La Junta tribune., 1907-01-05


ribrta-y - fte county seat. All OF
this land. which i rrpuouneed by
EXPERT whr have made an analysis
., The ssti. to be cquai TO the besi
, u the talicy. nsed> but the appliea-
iion 81 wafer to make il an agrieu'
,ural paradise
The O.ero canal l. owned by the
Oicro irrisatios District. and at this
time IL would probably be apropos
20 say something A. 90 what constr
.ute, an irrigation district. The law
authorizing the organixarion OF irri-
CATION districts in Colorado Wa. pass
ed in ioor. Ii provides for an organi-
zation similar to school district.
with three directors who have power
to call elections 10 vote upon issuing
honds. and control all other matters
connected with the development and
oreration of the system. The bonds
being is.ned become the Indebtedness
II the district the same a. school
district bonds. and are paid by tax
,pon all the land in the district. The
cost of maintaining and onerating
the canal and reservoirs is also paid
~ a tax unou all of the land bcne-
Sted. md the taxes are collected by
the county treasurer. who II also
treasurer of the district. in the same
wav that cornsv end school district
.exr. are collected and at the same
1--WE
A. water t-xe- are levied and col
| tectcd from all the lands III the dis
tric;. ,nd a. water i distributed IN
| 'ccrrdance with the plumber OF acres
assessed TO each Owner. there i not
m--h d7r-rr NJ the owner allowing
Z 4. "a -. -.
voting fcr an advance IN price. "a
-sch viii he compelled to pay for the
n, rovemen,. which Eiake the ad-
v3r~r Tos>ible.
The Otero irrigation District has
purchased the Clear Greek reservoir
.ite iu Ch,Hc- county and has al
r-.dy cx ended $4,000 in develop
mem WORK. A. nothing ear be done
n the mountains during the winter
Torth~ work ON the dam has been
discontinued until the FRS. of March.
At which time it will be resumed and
-'ustcd To- completion The rcscrvoi,
site ha- a capacity of 1000 acre fee;
Since the district has had the man
lgemcui 81 the canal new head
gate. costing about $500. has been
con.,ruetei near Fowler. and new
waste gate. two miles east Of Fow-
Ter. A. an expense of $4,000. Three
syphors. eight feet in diameter. have
also been constructed along the route
II the canai--ouc under Api>haps
cree. 200 feet long; a second under
Smith Hollow. scven,y-hvc fee; long.
and = third under Tiurpas lcreek. 17s
Tee, long The three syphr,ns cost
$4,000. and had they been erected
when the canal was first constructed
would have been worfh an hundred
lines their cost to- the farmers living
-ndcr the canal Flood waters in
varizbly washed out the canal fumes
crossing these streams. usually all al
once srd at Il time when the farm
ers living under the canal needed a
water suppiy the most Flood waters
have No eject upon the syphon>. A.
they are buiff underneath the beds
of the creeks. and insure . supply
for irrigation a. long as there Is amy
water availab3e in the river The
Otero canal has q decree for rs3 Gu
bic feet. dating hack to iatD.
T. J. Sayier. of Lamar. of the firm
of Hannawait q Sayicr. are now a.
work enlaraiux the Oteso canal from
Jones Hollow to 1impas creek. 4 dis
tance IL eighteen miles. 4 dredging
boat. sixty feet long. fourteen feet
wide. with thirty foot boom so the
earth may be deposited ~ far from
the canal bank az desired. is being
used On the work The average
| Amount of material 70 he moved IL