Arizona republican., 1907-05-19

I | ed under the Arizona.
 The following table showing the act
 ual use of water on the basis of the committee of sixteen report and taken at flow of 25,O00 mines inches. (the nearest figure to the 24ss4 mines | inches shown in Table No. n and | figured on the basis of the finally re- vised figures of acreage shows the re- | lation of the distribution of water un- der the committee of sixten report to the actual distribution for period of ten years as shown byTa ble No. 1. | Table showing distribution of 25.0O0 inches flow in the river on basis con- mittee of sixteen report:
 Salt. Maricopa and
 Grand ...... .51,921 10,542 3.70 Arizona ..... .27.554 3.425 2.27 Mesa ..... ..... .13s32 2.ss7 3.s7 ! Utah including In-
 l dians ...... .10.s43 2.225 3.T4 Tempe. San Francisco
 and Broadway ....25,709 5.911 4l9
 The first column shows the cultivat- ed acreage.
 The second column shows average amount received for distribution. 1 The third column shows amount of | water in miners inches applied to each ' acre.
 The reason that the lands under the | Grand. Maricopa and Salt show a slightly less amount of water per acre I than the Mesa is that they have in l creased their acreage (after the pro I rating agreement was arranged. near ly per cent, while the Mesa has slightly decreased it's acreage. | The decrease under the Tempe San Francisco and Broadway is because of l the 200 inches allowed the north side under the agreement. and the decrease in the Arizona is for the reason that l they have increased their cultivated | acreage over 1000 acres as over that in ! the original committee of sixteen re- port.
 There are probably very few acres in the Salt River valley which have had sufficient water for complete benef- cial use during the past ten years. A constant flow of 50 inches 10 the quar- ter section would mean the actual ap- plication of 2 1-2 acre feet per day or 912 acre feet per year to the quarter section. or in other words the applica- tion of 5.7 acre feet per acre per year or approximately eight irrigations per year.
 Land in this valley differs greatly as to the amount of water. used benefi- cially. which 1t will require; certain lands in the valley farmed in grain will probably produce an excellent crop with three irrigations per year. other lands in market gardens would prob- ably need at least two irrigations per month.
 Last month I conducted some very careful and interesting investigations as to the actual duty of water on var ious classes of land growing different kinds of crops. This test was conduct ed with Tempe pumped water. a con- staDt head of 900 inches being. .run for Ia days. this amounted to a total delivery of 375 acre feet. The actual acreage irrigated with this head of water amounted to $50 acres. showing an application at the one irrigation of 1O1 acre feet of water per acre.
 There seems to be a mis-conception on the part of some that the lands un- der the Tempe canal have received steady or average flow of 64 inches to the quarter section. Such is not the
  ter delivered at the head of the Tempe canal for the use of the lands under the Tempe. San Francisco and Broad way canals has been based on the ap- portionment of the water due the lands under the Tempe and San Francisco canals under the Kibbey decree plus 100 inches allotted to the Broadway ditch and contributed proportionately by the north side canals and the Mesa and Utah. This amount of water ac- cording to the daily and official re- cords of the court water commissioner for period of ten years furnished the committee of sixteen has amounted to an average daily flow of 6031 miners inches. Allowing for 10 per cent shrinkage for loss through seepage and evaporation. which is probably not enough, this means an actual applica- ton to the 25.620 acres under these canals of 3.S4 acre feet per acre per year or a continuous flow of but 8 3-i inches to the quarter section. Because this amount of water was not adequate for beneficial use the Tempe canal, some two years ago. invested over s54.- 900 in it's pumping plant with which it supplements the flow of water which II is entitled to receive from the river.
 In view of the above statement and explanation of the actual facts as to the use of water it is believed that the memorandum of agreement as to the distribution of water prepared on the basis of the committee of sixteen re- port, with the amendments today offer | ed. will be found not only just but practical.
 Following a discussion of the matter representatives of a large number of water users offered the following amendatory of three features of the ! committees report:
 To the committee of sixteen appoint ed on the 22nd day of April. 1905. un- der the auspices of the Salt River Val l ley Water Users association. to pre- | pare a plan of an agreement and stipu- ! lation by the owners of lands as to the /, use of the natural appropriated flow | of the Salt and Verde rivers. to be | used as a stipulation in the suit of i Hurley against Abbott ct al. now !, pending in the district court of Mari | copa county.
 Gentlemen: At a meeting of a large | number of the representative water | users of the Salt River Valley begun :!