The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-25

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of the rates the state board expected
the company would get from the orig
inal land. ....
"The provisions for the rotation of
water applies more especially to the
complex service arising under the large
canal systems. 1t is not to be pres,nned
that any water commissioner is going
to run amuck among the peaceful in
dividual irrigators and compel them to
rotate their water supplies when there
is no need of SO doing and when it would
work hardship upon the individuals CT
be detriment under their particular
modes of farming to so do. But the
unanimous testimony from observers
of large irrigation systems in California
and of many VINO have already .rcl the
system of rotation under the largest
canal in the state of Washington, is to
the effect that in most cases with the
usual agricultural crops and with small
farms rotation of water is in many cases
necessary to produce the best results,
to economic the water supply, to econ
omize the time of the water user and
even to make actually possible the cul-
tivation of the land which lies along the
lower courses of the bitches Or latolals
I his is matter that would need to be
worked out in each case to suit rh,. need.
of each case.
"In the matter of the storage of wat
ers, private company or person will he
allowed to store water for use upon the
lands to be covered by its canal system
but the mere storage of waters for sale
is not allowed. The control of all stor
age works are subject to the supervision
of the state engineer. This officer may
refuse a permit for any storage plan if
it be contrary to public interest to grant
it, 'and in determining the question of
public interest, the engineer shall take
into consideration the future maximum
utilization of tine storage site and the
fullest practicable future development
of irrigation in that drainage area
For example, if there are four lakes,
Nos. |. 2, 3, 4, at the head of stream
system, No. being the only site for the
storage of water that could be used upon
tract A of land, No. the only one that
could be utilized in the irrigation of
tract b. while Nos. and could be
utilized in irigating tracts A, B, C, d
or Fin that case, if an irrigation com.
pany wished to store water to irrigate
tract c or tract D, it would nave 10
utilize site No. 3 or for its storage
works. reserving and for the facts
that could be watered from them alone.
"In regard to regulating the flow of
water, the bill provides that the water
commissioner and his appointees, the
water masters, shall so regulate and
control the use of water as to prevent
waste; and the water commissioner, in
order to secure tine most economical and
beneficial use of water, may upon petit
ton prepare and enforce system of the
rotation of the water supply from any
natural stream or irrigation ditch or
lateral.
ut was suggested that $4,000 or $780,
900 for service of summons must be paid
by tine county. But these fees simply
60 back into the county treasury, as
every lawyer knows and the county
would be out only the actual cost of
livery hire by the sheriff.
"In building the new court house the
county will actually expend some sew
enty-f thousand dollars, to build
suitable place in which our courts can
administer justice, and we all agree that
it is a wise and proper measure to
build such a court house.
(which is of greater Importance the
court house and the auditors Office,
or the registry of titles in the auditors
office and the kind of law and justice
that is melted out in the court roomi
"And yet no objection is made to
spending seventy -five thousand for the
building but 4 great hue and cry is
raised at the prospect of few thous-
and dollars to be spent in improving the
record of water titles and the law of
water rights.
"A few remarks dropped and one of
the arguments adduced against the code
may reveal some of the animus of the
opposition and the peculiar interests
that are in jeopardy.