the lake and also springs on oil the north fork that tire are alleged to be fed from the seep holes in tho the lake and made his decision from the findings at these places the hurricane water users main tallied that the water that foods feeds tile the on oil their system was wag being dammed off and that this was in ter fering with prior irrigation rights mr air humphries ruled that the dike was merely conserving tile the surplus water from spring thaws etc and was not necessarily interfering with the normal flow the dike has been constructed by contributions from sportsmen land businessmen of southern utah with the assistance of the forest service and the state fish and game department |