La Junta tribune., 1906-01-03

Tn. pt-1o Irrfztti"1 District hs- pun
aha-ai rG. CJrar ''~f' T----1-nir NJ"
ia ,-rzr-- county and has already
-xp.ui.f $4,000 lu deveiopW' %
yy.rE A. 1athfng can h- Eo1- in IN
mountains during the winter months
work on The dam has been lisn"n-
finu+i until the fret - May, 80 hich
rirr- II viii b.. resumed and rushed q"
completion. Th- r'-rrs s"ir site ha- p
.rus.itv 81 = 600 acre feet That ~
IN. H1.bropk re-sry"ir. with which
our readers are familiar. g. about
2 600 acre feet Since the district has
bsi IN. management - The canal a
new h@sdEats, costing about is.sea hf-
been constructed near F1slvr- and q
new waste sst~. tu" miles Fa-t Or
POWER. a. an ~Np.u-- - $1,000
Three Syphpr-- eight feet iH diameter
nav. 3ISp be,n soH-trust~i along M"
rout. q the riual-uu~ under Arisha d
ia creek goa feet long. ~@,"ui under
smith Hollow seventy five feet long
and a thIrd uuf.T TIWpz- creek 30
fs.t Iona. The thrs- -yphoH- cost
ygs 600. AMI hal they been erected
,sh=u th- canal was FIRST epn=trurtsi
would haze been worth an hundred
times tb.tr ,nst To- rha rsrmsr- living
under th- canal Flood waters in
s.riabIy uaSheI out the canal
fumes sro--ing these streams. usually
an 81 once. aud NJ a time when the
farmers living under the canal needed
a water supply the most Flood watt
@r- have 30 effect upon tn" syph"ns
a. they are huili underneath the beds
II the creeks and insure . supply for
frrigltiou a. long as there y any
water available u the river Tn"
Oi~rp canal has 70 decree for is2
cubic feet dating back 10 1850.
water COMMISSIONS Crsssy. who T.
probably better Informed ON irrigation
Iu this section than anyone. aid iu
a recent report. I have i"nkei ~
an. copies uf my reports 10 the state
engineer office for the past nv
years Hud nui that 90. ptero canal
had water for the number of days
each year us fDllavy- 1855 le9 days
1895. iba days iSs7. 90 days. 1885. a.
lays. 1893 so days. n th'y
had had their ditch iu prop
, -~ .zhsp. Iu 1903 thsy would hav,
/ been entitled 90 water about twenty
eight days The intervening time
was not lu office and cannot report
0u th.Iu. but I VIII say that then" is
practically uu difference lu the fpui
large dit,hsz as given lu rriurity-
Holhroak HIghliue, pt-ru and Bob
creek. The Arkansas, WHEN 90 Ert'
high enough for the Hnibrook 90 have
. water. b. practically always high
I enough tp give alI four bitches water
ana "a hen 10 drups Il goes down 80 fa-D
. that th.T. IL very uttl. dir~feuc. ir
. the closing 81 all four h~adgat~~-
Z Iou't bslisEa th-Ts j. any more thar
. four o. eight days dinersus. any veal
. In the number of days they have ms
hensft 81 their different appTppria'
tious IH 1893 the uterp was cut o'
repair and could only run water tsr
days. ~ far as rsn see. ~ the pt~r'
was put in proper ~hap. the farmer
should do 80 wrlI under 81 a~ uud-i
any late ditch. and " they get thsii
. reservoir. as they have planned. TN
canal should be first-sla-s"
There has been considerable advef-'
comment upon the hiEh rate of taxa
ton I'm tho Dt~ro Irrigation District
but most of the kicking that has besi
. don. thus far - by people who hay,
not a dollars worth - property h
the district. The farmers who liv