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Show JUDGE HOWELL RENDERS DECISION , .ludpo Howell rendered a decision johterday aftrDOOi) on the Issues in the. cao of ' (ho Hooper Irrigation "company, et- n., against Melvlu At-wood At-wood ct al., Jn which he states that he will appoint a commissioner to levy apensnicntfl upon the various users of the- water of the Went Weber canal. The capo In question In oni of entanglement en-tanglement of rlght6 to the irrigation canal water. In the year 1 S56 rertaU of the plaintiff and defendants constructed con-structed a canal, known as tho West Weber canal, diverting the watprs of the Weber river. In the year 1S67 onother canal wan built. In the year 1R79 a dam broke and tho owners cf both conal held a joint meeting j'tid together reconstructed a single canal. the one now In use. Some of the older upers of the water have dalind prior rights and have declined de-clined to pay equal assessments villi t h, persons who have more re-iccently re-iccently acquiror water rights. This canted tho trouble which found IU way into the District Court and which it Is believed will be settled by the appointment of a commissioner. |