Arizona republican., 1910-03-02

river is subject to very great Varia- tons m the amount of water flowing in 1t; from time to time there is d large volume of water in the river, more than adequate for the irrigation of all the land hitherto attempted to be cultivated; for the greater part of the year the supply is inadequate for such cultivation.
 The land shows evidence of cultiva- ton in prehistoric times by irraGation from the same sources as at present. Cultivation in recent times began about the year tS6a From the culti- vation of few hundred acres in 1869. the area of such cultivation in the valley has increased until at the present time there are approximately lJleO0 acres attempted to be Culti- Vdtcd from water diverted from the Salt river al various points of diver sion on the river al or ahoVc the Joint Head" hereinafter described Although all the water flowing in the Salt ricr is. in tho lower stages of the water in the river. diverted by canals which have their heads at such points in the river, nevertheless addi- tional land lying [" the westward. not covered by the ditchcS aforesaid. is irrigated by means of ditches which have their heads in the river below the Joint Head. This Is made Pnssi- blc by the peculiar conditions which obtain in the river whereby. though dry above. water rises in the chan mel of the river below. forming new source of supply independent of that diverted above Such additional land and the relative rights of such land or the owners thereof to water for ir- rigation purposes are not included within the issues of this suit.
 The canals serving the land en- braced in this suit lying to the north nf the river are the Salt River Valley Canal. the Maricopa. the Grand. and the Arizona: those serving land em- braced in this suit lying to the south of the river are the Tempe. the Broad way. the San Francisco. the Utah the Mesa, the Highland. and the Consoli- dated. A general map showing the river. the land in question. and the means of diversion thereto of the water supply, is attached hereto. marked Map No. l
 of the canals on the north side. the canal now known as the Salt River Valley Canal is tho oldest of those now in service. it was commenced in the year 1867 and was originally known as the SwillnG ditch. Its head was at q point about five miles east of the present site of the city of Phoenix. The slope of the land on the north side of the river being gen orally to the southwest. this canal in general serves the land lying to the south and west of it's course-approXi- mately 19.OOO acres.
 Some time after the construction of the original SwillinG ditch. il was extended and q branch was taken from it at d point about two miles below it's divergence from the river. and constructed to the north and west, and became known as the Maricopa canal. serving in general land lying between it and the Salt River Valley canal. approximately IS.OOO acres: the head of this canal in the river is the same as that of the Salt River Valley canal. and is known as the Joint Head
 In 1878 construction was begun of the Grand canal which had it's head on the river at q point about three miles above the Joint Head. serving land lying between it and the Salt River Valley canal approximately IT, 900 acres. After the great flood of the year 1891. the head of the Grand canal was discontinued and the Grand canal thereafter received it's water from the Arizona canal by means of q cross-cut therefrom.
 Tn 1883 the construction of the Ari- zona canal was begun. The head of this canal was above that of all the other canals in the valley at a point some twenty-eight miles east of the city of Phoenix. The Arizona canal is the most nOrtherly of all the canals and serves land lying between it and the Maricopa canal. and also some land on the north side of the river east of the Grand. Maricopa. and Salt River Valley canals. in all approXi- mately 3S.0O0 acres.
 Water is also diverted from the river by means of the Arizona canal and conveyed through the cross-cut to the Maricopa and Salt River Valley canals. thus adding tn the supply of the two latter canals over and above liidl ldfcn bN tHeln rom lne TlNti dt the Joint Head
 On the south side of tine river the first canal constructed was the Tempe irrigating canal, begun in the year 1870. its head being at q point on the south side of the river about nine miles above the Joint Head. This canal serves the land lying under it and it's various branches, apprOxi- mately 24.40O acres
 A small ditch called the Broadway was taken out about 1870. with it's head originally about four miles west of the Joint Head. The head. however, was abandoned about twelve years ago, and since then the land for which the canal was originally built, ap- 4J0 acres. has been served partly by an extension of the original Broadway ditch. receiving part of the water through the Tempe canal (which water for more than the year last past, however, has been carried by the San Francisco canaD. and partly the Marmonier or French ditch. which latter ditch has it's head below the Joint Head.
 About that time q canal known as the San Francisco canal was also con- structed. with d head about mile and one-half above the Joint Head. serving land under it similarly situ- ated. approximately 4.O00 acres An head for this canal has