Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-02-21
WITNESSETH.

That for the purpose OF settling and adjust
ing the controversy in the suit above mem
toned, it is by all the parties to said suit and
their successors in interest stipulated and
agreed as follows:
/. Rights OF all PARTIES, except Antelope
Valley Land and Cattle Company, to be fixed
according to Thurtell findings.
2. Rights of Antelope Valley Land and Cat
tie Company to be fixed as follows
(a) Land irrigated and dates of irrigation,
both in California and Nevada, to be in
cordance with testimony already taken and
the law of appropriation.
(b) Priority to be allowed from date Of
first irrigation although transfer from person
first irrigation by paro
(c) Eighttenths Of a miners inch per acre
to be allowed
Cd Computation of land irrigated and pri-
critics to be determined from the testimony
already taken by person or persons to be
agreed upon by the attorneys of the parties.
(e) Water now reservoired by Antelope
Valley Land and Cattle Company above
Bridgeport, during the winter or during times
when all appropriations are supplied. to be
used by the Antelope Valley Land and Cattle
Company, but the same shall not be removed
from the watershed of said river and any
plus or waste therefrom shall be returned to
the river and may be used by the other part
les hereto.
3. The provisions of this stipulation shall
not affect or apply to any applications by any
of the parties hereto to appropriate additional
water for land not already irrigated now pend
ing before the State Engineer.
4. Pacific Live Stock Company and Ante
lope Valley Land and Cattle Company to be
allowed to use the share Of water belonging
to the Mason Ranch from the East Walker
on the Bridgeport ranch and the share OF the
water on the Manson ranch from the West
Walker on the Antelope ranch if they desire
to do so. Nothing herein shall affect the
right OF any of the parties hereto to rotate the
of the water or to combine or exchange
the use thereof so far as they may do with
out njuriously affecting the rights of others.
S. In case Antelope Valley Land and Cattle
Company shall complete Alkai Lake Reser
voir it may take quantity Of water from the
West Fork OF Walker River at low stages in
excess of its due proportion. but not exceed
ing the amount adudged to it, provided that
it turns out Of the reservoir at the same time
a like quantity of water for the use OF other
parties, which shall be charged to the shares
of stock held by said Antelope Valley Land
and Cattle Company in said reservoir.
g. In case the reservoir is built, it shall be
built by the company formed by Antelope
Land and Cattle Company for that purpose
Such corporation shall be controlled by Ante
lope Valley Land & Cattle Company until said
reservoir is constructed to it's natural capacity
and said stock paid for. thereafter the same
shall be controlled by the stockholders holding
said stock Stock shall be for each foot
of storage capacity of said reservoir Such
certificates of stock may be purchased and the
holder thereof may the water represented
thereby on any land he desires, and such GER
tifcates may be sold and transferred with
without the land, and the land upon which
the water is TO be used may be changed from
time to time by the holder thereof Actual
construction of said reservoir shall be COM
menced within year from the date of the
consent of the Government of the United
States to the construction of said reservoir and
the sale of subscription to the staid stock
as herein provided. and shall be completed
within two years thereafter to its natural ca
pacity, and If not commenced and com
pleted, the parties to this agreement, other
than the Pacific Live Stock Company and An
teope Valley Land and Cattle Company, own
ing majority OF the acreage irrigated by the
parties hereto may organize company for the
purpose of constructing said reservoir under
the terms and conditions set forth in this
agreement
T. Such certificates shall be sold to and
purchased by the parties to this suit in pro-
portion to the amount of land irrigated by
them at price which shall equal the actual
cost of said reservoir. including the land and
work already done thereon and a suitable
right of way for the intave from Walker River
to said reservoir and an outlet from said
ervoir to Walker River. which shall be valued
at $4,000 II more land is taken than the
land covered by said reservoir when filed to
its natural capacity, it shall be sold by An
telope Valley Land and Cattle Company up
to the embankment shown the Haehl
vey at SIS an acre, and the cost thereof shall
be added to the cost of said reservoir. Such
certificates shall be annually assessed for the
any of said certificates are not taken by the
parties to this suit within one year after the
consent OF the United States Government, the
same shall be sold at public auction for not
less than the amount aforesaid, and the mon
eys obtained shall be used for the payment OF
the construction. operation or enlargement Of
said reservoir.
g. All parties hereto shall use their innu-
ence in getting the consent of the govern
ment to the use of said reservoir site.
9. All parties hereto shall their inhu-
eace in eliminating the present pending appli-