Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-19
SCARCITY Of WATER
ON THE BEAR RIVER
1t Is Noticeable on Both Sides OF
The Stream, Particularly
On the East
LOSS TO THIS YEARS CROP
Strong Humanitarian Proposition Made
BY w. 5 llasscn With a View to
Helping Those Who Have Not

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Fioldng rloh, july II, lD05..lsdlior
Doscrct News, IN the year 1904 our
water supply was umplc IN TACT, there
Wns Wntor enough lpfl IN Bear river
10 run the power plant an summer
II was generally believed Ny water
users under the Bear River canal eys.
tom that a shorloGc Of water would
never como to thom,
The splendid SPRING rains we had ,hls
season made ~ feel am moro secure
You can hardly Imagine our surprise
when about the nst Of July the poN
plan, had 10 close down for want OF
water
By tho nfth Of july the sugar cone
pnny WAS compelled TO close down to
nearly ono'holt stream, all Of the head.
gates ON the west side, ana few days
later cut on the east side all together
inc .huddonnosH OF the failure has
caught many of the users Of water on
the west side NY prepared, more ts-
pcclally with the nrsl irrigation OF
boots However very few, If amy boots
at this date have not been irrigated
once, and many fields have now had
lhelr second irrigation, ~ the feeling
N quito general that our beet crop
" safe, The grain corp II now 20 FAR
advanced that II viii make without
any further irrigation,
The irrigation for second crop alfalfa
~ also far advanced go our losses VIII
principally come on third crop alfalfa,
So much hay WAS carried over IRON
last season that the third crop hay IN
hardly worth the water ana WORK II
takes 10 produce II, ana should II be
too light to harvest for hay n VIII
sun furnish considerable pasturugo, So
after all we on the west side of Bear
rlNor are probably more scared than
hurt Not 30 with our friends on the
Gust aide Of the river who have only
a secondary right IN the waters OF the
| Bear Greatly encouraged by the
largo surplus OF water IN The river IN
the year 1904, and probably by other
sources, 500 acres Of sugar bects were
planted this season
only yesterday | had occasion to
travel through about 10 miles Of couu-
try on the east side Of the river |
saw and took particular notice OF ut
least onc'hulf OF the beet acreage and |
could not help but commend and praise
our friends on the looks Of their crop,
| A low estimate OF tho value Of their
| beet crop, could II be matured, would
| be $50 per acre, which makes grand
| total OF $4,000 Think Of this enorm.
| ouH loss 10 a poor community that Is
already oycrburdoned with land ana
| water debts, ana debts Of many other
| kinds, VIVA, tho panic of 1898 was
| 90 myself ana many others, the failure
OF the beet crop win be 20 the poor
| cast sidors, TO say that ! feel sorry
for our east side friends expresses IN a
very feeble way the true feelings OF
my heart at the present tlmo only
| those who have passed through hard
| financial ana other troubles can truly
| Nymp0th2o with those who are facinr
| them IN there remedy J say there
| w, The normal flow Of the west side
| canals lH 500 second feet The noW
has varied very littlo the past week
| from 300 feet WITH ! think posi-
| hility Of increasing little from now
ON for the season that the grain crop,
| In the upper country are pfac'
tcllly made The large hay
| ranches IN the upper valleys
will soon II they have not already
| turned tho water back into the river
| and for the further reason that we on
| the west side who have primary rights
| can Nv sacrificing a little Of our third
| crop alfalfa and by holng u little more
| careful IN the use Of our scnnt supply
| spare or 10 per cent Of our present
| supply That VIII give our friends on
| the cast side about % second feet
which by economic use viii mature
| their poct crop,
| I have n fully paid up water right fol
| 100 acres | freely and gladly give all
| over ana above uuo-huf my schedule
| stream for tho next Ave weeks and
most earnestly appeal 10 every water
| user on the west side 90 do the same
| what " we do lose a little third croI
| hay II means NJ lonst $4,000 TO oul
| friends who can M unord TO loose H.
believe my friends. II We do this
| we VIII touch n sympathetic chord N
| the hearts of the water users I'm IN,
| Cache aud Bear river yallcyA who vii
also ccon0migc a little IN the use NJ
| their Wntcr, 40 az 10 spare a little fol
| our lrlonde
| anticipate AN answer like this from
| somo uf my friends "lt w no fault OF
ours II " the fault OF the onetsidorl
themselves or the sugar company,
| fUuN,'
| am WI no ilNOln W NINA NOW 10 us
| pueR who ~ NJ fuut II say let M say,
the crop and then take M the question
of the cause ana sec 10 n that II dool
not occur again
II N very cold comfort ia say 90 d
man stuck IN n mudh0le IN passlnl
| him. "My friend, had YOU driven II IT,
tie 10 the right Sou would have passo,
| through without getting stuck" tn,
part OF wisdom ana true fellowship II
10 hitch your team ON ana pull hin
out even II II does take little OF you
| time,
II anything Is done II must be don,
quick ~ be- OF any use, | suggest ina
water uroN ON the west slide, II INT
plan meets their approval, telephone I,
the sugar company Nc once, STATING
what they are WILLING 10 DO, VIII 0gl
YOU, Mr. Editor, 10 use your influence
odltOunlly I'm the good cause ana alel
suggpst that the lioXeldor county pros
use all diligence In giving TINS matte
publicity
In conclusion | wish 20 say that
have NO personal interests on the eas
side of the river The thought tina
prompted the writing of this arllol
came 10 me while travelling through
the country yesterday
Yours for the cause of humanity
W. 4, HANSEN,
|
MIR, YOUNG GRATIFlED.