Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-13
WATER USERS PROCEEDINGS.
REGULAR meeting of the board OF

MA g tOi-, loptiS y ~ 49, - -
G, User:' Association, August VI.
laIT.
Pre-: Director Martin, SorenS
sen. Perry. Gurwe'l, Wilson, Per
ner, Staiger, Doe and Mccall, and
| Secretary Farnham-Absent-
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and on motion, duly
approved
A delegation of water users from
under the inlet canal and Johnston
lateral appeared before the board
and called the boards attention to
the immediate need OF storage tor
the lands under these aterals, and
presented the following petition. to-
wit:
Petition for Storage Water Saf,-
ply"
TIC the Honorable Board OF the
Belle Fourche Valley Water U.s.
ers' Association:
1--WE, the undersigned, being own
ers of land irrigable under the In ct
canal, and the Johnston lateral,
hereby petition your honorable
BOARD to act Immediately in our be-
half to secure for us a plan to secure
storage water for use on our lands
n dry seasons We respectful ly ask
That you act at once, and take the
question up with the honorable SEE
.elary Of The interior, and the prop
err officials Of the United States Rec
lamation Service, SO that we may
Immediately ascertain what their pp-
sition would be In regard to raising
the necessary money to construcs a
| storage reservoir for the use Of these
! two bitches. We also ask that the
| Reclamation Service take immediate
steps to have the necessary surveys
made and The necessary eningeerins
done to ascertain the proper locs-
ton for storage reservoir Tor our
benefit.
I'VE represent to your board thai
an emergency exists and that we are
entitled to the relief asked for al
once. Action should be taken i'm
mediately to determine the proper
location for storage and to get the
construction work thereon started
so that by the summer Of 1918 some
storage will be available.
1.-THE facts on which we base this
Ipetition are these: The frrigable
lands under these two bitches COM
prise approximately thirty-five hun
dred acres; it is quite generally a
high quality Of soil, productive and
| we'll adapted to intensive farming
and is now being SO used. Our lands
| were the first lands watered from
| this project, and We have paid more
money for water rights than any
other unit on the project.
I'VE now have no water for irri-
cation. On the 18th day OF July,
li917 there was only IL second feet
OF water going into the inlet canal
at Belle Fourche, S. d. The water
supply continued at about that much
for approximately a week. On the
9th day of July the amount going
| into the canal is six second feet. The
river will be entirely dry in a few
days more Our crops are burning
up, and we can secure no water.
"We have had a water shortage
nj any times under these bitches. In
July and August each year there Is
grave danger of being entirely with
out water when we need 1t worst.
This has already occurred several
years.
1--WE are reliably informed and
believe that storage reservoir can
be provided at cost not greater
than our crop loss caused by water
shortage during the present year.
| Inc crop iOsS tHiS year Will dsci a 6S
$1,000 per acre under these ditch
es."
(Signed) ]. D. Duer. Edith Duer,
B. H. Rande', Lercq Godfrey, F. e.
Townsend, By Chas. Godfrey, Ms
Serensen, d. Hoffman, tenant on
Fort place in absence Of owner;
Martin Jcngen. Marius Sorensen,
Robt. James, ten mt on Smith place
| in absence of owner; Hans Ander-
son. l.. Willard Cooke, Christian
prandberg, G. z. Calkins, R. E
| Shayktet, w. y. Johnston. nellie
Johnston, Tobias c. Paandsperg
Harry p. Wright, Ella NJ Wrigst
Anna NJ. Wright, James Larson
Henry NJ Stearns. Melvin B
stearns, James L. Young, ]. H
Faulkner, Ed. Sundqufst, NJ. Sund
qn;st. Matthews Lauer, Mes E. Nor.
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