The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-08

lol-way of the railroad which is assess
leu as irrigable land. There are approy-
Ilihately 5000 acres of land using wafer
thls season. The largest amount of wa
yer carried at any one time, as shown
10y the report OF the patrolman at the
intake, was on September 4th, and was
'o.Z second feet. The average carried
throughout the month of August was
laDout 40 second feet.
An examination OF the patrolman's
aaily reports show that on August 10th
there were 50 laterals marked as using
water; on August Goth, 81 users; Sep
telhper 10th, II users, but the proper
Irecords We're not kept as to the amount
OF water flowing through each lateral
nor do the records show whether an
irrigation head was used or not. 1t is
eVldent, however, that more water was
carried in the canals than was econo-
inlcalN used or else that considerable
water was wasted in the use.
! The complaints received at the sec
retarys office through the season were
all minor complaints that could have
easily been prevented by the proper CO.
operation OF the water users. There
was some disregard of the rights of
others and some abuse in the use OF
water. The directors should. by proper
regulation, provide against such mat
tiers.
the total number OF different owners
lo1 land in the district is 23S, and the
total number of real estate transfers
since the sale of the bonds, according
to our records, is Al.
The district has acquired without
cost to the district, two lots in the
town of Oroville, for an office site.
ihese lots were donated to the district
by the First National Bank of OrOville
and the Oroville Townsite Company
The commercial Club of Oroyille has
pledged $500 toward the erection of an
Office building and the district should
bnild its office during the next year.
Al the present time the district pays
$40 per month for office rent and the
work of the district is more expensive
by reason of having no permanent
quarters.
The district has begun the construc-
|tiCp OF a patrolman's house at the in-
take and should, as rapidly as possible
build other patrolmen's quarters.
There is demand on the part of the
people of the district for an extension
Of the telephone line and for its use by
the farmers.
The farmers of the district should
co operate in the formation OF an or
ganization to procure farm loans
through the Federal Farm Loan Bu-
'feau This work should be taken up by
the land owners Independently and not
carried as a branch of the district
work.
The contracts for the sale of land
made by the directors of the district
in the summer of 1914, expire on De-
cember 31st, next. This work has been
carried as extra work by the distric'
and not a part of the official duties of
the district and if carried on at all,
should be carried on by the parties
who have land to sell.
AL Ile tiile Vi lHe oISdHildlloH VI
the district in the summer of 1912,
contracts were made with the land
owners for a right-of- way for the can
ais and laterals. The agreement calls
for a deed at the completion Of the
work Landowners will now be called
on to deliver the deeds in accordance
with the contracts and so conclude
the matter of the right-of-way.