Arizona republican., 1910-03-02

ss to crops and soil cannot pr,.'t.,l- ly be followed by a vsrym= standard as to the duty of water ,i.I-n.-ut upon such variations "t crop auH soil: nor can the matter ut On" amount required be left q" tr. iH.iE ment and demand uf ti. ruai.lfHai land owner dependent up"u th. crop. he may plant. To avoid cHuiH" i"u and to promote a certainty -f ...f- sion and distribution ut tr. afr.r. the standard Co b.. taken wa-f h- determined by the C"urt suH rrI-t be such as will aprly Goo aH .rrt and all crops. and winch. Uhi'. f aHt permit by economical u~.- .. .g.tl- cient water for the 'u'fitrfI.. .. the land in great part at i'a~t O.. t-r crop requiring the most water. uIW still he not too much f"r tE- .iut owner who intends to cultivate r I-,r- tion of his land to the crop f,.Iu'rIuE a less amount of wafer ~u.u
 standard. while perhaps mot permitting of d precise conformity with sNiStIriG
 conditions. can for the present. lf least cNperimentally he tried. and hereafter changed as it may lv ."uut to be inadequate or too great ! h---
 lieve that X miners inches constant flow to the quarter section "f ttuc- measured and delivered at the "tud ] is sufficient under ordinary r'frdi- tions for the proper. economical and successful irrigation of the at-raer product as grown in the ul~tI..t 0 therefore fix upon and determine such . to be the duty of water for the rHr- poses of this case. subject however to an increase or decrease -t such standard upon application tH JE- Court in this suit hereafter a> v'u- ditions may require and develop after due trial of such amount such standard
 When practicable. measurement "t the water to be delivervG shrulf i''- made at the entrance oT-the lateral t' each quarter section When SIc- measurement cannot be So made anu until so made. the measurement shall be made at or near the point of at- version of the water from the rtcr. except as hereinafter provided W hen the water is not measured at tl~ land there must be added [" tlt +> miners inches constant flow found Ju be the amount necessary for tle culti- 1 vation Of quarter section uf .-=sC- an amount necessary Atf fNNAfA aaa' -.H
 from evaporation and s-ef.ss- tr"ui the point of diversion from the riNrr to the land Like the duty ut water. this estimated loss by evaporation and seepage has not been determined in this valley by any series "t eNI-'ri- ments or otherwise In fixing ug'u an amount to be added tn supply such loss by evaporation and SeeIaS-. ] arl h,-f b.. r.n of water in the valley in JLv past. hN expert testimony and by testimony ss ! to experiments made eiSewtrrc- Tax ing into consideration the atssJ=t- : flow in the canal. the different ~-t- sons of the year. the waStefui ordinary | open earth channel now su u~' tt- ! extent of the area exposed O. '.stf-'rt- tion and the greater boss hy >.-Ias-
 in the lateralS. and the fact that the loss also applies tp the water Goo t-. added it is believed that "u- Der | ccntum added for each mtl- "f 'ar- riage from the point "f diversion from ; the river at the head of the canal Goo the termination of such canal 'u u- main course. Wip apprpNiWat'Is sup ply the loss by evaporation .tUi >r-I'- age i'm the volume of the water -.' as- Hvcred for general diStrihutnu ufi the further order of the Court. tut uti- til such amount which i~ hereby f.N,fi upon shall be found [" h' iu.tds.I.rst" or tpn great tu the water Goo h- fl- vcrtcd tn each canal for u~r upon tho land under it entitled tb"rrtn when measured at the head "f ih- canal there shall be added for lass hy r,tro- ration and scePaEe cone per c~nruu ef the amount of water diverted for .9irh mile of such canal length in it's mann course
 The main course of s canal r~ t-rv used k defined tp bc it's Crur-.. from it's head to the point where the rtusI ceases tp bc a main canal suf l.F- comes in effect a diStributiu- lateral
 The water for the land ou th~ u'Tth side of the river is supplied through the Arizona canal and th. J-iut Head and the laud s" supplied f"rm- uu- system The length uT th- -frlE"u-, canal in it's main course is @H iHi''-. and this is alS" approximately t.. length in main course "f the canals HI the Grand. the Maricprs,. and t1- S'It- measured from the h.--d .f th- Nr'- zona canal To ascertain th" amount of water to he delivered for tht- Sss- tenn. therefore. when measured ut th. head of the Arizona canal. there ~hth be added one per cent uf such amount for each mile of such length '-f canal to-w wit 36 per cent The length uf the MaricOpa and Salt River N-sileN canals from the Joint Head [" th- rud Hf their main course Is miles t"r water diverted at the Joint Head there shall be added one per cent for each
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