The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-28

supply northern Colorado with
water for irrigation for two years
If all could be conserved, there is
no danger of shortage of water
this season and reservoir stock
holders and ditch right owners are
resting easily concerning the filling
of storage basins this spring.
AT present, however, except under
the Poudre there is practically no
water in the reservoirs above that
which was on hand last fall owing
to the cold weather which has pre-
vented the mountain SHOWS and
those at the sources of the streams
from melting. If the warm weather
of the latter part of last week had
continued big streams would have
been flowing into all the reservoirs
under the Big Thompson and the
st. Vrain where today scarcely a
stream trickles.
Poudre Reservoirs Filling
The Poudre has run a small
stream all winter and as a result
its reservoirs having early priorities
are about filled. Number reSer-
voir which supplements the supply
of No 2 ditch the latter which irri-
gates the vast fertile country ad-
joining Greeley on the north, is full
to its capacity of "a feet. Fossil
Creek reservoir of the same system
has almost filled to its capacity of
"a feet and Terry Lake and Long
Pond, which supplies the Larimer
and Weld canal generally known as
the Eaton ditch, are full. Terry
Lake having depth of 80 feet.
This system was short of water last
year and it is good word to the
Eaton farmers that there will be no
scarcity of late water for their
potatoes and beets next summer.
Ault Country Fortunate
The Water Supply and Storage
company which provides for the
Ault country has been particularly
fortunate, for the water in the Sky
Line Ditch" has been running all
winter. A good stream was run
ming in the ditch in the late fall and
the SHOWS which fell on It protected
it from freezing and allowed the
water to run all winter. This ditch
draws from the Laramie river and
SHOWS at the head waters OF the
Laramie are the deepest ever
known. Chambers Lake. which Is
also storage basin for this system,
has the best supply on hand Tor
years. The snow in the vicinity OF
Chambers Lake is reported ten feet
deep on a level.
w. C. Lewis, president of the
Greeley and Loveland Irrigation
company. reported the first OF the
week that within few days water
would be running into Lake Love.
land. This big lake just north OF
Loveland supplements the supply OF
farms under the Greeley and Love
land ditch 1t was almost empty
last fall and the farmers we're d's-
couraged. 1t has not the earliest
priorities under the Big Thompson
and must take its turn after Lone
Lake and Mariana Lake are filled
These two basins are running over
now and with the immense Inlet
of the Lake Loveland 1t will be an
easy matter to fill 1t in two or
three weeks. AS soon as Lake
Loyeland is full water will be run
| from its outlet into Seven Lakes and
from there on into Boyd Lake
Much Water Coming
The Union Reservoir and the
Lower Latham reservoirs. the latter
southeast Of I.aSalle, have not run
water as yet. They are under the
Platte system and are flood water
propositions. While there has been
water running in the Platte all WIN
ter the Lower Latham did not want
to take chances of damage liable 10
be done by ice in its inlet oi'ch'
This ditch runs through the town
of LaSalle and should big stream
come down the ditch CARRYING zee
the probable result would be dam
age to banks and the inundation oil
the town. However, just as soon az az
the river is free from ice. water VIII
begin to run into the Lower ID -,
than. The Union reservoir Will M
early next month probably me
Platte is certain to carry erea'
head of water and. not only resei,
voirs in this region, but those III
Morgan county drawing from 'h''
stream will fill rapidly.
Flushing New Reservoirs
1t is the intention of the Greeies-
poudre district to rush as fast as @
nossible the building of its man
Sitch in hopes of catching some u
tho summer floods in McGre" res