Arizona republican., 1905-11-19

Lands lying under and irrigated by the Utah canal, 10,927 acres.
 Lands lying under and irrigated by the Tempe canal, 21 GOO acres.
 Lands lying under and irrigated by the San Francisco canal, 4,32S acres.
 Lands lying under and irrigated by the Broadway canal, 320 acres.
 A compiled table showing particu- larly the location and description of the lands classified as cultivated, un- der each of the several canals is here to attached.
 We find that the Indian lands on the north side of the river, lying under and supplied by the Arizona canal, have been receiving a steady flow at all stages of the river, of 800 miners inches; that the Indian lands under and supplied by the Utah canal, on the south side of the river, have been receiving varying flow from up to 300 miners inches, and such lands are included in the Utah acreage.
 We further find that during the past ten years the fluctuating flow of the Salt and Verde rivers which has been actually diverted and beneficially used Uron tle said lands lying under all the various CaJalS. has amounted to an average flow Of 24.SS4 miners inch es and has varied from a minimum flow Of S,0t0 miners inches to a maxi mum flow of G5,00) mlre1s' inches.
 We have been unable tC alrIve at any agreement as tC the use of the natural flow of the Salt ard Verde rivers above 60,0O0 miners inches and have considered all waters of said rIv- CTS in excess of 6O,O0O miners inches as flood waters and have left to the court the determination of the rights to the use of all such waters.
 Our committee believe that every effort should be made to settle as promptly as possible the questions at issue in the suit of Hurley vs. Abbott ct al, known as the priority suit, to which all water users of this valley are parties, and believe that an agree ment among those owning lands and using water under and by means of the said canals as to their respective rights will materially aid in simplify ing the suit, shortening the period of litigation, and reducing expenses of the same, and that this committee have arrived at an outline of an agree ment which they think would be a fair and just settlement 2s amongst them selves of their various rights to the use of water and therefore recommend as follows:
 l. That owing to present complex conditions of water distribution under many of the canal systems In the Salt River valley, the water users under each of the various canals should, at as early a date as possible, equitably adjust among themselves their carrying rights in the said vari- ous canals so that each water user owning and cultivating lands and en- titled to the use of a portion of the normal flow of the Salt and Verde rivers, shall be entitled to and pos sess a proportionate interest or carry ing right in the canal through which his water is delivered, this adjustment under each canal to be made in such manner as the water users hereunder may mutually determine.
 II. That the water users under the various canals and parties in the suit of Hurley vs. Abbott ct al, agree among themselves that their respec- tive rights to the use of the natural flow of the Salt and Verde rivers up to and including GOOOO miners inches