La Junta tribune., 1912-02-10
HE annual meeting OF the
Arkansas Valley Ditch As
sociation was held In the
district court room In this


lives OF every ditch In the valley In
attendance A list of the canals and
their representatives is as follows
Bessemer Irrigation Ditch Com
pany-C. X. McHsrg. Pueblo.
Excelsior Irrigation Ditch Company
j. y. Beatty. Manzanola.
Twin Lakes Land and Water Com
pany-Messrs. Green and Beaver, Ord
way.
Rocky Ford High Line Canal Com
pany-Messrs Hall and sickelberser
Rocky Ford.
oxford Farmers Ditch Company
Messrs. Barnard. weiland. S,oddard
and Mckinley. OF Fowler.
Otero irrigation Dlstrict-Messrs,
Craighcad. Tate. Taylor. Bcrrbohm,
Of La Juuta. and Frank Taylor. OF
Pueblo.
Rc.Organized Catlln Consolidated
Canal Company-Messrs Beatty. eau
ger and Marshall. OF Manzanola.
Holbrook Irrigation District-Messr
Miller. Stanton. Estep. Seaman and
Lewis. OF La Junta.
Rocky Ford Ditch Company-C. j.
Cover. Rocky Ford.
Fort Lyon Canal Company-Messrs
Movies. Kreybill and Burke. of Las
Anlmas.
Fort Bent Canal Company
Hasty and Ball. OF Lamar.
Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Ir-
rigated Land Company-Mcssrs Por-
ter. Wiley and Ogden. OF Holly.
Lamar Canal Company-E. II. Ger.
ecke. Lamar.
Hyde Ditch Company VI. WI
liams. Lamar
Ky Ditch Company. VI. VII
liams. Lamar
Graham Ditch Company 80 D. b.
Movies. Lamar.
Buffalo Greek Canal-w NJ Whey.
Holly.
The first business ON the program
was the election of officers for tn.
ensuing year. which resulted In the
reelection OF all of them as fol
lows:
President. W. NJ. Wiley. Holly; vits
president. c. X. McIiarg. Pueblo; Sec
rctary. q. VI. Hall. Rocky Ford. treas
urer. Frank krcybill. Las Animas; d.
rectors. including the officers above
named. ID. b Movies. Lamar. and T..
H. Gereckc, Lamar.
The question OF the present suit
Of certain Kansas irrigation com
panies against all the large irrixs.
ton companies In Colorado MAS dis
cusscd at length About one year
ago the Arkansas Valley Ditch A.
sociation assessed its members 81
per second foot on the total decided
prioriti.s OF It's members for the
defense OF this suit This aSsess-
m.nt amounted to 3e6.ss5 The ditch
companies have contributed up 10
date ti2.0Ss for the defense cf this
Was made fer the remainder Of the
S26. .s95 which will be- paid In imms-
diateiy and used In the defense of
the water rights OF the Arkansas Val
ley In Colorado.
Al the present time the canal com.
panies OF the valley have conuibut'
I'd to this defense fund as follows:
Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet
and Irrigated Land Co. 81. l6s.7s
Oxford Farmers Ditch Co. 325,0t
Rc-organizcd Catlln Consoli.
dated Ditch Co. e.. O.. s62 so
Excclsior Irrigation Ditch Co. l5O0(
Fort Lyon Canal Co. e.. e. ?.3a?.5,
Las Animas Ditch Co. =. o.. $500
Phillips lnvestm.nt Co. 3J7,
Holbrook Irrigation District 800 on
Rocky Ford Ditch Co. =. e. 5?0.7.
Graham Ditch Co. =. e.. 1880
Lamar Ditch Co. o.. =. =. 7i&3i
Rocky Ford Highiinc Canal
Co. O.. .. o.. e.. .. =. 3. l.iSO.W
Hyde Ditch Co.. -. e.. o.. ~. q
Twin Lakes Land and Water
Co. o.. O.. - e. e.. e. $50. II
Bcsscmcr Irrissting Ditch Co. 92i. q
X Y irrigating Ditch Co. =. i7,5t
This amount has been expended It
attorneys fees and In gathering cvi
dcnce for the testimony In the case
Following 10 = detailed statement
Of the expenditures Of this fund:
Attorneys fcss =. =. E. 81 .bOO. N
Travelling cxpcr scs for enxi.
nccrS and attorneys e.. =. i.05t.sI
Printing briefs for Colorado.
Kansas suit =. .. =. E. 30s.
Salary of rnxinscr and assis.
tAnts .. :. =. :. :. 1.s5tS'
Printing and supplies E. =. 6SS. J,