The Glenwood post., 1912-12-14
4 csnpkte Re-Arraageneat
Of Water Gght Pdefhy
Laws Threatened
10 PREVENT WASTE

DePver, Dec. l4.-Irrigation laws,
proposed amendments to statutes and
proposed bills will be one of the main
problems with which the members OF
the new general assembly will have to
wrestle during its coming session.
Senators and representatives are
planning their campaign for the re
peal of present existing laws on irri-
gatiOn, the placing upon the statute
books of amendments explanatory in
their nature and mandatory in their
eject, and the enactment of entirely
new laws dealing with old and new
difficulties in the apportionment and
the inpounding of waters.
The right of senior ditch owners t.
eonstruct private or cooperative res
esvoirs to inPeund water, under the
Seven Lake case decision, to care for
rsot erops in place Of forage and grain
crops, it is reported, will be the suo-
jsct sf orc bill, which will seek to
, make it mandatory for the state engi-
neer TO authorize such storage of water
without each individual claimant being
required to take his case to court for
an injunction to restrain the water in
I Spect0rs or the state engineer from in
terfering with such storage.
An effort will be made to have a
senior ditch right extend to the stor-
aEe of the decreed amount of water In
. Junior reservoir for use upon the
original tract of land for the irrigation
Of which the decree was isssed, ~
-AaQhMnHh MN ehsaes d Sseeess, Il
is asserted, since the smaller ditch
owners are preparing for fight tc
which might suffer by such a law.
State Engineer C. W. Comstock. at
the suggestion of Senator Carpenter,
whose irrigation bill created Jurors
aad WAS the object OF a bitter fight
at the last regular legislative session,
= whipping inte shape the material for
four or five irrigation bills based upon
the needs of the state as taught him
By his experience in the state engi
.eer's Office.
One Of the bills probably will con-
eeFn the issuance of future decree< and
water rights with a view to curtailin.
present wssteful irrigation.
1t is proposed that when decree IS
granted in tn future the amount Of
hsd to be irrigated. the quality Of the
ssil, tAs sltit.Ae, tie average humidity
Al tie amount sf sunlight in the dis
tsiet where the hnd is situated, all
sAan be taken into consideration and
esapatation made IS to the maximum
amount of water needed each season
for the proper irrigation Of that tract
Of land. I
Then. if the decree shall call for
five subic second feet of water-this
figure is taken ~ A illustration and
not with any degree Of accuracy
provision that water may be taken at
the rate of five cubic secOnd-feet, bu.
not to exceed 800 acre feet in any one
season.
Such law would place a maximum
limit upon the amount Of water which
. lOOacre tract Of land might have il
fully run his five cubic seeond-feet Of
water upon the land his entire appro-
priatisn Of water might b san over
~ -land IN s.e neath ,bst tsen the
end would come; he would be estitle1
to no more water dusisg the seasoa.
lTAis wsul take IL place Of the pres
est LAWN sssls essss saly ssste0,
e ee~.s. Isw, a.a pastiesaaziy apPH-
esAae to ~ older sigAts-tivins tie
svses Of aeers- .sfiye .esAse seeees
tss;,. :, : ii ssSsr ii seeh tins .. u nee.
saasy - irsisass tract fsr Which IT,
a6ssss b isssed.''
Opinieas anl practice Il ND own
- vary, Il b psistea sse o. saaeA-
- .sss twice - nueh watR fer . 10.
seee tzaet - does his neieASss =, mile
aeevs hin on tie stream. TIE decree
q A, ths farmer farther down The
stsssn, b seaise t. tAas II =, his neish-
~. WAsa - strsaa b ~ B nay
49, vafse 1tsa the ststan Ol4 uhsa
ssss = nsss sAaa salSsisa3 ~ n II
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