Show VATER ibay LOSE RIGHTS utah water users tiers buri hundreds dred of them may ilay lose their water rights through liability to finance costly court action illich would be nc iry should i of the state supreme court 1 ix reversed according to ion flon prenter pren arp anted ted at a ni etina of the utan water storage commission this week the rul ruling iii referred to directed tha plate engineer Kineer en to make a de lon ion of water rights of the jordan river I 1 tall tali lake abid and their tributaries tributa ries 11 I 1 was handed down in fit a cae brought broi ight by i alt lake inke city ind and leeal irritation irrig cioll meallie Mp allie nies of salt lake county against more ihan 3 defendants defendant principal 11 lv ill atall county the ill third district court where tile the asp wa hiis instigated was directed to accept these thee the e determinations unless s they were protested this would relive in individual li vidual wl water t e r I 1 users iser 10 of f the necessity C ity of financing investigations ano ana court procedure hire necessary to establish proof of their rights the eake case was ill the largest water suit s nl brought in utah the ipanis i fork wet west field irrigation company Com piny ind and other water users defendants in ill oje lio original ori sinal suit which boug soufflet lit to brida about adjudication of the waters it involved asked the supreme court to pro nhit ill ibe district court from going ahead abend with rh ohp case numerous inquiries both written nid mid verbal have been directed to the tate engineer seeking information on the probable effect should the bagh r court decision be ree re ersel rsm plaintiffs in the original suit ime have for a rehearing of the cast cas the courts decision upheld ft a law passed in 1033 and amended in liw required thu the court to proceed with a determination of rights with he help of the state engineer ind and not otherwise unless miless that official failed to act it II was pointed out in the meeting me elins that the effect of a rp reversal versal of the dt decision woud aou d be felt not only by users of utah ulah lake ind and boidan river out bi li users from many sources in the state where decrees dec Tec have not dot been made L streams are found in vearly enery eely county of the lie state some jf A them are ferron creek emery ind sanpete Sall pete counties pinto creek washington county upper bear river summit ind and rich counties count henrys fork ind and birch creek summit and baggett rag sett gett counties aind the states underground dr der ground water basins bagins principally cioe of beaver ISea vcr thoele tooele and iron coun t ties 1 4 the future settlement of water rights jf f all these streams ind and basins depend till this decision members ot of the commission said the state engineers determination V f rights on oil the weber river which is pa ra me in size to that proposed lor for nah tali lake and jordan river resulted 1 ii I a I 1 decree almost void of the usual legall legalities tie the approximate cost was 1000 it is iq claimed that at least that amount has been spent by each of nt fit the principals of the hie utah lake suit stilt other decree decides Ino including luding sevier river heaver beaver river santa clara caara creek vir gin in river and many others other hayt have been Ife reed lt at a minimum of cost ta tile the water users through a state engineers engineer 3 the supreme sup reino court decision is one of ct the greatest ever made affecting water users of utah member mem bors of tile the mainis lon agreed water users affected ly by the ad should proved pr ovidii egal representation before the supreme in coult oi rrt they concluded |