The Globe-republican., 1909-11-25
UnderfIow Waters Will Be
Turned Down Canal Soon.
As FAR As DODGE CITY
Water Rights viii Go Where They Are
Asked First. But One Chance.

Manager Traylor has large force
OF men working on the Eureka ditch
northwest OF town at the present
time and expects to have the ditch
cleared to a point north OF town in
about week. tt was reported yes
terday that the force was about ready
to begin on the big cut on the divide
west Of the college,
The water is to be let down this
far before the first OF December and
all who are interested can form an
intelligent opinion Of the water sup
ply from that demonstration. The
first supply let in will be equal to
about 1900 acre feet Of water. That
is as much probably as it would be
practical 10 let down, because some
thing must be done with it when it
gets down here, and there are no re-
servoirs prepared for it to empty in
to. The ditch people are prepared
with little extra work added at the
head Of the ditch to furnish $4,000
acres, and it is understood they will
want contracts signed for 10000
acres after they demonstrate that
they have the water and can deliver
it to the land, before they continue
the ditch further.
The contracts that will be offered,
we are informed, will stipulate that
the water must be furnished before
the cont lis binding. The first
payment is not to be due until April
!, 1910, but those who sign contracts
may use water during the winter
months.
This is matter which should be
settled at once by those who have
land along the ditch, and it is one
Dodge City as town is interested
in. II there is tob be large amount
Of intense farming along this ditch,
the more OF it done close to town the
better it will be for Dodge City.
With the land owners it is to be re-
membered that all water supplies are
limited. Only so much land can
have water rights, and when the linn
tied number Of acres are signed for
the chance will be gone for others.
The matter Of whether a land owner
wants water rights for 10 acres, for
40 acres, Q quarter or a section or
none at all is a matter OF business,
which concerns only himself. II he
does not want il, someone else will.
But il he does want it he will have
only one chance Of getting it. The
thing for him to do is to decide be-
fore the other fellow does. In the
matter OF Dodge City having the
water rights taken close to town, she
will have bat one chance.
To maintain their rights, the ditch
people, after they have the water in
the ditch will have to use it within q
reasonable time so that they will
have to know where the contracts are
coming from. II the company should
have to buy lis own land for the wa
ter, it would no doubt buv it where
the land is cheapest within reach of
the engineering possibilities Of the
ditch, and that would not be close in
to Dodge City or at any place along
the line Of the ditch from here east,
because none Of these lands are
cheap.
There are such great opportunities
in irrigated lands that this matter is
an extremely important ONE. Every
body should be studying it and de-
Gliding on the best step to take.
Dodge City should be at work. II
anyone knows anything against the
proposition let him come forward
with IL and give his fellows the ben
eft Of his knowledge. Decide the
thing one way or the other. Don't
lot us sleep and dream and wake up
dead 50 far as opportunity is con-
cernsd.