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Show IRRIGATION DISTRICT CARRIES AT MORGAN MORGAN. .! 2? Unofficial re-;iurnei re-;iurnei from Lh Aloigan Count) ltrlga-tton ltrlga-tton dlalrlet ejection, held Mondav. In-' ; dilutes t ha. t the vote carried by a larg I majority II B Couch. Morgan City; i I Daniel Helner, Morgan City, and W. E.I jCriddle, Milton, were elected dlr-ctor. ' (of the newl created district Because iudg.-x of election in each 'district, sealed the returns at the close I Of the flection. without making a! I COUnl of voten. ihe exact returns are I ! not known at present. In making the original allotment of jwatcr for the district. 15.561 acre-feet ,wujj allotted Since ihen some small district! and Individual farmers lc petitioned themselves out of the dis- trlct. thus reducing the allotment la Slightly, but at this time the total al- jiotment 1 more than the capacity of (the proposed reservior at the forks of .Lost Creok, hlch Is estimated at S000 I acre feci Acior.ilnc to surveyors, landowners I In Morgan county hold undisputed rights to 28.204 acre-feet of water which amount added to Ihe proposed lrt-crolr wll make- available for thl- I county "6.204 ttere-feet, while the ! needed aupply, according to the survey, sur-vey, will be well over 40.000 acre-feet. The maximum allotment for an acre I Of kind la three and one-half acre feet. ;In additlnn to Ihe land which had unlv secondary water rlghi heretofore, It is 'esilmated that at least -"000 acres Belli Ihe reclaimed bv extending and taking 'out new irrigation canals |