The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-15
c. E. CROWNOVER,
PROJECT ENGINEER
Goes Into Details for the Benefit
of Owners of Lands in the Tie
ton So That They May Work
Tcg -ther in Securing Service

X. Il. CTOWHONeI, PUGET eHSlucSI
on the Tieton. made a statement Fri
day to the Herald, to set at rest a
wrong impression prevalent among
some of the water users as to the
methods that will be used by the
Reclamation service in the delivery
of water on the Tieton Unit of the
Yakima project. He says:
ut is the general policy Of the
Reclamation Service on all projects
to conserve the water to the great
est possible extent, in order that the
maximum amount Of land may be
brought under cultivation; to bring
about this result on the Tieton Unit
it is the duty of the management to
deliver water at such times and in
such quantities as will be of the
greatest benefit to all water users.
citation System.
This delivery of water on a time
basis is commonly known as the ro-
tation system. This does not mean
that an arbitrary schedule will be
m~de up in advance Of the season.
but that water will be delivered to
the indivi dual water users at such
times and in such amounts as will
result in the creates benefit to ali
Each water user will be able to
communicate daily, either in person
or by telephone or by letter, with
the headquarters office, and will De
able to see the patrolman on his
district every day. With the crops
that will be raised on the Tieton
lands, 1t is believed that the water
user will not be Inconvenience III
giving from to days notice as to
when he desires water turned on n
off
The water user should, at the
time he requests water turned on,
state about how much he can use
and the length of time he wishes
to use 1t. This Information will
then be assembled for the particular
district and all possible effort made
to deliver water as requested, con-
ststent, of course, with reasonable
economy and the proper operation OF
the system. Advance notice as to
when water is needed and when it
should be turned off is necessary In
order to arrange the runs to meet all
requests as nearly as possible, and
to regulate the flow in the canals I,
supply the demand on the system in
accordance with these requests
Records Show Amount Delivered.
Records are kept which show al
all times the amount of water de-
livered to each water user, and each
water user may ascertain at any
time by inquiry at the office the
amount of water he has already
used. This has been found to BE-
particularly convenient with some
crops that require an excessive
amount of water at different seaso
1t also enables the grower to use the
water at such times and in such
amounts as will do the most goo6
with a minimum loss from seepagt
and evaporation"
Headquarters Near Naches.
The headquarters office for the
Tieton unit is located on the projec
near Naches City, Washington, to
which place mail should be ad
dressed. Any one desiring to tele'
phone from North Yakima shoult
call, during the day, No. $50 or M
ISL, and ask for Mr.. Crownover an;
connection will be made through th'
local offices. From $3.50 p. m. to
q. m, the project headquarters of
fee RAY be reached direct by call
ing No. ISL. Arrangements are be
ing made to furnish direct connec
ton during the day between NORTH
Yakima and the project office.