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Show be deemed equitable by the field engineer. en-gineer. I Now, aa the contract requirea that 11 luchea ah all be delivered at the heal ditch of each entryman for every acre of land, thla agreement doea not anil cannot decrease that allowance. Uo der any plan of distribution the flelj engineer ia the one to decide what amount of water will be turned Into each latoral. If hla first estimated allowance al-lowance for seepage and evaporation la not sufficient aa ahown by trial, a larger allowance will bave to be made until the full contract amount of IS Inchea la turned Into the head ditch of each entryman. Under thla agreement agree-ment aa under the contract, the company com-pany la responsible for failure to deliver de-liver the full amount of water, regardless regard-less of the cause. We fall to s?e how thla agreement relieves them of any responsibility. Aa a matter of fact, there will be a surplus of water ao that probably every farmer can have all t he water he wants, even If he thinks be needs more than 18 Inchea, and It aeema to be the general opinion that new land doea need more. We think, however, that every farmer ahould have hla head ditch provided with a wle"r ao that he will know for hla own aatlsfactlon how much water he uses. No one knowa from actual measurement how much water la used or is needed on thla land, and we will never know until It. la measured. We do know, however, that all t he trouble In this country has come from too much, rather than too little water. The aettlera are all In favor of the plan of distribution through laterala under the control of their own sub-watermastera. sub-watermastera. Under thla agreement the company agreea to pay the salaries of these aub-watermastera chosen by the aettlera, less the $1 each settler agreea to pay. To ua the agreement looks fair to both aldea. If any member mem-ber of the Water Users Association can read a different construction to thla agreement than we do We will t a pleaaedto publish his views, ... agreement also "provides' that It' can be abrogated t the elo of spy Irrigation Irri-gation season If it aball prove unsatisfactory. WATER USERS ASSOCIATION. t Owing to bad roada tbere waa not a very large attendance at the meeting of tbe Water Ueers Association last , Saturday evening. The time waa large- a ly spent In discussing the contract tbe 0 Delta company ia circulating for slg- j naturea in connection with tbe plan of q having tbe distribution of water In each lateral under tbe charge of lateral lat-eral water masters. Tbe aettlera bave very generally refused to sign this contract aa tbey think it will relieve tbe company of a.'l responsibility In case a sufficient amount of water Is not supplied to each farmer. They want the water measured as It Is delivered de-livered to their head ditches snd not to the laterals. Tbey say tbere Is 09 way of properly estimating the amount of seepage and evaporation In tbe let- erals. A committee waa appointed to see about the presentation of ths petition for a county road to the County Commissioners. Com-missioners. We bave Just looked over thla con- P tract or agreement It provides that li In consldf-ratlonof II paid by the en-ttyman en-ttyman to (he company, (he company agrees to pay the salary of the sub-waterniaster, sub-waterniaster, and the entryman to accept ac-cept the measurement of water to w!ch be Is entitled to onder his cob- ro tract plus such Increased allowance of for seepage and evaporation, as shall iJa |
