Arizona republican., 1911-02-06
WATER FOR MORE ACREAGE
Ample Supply Available
Now For All Glass A and
Glass B Lands. Verde
Sending Down a Fine
Flow.

The Roosevelt reservoir yesterday
broke a record The elevation of
the water in the preceding twenty
four hours raised nine and a quarter
feet and the big tapoon became very
chesty The pride with which il
was swelled up. measured in engin-
eering terms was just exactly iG
1876 acre feet of irrigation water. or
enough accumulated water in one day
10 cover more than one-third of the
irrigated area of this valley a foot
| deep with water.
The elevation yesterday was 10 %
l"et' that of the day before 10. 81
feet The elevation now is within a
few feet of the highest point il has
/ ever been and the total amount of
water now IN storage is 1892 acre
! feet In the absence of infornla
ton To- the contrary it is presumed
that the big flow continued at the
time of the report. i'm which event
t"day's record will also he a fine one
| Communication couldn't be secured
last night ON Saturday the report
was that sixteen inches of water was
running over the intake dam at Liv-
mgstone and that was highly graft
fying. hut yesterdays story was that
the in-pour was five feet deep and
that was to put it mildly. iubilat-
ing. No specific facts were given
concerning the conduct of Tonic creek
but the results indicate that it is
still on the job. II is certain il has
mt dried mp entirely.
There was likewise cause for re-
joicin5s over the attitude assumed
by the Verde river There is enough
water coming down that stream To
serve all irrigation purposes and i'm
addition keep the workmen at the
Central avenue bridge on the look
out. There is plenty going by Phoe-
nix to thoroughly battle all the
whales i'm the lower ella river. There
will be no need To draw on the res
crvoir supply for sometime. even If il
should rain no more The flow over
the Granite Reef dam yesterday
morning was 81 feet. BY noon it
had dropped TO 26 feet That is the
water that goes by after the canals
are filled. and It should be remem-
bered that that stream is an even
1000 feet wide
And here is a word especially for
the farmers who desire to widen
their operations. Last October. the
date of the annual sale Of winter
water owing to the conditions then
prevailing I'm the reservoir the re-
clamation service refused to sell
water for the class \ and class y
lands which were not cultivated dur
ing the preceding year They were
entitled To water when il could he
assured but II there was scarcity
the lands in continuous cultivation
came first. And one of the fine
points of the government administra-
ton. as contrasted with that of the
old private canal companies. is that
1T proposes To- protect the farmers
against themselves II will sell them
no water unless it can deliver the
goods
But things have changed since
last October and the government is
ready to deliver the goods All those
who have class and class y
lands may now buy water whether
they had them i'm cultivation last
year OF not This is authoritative
for Engineer Howard Reed said so
last night Money that didn't look
good last October. is now worth par
At Room Il. up stairs i'm the post
office building. Everybody get busy
Plenty Of time yet To make good
crop and add to the 1911 prosperity
of the Salt River Valley