The Greeley tribune., 1911-11-09

nature, witbo, ''SScn,
s'a'a'0Ty sonr, enactnen, mt
court yo.l, In normal l. y
vary much from the ss
stor0se season; vss,'
preme court win Ioas E"s'
is a matter of OVA
,n ,n's s,I % J., considered pp
a1,si. 10 say that a farmer rD
alfalfa ana in the fall o,
on orS 6S,n,I5L year on Soptenbs,
exception, 1t seems ".!a 10
a ditch corporatioon' tio ''s
IN the fan and yuas yin,s.
Tor direct Irrigation t,n'si u
OF storage reservOirs' %
me that such a nrs rs. a.,
large; larged use Of water e'S.. y
decision Of the SUI, suo,ss as
ed herein, which hit'sI
would " s"a be proper to e,
two !. irrigation lawvs,,'
srn Sa Colorado, one, a
Fort Morgan; the o,ss
can from Greeley. V.as s1
the better part of tbsis w.
munities il made up Of
lrrlsators, And We t,a|
Justice John CamnhsIIU sIU
almost twenty years 1'ta, oa
bench, and is consiSs, su
and high AUTHORITY y
law; and that Jusiiesvs
Bailey before being
preme court JUSTICES
years as district iu5ps.
where irrigation v,s
praetieed, and have -,
able decisions on moota ,y
irrigation litigation y
five such men on the srI
in no manner resar,}
other two learned III
whose records | am ra,
there should be a spesir|
aole and lairly sstisiaeI
ment Of these vexed a,
wit, the storage season
rigation season, and tb.l
reservoirs under their n
the rights Of bitches NAL
crees, at an seasons, a.1
do all possible 10 have
advanced and decided, h
all of MS know where
In the meantime, | VIM
in closing call attention
penter law and suggest
fall and winter storage |,
desirable, and should h
and encouraged, still, tha
ing periods OF floods IN
June that large quantus
are available Tor storage
and il at such times SCI
Voirs may store as asaiI
bitches, as they shoald Al
lieve they will be perma
on the hearing and fusl
tion by tho supreme cou
questions, the water so a
normal irrigation season
ceed IN quantity many
scanty flow we are all
over that can he diverted
few weeks iu the early I
same is demanded by lat
And let me say TO 20
clusiou, that there is B
adjustinE ones self 10
whatever they may be.
| est court in the state N
wisdom. to enlarge and
use OF water by ditches
DEGREES; ii they rule I
decree has no time lin
may call for its Vatei
from January lst to De
of each year that it
iwater in the spring on
under, preparing The Ia
seeding OF crops, and I
the crops irrigated and
ing the season are ha7'
apply the water to STU
as long as It can ABSORB
adheres TO decisions on
quoted by me herein
the rule enunciated ID
Lakes case. which as
permitted a ditch to ST
during the irrigation Sc
Its water supply for VI
crops. like beets al
rather than Tor carry d
able crops II, as | say
ultimate outcome oil d
ltroversy, il seems 10
owners OF bitches aOc
the Lower Platte can
1.-THE situation complacel
stand it If those belo"
senior ditch DEGREES
bitches do There are
old river bottom ui''h'
tion with earlier decfe'
but there is always ,
there to supply sucn u, u
,Iif they can ground ST
platte We fellows up
tbe same. And 1t seen
Iif bitches can grouha ~
water, they can surta ria
also, why not? WI
is it how we use the
ing to our bitches:
store it, junior dl'cn1S ~,
liz we store II IN ;, ~ ,
they cant get 1t. IL
the reservoirs We can IN,
II we use it direct, " we .
Iof it. Surely a dl'Sn : !
mitted to use Walg, h,, :
entitled in a way =, ,Hr' !,
the most good :, ,ar i"
store II should, ior !,