The daily tribune., 1908-01-07
THINGS ARE
HumMINC ON
BEAVER PARK

continues at very rapid rate. sun
day last 100 acres were sold to several
gentlemen from the Cripple Greek
district, and undoubtedly there will
be none of the 1000 acres left by
March 1st.
The follow ing we'll known men Of
Canon City, who are nun bered among
the most conservative business men In
t he county. purchased ten acres each
yesterday; G A. Biggs. Gilbert
Campell, W. O. Huntoon, F. P.
Smith, 9. T. Smith, G. NJ. Cover and
Attorney D. W. Ross
These gentlemen. before they pur-
chased this land, employed Attorney
d. W. Ross to make very complete
and thorough investigation as to the
Beaver Land and Irrigation com.
pany's enterprise. Mr.. Ross, after
this investigation, wherein tho
water rights, bylaws and the irriga-
tion project in general was thorough.
ly investigated, made his report, of
which the following is summary:
Il summarize the result of my in
vestigations rs follows:
'First-The company owns DEGREES
in Beaver creek in excess of twenty
cable feet of water per second of
time.
'Second-A continuous flow of one
cubic foot of water per second of time
from a period from April LIST to No
vember LIST will supply approximately
two hundred (200) acres of land with
one and one half feet of water for
each acre, or it is sufficient to cover
two hundred acres to depth of eigh-
teen inches.
''Third-The board of directors is
restricted by the by laws to the issue
Of water certificates not to exceed two
hundred to every cubic feet of water
per second of time insured to the
company from the particular source
of supply lin this case Beaver creek
under the water rights owned by It as
determined by the normal and usual
conditions of water flow during the
irrigation period.
'Fourth-The owner OF water
certificate is entitled to the use of the
water thereby represented during the
irrigation period and in addition
thereto. may sell the same for domes-
tic manufacturing or power purposes.
"Fifth-The irrigation period is
fixed by the by laws as extending
from April 1st to November ist of
each year. This period should in my
judgment be extended to from March
LIST to December LIST for the reason
heretofore stated.
"Sixth-The by laws of the COM
pany appear to provide that the cor
poration shall ultimately be under
the complete control of the certificate
or land purchasers ="
NJ paa., nt,,na.;o. .a ..x.u.ul T..
the fifth clause, as to the length OF
the irrigation season. will be chang.
ed. AS recommended by him. This
assurance comes from @. G. Hamlin,
the president OF the company
On the strength of this report the
above named gentlemen made their
purchases and now that this report
is out, and when IL is known that 1t
has been favorable to the Beaver com.
pany, n great many people of Fremont
county will choose their land.
o. X. Parker. the chief engineer,
mas system OF laterals planned
which will be the finest evor insugu.
rated in this state. All OF the main
branch laterals will be either made
OF concrete pipe, or IA cemen:ed side
and bottom ditch. Under this system
the loss OF water In transit from the
time II leaves the intake IN Beaver
rigatioD Will be less than one per
cent, while in the usual dirt ditch
the loss is anywhere from 90 to 80
per cent.
OF the numerous sales made since
January LIST. General Sales Agent Mat.