Show Truce HP I race Reached O In I I j Sevi Sevier-Piute Sevier r-Piute r Fight j I Agreement t 1011 Following owing A Day All II- II Hearing Which Temporarily Ends Dispute Stipulation Restricts Storing of or A Additional d d i t ion a Water I In n R Reservoir 0 s or 0 i r. r I I Sevier river water users reached agreement following an day all-day hearIng hearing hearing hear hear- ing at the capitol capital yesterday settling g temporarily the differences s arising out of or the alleged storage of decreed rights in Inthe the Piute reservoir Trial on the Issues Involved was wag deferred until 10 o'clock Wednes Wednesday wednes-I wednes day morning December 1 1 at Fill FUl- I more moro Counsel for contending litigants involved In the various phases phase of or the pending adjudication suit extended I and and Judge Elias Ellas Hansen sitting in inthe I Ithe the the Fifth district court accepted an Invitation to make a survey of the I river system beginning Tuesday August August August Au Au- gust 17 The party will be made up up p of Judge Hansen and several of or the tho counsel representing water users on the stream Three e or four days will willbo willbo willbo bo spent In going over over the system In Inspecting inspecting inspecting in- in the tho various diversions and Irrig irrigation Uon works on the entire length of the stream Under the stipulation entered into the Plute Piute reservoir will store no nomore nomore nomore I IL more water this year before October I L unless It appears there is a flow i I I in the main river In excess of or the i under rights under the fIfe so called Morse and Higgins decrees The Tho reservoir Isto isto is isto to continue also to turn down sufficient suf suf- water to satisfy any Rny remaining remainIng remainIng remain- remain Ing deficit In the foot acre storage of prior rights which are held to belong to the Sevier bri bridge ge reservoir users S In no sense is tho the stipulation entered entered entered en en- Into to be interpreted as a compromise compromis compromise com com- promise promis of contending claims no no of or rights no as a w waiver iver of relinquishment relinquish relinquish- ment of or the Uie respective rights of or either party so the tho stipulation pro pro- vides Ides The court allowed either the UPper upper up- up P- P per or the lower river interests until un- un un until til ill October 4 to amend pleadings Inthe in inthe inthe I the case and to bring In any other I parties necessary to a determination determinations I of or the issues involved Counsel for tor th the several patties parties brought into the suit to slate date were unable to reach agreement yesterday on tho survey of the river system proposed to determine the return flow now and water duty factors in connection connection con con- with the adjudication suit as aswell aswell well as the proceeding affecting rights under the Hawley filing It i appeared to be generally agreed by I counsel and the court that some I further survey should be made which would supply the tho 0 court with more autho data but there was no agreement reached as to the extent land and character of the survey nor the personnel of tho the commission commission on which should conduct tho lino investigations Counsel were given opportunity to present their on the proposed survey during the tho morning sitting and wore then instructed by the court to stipulate if possible tho the extent extent extent ex ex- tent and chara character r of the tho survey do- do sired and make some recommendations recommendations recommendations for tor the personnel of the commission to be bo appointed A di diversity diversity diversity di- di of views developed at the tho hearing some holding that the tho In Investigation Investigation investigation In- In should bo be very exhaustive exhaustive tive tivo and bo be made by exports export of ot recognized recognized recognized rec rec- Qualification while others believed the tho studies of Irrl Irrigators who had spent many years on QI the tho tl ma would ijo ho bot of t more service Conferences will bo be hold between counsel for tar the f and nl lower towel river Aver interests in iq t the e hope of or n reaching an aU earl early on au the extent at of the survey and the thu personnel of or the commission commission com com- mission in tho the hope of allowing for some observations being made this Tribune fall Tribune |