Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-29
L,,I,, h Appointment Of Special
f, Committee to Draft Bill
|u,r NEEDS OF STATE ARE
,..., por.mu, and Others '''A
pHnf'' ,,',,.,-.what the Govern
r. ment VIII DO

,,, committee Of the senate
~, ,, 'o,a' on irrigation held a long ,ns
''lon .,,1,ne which was largely at
ni pu', ,sa9e.ses we're made by STATE
Pdsd. 0 r poremus and Moses W.
Fs tI, . A. ny' Of the new Weber
yl01 ,las,voIr and irrigation com
|v'r T e 81. speeches made the needs
~ -. :" N the subject Of water rish.s
Jaw, ,,I,nea and remedies suggested
n V. ..an,e Of the meeting was the
Oa,, Of a committee of three
,s,,yes and TWO senators 10
ar irrigation bill Representa-
'n' AUSTIN a Roberts and J. e. Johnson 1a'l
y = ss,scted by the house committee
n, \, ,'', work and the senate commit
4 y. selection will be announced To-Day
A that the committee can Immediately
FD,,,o EpgIneer Doremus said the first
4 y, NECESSARY was legislation to fos-
NJ n development Irrigation had been
,.,,od nv the lawmakers until the
slsO,uS Was not only serious, but
, a OF the j2,OQO,OOO acres oil iahu
| ,Ss state. not more than Iour per
,"v gas under irrigation, and 1t was
,D,aI area that was supporting the
XII burden Of the state government,
III vet the fact remained that less
cns.balf Of the water in the state
r. used for irrigation, all the rest go
n TO waste, .,,,., u,o
H. Insisted that Notwithstanding the
knortance Of mining and stockfaisihg,
" were Insignificant in comparison
X me results TO be obtained from IT.
KHAN He maintained that dissen.
In concerning water rights obstructed
Fpuess The right Of the settler 10
II water was well recognized, but me
,ent az the right was disputed. a
4, and fair distribution Of the water
Inc state was what was needed.
Ester rights should be acquired as
Ind titles are and should be limited IN
IA manner. There was so mueh con-
byop with reference 10 water rights
Ial H was difficult for any man to
ksrIbe lust what belonged to him.
|Tbe federal government had practl-
Inv surrendered It's control Of water
kits 50 that II remained for the state
assume lbs control and define the
|ehts. The speaker said community
kntro Of each district water way, was
h IDEAL method TO adopt. Power
Eants should not be allowed superior
|ghts to irrigation. and he held that
|aier was worth 10 times for irrigation
|hat Il was for power and the state
Mould therefore have legislation such
\ would give irrigation the prior right.
said that numbering, grazing or
tHhng that affected or diverted a
baieTshtd should be restricted and he
Maintained that water was the essence
|hch yitalized the very foundation In
rstry Of the state, and the farmer
koud be made to feel as safe in his
iaitr right as the merchant or banker
his possession Of merchandise or
honey,
Mr Taylor, who followed, said, that
hch watershed should be controlled by
b commissioner and the laws should
made 50 plain that every farmer
puld read and understand them. He
Va that the troubles alluded to by
he state engineer were bad enough
nd should not be made worse by crude
bungllng legislation He said legis-
Iuon for the protection Of the water
beds from Invasion and destruction,
nd laws fostering the construction OF
'seWolrs so that the water might be
lnserved we're what were most needed
DE and the definition Of water rights
iould follow He invited the commit
Z to visit the Weber river and see
nat was being projected there.