Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-04-19

gate, and 20 cheat the owners out OF
that much water.
Hisa very simple process to tell just
how much water IL running when
water II measured in the proper way.
You measure the side Of the gate in
inches. and then measure the distance
betwe the top Of the still and the
bottom of the gate 10 inches. multiply
the two together and the product will
he the number OF miners inches, this
divided by 4s will give the cubic feet
per second. For example. suppose the
gateway IL 36 inches wide, and suppose
the gate is raised 10 inches, then there
are 26 times 10, or $50 miners inches;
this, divided Ly 4S, will give u
cubic feet Ter second. II you multiply
the cubic f,et per second by 80 1t will
give the average amount Of land the
water ought t. irrigste, 5 5-l2 times
s0-i33i acres. There sr- few places
in Utah yhere one cubic f ot per
:. cond will irrigste 30 acres. AT St.
George 1t is probable that IL takes
nearly twice rs much water, but We
cannot tell till people adopt uniform
system of measurement.
There are two ways Of dividing
water, obe is by upright divisions and
the other by horizontal divisions. The
'a'tsr il thoroughly dishonest and
should never be allowed. Suppose
there are twenty people to get water
from a certain stream. and suppose
they all have equal right-. The stream
should b. divided exactly in the mid
dl. by nm upright board. and To lie
perfectly fair there should be n level
board sill :or the water TO run over III
there Is gate at the place Of dividing
the water il will b. all the better, but
this is not necessary this will give
two equal streams. suppose th IRE are
IA places on one side of the stream and
on the other. One of these two
streams will supply ten places, take
the other stresm and divide IL in the
middle, this will give water for five
places, then divide one of these streams
80 that little less than 3-5 by meas
urement goes into one stream and q
little more than 2-5 goes into the
other this h on account Of friction J,
turn the larger stream into the stream
for ten PAGES and you have an hone.t
division. Some will say there IL no
use going to all this trouble; but n you
attempt to mt asure the width Of the
gate and divide it of into 20 divisions
II will be very unfair, for the reason
that the places in the middle OF the
stream will get far too much water
and those next to the sides will not
get nearly enough. This j. due to The
friction Of the water against the sides
of the stream or gateway. Everybody
knows that stream flows fastest In
the middle. and II il flows fastest, Of
course more water will flow through
in the middle than on The sides.
But some one will say that no two
places have equal rights. This Is true,
and that 10 the reason why / have
written this article, to show that there
is but one fair and proper way to mea.
sure water, and that is the one that I
have given at the beginning. Juppose
that there are three places that take
water out ofs stream at certaia point:
one place Is Untitled to !, another 10 !,
and another to I.6 Of the water. The
way to divide the water Is to make
gates and TO place the stills Of all on the
same level. 1.-THE place that is to re-
ceive the lesst water makes gate one
foot wide, then the next one should
have a gate twice as wide, and the
other three times as Wide ss the first;
then all the gates should be opened
and the water turned on. Each gate
should bave exactly six inches head,
and all should be kept at the ssme
head. II makes no difference how
much or how little water 10 In the
stream, each place will receive its just
share. But some one will say that
places are not situated 90 that water
can all be taken out at the same poin.
In this case gate should be placed on
the highest point where water 10 taken
out, and 1t should be measured In
miners inches, o. 1 have shown at the
beginning. The same stream shouid
be measured before any water 10 taken
out at the last place where water 10
taken the average Of the two measure
ments should bs taken and op this
basis each place should be allotted its
share Of miners inches, which should
be measured ~ have indicated. The
upper te In the main stream should
be watched every week, and II the
vater falls all the usen should
be notified q 10 what share they are
entitled 10 use each week. The reason
for this kind Of measurement 10 10
make allowance for the svaporatioa In