Show DELTA AND MELVILLE GIVE WATER DIVIDENDS at a recent meeting of the boards of directors of the delta canal and the melville irrigation company a dividend of 05 of an acre foot was declared on each share of 0 delta stock and a dividend of 10 of an acre ft it on each share ot of melville stock the dividends will be credited to the water accounts of the ers as of september 1 1937 the dividend Is made possible by reason of the sevier bridge reservoir rp r celsing 5 acre feet of water this season beason over and above its priority ot of 89 acre feet an additional 5 acre feet Is in litigation with the plute reservoir and irrigation company the water in litigation 13 1 now stored in the plute reservoir and will not be used this season should the lower companies succeed in winning the case the water will be available and added to the supply of the sevier bride reservoir tor for the next season |